Alternate meeting wording bylwas

Someone mentioned that the meeting section of the bylaws need to be looked at
so I looked and here's what I came up with. The whole section was talking
about meetings of the whole body of members but that seems unproductive. All
the business done by SPI (legally) will be done by the Board and it's
committees. Anything a general body of the membership decides would be
non-binding. The only reasons they would have for meeting are:

1) To vote the Board members, and that's better done by Email.. due to the
requirement for secret ballots.
2) To keep up to date with all that's going on.. and spi-general is will
be the prefered method for that.
3) To be able to question the Board/committees about various issues.. and that
can be done at board meetings or email.

So... based on the way the rest of the bylaws are structured and business
to be conducted, I'd recommend replacing the membership section with this:

My comments and what I changed will follow.. I will reply to this message.
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The annual board meeting of this organization shall be electronically
held on the first day of July, each and every year except if such day be a
legal holiday then and in that event the Board of Directors shall fix the
day but it shall not be more than two weeks from the date fixed by these
by-laws. The Secretary shall cause to be mailed (electronically or otherwise)
to every board member in good standing at his or her address as it appears in
the membership roll book of this organization a notice telling the time and
place of such annual meeting.

Regular meetings of the board of this organization shall be held quarterly.

The presence of not less than two-thirds of the board members shall constitute
a quorum and shall be necessary to conduct the business of this organization;
but a lesser number may adjourn the meeting for a period of not more than two
weeks from the date scheduled by these by-laws and the Secretary shall cause
a notice of this scheduled meeting to be sent to all those members who were
not present at the meeting originally called. A quorum as hereinbefore set
forth shall be required at any adjourned meeting.

Special meetings of this organization may be called by the President when he
deems it for the best interest Special meetings of the board of this
organization may be called by the President when he deems it for the best
interest of the organization or by two members of the board. Notices of such
meeting shall be mailed to all members at their addresses as they appear in
the membership roll book at least two weeks but not more than 30 days before
the scheduled date set for such special meeting. Such notice shall state the
reasons that such meeting has been called, the business to be transacted at
such meeting and by whom it was called.

At the request of one-third members of the organization the President shall
cause a special meeting to be called but such request must be made in writing
at least thirty (30) days before the requested scheduled date. No other
business but that specified in the notice may be transacted at such special
meeting without the unanimous consent of all present at such meeting.

The changes I made to each paragraph:

On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 10:50:49AM -0700, Darren Benham wrote:
> The annual board meeting of this organization shall be electronically
> held on the first day of July, each and every year except if such day be a
> legal holiday then and in that event the Board of Directors shall fix the
> day but it shall not be more than two weeks from the date fixed by these
> by-laws. The Secretary shall cause to be mailed (electronically or otherwise)
> to every board member in good standing at his or her address as it appears in
> the membership roll book of this organization a notice telling the time and
> place of such annual meeting.
Just changed references general meeting to board meeting and membrship to
board member.

>
> Regular meetings of the board of this organization shall be held quarterly.
s/of this org/of the board of this org/

> The presence of not less than two-thirds of the board members shall constitute
> a quorum and shall be necessary to conduct the business of this organization;
> but a lesser number may adjourn the meeting for a period of not more than two
> weeks from the date scheduled by these by-laws and the Secretary shall cause
> a notice of this scheduled meeting to be sent to all those members who were
> not present at the meeting originally called. A quorum as hereinbefore set
> forth shall be required at any adjourned meeting.
member references to board members.

Arg! nobody caught this in irc: typo from hell...
> Special meetings of this organization may be called by the President when he
> deems it for the best interest
Strike all above

> Special meetings of the board of this
> organization may be called by the President when he deems it for the best
> interest of the organization or by two members of the board. Notices of such
> meeting shall be mailed to all members at their addresses as they appear in
> the membership roll book at least two weeks but not more than 30 days before
> the scheduled date set for such special meeting. Such notice shall state the
> reasons that such meeting has been called, the business to be transacted at
> such meeting and by whom it was called.
Add two board members able to call a meeting, not just able to direct the
president to call a meeting.. otherwise, SPI could still get hamstrung by a
resigned president or president that's caught up with real life.

> At the request of one-third members of the organization the President shall
> cause a special meeting to be called but such request must be made in writing
> at least thirty (30) days before the requested scheduled date. No other
> business but that specified in the notice may be transacted at such special
> meeting without the unanimous consent of all present at such meeting.
The two board members were removed from this paragraph.

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