Deadline for Proposed Amendments is July 30th!

Posted by Sharon Girod 
on Jul 23, 2012
 

The annual business meeting of the district will be held on September 28, 2012 on board the Queen Mary, 1126 Queens Highway, Long Beach, CA 90802 at 3:30 PM. Please note that on July 2, 2012 the board of directors of the district passed a resolution adopting the Amended and Restated By-Laws. A copy of these by-laws can be found under the link above for the District Annual Meeting or on the left of this page.

Article 13 of these by-laws provides that proposed amendments to these by-laws must be submitted to the chair of the district resolutions committee no later than 60 days prior to the annual business meeting. PLEASE SEND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO jan.gocare@gmail.com no later than July 30, 2012. Please note in the subject line that the electronic submission is a Proposed Amendment to the by-laws.

 

PLEASE NOTE: Article 13 of the by-laws provides that bylaw amendments must be approved by a 2/3 majority vote of all eligible club electors. No proxies are allowed for voting on by-law amendments.

Please also note that on July 2, 2012 the board of directors of the district passed a resolution adopting the new Operating Manual of the district. A copy of this operating manual is attached. Article 13 of the by-laws provides that proposed amendments to the Operating Manual must be submitted to the chair of the district resolutions committee no later than 60 days prior to the annual business meeting.

PLEASE SEND PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO jan.gocare@gmail.com no later than July 30, 2012.  Please note in the subject line that the electronic submission is a Proposed Amendment to the Operating Manual.

PLEASE NOTE: Article 13 of the by-laws and article 11 of the Operating Manual provide that amendments to the Operating Manual may be made by either the board of directors or a 2/3 majority of the club electors present at the annual business meeting. For purposes of amendments to the Operating Manual a quorum consists of electors present or by proxy from at least 50% of the clubs in the district.

Proxies will be accepted in all votes affecting the Operating Manual.

ELECTORS

The chart below shows the # of electors (club voting delegate(s)) allowed by club size per the 2010 RI Manual of Procedure (RI

MOP) 15.050.1 Electors)

Excerpts from same:  Each Club in a district shall select, certify, and send to its annual district conference at least one elector (club voting delegate).

Each Club in a district shall select, certify, and send to its annual district conference one elector (club voting delegate).

 Membership            Electors                    Membership           Electors               
 37 or less  1    113 to 136  5
 38 to 62  2    137 to 162  6
 63 to 87  3    163 to 187  7
 88 to 112  4    188 to 212+  8

Questions may be directed to the Chair of the Resolutions Committee, PDG Jan Lindsay at jan.gocare@gmail.com