AAUW-MA Bylaws Committee Report

REPORT OF THE BYLAWS COMMITTEE 4.30.2

REPORT OF THE BYLAWS COMMITTEE

AAUW-MA Annual Meeting

April 30, 2022

 

The Bylaws Committee was tasked with examining the 2016 version of the AAUW-MA Bylaws

  • to bring them up to date with current practices
  • to streamline where possible
  • to correct errors
  • to read for consistency

The major changes were related to the make-up of the board and its officers

  • all instances of the word “president” were changed to “president/administrator”
  • the elected board will be the president/administrator and the finance officer
  • other members of the board shall be appointed positions
  • branch presidents/administrators remain as members of the board

A few changes were made to state meetings

  • the word “convention” was replaced with “annual meeting”
  • at annual and special meetings, all members in good standing have one vote, eliminating the out-of-date delegate method of voting

Other changes were mainly housekeeping

  • “AAUW-MA” or Affiliate replaces the word “state” where appropriate
  • errors in Article numbering were corrected

The updated Bylaws will be voted on a t this meeting since

  • in 2021, they were not finished in time for the required 30-day notice to members
  • we were awaiting mandated changes from AAUW which were not anticipated before June 2021

Next step

  • members will be sent the Bylaws to review before the annual meeting
  • members will vote on the revised Bylaws at the 2022 annual meeting
  • the committee recommends voting to approve

Respectfully submitted,

The AAUW-MA Bylaws Committee

Stacy Fatale

Cris Ajemian

Liz Fragola

Hollie Bagley