As the chair of the Bylaws Committee, I have been tasked with reviewing LPDC’s bylaws and recommending changes for the convention on March 17, 2012. I am posting here to solicit input on the bylaws and keep our members informed. If there are any matters you would like changed, removed, or added to the bylaws, please let me know. I greatly appreciate any feedback, whether it’s specific language, proofreading of my drafts, or just general suggestions.
I will post updates periodically with the latest drafts and all currently proposed changes. Please note that none of the changes are binding until adopted by the delegates at the convention, and delegates can propose alternative or additional amendments at the convention itself.
First, here is a current, unaltered version of the LPDC bylaws as adopted in 2008.
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This is my initial report to the Executive Committee on January 29,2012. It contains the first draft of proposed changes along with explanatory notes.
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**Most Current Draft**
This is the second draft of the proposed bylaws recommendations. The second draft includes updated language for e-mail voting, a section for telephone and internet conference voting, and the specification that only absences from regular business meetings count for automatic removal from the executive committee.
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Proposals in this draft include:
Automatic Removal from Exec. Comm. – specifying that only absences at normal, quarterly
business meetings count towards the 2 consecutive absences for automatic removal (see Article IV)
Electronic Voting – a provision allowing the executive committee to vote on questions by internet
polls or e-mail (see Article V)
Telephone and Internet Conference Voting – a provision allowing the committee to vote by
telephone or internet conferences (see Article V)
Robert’s Rules of Order – replace the outdated 9th edition with the “current edition” (see Article VII)
Notice of Bylaws Amendment – clarification regarding days of notice required (see Article VIII)
Footnotes – A footnote stating the adoption of these amendments at the 2012 convention (see Footnotes)
If you wish to weigh in on the changes, please either
1) leave a comment here
2) e-mail me – secretary(at)lpdallas.org
3) or join the discussion at the bylaws topic on the Meetup forum.
Thanks everyone!
