[OHGENWEB] FW: [USGENWEB-DISCUSS] Proposed Amendments to the USGenWeb Bylaws
by OHGenWeb State Coordinator
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[mailto:usgenweb-discuss-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tina S. Vickery
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:27 AM
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Subject: [USGENWEB-DISCUSS] Proposed Amendments to the USGenWeb Bylaws
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Per ARTICLE XVI. AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS
Section 2. Any state project may propose an amendment by sending their
proposal to one or more of the Advisory board members representing their
region and including the exact wording of the proposed amendment. Upon
receipt of the proposed amendment, the Advisory Board representative(s)
shall request the Webmaster to post the proposed change on the national
website and the National Coordinator to post to the State- Coord-L List, and
any other appropriate lists, for dissemination to the members.
The web master has added the proposed amendment to the bylaws to the
national website. 'Amendment Proposal to Change Method of Amending USGenWeb
Bylaws from a 2/3 Vote to a Majority Vote for Passage.'
http://usgenweb.org/volunteers/notice.shtml
As National Coordinator, I post this notice to all appropriate Project lists
to be disseminated to USGenWeb Project Members.
The bylaws go on to state:
Section 3. The proposed amendment, with the sponsor's name and date of
posting, shall remain posted for a period of at least thirty (30) days prior
to the annual voting period of July 1- July 31. Any proposed amendment shall
require a minimum of five
(5) states as co-sponsors to command that it be placed on the ballot. State
projects wishing to co-sponsor the amendment shall notify the Advisory Board
and make an announcement on the USGenWeb-All Mailing List.
The amendment currently is sponsored by INGenWeb and co- sponsored by
MSGenWeb Project.
Tina Vickery
National Coordinator
USGenWeb Project
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