Proposed Changes to the Bylaws
/From the President (Members, you can sign in and leave comments)
At the most recent club business meeting, the discussion on cleaning up and clarifying the NCA Bylaws resulted in recommendations for the following changes:
1st)
ARTICLE I MEMBERSHIP ,
SECTION 3. Candiate Acceptance ,
the last sentence of the paragraph is to be changed to read:
"If said candidate attends a second meeting, the candidate will be required to join NCA or leave the meeting."
Currently it says third meeting.
SECTION 3. Candidate Acceptance. Candidate must attend one meeting to be eligible for membership however this requirement for membership may be waived for the spouse or significant other candidate of a couple membership. A candidate may request to the Members present that his/her application be acted upon prior to adjournment of the initial meeting he/she attends. A candidate submitting application for membership will be voted on by the Members present. Prior to voting on the candidate, the chairperson will ask for discussion on said candidate from the Members. The candidate may become a member if his / her application is accepted by a plurality of Members present. If said candidate attends a third second NCA meeting, the candidate will be required to join NCA or leave the meeting.
2nd)
ARTICLE II BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND COORDINATORS ,
SECTION 2. Election and terms of Office ,
the middle of the paragraph is to be changed to read:
"All Officers and Directors may be elected for two consecutive terms. The Governor and all Coordinators may be elected for an unlimited number of consecutive terms."
This also eliminates the need for the * to the paragraph that reads:
" * Except that the Governor may be elected for more than two consecutive terms."
SECTION 2. Election and terms of Office. Nominations for Officers, Directors, and Coordinators will be taken at the October meeting. The Officers, Directors, and Coordinators will be elected annually by secret ballot by a plurality of Members present at the annual meeting in November. Term of office for all Officers, Directors, and Coordinators shall be one year, beginning January First of each year. All Officers, Directors, and Coordinators May be elected for two consecutive terms*. All Officers and Directors may be elected for two consecutive terms. The Governor and all Coordinators may be elected for an unlimited number of consecutive terms. All Coordinators may be elected for an unlimited number of consecutive terms. Any vacancies in office may be filled at the next meeting by a vote of plurality of Members present, term to end at the end of calendar year. Any Officer or Director thus elected and serving less than a full term may be elected for two subsequent consecutive terms of office.
* Except that the Governor may be elected for more than two consecutive terms.
(Amended October 14, 1998)
3rd)
ARTICLE III MEETINGS ,
SECTION 1. Meetings:
B. Special Meetings ,
the middle of the paragraph is to be changed to add in "emails" so it will read:
"...(30) days before the date of the meeting, either personally, by mail, by electronic means/ email, or at the direction of..."
B. Special Meetings. Special meetings may be called by the President, or in his or her absence, by the Vice President, or any three (3) Directors by requesting the Secretary to call such a meeting. The Secretary shall thereupon call such meeting. Written or printed notice, which may be in the form of NCA Newsletter or NCA minutes or e-mail or other electronic means, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting, and the purpose or purposes for which the special meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than seven (7) nor more than thirty (30) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, or Vice President, or Secretary, or the Directors calling the meeting, to each Member entitled to vote at such meeting. When any meeting notice is mailed, it shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, properly addressed to the member at his or her address then appearing on the records of the Corporation, with postage prepaid.
4th)
ARTICLE III MEETINGS ,
SECTION 1. Meetings:
E. Quorum.
Shall be changed so the number of club members required to be at a meeting before a legal vote can be taken is lowered to more realistically reflect to size of a normal business meeting. The change will then read:
"A quorum for General, Special and Annual Meetings shall consist of at least ten (10) percent of the entire membership."
E. Quorum. A quorum for General, Special and Annual Meetings shall consist of thirty-five (35) percent of the Members. A quorum for General, Special and Annual Meetings shall consist of at least twenty (20) percent of the entire membership.
These proposed changes were stated and tabled until the next regular NCA Business Meeting Wed. June 13th, at which time they will be discussed again, then voted on and must be approved by three-quarters of the members present.