Our chapter's annual business meeting is held during the chapter conference each fall. This year's meeting will be held on Monday, October 20 over lunch in the Mediterranean room. This week Chapter President Mary Markland posted the business meeting agenda here on the chapter website. You'll also find on this page Friday's Executive Board meeting agenda and supporting documents for both meetings.
The first order of business at the chapter business meeting will be chapter bylaws revision vote. In September, Sheryl Stevens sent a note to the chapter members discussion list outlining these major changes found in the revised bylaws:
Most of the changes that have been made from the current version are in format and editing: e.g., the first page of the revised version has a table of contents with page numbers; headers, lettering, and numbering have been made more consistent throughout; the entire document has been edited to improve clarity and make more consistent with MLA's Model Bylaws for Chapters.A few content changes have also been made (as recommended by the Chapter Board at the Spring 2008 Board meeting) and number of minor inaccuracies corrected, for example:
Changed Treasurer's budget preparation duty (new Article IV, Section 2.F.4) - Treasurer will now be required to bring preliminary budget for following calendar year to the Fall Executive Board meeting for discussion/approval - in the past Treasurer didn't present budget until Spring Board Meeting so Chapter had no approved budget for the first 3 months of the year.Abolished Governmental Relations (standing) Committee and replaced with new appointed position called Governmental Relations Liaison (see Article IV, Section 3.A. and Section 4.C. - this committee has been removed from standing committee list in Article VII, Section 1.B.Fixed inaccuracies such as:
"To confirm selection of Annual Meeting Coordinators..." deleted from duties of President as Executive Board does this.""To appoint Parliamentarian..." moved from President-Elect's duties to President's duties."To maintain a current list of all Executive Board and all committee members..." removed from Recording Secretary's duties as President does this.
To prepare for the bylaws vote, be sure to read over the proposed revised bylaws here on the chapter website!