Bylaws

[Thomas C. Weedon]

Jerry,
The By Laws revision proposals were in your March 2002 K-Factor, in the
center. It was a tear out that you were supposed to fill out, then tear out,
then insert in an envelope and mail in. Did you do it as requested?

The old By-Laws was on our national web site www.nsrca.org for three (3)
years. Did you bother to look or print out a copy? I'll send you a copy in
Word or PDF if you want.

The vote was tallied for each proposed change, and only those that were
accepted by the membership was included in the final version.

There was nothing in the old By-Laws detailing the boundries of the NSRCA
Districts, nor the number of the Districts.

The old By-Laws were last changed on December, 1990. You will find them in
the K-Factor from that date.

Hope that helps,

Tom Weedon
  -----Original Message-----
  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
Behalf Of Jerry Stebbins
  Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 3:30 PM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: Bylaws


  I just got my November issue of K Factor, and lo and behold we have a new
set of Bylaws.It has a revision date of July--4 months ago. I for one never
received any K Factor with a revision proposed, or an opportunity to
understand,or vote on the changes. How many others out there are in the same
boat?
  How do you compare the new to the old when you never had a copy/saw the
old to compare with?
  What has changed?
  Why was it changed?
  What was the "voted tally" on what changes?
  Why does it have many errors in the "final version"?
      Examples--Where does it identify the number of Districts?
                      Where are they defined-physically
                      How are they structured
                      How are the revised
              Also--How are District VP's replaced?
                          They are the BOD -per Art.VII-Section 1-a.
                          "The President SHALL fill such vacancy---"per
Article VII Section 3 b.
                          "this vacancy MAY BE filled by vote of then
remaining BOD---" per Article VIII Section 3-m.
                           Guess who does it?--the "SHALL"  rules in any
reading.----so why is it in two places?
                Wishy washy writing of a "governing document" e.g. Article X
Section 2-b. and c.  "SHOULD appoint" do they or not? it says "SHALL" under
a. Maybe whoever wrote this is being purposefully that way?
              Under Article X Section 2--This defaults the lack of District
definition in the Bylaws to AMA, and therefore it's District
definitions.Until this gets fixed, unless intentional, do we switch to the
AMA Districts?
  This is not sour grapes, but real concern!!!!
  I hope I am not gonna have to "duck and run" on this one, since all the
folks I talked to around here are in the same boat.
  Jerry



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