[3919] in APO News
elections meeting - tuesday, may 4 - 7:30pm - W20-400
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Melissa Dullea)
Mon May 3 10:35:21 1999
To: apo-news@MIT.EDU, apo-pledges@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 10:34:37 EDT
From: Melissa Dullea <mdullea@MIT.EDU>
hello, everyone.
*TOMORROW* will be one of the last meetings of the term and ELECTIONS.
Tuesday
7:30pm
W20-400
Since this will be a long meeting, there will exist *pizza* and a chance
to unwind beforehand. 7:00pm. W20-400. Send your topping preferences
to me, and i'll make pizza show up.
the agenda:
I. Officer Reports
II. New business
-elections (pres, SVP, MVP, AVP, treas, FC, APOcEd)
-bylaws amendments: (four of them...text follows)
III. Announcements/PFTGOTO
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Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of the Alpha Chi Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega
Purpose: To bring the Chapter into compliance with regard to current electoral
practices.
Implementation:
- Replace "the last" with "the second to last" in sentence one of Article VIII, Section 2.
- Replace second sentence of Article VIII section II with "Members must be active for the term
for which they are elected to office"
- Replace "from the highest to lowest as" with "in the order" in the
last sentence of Article VIII, Section 2.
Rationale:
We do not actually hold elections at the last chapter meeting
in the term (I-banquet). This ammendment would bring our governing
documents into accord with current practice. Also, as currently worded,
people not active the term they are running CAN NOT hold office for the
next term. Since we routinely elect people in such a fashion, our
bylaws should allow us to do so.
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I believe this ammendment to the bylaws should be considered by
ExecComm and the Chapter:
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Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of the Alpha Chi Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega
Purpose:
To bring us into compliance with current practices regarding active member
rights and privledges.
Implementation:
- Insert "(except as provided for in these bylaws and other governing documents
of the chapter at least 3 weeks in advance of the vote in question)" after "vote" in Article I, Section 3.
- Replace "Only Active Members will be allowed to vote" with "Active Members will be allowed to
vote (except as provided for in these bylaws and other governing documents of the chapter at least 3
weeks in advance of the vote in question)" in Article VII, secion VIII
Rationale:
As currently written, the bylaw is in contradiction with several other
statements in our governing documents limitting voting in certain
circumstances (ie voting on pledges, DSKs, etc). This simple rewording
would remove the contradictions.
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I believe this ammendment to the bylaws should be considered by
ExecComm and the Chapter:
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Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of the Alpha Chi Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega
Purpose:
Explicitly allow local modifications to Roberts Rules of Order by
the Chapter.
Implementation:
- Insert "as modified for local use by the Chapter"
after "Robert's Rules of Order" in Article VII, Section 9.
Rationale:
We do not technically follow Robert's Rules of Order as currently
required by our bylaws. This phrase would give authority to the
more informal rules that we have been following for years and bring
our governing documents into accord with current practice. (as an
example, friendly ammendments, discussions with no motion on the floor,
and other discussion methods commonly used at chapter meetings are all
dissalowed under Robert's Rules).
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I believe this ammendment to the bylaws should be considered by
ExecComm and the Chapter:
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Proposed Amendment to the Bylaws of the Alpha Chi Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega
Purpose:
To correct any grammatical, spelling, punctuation and/or errors introduced
or previously existing in the Bylaws.
Implementation:
Make such corrections
Rationale:
This should be obvious
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I believe this Amendment to the bylaws should be considered by
ExecComm and the Chapter:
