[MRSSA News] ByLaws Notes

[Mark Bortz]

In light of several emails with issues (see below).
I won't be producing an update this evening.

I think more discussion is needed on the issues below.

Mark

On Feb 25, 2008, at 9:25 PM, Jjohanningmeier at aol.com wrote:

>
> Some points of discussion after reviewing the proposed bylaws:
>  
> Article III Membership
> Sentence:  Every MRSSA affiliated club is encouraged to send a 
> representative to the annual meeting to maintain their affiliation.
> Discussion:  It was reported to me that there was discussion at the 
> Fall meeting to require a representative from each team to be in 
> attendance at the Fall meeting.  Was there action on this?  Minutes?  
> If so, should this sentence reflect that?  Using a more strict word 
> such as required in place of encouraged?  Should this be moved to P & 
> P?
>  
> Article VI Election and Voting Privileges
> NSSA Regional Directors are listed with Board voting privileges
> Discussion:  NSSA Regional Directors are listed in Article VI, but not 
> in Article V Officers.  In Art. V the Executive Board is listed as 
> well as the club representatives.  Should the Directors be included in 
> Art. V?  Since there is only one vote per team, should they not be 
> included with voting privileges?  Should there be more than one vote 
> per team with Directors being able to vote independently?  Other than 
> club representatives, are any positions required to be affiliated 
> with teams in the region?
>  
> Article VI
> Sentence:  Board members must be present to vote. Robert's Rules of 
> Order shall be followed.
> Correction:  Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised
>  
> Article VII Suspension or Expulsion
> Sentence:  3. Each member suspended or expelled shall have the right 
> to prompt and equitable resolution of grievances through the exercise 
> of due process (See Articles XI, and XII.)
> Clarification:  References to Articles XI and XII do not seem to be 
> correct.
>  
> Article X Committees
> Discussion:  Four committees are listed and assumed to be standing.  
> Committees are also addressed in P & P.  Will these committees be 
> appointed and active?  Should these be omitted from the bylaws and 
> left to the P & P?
>  
> I will address P & P in another e-mail.  Will P & P also need to be 
> addressed before the NSSA meeting?  There may be a few things we may 
> want to explore in depth.  Also of concern, according to current 
> bylaws Article XIV - bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds (2/3) 
> majority at any MRSSA meeting.
> Loosely, a conference call could qualify as a meeting.  The question 
> is, would we have enough members that would be able to participate.
>  
> Thank you for your consideration,
>  
> JoJo
>
>
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On Feb 25, 2008, at 1:45 PM, Meany Larry D wrote:

> In the P&P the seeding part the MWRSSA should be MRSSA and I don not
> this this is how we have done it in the past if we are changing
> procedure we should discuses it at a meeting
>


On Feb 25, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Meany Larry D wrote:

> Do we need to say some where that NSSA reps are elected at the 
> tournament meeting
> I am hopefully leaving town I will try and check email once a day
>
> Larry Meany