The
2003 annual meeting appears to have passed a number of bylaw amendments, but not all amendments appear to be reflected in
the current text of the bylaws as posted on the lojban.org web site. The minutes are not always clear about what is being passed or amended, and make numerous references to an agenda which is not reproduced, so it's possible that I am misreading them.
I will describe what I see as the potentially successful amendments below. If someone can provided additional context to clarify whether or not these motions in fact constitute successful amendments to LLG's bylaws, please do so.
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1. An amendment to Article 3 Section 8:
The phrase "proposal and approval of new members, who shall assume membership immediately if present at the next meeting" should read "proposal and approval of new members, who shall assume membership immediately if present at the current meeting"
This successful motion is described as an addendum, but the meaning of that distinction is not clear. It is preceded in the minutes by an apparently unrelated failed motion to amend Article 5 Section 2.
2. The following succcessful motion does not make explicit reference to amending the bylaws, but was considered during a portion of the meeting which seems to have been devoted to bylaw amendments:
That a new office be created, effective 2004, which can only be filled by a Virginia resident. The office has no duties in particular. Holding the office is compatible with holding another office or directorship
Article 4 Section 1 specifies: "at least one (1) of such Directors shall be a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia" -- which seems to express a similar requirement, but may or may not be related to this motion.
3. An amendment to Article 3 Section 8:
That The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, in its most recent version, be the Parliamentary Authority for the LLG (where not specifically overruled by the Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation, or relevant laws and statutes)
This motion does appear to have been incorporated in the current text of the bylaws, superseding a bylaw amendment passed by the 1996 annual meeting specifying "Standard Parliamentary Code 3rd edition".
4. Motion 9G3 ("to allow electronic communication for LLG official purposes"). Since the minutes describe the motion as having been "reconsidered", I assume the text may have been included in an earlier motion which failed on initial consideration:
That all references to postal mail, telephone, and electronic mail throughout the bylaws be removed in favour of completely generic terms such as "notify" and "reasonable and customary forms of communication", unless they are specific exceptions to the principles of the section on Communications (such as a specific need for written notification)
5. An amendment to Article 3 Section 1:
Qualifications of both new and ongoing membership shall be high personal dedication to the purposes of The Logical Language Group, Inc as set forth in that Article, expressed interest in helping to manage the affairs of the community, continuing involvement in the activities of the community, and attendance at the AGM. Failure to satisfy some of these conditions is not necessarily a disqualification from membership, if some of the other conditions are satisfied to a sufficiently high degree
This motion is described as a "friendly amendment" to a motion to add "continuing involvement" to the list of qualifications for LLG membership. That motion appears to have been amended such that it was demoted to a "resolution of principle rather than a bylaw amendment". However, the amendment that contains this text follows the motion which converted the previous bylaw amendment to a resolution. I assume that the quoted text is intended to amend the resolution of principle rather than the bylaws, but given other doubts, I'm asking for clarification.
6. An amendment to Article 3 Section 1:
To add "or demonstrated participation in the Lojban language language community" to the list of qualifications
This motion is likewise described as a "friendly amendment", following a bylaw amendment motion which was demoted to a "resolution of principle". However, the motion it follows in the minutes appears completely unrelated: A motion possibly related to Article 3 Section 3, "To amend the Bylaws to allow the Board to declare the resignation of a member for failure to meet the qualifications for sustaining membership if so ratified by the membership".
7. An amendment to Article 2 Section 1:
To add "to support the community of people learning and using this language" and "In the furtherance of its purposes as stated above, The Logical Language Group, Inc. shall place priority on support of the community of persons learning, using, experimenting with, and promoting the language known as "Lojban language - A Realization of Loglan" or alternatively 'Lojban'." to the statement of purpose of the LLG