The Changes to the ByLaws is not part of the voting. Per the current ByLaws, any proposed change to the ByLaws must be presented to the membership for review and feedback. The membership DOES NOT VOTE on ByLaw changes, the BOD considers the feedback and will vote the next time they meet.

The primary change to the ByLaws we presented are regarding the election process.

The Purpose is:
1. to get more people involved - we have quite a few people that offer opinions and advice but will turn down a 3 yr commitment to the BOD. Via the Nominations Committee they can be involved for a month or 2 selecting the most qualified nominees.
2. to have qualified nominees on the ballot. In the last BOD election we had 2 candidates for 2 positions, the hope is that the Nominations Committee can find more eligible people to run for BOD. In the past we have also had a large list of people on ballots and some have been good for the club, some have had personal agendas that are not very helpful and sometimes disruptive. By inserting a Nominations Committee the hope is to get a reasonable number of qualified candidates.


There is a concern that having 2 exBOD people will influence the makeup of the BOD. The purpose of the 2 exBOD people is to answer any questions that nominees may have about the commitment and duties if elected to the BOD. The desire is the Nomination committee will have 6-10 people that elect a Chairperson to run the committee and report back to the BOD. The Chairperson does not have to be one of the 2 exBOD people

There was also concern that this is just extra process and the bottom line is it is. We have to try something to get more people involved and to get more qualified people to want to participate in the BOD.

The good-ole-boy comment comes up from time to time as well. The perception is that existing BOD members try and recruit people they want on the board. These people are usually their friends. So the perception is, friend just get other friends on and they keep cycling thru. The idea of the nominations committee is to get more people involved and nominating their friends to get a larger base of people to vote on, instead of the small number we have today.

Please let us know if you have any additional questions