RE: Message from Anner Whitehead

["E. R. Epperson" <kirklee@triad.rr.com>]

The Bylaws of The American Iris Society state:

Section 3 (h): Officers holding the following positions shall be members ex
officio of the board of directors: President, First Vice President, Second
Vice President, Immediate Past President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor.
These officers shall have full voting powers unless filling a salaried
position and accepting compensation for services rendered in that position
in furtherance of the purposes of the AIS.

Section 3 (i): Each Past President of the AIS, other than the Immediate Past
President, unless otherwise a director or officer, shall be an ex-officio
member of the AIS Board without voting privileges.

E. Roy Epperson
President, AIS

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From: owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org [mailto:owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org]
On Behalf Of John I Jones
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 10:20 AM
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Subject: [AISdiscuss] Message from Anner Whitehead

Anner asked that I forward this to AISDiscuss:


Anner Whitehead sends;
_____________________

Clarence Mahan said:

"As former presidents remain members of the Board...without votes."
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Is this correct? Is it so stated in the Bylaws?

You see, I distinctly recall a phone conversation with AIS Past  
President Ron Mullin, serving at the time as AIS Judges Chairman,  
when I was AIS Membership Secretary, in which Mullin told me Mahan  
had asserted this policy/principle/rule to him, but Mullin thought  
Mahan was incorrect.

Mullin said Mahan encouraged him to join a closed Board session  
because all former Presidents were still Board members, but Mullin  
disagreed, saying only the Immediate Past President was still a Board  
member. Mullin said he firmly declined to join that meeting.

I was more up on the AIS Bylaws then than I am now, but I recall  
thinking at the time that Mullins' position was the correct one, as  
well as the sound one.

I believe it would be wise to confim this point.

Cordially,

Anner Whitehead
Richmond VA USA

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