Hi all,
With thanks to Kirill for thoroughly reading the proposed bylaws, I have
made the following modifications which we will discuss during our Tuesday
meeting:
*Article III, section 1 broken up into 2 sections. Section 2 concerns
lobbying. Consistent with discussion with Steven LaPorte about
interpretation of our user group agreement, the restriction about
influencing legislation is modified to restrict only lobbying or
influencing legislation that is inconsistent with the Wikimedia mission.
*Article V, section 3 "Notice of Member Meetings" modified to allow for
electronic meeting notice provided that RCW 24.03.009 is fulfilled.
*Article V "Membership meetings" sections 4 and 5 modified to more
explicitly discuss virtual presence and allow for voting by mail in some
circumstances. Artivle V "Quorum" section modified to allow for a lower
threshold quorum than 50% of the membership once the total number of
members is sixteen or more.
*Article VI "Board of directors" section 9 on Director vacancies changed
from "Board shall appoint" to "Board may appoint". I highlighted for
Board
to discuss this section in particular at our meeting.
*"Consequences of failing a background check; privacy disqualification"
changed to limit prohibition on becoming a Board member or officer until
"the appropriate length of time has passed since the incident in question
per Article VI section 3 subsection C, "Qualifications"."
*Article VI, Section 4.a on executive sessions: clarified that Board
members and officers in attendance must not be recused.
*Article VII, section 1 list of officers made consistent with Article VII,
Section 5.
*Article VII, section 2 changed to require that the board chair and
vice-chair be board members.
*Moved the 2nd portion of the Treasurer's job description, which discussed
authority to allow variances from budgets. This section is now in Article
X, "Fiscal Controls".
* Modified the documentation requirement to allow that some expenses of $10
or less where there may be no receipt offered, such as parking fees that
are paid with cash, may still be eligible for disbursements at the
discretion of the Treasurer and subject to later review by the Finance
Committee.
*Article X - "Fiscal controls" section 1-c clarified.
Thanks very much for your feedback, Kirill.
Pine
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