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At the annual meeting, the voting members shall elect the Board of Directors, review and vote on the standing rules and policies of the corporation, receive reports on the activities of the corporation, approve the budget and determine the direction of the corporation in the coming year.

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At the annual meeting, the voting members shall elect the Board of Directors, review and vote on the standing rules and policies of the corporation, receive reports on the activities of the corporation, and voice their opinion in approve the budget and determine the direction of the corporation in the coming year.

• Removes approving the budget as their are other ways to express a members opinion at board meetings and budget meetings.
• States that the membership is required time to voice their own opinion about what the board can do to improve or change for the rest of the election year.

A petition presented to all voting members and approved by one half (1/2) of voting members may call a special meeting. Such a petition must include the date, time, place and agenda of the special meeting. Notification of the result of the petition shall be presented to all members prior to the meeting.

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A special meeting may be called by a petition presented to all voting members and approved by one fourth (1/4) half (1/2) of voting members may call a special meeting***, or via unanimous decision of the board of directors.*** such A petition or special meeting called by the unanimous decision of the board must include the date, time, place***,*** and agenda of the special meeting. Notification of the result of the petition shall be presented to all members prior to the meeting.

• Added wording to specify what the petition would pertain to, allowing the addition of the boards power to call a special meeting with a unanimous decision.
• Changed the call from 1/2 (currently almost 150 members, to 1/4 (about 75), which seems to be much more manageable with our current size.
• Added the ability for the board of directors to call a special meeting with a unanimous vote (100%) and wording to support this ability.

There shall be four officers, a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. Each officer must be a voting member and each officer shall serve from the time of their election until their successor is elected and qualifies. ‍No officer may serve more than 3 consecutive terms‍. No officer shall be compensated for their service as an officer, though the corporation may provide insurance and indemnity for officers as allowed by law.

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There shall be five four officers***:, a President, a Vice President, a Recording Secretary, a Membership Secretary ,*** and a Treasurer. Each officer must be a voting member and each officer shall serve from the time of their election until their successor is elected and qualifies. ‍No officer may serve more than 3 consecutive terms‍. No officer shall be compensated for their service as an officer, though the corporation may provide insurance and indemnity for officers as allowed by law.

• Added specification for their to be a Recording Secretary and a Membership Secretary.
• This includes changing the number of officers on the Board of Directors to 5 instead of 4.
• Removed the list leading ',' with a colon.

Duties of the Secretary

The Secretary shall be responsible for maintaining membership and corporate records and for serving all other duties of a Secretary as required by law or custom.

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Duties of the Recording Secretary

The Recording Secretary shall be responsible for recording meeting minutes maintaining membership and corporate records and for serving all other duties of a Secretary as required by law or custom.

• Changed official name to Recording Secretary
• Changes duties from membership maintenance to recording meeting minutes.

Duties of the Membership Secretary

The Membership Secretary shall be responsible for maintaining membership records and other matters related to member records, and for serving all other duties of a Membership Secretary as required by law or custom.

• Added the Membership Secretary who is responsible for managing the membership as a whole.

The Officers must provide an annual report. The report shall chronicle the activities of the corporation, including specific narratives on the corporation's work, the corporation's annual financial statements, relevant legal filings, and relevant copies of the organization's district and federal tax returns.

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The Officers must provide an annual report at the annual meeting. The report shall chronicle the activities of the corporation, including specific narratives on the corporation's work, the corporation's annual financial statements, relevant legal filings, and relevant copies of the organization's state and federal tax returns.

• Specifying that the annual report must be a the annual meeting prevents the board from keeping information from the membership.
• Changing district to state as their is no district tax return. This makes the IRS happy ;).

Each member present shall be given an opportunity to be a candidate for each officer position and each at-large director position on the board. If there is more than one candidate for an officer position, the candidate which obtains the highest number votes from voting members present shall be elected. In the event of a tie, the election is decided by coin flip. If there are no candidates for an officer position, the outgoing officeholder may, if eligible, elect to serve another term. If more than two members are candidates for at-large director, each voting member present shall rank the candidates. The two candidates obtaining the highest preferences from voting members present shall be elected. In the case of a vacancy on the board, the remainder of the board has the right to appoint an interim member or to hold a special election to elect an interim member to fill the position for the remainder of the term.

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Each member present shall be given an opportunity to be a candidate for an elected position on the board. each officer position and each at-large director position on the board. If there is more than one candidate for an officer position, the candidate which obtains the highest number votes from voting members present shall be elected. In the event of a tie, the election is decided by coin flip. If there are no candidates for an officer position, the outgoing officeholder may, if eligible, elect to serve another term. If more than four two members are candidates for at-large director, each voting member present shall rank the candidates. The four two candidates obtaining the highest preferences from voting members present shall be elected. In the case of a vacancy on the board, the remainder of the board has the right to appoint an interim member or to hold a special election to elect an interim member to fill the position for the remainder of the term.

• Specified that it must be a voting member
• Changed from specifying officers and at-large directors, to just an elected position which encompasses the whole of the board.
• Changed two instances of "two" to "four" since their are now four at-large members per last years board change.

The fiscal year of the corporation commences on the first day of November and ends on the last day of October.

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The fiscal year of the corporation commences on the first day of January November and ends on the last day of December October.

• Changed fiscal year from November-October to January-December to coincide with State and Federal Government (From what I understand).

• Other members of the board to provide input