On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 13:20:46 Chris Egeland wrote: > I am hereby proposing the following amendment to the Bylaws: > > == Begin Bylaw Amendment == > Amend Section 6.4.2 of the SYN/HAK Bylaws to read as follows: > > The Board of Directors shall meet not less than once per year for the > purposes of organization, election of board members, and transaction of > business. Notice of this meeting, and its time, place and agenda thereof > must be communicated to the board and general membership at least five (5) > days in advance. No business other than that included in the agenda of > the meeting shall be considered. > > No Annual Meeting shall exclude a member of this corporation who is in good > standing from attending. == End Bylaw Amendment == > > The purpose of this amendment is to limit the power of the board, and to > put in place similar restrictions on power that the membership currently > must abide by. Today, if a board meeting is called, a topic can be > brought up at a meeting and immediately voted on, without any chance of > the membership having the opportunity to review said topic, express > their opinion, or provide input.
+1, I'm cool with this. Its a bit scary to think that the board could secretly vote on something as serious as removing someone's membership or rewriting the bylaws without actually talking about it. > > Credit goes to the University of California Board of Regents, from whom > I borrowed some wording. > > This is a formal proposal for the membership to discuss at the meeting > tonight, March 11, 2014. > > Regards, > Chris Egeland > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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