On Jul 24, 2010, at 6:13 PM, gary white wrote:
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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
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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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I understand.
Thanks
John |
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:
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" 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
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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:
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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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