Received: from localhost ([::1]:60061 helo=stodi.digitalkingdom.org) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1ZrgSN-0002L5-RS; Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:13:03 -0700 Received: from mail-io0-f176.google.com ([209.85.223.176]:33589) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1.2:AES128-GCM-SHA256:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1ZrgSM-0002Kw-3Y for llg-members@lojban.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:13:02 -0700 Received: by iodd200 with SMTP id d200so35205350iod.0 for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:12:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=pOiHp/4ZWOfsnoFnByyNj2kLOah4yvz8UAHtcRt0jxM=; b=xkxCSNyHjjw5oMFWUcie7ueK8UZZCvdHlUqwW/rqbFtIWWTqA/6dIPih5V+7Nsl1b7 PlM9Lm4g1UJfiFUoTTxYWne5sPXYP7KUTQ72H0MLIgvWAIATzPyrrcHhSz5Wvf8Qd95A 2GGYlIxuwrYUpKoJm820aWMi40pkNiXglHSBNrF5keUjtX7U9soZQIcaj0H3C4exzEOm syIo2eedZX0JfjE6JrOdphLo1DA3s1vKRT7zF+DATjvSkp9+9CsLaxoVe7pIXTOcRN13 3/N3NBZCXyhxz2YK5aFbpesluWfylRTlMtmsijofQCcpmPnWi6XYHvfhJGLcD4XK5uAI Nx5w== X-Received: by 10.107.134.198 with SMTP id q67mr1494515ioi.90.1446099175973; Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:12:55 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.167.1 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:12:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Alex Burka Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 02:12:36 -0400 Message-ID: To: llg-members@lojban.org X-Spam-Note: SpamAssassin invocation failed Subject: Re: [Llg-members] [lojban-announcements] 2015 Annual Meeting of the Logical Language Group, Inc X-BeenThere: llg-members@lojban.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: llg-members@lojban.org Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7016656591000826506==" Errors-To: llg-members-bounces@lojban.org --===============7016656591000826506== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113f9214b1ad3505233833e2 --001a113f9214b1ad3505233833e2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Can you explain the first proposed bylaw amendment? Is it just shuffling a couple of paragraphs from Article 6 to Article 1 with no substantive changes? On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Secretary, LLG wrote: > The annual members meeting of the Logical Language Group (LLG) will be > convened on Monday, October 26. The meeting will take place on the > llg-member mailing list. If you are not a member and you would like to > observe the meeting, please feel free to contact me (secretary at lojban > dot org) to be subscribed to the list. > > The order of business of the meeting, as specified in the bylaws > > , is: > > 1. roll call > 2. proof of notice of meeting or waiver of notice > 3. reading of Minutes of preceding meeting > > 4. reports of Officers > 5. reports of committees > 6. proposal and approval of new members > 7. election of Directors > 8. unfinished business > 9. new business > > Tentative agenda items include: > > > - Clarifying LLG's policy regarding hosting, embedding or linking to > copyrighted materials on the web site > - Doing more to promote and highlight creative works in lojban > - Maintaining an up-to-date list of lojban projects and updating LLG's > official project policy > - The relationship of LLG to the lojban.org web site > > Several bylaw amendments have been proposed and are included below my > signature. Bylaw amendments require the approval of 2/3 of the members in > attendance. > > If you have read the section of the bylaws > = regarding > the qualifications and duties of members of LLG and are interested in > becoming a voting member, please contact me (secretary at lojban dot org) > to be subscribed to the mailing list, and to have your name added to the > agenda. It's worth noting that LLG is a business organization and only > tangentially involved in the management of the Lojban language. > > Riley Martinez-Lynch > Secretary/Treasurer > Logical Language Group > > ---- > > *Proposed bylaw amendment (Registered Agent)* > > > - Add a new section to Article 1 > > Section 3. Registered Agent > > > The corporation shall maintain a Registered Agent in accordance with Laws > of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Registered Agent shall maintain a > place of business of the Corporation