This is a status mail for the bylaws revision just to let people know what's been done and what's coming up. I'm hoping to finish this up very soon, at least for the really important parts.
ARTICLE ONE - ORGANIZATION ARTICLE TWO - PURPOSE These two articles may never change, as they are from our Certificate of Incorporation. ARTICLE THREE - MEMBERSHIP This has been discussed and rewritten in spi-general already. ARTICLE FOUR - MEETING Does not have any big problems, so this can stay as is for now. ARTICLE FIVE - VOTING Currently under discussion, ARTICLE SIX - ORDER OF BUSINESS Could add the positions of the people responsible for the various duties here, but that's minor. ARTICLE SEVEN - BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mostly OK, but need to clarify that the BOD should consist of 8-12 members, four of which shall be the officers. ARTICLE EIGHT - OFFICERS Need to move the names of officers into an appendix so it can be changed without a membership vote. The rest is fine. ARTICLE NINE - SALARIES No problems here :) ARTICLE TEN - COMMITTEES This has been discussed and rewritten in spi-general already. ARTICLE ELEVEN - DUES This is fine. ARTICLE TWELVE - AMENDMENTS This is fine, but need to add that amendments tothe appendices only require a 2/3 BOD approval, or something like that (i.e. if the BOD membership changes or the officer positions change, a vote should not even be needed to modify the appropriate appendix- this needs to be stated somehow.) Possibly the voting procedures may end up in the appendix as well, and they do need a vote to be chenged. Maybe: These bylaws may be altered, amended, repealed or added to by an affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the members unless specifically stated otherwise. Nils.
