Ithaca Rotary Constitution and Bylaws Update 2003

Our charge was to review and update our Constitution and Bylaws. Once we read the suggested constitution & bylaws provided by Rotary International, we realized ours were so outdated that we needed to start from scratch!

We edited the official documents, made sure we included anything peculiar to our Club and then combined everything into one document.

Most of what is left is direct form RI. Besides the new regulations regarding membership, you'll find the biggest changes are:

1) Addition of members from the general membership to both the nominating committee (formerly it was only past Presidents) and the Board (currently we only elect officers and the President appoints the Four Avenues of Service chairs to fill out the Board).

2) RI suggests the Four Avenues of Service chairs be chosen from already elected Board members. We feel the president needs to be able to select these people so we are suggesting he/she nominate those four, the nominating committee select another three and all seven be formally elected in May.

Please review the attached and address any questions/comments to any member of the committee by February 7 for review by the Board on February 11 so that we may vote as soon as possible after the appropriate notice is given to all members. You may also submit your comments electronically using the online form located on the Constitution and Bylaws Feedback page.

Thank you!

The Bylaws Committee:
Beverly Baker 272-2585 (Home)
James Brown 257-3879 (Home)
Roger Sibley 532-4751 (Home)

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