Deirdre -- I assume you meant to send this to everybody, so I forwarded it to
the list.
Hi Rory,
Here's what I didn't do from your changes:
Change “A sliding scale will be available for any singing or non-singing
member…” to “A sliding scale will be available for any Singing Member…”
[since the whole purpose of a Supporting Member is to help us financially. I
think if someone just wants to be a “friend” and not sing or help
financially, fine. But then they aren’t a voting “member”. ]
Change “to make membership affordable to as many as possible” to “to make
membership affordable to as many singers as possible”Deirdre: I left both as
is. I don't see the harm in trying to get as many people in our community
involved, singing or non-singing.
Deirdre:The members elect the board. The board does not elect.Change (b) “The Board of Directors may designate” to “The Board of Directors
shall elect”
Deirdre: Because that's what we have now - co presidents.Remove all references to “Co-President”. [That’s why we have a
vice-president. If down the road, we really really want to have the
Presidency split between two people, can’t we just do it without messing up
our by-laws by describing it?]
Deirdre: It's very common to have it done this way. Sometimes a 3-year term isChange (f) “No Board of Directors member shall serve more than three
consecutive terms” to “No Officer shall serve more than three consecutive
terms”. [I think it’s a mistake to have a total turn-over of the entire
Board every 3 years. ]
Deirdre: I don't understand the need to add this text to that paragraph.Add to (k)(1): “, except as specified in (k)(4) below.” [this is a reference
to phone and email]
