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Members are invited to vote on two proposed amendments to the state bylaws of the Native Plant Society of Texas.
The amendments were proposed at the state board meeting on January 25 in Fredericksburg and must be approved by the membership before they take effect. Members who wish to vote must do so before April 1, 2020.
Proposed amendment 1 is a language clarification in the section regarding who may be reimbursed for expenses, including travel expenses. The current bylaws state that no “member” of the state board may be reimbursed for expenses unless the expenses were budgeted beforehand by the state board. The words “state board” are often used interchangeably with “state officers,” but officially the state board includes chapter representatives and chairs of standing committees in addition to state officers. The board wants to change the bylaws to say that only state “officers” will be required to have reimbursed expenses approved by the Finance Committee. In effect this is the way the state board has been interpreting the bylaws already. The amendment simply makes official the current practice.
Proposed amendment 2 changes the dates of the state board meetings in the months of January, April and July. The current bylaws specify the meetings are to take place on the third Saturday of those months. This does not allow sufficient time to prepare the financial statements that need to be examined at the meetings. The proposed amendment would move the dates to the fourth Saturday of those months. The last state board meeting would continue to be during the Fall Symposium, regardless of when that event is held.
Please click the button below to examine the ballot and record your vote.
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**ARCHIVED POST AUTHOR: Bill Hopkins
