At the CVARC meeting on June 1, this coming Wednesday, we will be voting on
some changes to the bylaws, and also voting whether to repeal the repeater net
policy.
The proposed *new* version of the bylaws is attached. The original version has
not been updated since 2007 and is far out of date. The changes we recommend
are summarized below.
-- Article 1, Section 2: Change the address of the "registered office" to 15
4th St, Barre, VT, where we now meet. (The previous address in Waitsfield is
associated with a former member who is no longer even active.)
-- Article 3, Section 2: Fix a typo by changing "due" to "dues".
-- Article 5, Section 2: Change the word "secretary" to "treasurer". (This
passage currently states that the same person may not hold both the offices of
president and secretary. However, it is more important that the president and
treasurer not be the same person, since they are the two officers who oversee
the banking account and expenditures.)
-- Article 7, Section 1: Change the word "April" to "March". (This passage
sets the date of the annual meeting and election of officers. By moving this
one month earlier, we allow more time for the transfer of officer
responsibilities before planning for Field Day, checking insurance payments,
locating club assets, etc. needs to happen to make Field Day a success.)
-- Article 8, Section 3: Delete this section entirely. (The deleted statement
is, "No person shall serve more than two consecutive terms in the same office."
The Steering Committee and current officers believe that CVARC is too small a
club to have restrictions like this. Officers can always be voted out if
members feel they have served too long, or can resign if they feel they cannot
continue to serve.)
-- Article 8, Section 4: Change "individual" to "member in good standing".
(This means that if a club vacancy occurs in an office, the person appointed to
fill it must be a dues-paid member of CVARC.)
Separate from the bylaws, we are proposing to eliminate the repeater use policy
that was enacted in 2011. The full text can be found at:
http://w1bd.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/cvarc-repeater-net-use-policy-2010-12-22.pdf
A vote will be held on June 1 to eliminate this policy.
The Steering Committee recommends that both of the changes by approved. Bylaws
may be changed at any meeting of the membership by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of
those present, provided the Secretary has advised the membership in the “call”
to the meeting of the change(s) in the bylaws which shall be presented in full
as part of the notice. Such notice was given at the last meeting, and this
email repeats that notice. (Since the repeater policy is not part of the
bylaws, a simple majority vote is sufficient to cancel it.)
Thank you for reviewing these changes and helping CVARC become up to date.
Please forward this notice to any CVARC members who may not have received it.
73,
Cathy James N5WVR
President, CVARC
Attachment:
CVARC bylaws proposed changes 5-30-2016.docx
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