NOTICE FROM YOUR CLASS OFFICERS: ILCA-NA ByLaws

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Class

Guest
After approximately one year of research and development I am happy to
report that the final draft of the North American Region bylaws is available
for inspection on the web site www.laser.org [Attached below for your convience]

The first draft was developed after carefully examining bylaws from other
successful not-for-profit organizations and other one-design classes. The
Executive Committee, in a collaborative process, produced a number of
generations before their best effort was forwarded to the District
Secretaries and membership for comments earlier this year. We are grateful
to the members and district officers who took the time to carefully
scrutinize the document and submit their thoughtful suggestions for
improvement, most of which were incorporated. We're also appreciative of
the volunteer time of one of our members, who acted as legal counsel, in
reviewing the final draft.

A vote for ratification will take place at the same time as this year's
election for region officers, in November. If you refer to Article IV of
the bylaws, there is a complete description of how this year's election will
be conducted. A formal announcement regarding the election will be posted
in the near future.

The bylaws have incorporated the same electoral procedures as is mandated in
the ILCA constitution: the District Secretaries act as a legislative body, a
representative form of government if you will, to elect the regional
officers. The window of opportunity has ended to modify this document (for
other than typographical and grammatical errors); however, there is a
procedure for amending these bylaws in the future. I am sure your District
Secretaries will welcome input as to how they should cast their votes, and
that is your vehicle, as members, for expressing your support, or lack
thereof, for this document and the movement to impart more democracy for our
class and empower the membership with greater oversight.

Respectfully submitted,


Mark A. Kastel

International Laser Class Association

North American Secretary

(Posted on behalf of the NA Class secretary. Please contact him with any concerns, as he did not visit the forum to post this message.)






Mark A. Kastel

M.A.Kastel and Associates, Inc.

P.O. Box 2

La Farge, Wisconsin 54639



608-625-2042 voice

608-625-2043 fax

[email protected]
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I have attached the latest version of the bylaws to this post for those interested. It is in PDF format.
 

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