Re: [3331] USPA Proxy Effort Coming Up! Make Your Vote Count!
Now I am really confused.
I just went to the Governance Manual (dated July 2010) to see what it says about these things.
Regarding amendment of the Constitution and By-Laws, I found that a 2/3 majority of the BOD present at a meeting is required to change the Constitution or By-Laws.
I found, in Article IX of the By-Laws -
A two-thirds majority of the Bod present may approve any amendment to these By-Laws except sections referring to size, composition, and election of the USPA Board of directors.
I could not find anything more about the exception noted in Article IX, which I have underlined above.
I went to Section 3 of the Governance Manual, titled "Elections".
Section 3-1.2 of the Governance Manual, titled "Nominations & Elections", and in paragraph "A" I found -
Amendments to this section require a two-thirds majority vote of the board members present at a full meeting of the board.
There's no exception here, and again, changes are accomplished by the BOD, not a membership vote.
So, I don't understand why we need a membership vote for this at all.
Can someone find/explain the requirement for a membership vote on these changes? Can someone find/explain anything more about the exception that I underlined in Article IX?
If we don't actually need a membership vote, it seems that it would be a waste of time and money to have one.
Thanks!
ETA - PS MakeItHappen - you are good at this stuff. Maybe you can explain it?
(This post was edited by riggerpaul on Apr 19, 2011, 9:27 AM)
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