Bylaw Amendment 10/8/2009

[Phokaioglaukos]

Darren, do you have any issue with the substance of the three changes made to the Bylaws this year? Remember, they were to allow two member meetings on days other than the last Wednesday of the month, resolve the conflict between the DE discount policy and the no compensation provision, and restore the term of the Officers service to the calendar year. To my mind these are no brainer corrections of errors that were not caught last fall when the Bylaws were amended by the membership.

As to the members having their Bylaw power usurped by the Board, I find that a bit rich. In past years the Board just ignored the Bylaw provisions that were at odds with how they wanted to do things, and failed to inform the membership of their actions. I do not mean to suggest any bad faith--it's just that the Bylaws had remained static and the Board's practices had evolved to be out of compliance with the Bylaws. Now I think the Bylaws and practice are in synch, and are published to the membership.

Back to my first question, do you have a substantive concern with these changes? Would you like any of them to be changed back at the November Board meeting?