which shall serve as the registered > office in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which shall be a place of busines= s > of the Corporation. The Virginia Registered Agent shall serve all functio= ns > required by the laws of the state of Virginia. The Board of Directors may > change its Registered Agent agent from time to time in the manner require= d > by law. The Registered Agent may also serve as a Director or officer of t= he > Corporation. > > > - Remove the office of Virginia Registered Agent from the list of > officers of the corporation and the following language about eligibili= ty > for other offices (6.1) > - Remove the section headed =E2=80=9CVirginia Registered Agent=E2=80= =9D in Article 6 > > *Proposed bylaw amendment (Secretary Treasurer)* > > > - In Section 6.1, split Secretary and Treasurer into separately > enumerated lines > - Append Section 6.1: The person serving as Secretary may also hold > the office of Treasurer. > - Split the section headed SECRETARY/TREASURER: > > SECRETARY > > The Secretary shall keep the Minutes of the meetings of the Board of > Directors and of the members in appropriate books. > > He shall give and serve all notices of the Corporation. > > He shall be custodian of the records of the Corporation. > > He shall present to the Board of Directors at its stated meetings all > communications addressed to him officially by the President or any Office= r > or member of the Corporation. > > He shall attend to all correspondence and perform all the duties incident > to the office of Secretary. > > > TREASURER > > He shall have the care and custody of and be responsible for all the fund= s > and securities of the Corporation, and shall deposit all such funds in th= e > name of the Corporation in such bank or banks, trust company or trust > companies or safe deposit vaults as the Board of Directors may designate. > > He shall sign, make and endorse in the name of the Corporation, checks, > notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants and orders for the payment of > money and pay out and dispose of same and receipt therefore, under the > direction of the President or the Board of Directors. > > He shall exhibit at all reasonable times his books and accounts to any > Director or member of the Corporation upon application at the office of t= he > Corporation. > > He shall render a statement of the condition of the finances of the > Corporation at each regular meeting of the Board of Directors, and at suc= h > other times as shall be required of him, and full financial report, at th= e > Annual Meeting of the members. > > He shall keep at the office of the Corporation, correct books of account > of all its business and transactions and such other books of account as t= he > Board of Directors may require. > > He shall do and perform all duties appertaining to the office of Treasure= r. > > > - In Sections 4-5, replace all occurrences of =E2=80=9CSecretary/Treas= urer=E2=80=9D > with =E2=80=9CSecretary=E2=80=9D > - In Section 8, replace =E2=80=9CSecretary/Treasurer=E2=80=9D with =E2= =80=9CTreasurer=E2=80=9D > > *Proposed bylaw amendment (Notification period)* > > > - In Sections 4.4, 4.5 and Article 10, the required notification > period for the annual meeting, special meetings and the alteration, > amendment or change of bylaws is given as fifteen days. Reduce this to > seven days in each case. > > -- > -- > The mail came from the "Lojban Announcements" Google Group. You are > probably not subscribed to that group directly. All mails to this group a= re > forwarded to all major Lojban groups. See > http://www.lojban.org/tiki/Lojbanic+Forums for details about what this > list is for, including how to contact the management. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Lojban Announcements" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to lojban-announcements+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > _______________________________________________ > Llg-members mailing list > Llg-members@lojban.org > http://mail.lojban.org/mailman/listinfo/llg-members > > --001a113f9214b1ad3505233833e2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Can you explain the first proposed bylaw amendment? Is it = just shuffling a couple of paragraphs from Article 6 to Article 1 with no s= ubstantive changes?

