Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:13:02 -0600
To: STATE-COORD-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [STATE-COORD] Bylaws Revision - News
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The BRC (Bylaws Revision Committee) has approved the
following changes to
Article VIII Duties and Qualificatoins of the
Advisory Board .. Section 10.
1. Insert "gross" between "following offenses:" and
"dereliction of duty"
2. Strikeout "and behavior unbecoming an Advisory
Board member" and replace
with "or conduct characterized by a lack of fairness
and good faith such as
disparaging, bigoted or grossly offensive behavior
that could be injurious
to the project, its members or representatives"
With changes applied ...
Section 10. Any elected Advisory Board member may
be removed from office
for cause by 2/3 majority action of the AB, or, by a
recall vote initiated
by petition of constituents (if 100 votes elected,
51 petitioners shall
cause a recall vote). Cause for removal by the AB is
limited to continued,
gross, and willful neglect of the duties of office.
Causes for removal by
constituents may include, but is not limited to, the
following offenses:
gross dereliction of duty, excessive failure to
participate in Advisory
Board votes, ethics violations, or conduct
characterized by a lack of
fairness and good faith such as disparaging, bigoted
or grossly offensive
behavior that could be injurious to the project, its
members or
representatives. The petition must be posted on the
BOARD-L mailing list at
least thirty (30) days before the vote takes place.
Any vote to remove an
officer must be preceded by a presentation of facts
showing cause for
removal and shall allow for rebuttal by the officer
in question before the
vote takes place.
Current proposed amendments may be viewed at
http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/amendments.htm .
Members are encouraged to send comments to
appropriate project lists or
directly to BRC members linked from the BRC website.
Roger - BRC website >
http://home.mchsi.com/~sagitta56/