On Jul 24, 2010, at 6:13 PM, gary white wrote:
Thanks John, I appreciate the comments and you have some excellent points. And no, we do not intend for the "full membership privileges" to include the printed bulletin in an electronic membership.
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First, I don't believe we want to go into a lot of detail about the electronic membership in the bylaws, because if any of it changes, a bylaws change will also be necessary. So, for the bylaws, we should keep the description of the electronic membership rather general. We can certainly adjust the wording to better fit the class of membership, but it should be in line with the other classes of membership that are already in the bylaws. John, your last paragraph addresses this, and I would be amenable to including that or similar wording in the description.
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I agree. Leaving the definition of services up to board action gives the flexibility to meet the needs of the society with the least bureaucratic overhead.
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Second, we also posted the message about the bylaws proposal to comply with the requirements set out for making amendments to the AIS bylaws. So, this is for discussion purposes and to announce to the membership that the AIS Board of Directors will be considering this bylaws change at the Fall board meeting in November. An announcement will also be in the October Bulletin regarding this proposed bylaws amendment. In November, the AIS board will have a motion and vote whether to initiate the bylaws change. If the AIS Board vote is affirmative by two-thirds vote, then the bylaws amendment will go in the January Bulletin for membership voting.
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From: John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com>
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Proposed bylaws amendment notice - electronic membership
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 6:35 PM
I hope that we can discuss this for a while before making a motion as I think the wording needs some work and it it easier to change it prior to a motion being made.
I think that better wording might be:
" which shall include the access to an electronic version of the bulletin"
The would allow us to make it available but not be required to actively deliver it (e.g. email it to electronic members). It would also allow us to have a different version of the bulletin available electronically.
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I am concerned that the phrase "full membership privileges" could be construed to include getting the printed bulletin where I don't think that is the intent. I am not trying to be intentionally obtuse, but I don't know what "full membership privileges" are.
I think there should be some mention of access to the members section of the AIS Website (when implemented).
Is it our intent to have electronic membership count towards qualifications of an AIS judge? (I would think so )
There is no mention of the inclusion of access to the online iris registration database. (I am intentionally not referencing " irisregister.com" in case we decide to rename it at some later date).
Perhaps a phrase something like: "includes access to such other services and content as may be decided by the AIS BOD". In that light, perhaps we should word it so that we can add OR delete services at the pleasure of the board.
Those are my initial thoughts.
John
On Jul 24, 2010, at 1:27 PM, gary white wrote:
The Strategic Planning committee is proposing a change to the AIS Bylaws for addition of an electronic membership class to Article III, Section 2 of the bylaws. The proposed amendment of the bylaws change is to add class f as follows:
(f) electronic membership, which shall include the Bulletin available electronically, and other electronic services as they become available. Electronic membership shall include full membership privileges in the AIS, but does not duplicate privileges for those choosing to have both electronic membership and another class of membership.
Gary White, Chairman Strategic Planning Committee
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