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All Things Bylaws:

• Summary of proposed bylaws up for vote.

• Proposed Bylaw changes.

PROPOSED BYLAW CHANGES SUMMARY

Major Changes:

- Recasts several of the duties for Officers of the Board and makes them the

responsibility of specified committees. Adds and clarifies duties related to

Officers of the Board.

- Rearranges signature program duties for the following positions:

- Removes the Youth Development Program duties from the Secretary

and moves them to the Membership Director

- Removes the Annual Internship duties from the Fellows & Intern Rep

and moves them to the Co-Chairs

- Removes the Resume Book upkeep duties from the Policy Director and

moves them to the Membership Director

- Rearranges Committee Chairs for the following Committees:

- Appoints Lobbyist Liaison to be the Fundraising Chair, previously held

by one of the Co-Chairs.

- Appoints Secretary to be the By-Laws Chair, previously held by one of

the Co-Chairs.

- Appoints Membership Director to be the Youth Development

Committee, previously held by the Secretary

- Appoints one of the Co-Chairs as Chair of the Internship Committee,

previously held by the Fellows & Intern Representative

- Appoints one of the Co-Chairs as Chair of the Budget Committee,

previously held by the Treasurer

- Establishes a new standing committee (Operations Committee) and has the

Treasurer chair that committee.

- Tasks the Operations Committee with being responsible for the administrative

upkeep of the organization. Examples include but are not limited to:

- Maintaining the drive and backfiles of the organization

- Upkeep on accounts and passwords

- Looking into options for a new bank and exploring credit card options

- IT and website maintenance

- Drafting proposals for insurance options

- Maintaining PO Box and storage unit

- Requires the By-Laws Committee to detail a report to the Executive Board

regarding larger reforms to consider.

- Authorizes the Board to establish policies to help guide Board activities.

- Reforms the Zero-Tolerance Policy to be aligned with the Code of Conduct

- Adds an appeal process if an individual disagrees with an action taken by the

Executive Board regarding their violation of the Code of Conduct.

- Requires election procedures to be transmitted to the membership 21 days

before the election day.

- Gives the Executive Board final say over an appeal that is filed under article

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