Proposed Bylaw Amendments  October 9, 2008

AMENDMENT Number 1

Proposed amendment strikes the last sentence in Article 12 Section C and replaces it with bracketed language and changes newspaper notice requirements from 14 to 7 days in line with borough requirements for community councils.

Article 12, MEETINGS, Section C

“General meetings shall require notice within the community council area.  Notice shall be placed in a newspaper of general circulation within the council area at least 14 [7] days and not more than 28 days before the general meeting is scheduled.  A sign shall be prominently posted several days prior to any meeting.  For the annual meeting and all other meetings, if the dues collected are sufficient to pay postage, notice shall be mailed to all general members and special members who have paid dues.

[Notice for the annual meeting and all other meetings shall be posted on the Lazy Mountain Community Council website at least two weeks in advance of the meeting.  A draft agenda shall be posted a week in advance of the meeting.  Mail notices will be sent to Community Council members who request mailed notices of meetings so long as mailing charges do not exceed 25% of the total amount in the LMCC bank account.]

AMENDMENT Number 2

AMENDMENT Number 1

Proposed amendment strikes changes notification requirements to bylaw changes by adding in the LMCC website as a main vehicle for notification instead of relying on mailing requirements.  Strikeout proposes to eliminate existing language.  Bracketed language denotes proposed additions.

Existing Article 15, AMENDMENTS

“These by-laws may be amended only at the annual council meeting unless the council board finds an emergency to exist, requiring an earlier general meeting.  Notice of any general meeting in which the by-laws are amended must include at least [14 days] notice mailed to each general council member as is required for the annual meeting. [posted on the Lazy Mountain Community Council website and shall include the proposed bylaw changes.  Notice of bylaw changes on the agenda shall be mentioned in published notices.]  Such notice must include notice of the proposed changes to the bylaws.  Changes to the by-laws shall require a vote of at least 10 members or a two-thirds majority of the general members present at the meeting, whichever is greater.”