Post by MTD on Jul 25, 2004 16:34:22 GMT -6
I threatened (see campechesteel.proboards15.com/index.cgi?board=Division&action=display&thread=1090793365) to present Bylaw change proposals. Here is the first, which has to do with eliminating a required yearly meeting.
August "Proposition 1": Elimination of kick-off meeting.
Overview:
The Bylaws describe two mandatory yearly meetings of the membership of the Division, which previously were both called the "annual meeting" (causing some problems). The second of the two is the required occasion when elections occur. The first, recently renamed the "kick-off meeting", must be "on the same day as and prior to the beginning of the first scheduled tournament; to receive a financial report and to allocate expenditures to the executive committee". It has been so many decades since that was written that it is no longer clear what was going through the minds of the authors. It appears that this meeting is an anachronism, a meeting with no real need to exist and which appears not to have been held for many years. It also has the strict notification requirements of a "regular meeting", although it has to be so early in the membership year that many people are still renewing their memberships (or declining to renew). Elimination of this meeting will not impact the ability of the membership to meet, as the Bylaws already provide for an extremely small group to petition and cause a special meeting of the membership.
There is a certain irony that the first kick-off meeting in years will be an occasion to try to eliminate kick-off meetings! If any audience would be a hostile audience to this proposal, those who actually attend the kick-off meeting likely would be that audience. So, if this change passes at a kick-off meeting, it would be quite meaningful.
Current text:
Article VIII -- Meetings of the Members, Section 1 (Regular Meetings), parts 1 and the start of 2 of a total of 2 : "1. Kick-off meeting -- on the same day as and prior to the beginning of the first scheduled tournament; to receive a financial report and to allocate expenditures to the executive committee. 2. Annual meeting ...."
Motion:
In the Gulf Coast Division Bylaws, in Article VIII Section 1, delete part 1 and renumber part 2 as part 1.
August "Proposition 1": Elimination of kick-off meeting.
Overview:
The Bylaws describe two mandatory yearly meetings of the membership of the Division, which previously were both called the "annual meeting" (causing some problems). The second of the two is the required occasion when elections occur. The first, recently renamed the "kick-off meeting", must be "on the same day as and prior to the beginning of the first scheduled tournament; to receive a financial report and to allocate expenditures to the executive committee". It has been so many decades since that was written that it is no longer clear what was going through the minds of the authors. It appears that this meeting is an anachronism, a meeting with no real need to exist and which appears not to have been held for many years. It also has the strict notification requirements of a "regular meeting", although it has to be so early in the membership year that many people are still renewing their memberships (or declining to renew). Elimination of this meeting will not impact the ability of the membership to meet, as the Bylaws already provide for an extremely small group to petition and cause a special meeting of the membership.
There is a certain irony that the first kick-off meeting in years will be an occasion to try to eliminate kick-off meetings! If any audience would be a hostile audience to this proposal, those who actually attend the kick-off meeting likely would be that audience. So, if this change passes at a kick-off meeting, it would be quite meaningful.
Current text:
Article VIII -- Meetings of the Members, Section 1 (Regular Meetings), parts 1 and the start of 2 of a total of 2 : "1. Kick-off meeting -- on the same day as and prior to the beginning of the first scheduled tournament; to receive a financial report and to allocate expenditures to the executive committee. 2. Annual meeting ...."
Motion:
In the Gulf Coast Division Bylaws, in Article VIII Section 1, delete part 1 and renumber part 2 as part 1.