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Fred Tutman
Patuxent Riverkeeper

Environmental In-Justice: the root of our environmental problems

St. Mary's River Watershed Association's Annual Meeting
11:00 AM, April 12, 2008
Trinity Church Parish Hall in St. Mary's City, Maryland
Lunch will be served, bring a friend.

Co-sponsored by the St. Mary's Parish Outreach Committee.

Official Notice to SMRWA Members
* * * Changes to the Association’s Bylaws * * *
* Nomination to the Board and Elections of Directors will also take place *

During the annual meeting at 11 AM on Saturday, April 12, 2008, at Trinity Church Parish Hall in St. Mary’s City, the membership will take up proposed amendments to the Association’s Bylaws. The intent of the changes is 1) to facilitate the holding of meetings via electronic means, 2) to more clearly define the proxy vote, and 3) to grant authority to the Board of Directors to make any future amendments to the Bylaws. Specific text of the amendments follows. The full text of the Bylaws, as they were originally written and currently stand, can be found on our web site or downloaded at: http://www.smrwa.org/pdfdocs/By-Laws.pdf

Teleconference Meetings. Subject to the requirement of notice, members of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may participate in and hold a meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment if all persons participating can hear each other at the same time, and participation in the meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

Electronic Mail Voting. As may occur from time to time and necessitated by urgency and time constraints, any action required to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken exclusively by electronic mail without an in-person meeting as long as the exact text to be considered and/or the exact phrasing of the motion to be considered is transmitted to the Directors; and that, all Directors are given a stated time period for transmission of their vote on such matter of at least 72 hours and not to exceed ten days from the time that the electronic mail requesting such action is transmitted. Quorum requirements for such electronic mail voting will be the President's reception of electronic mail votes from a majority of Directors.

Amendments. These Bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of Directors present at a regular or special meeting provided that notice of the purpose and the text of the amendment has been stated in the notice of the meeting.

 

 

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