Jan_Feb_1997

January/February, 1997
Board proposes
By-Laws change
Three proposed changes in the COAi By-Laws will be
considered by members attending the General
Membership Meeting during the annual convention in
Sturbridge, MA, on Wednesday, April 16. All changes were
recommended by COAi's Board of Directors, and are
regarded largely as "housekeeping" changes.
One change involves Article II, Section 2, which
currently reads: "Membership dues will be on an annual
basis commencing July 1, 1986, and will expire on the last
day of June the following year." Suggested change is to
remove the date "1986."
A second proposal is to drop Section 5 of Article Ill
involving vacancies on the Board of Directors. The section
states: "Any interim vacancy occurring for any reason on the
Board shall be filled by a majority vote of the Board at any
regular meeting of the Board."
It was felt this section conflicts with Section 9 of Article
IV involving removal of officers, which states: "If the office of
the President, Executive Vice-President , a Regional Vice­
President, Secretary, Treasurer, Sergeant-at-Arms, a
Director-at-Large or any other office becomes vacant, by
reason of death, resignation, disqualification, removal from
office or otherwise, the Board may choose such successor
or successors to complete the term of the vacant office."
A third proposed change involves Section 4 of Article V
(Annual Reports), which states: "By the fifteenth day of
January each and every year, a chartered Clown Alley must
submit to the principal place of business of the Corporation
a complete listing of all names and addresses of the
members and officer~ of the Clown Alley. All members of
the Clown Alley must be paid up members of COAi."
The proposal is to remove the words "the principal
place of business of the Corporation, " and to substitute the
words "the COAi Alley Coordinator. "
By-Laws changes can be made by a two-thirds vote of
members at a general membership meeting, provided 15
days written notice is given to the membership. Publicatio r
in The New Calliope fulfills the requirement of written
notice.
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