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Wednesday, May 17 2006, 11:30 - 13:00 |
by Warren Hearnes |
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SPEAKER! SPEAKER! SPEAKER!
We have a SPEAKER!!! Pete Madsen read my plaintive plea in the first publicity blurb & volunteered to be thrust into the breech & have the block slammed behind him.
Pete (75) works for CH2M Hill, & did some contract work for the Gummint after Katrina. He will present a briefing he has been giving on lessons learned after she dropped in on Nawlins last year. Should prove interesting! For more info on CH2M Hill, go to this web site:
http://www.ch2m.com/corporate/news_room/hurricane_relief_efforts/default.asp
May Luncheon/ Annual Meeting
It's a mere butt of a week till this important event! Wednesday, 17 May at the Commons, 1130 hrs.
Pete Madsen saved you from me telling jokes. (Ask anyone in 65 - 67 who had me in Ordnance Engineering)
Most important - the Annual Meeting. All the usual reporting (which will be held to an absolute minimum under threat of "The Hook!"). And - voting on some amendments to the Constitution & By-Laws. They are listed in the attachment at the end of this blurb. (NB: This is not the official announcement of the amendments - that, according to the Constitution, can only be done via first class mail. The official announcement was in your May Newsletter. Changing this requirement to allow e-mail notification is one of the amendments.)
LOG ANNEX
Cost: $20 /15 per person (depends on your dues status); (parking included in the cost of gasoline)--pay at door only via cash/check payable to WPSA; pay on line at WPSA website with credit card. After Jan calls final number in to luncheon venue (Mon before luncheon), NO REFUNDS. At that point a reservation made is a reservation paid!
Location: The Commons, Ft Mac
Time: 11:30 am or 1130 hours
RSVP: NLT Monday morning, 15 May 2006, 1000 (10:00 am):
a) Jan Heath 404-464-5351;
b) Email:
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c) WPSA Hot Line 404-881-8081;
d) Online at WPSA website when you pay by credit card.
See ya there!
Don Reinhard, '59
Proposed Amendments, as published in the Newsletter:
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
The proposed changes are in ALL CAPS . The change to the "Amendments" para just brings us up into the 21st Century, and is in line w/ all else that we do. I think the changes in By-Law para 1 (f) may alleviate some of our problems finding & keeping active board members. Sub-para "e" under the Board of Governors (BOG) section corrects a situation we now have. In reality, all those who have missed three consecutive meetings are theoretically goners- this change allows the BOG to decide whether to keep habitual"No-shows" because of work they do off-line or remove them and replace w/ new blood.
Changes to these amendments may be made at the Annual Meeting through motions from the floor. You must either be present to vote at the Annual Meeting, or be represented by a proxy given to a member who is present to vote.
Printed copies of this will be available for distribution at the Annual meeting on 17 May 2006.
AMENDMENTS:
ARTICLE V, Constitution
Amendments to, or changes in, the Constitution and Bylaws may be made at any meeting of the Society by two-thirds vote of the members, either present or represented by proxy. Proposed amendments or recommended changes shall be considered when the Secretary shall have distributed copies of the same to the members at least 15 days before the meeting. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED BY EITHER US POSTAL SYSTEM (USPS) FIRST CLASS MAIL OR A COMBINATION OF E-MAIL BROADCAST AND USPS (USPS TO COVER THOSE MEMBERS WHO DO NOT HAVE E-MAIL.)
SECTION III, By-Laws
ORGANIZATION
1. Board of Governors
a&b - no changes
c. Members of the Board shall be elected for a term of three years, one-third being elected each year (A "CLASS") at the Annual Organization Meeting of the Society. In the event of a tie, the Board of Governors (to include the outgoing members) shall by its own vote determine which of the tying candidates shall be elected. Terms of office will begin on 1 July and end on 30 June. In the event the President-Elect completes his or her term of three years prior to serving as the President, he or she shall be allowed to serve a term of four years in order to serve as the President. In the event the Nominating Committee nominates a candidate for the office of President-Elect who is completing his or her term of three years prior to serving as the President-Elect, he or she shall be allowed to serve a term of five years in order to serve as the President-Elect, and subsequently as President.
d. - no changes
e. Failure to attend three consecutive meetings of the Board of Governors, WITHOUT EXPLANATION SHALL (MAY, AT THE DESCRETION OF THE BOARD,) be deemed equivalent to tender of resignation therefrom.
f. Board Members ELECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AT AN ANNUAL MEETING, who have served three years, are not eligible for re-election until they have been out of office at least one year. Exceptions to this By-Law provision are allowed for:
(1) THE CURRENT PRESIDENT=ELECT AND THE INCOMING PRESIDENT-ELECT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION III (1)(C).
(2) NO MORE THAN 2 MEMBERS OF EACH CLASS, WHEN ITS TERM EXPIRES, MAY BE RE-ELECTED TO SERVE ANOTHER THREE YEAR TERM. HOWEVER, NO MEMBER MAY SERVE LONGER THAN 6 CONSECUTIVE YEARS AS AN ELECTED MEMBER WITHOUT A BREAK OF AT LEAST ONE YEAR UNLESS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT-ELECT AND PRESIDENT DURING THEIR SECOND OR THIRD YEAR OF EITHER TERM, IN SUCH CASE THEIR TERM OF SERVICE SHALL BE EXTENDED BY ONE OR TWO YEARS TO ALLOW THEM TO SERVE IN THOSE OFFICES.
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