On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Secretary, LLG = <secretary@loj= ban.org> wrote:
The annual members meeting of the Logical Language Group (LLG) w= ill be convened on Monday, October 26. The meeting will take place on the l= lg-member mailing list. If you are not a member and you would like to obser= ve the meeting,=C2=A0please feel free to contact me (secretary at lojban do= t org) to be subscribed to the list.

The order of = business of the meeting, as specified in the byla= ws,=C2=A0is:
  1. roll call
  2. proof of notice of mee= ting or waiver of notice
  3. reading of Minutes of prece= ding meeting
  4. reports of Officers
  5. reports of committees<= /li>
  6. proposal and approval of new members
  7. election of Directors<= br>
  8. unfinished business
  9. new business

Tentative agenda items include:

  • Clarifying LLG's policy regarding hosting, embedding or = linking to copyrighted materials on the web site
  • Doing m= ore to promote and highlight creative works in lojban
  • Maintaining a= n up-to-date list of lojban projects and updating LLG's official projec= t policy
  • The relationship of LLG to the lojban.org web site
Several bylaw amendments have been proposed and=C2=A0= are included below my signature.=C2= =A0Bylaw amendments require the app= roval of 2/3 of the members in attendance.

If you have read the section of th= e=C2=A0bylaws=C2=A0regarding the qualificatio= ns and duties of members of LLG and are interested in becoming a voting mem= ber, please contact me (secretary at lojban dot org) to be subscribed to th= e mailing list, and to have your name added to the agenda. It's worth n= oting that=C2=A0LLG is a business organization and only tangentially involv= ed in the management of the Lojban language.

Riley = Martinez-Lynch
Secretary/Treasurer
Logical Language Group
<= br>
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Proposed bylaw amendment (Registered Agent)

  • Add a new section to Article 1

Section 3. Registered Agent

=


The corporation shall maintain a Registered = Agent in accordance with Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Register= ed Agent shall maintain a place of business of the Corporation which shall = serve as the registered office in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which shall= be a place of business of the Corporation. The Virginia Registered Agent s= hall serve all functions required by the laws of the state of Virginia. The= Board of Directors may change its Registered Agent agent from time to time= in the manner required by law. The Registered Agent may also serve as a Di= rector or officer of the Corporation.

  • Remove the office of Virginia Registered Agent from the list= of officers of the corporation and the following language about eligibilit= y for other offices (6.1)
  • Remove the section headed =E2=80=9CVi= rginia Registered Agent=E2=80=9D in Article 6

Proposed bylaw amendment (Secretary Treasurer)

  • =C2=A0In Section 6.1, split Secretary and Treasurer into sep= arately enumerated lines
  • =C2=A0Append Section 6.1: The person s= erving as Secretary may also hold the office of Treasurer.
  • =C2= =A0Split the section headed SECRETARY/TREASURER:

=

SECRETARY

The Secretary shall keep t= he Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the members in = appropriate books.

He shall give and serve al= l notices of the Corporation.

He shall be cus= todian of the records of the Corporation.

He = shall present to the Board of Directors at its stated meetings all communic= ations addressed to him officially by the President or any Officer or membe= r of the Corporation.

He shall attend to all = correspondence and perform all the duties incident to the office of Secreta= ry.


TREASURER

He shall have the care and custody of and be responsib= le for all the funds and securities of the Corporation, and shall deposit a= ll such funds in the name of the Corporation in such bank or banks, trust c= ompany or trust companies or safe deposit vaults as the Board of Directors = may designate.

He shall sign, make and endors= e in the name of the Corporation, checks, notes, drafts, bills of exchange,= warrants and orders for the payment of money and pay out and dispose of sa= me and receipt therefore, under the direction of the President or the Board= of Directors.

He shall exhibit at all reason= able times his books and accounts to any Director or member of the Corporat= ion upon application at the office of the Corporation.

He shall render a statement of the condition of the finances of t= he Corporation at each regular meeting of the Board of Directors, and at su= ch other times as shall be required of him, and full financial report, at t= he Annual Meeting of the members.

He shall ke= ep at the office of the Corporation, correct books of account of all its bu= siness and transactions and such other books of account as the Board of Dir= ectors may require.

He shall do and perform a= ll duties appertaining to the office of Treasurer.

  • In Sections 4-5, replace all occurrences of =E2=80=9CSecreta= ry/Treasurer=E2=80=9D with =E2=80=9CSecretary=E2=80=9D
  • In Secti= on 8, replace =E2=80=9CSecretary/Treasurer=E2=80=9D with =E2=80=9CTreasurer= =E2=80=9D

Proposed bylaw amendment (Notification period)

  • In Sections 4.4, 4.5 and Article 10, the required notificati= on period for the annual meeting, special meetings and the alteration, amen= dment or change of bylaws is given as fifteen days. Reduce this to seven da= ys in each case.
    <= /span>

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