RESULTS of the proposed Bylaws and Policies and Procedures Amendments
from the July National Federation General Assembly
All 18 proposed Bylaws amendments and all 20 Policies and Procedures were adopted. Only a few of the proposed amendments were amended by the members. They are listed below with the changes in red.
#4 proposal, page 4: ARTICLE IX – OFFICERS, Section 1
The elected officers of the National Federation shall be: a President, a First Vice-president Membership, a Second Vice-president Advocacy, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Young BPW. A and and a Young BPW. A Parliamentarian shall be appointed by the President and serves without a vote unless the state law they live in prohibits it.
#17 page 14: ARTICLE XVI - SPECIAL COMMITTEES/TASK FORCES, Section 3
Special Committees and Task Forces are appointed by the President and ratified by the Executive Committee with the exception of the Nominations Chair, which is an elected position.
Typo: # 13 page 11: Article XIV, Board of Directors and #16, page 13 current Article XV Standing Committee, Sections 1 – insert Membership after L3 (Lifelong Leadership and Learning)
#11 page 7 bottom of the page: 2.4.10 Women on the Move o Create a resource library including schools, realtors, maps, car leasing, long term house leasing, child care and dependent care services, language services, women’s services (hair, nails, facials, clothing), and more.
#16, page 13: 7.10 Voting (Biennial General Assembly)
All members in good standing and registered for the Biennial General Assembly may vote electronically. Typo: #8, page 4; should be 2.3.3 Future Program Ideas
This Chair attended all but two of the Board of Directors’ meetings during the term. She submitted four articles to the E-Magazine and were published. This chair thanks the Bylaws/Resolutions Committee: then NF Parliamentarian Sandy Thompson and Virtual Club President Barbara Bozeman for their dedicated and valuable hard-work. They were awesome.
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