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KAI-RID Motion For Consideration Referendum
As discussed at the business meeting in Overland Park on March 29,
several motions are being brought forth for membership vote via mail
referendum. Thank you for taking the time to review these motions for
consideration. Please view our bylaws by clicking here.
Per our current bylaws, Article VII, B, "Notice of the referendum stating
and describing all motions, procedures and deadlines for voting, shall
be provided to all voting members at least sixty days prior to the
referendum deadline."
This message is the 60 day notification of the mail referenda. We will
be holding a vote on this issue via Constant Contact's survey feature.
Voting will be open June 24-29.
Sincerely,
Allison Gile
KAI-RID Bylaws Committee Chairperson
bylaws@kai-rid.org
Motions for Consideration
Motion A.
(Reference Article III, Section 1, A and B)
Change the titles of membership categories
From: To:
Dual Certified Dual
Individual Associate Dual
Senior Citizen State
Student Student
Supporting Organizational
Organizational Supporting
Retired
Rationale: Feedback from the RID National Office, received Jan 24,
2008, expressed concerns that the current categories were not in
congruence with National's voting categories.
Committee Position: The Bylaws Committee supports the
recommendation and has reflected such change in the revised bylaws
now proposed for member approval.
Board Position: The Board supports this motion.
Motion B.
(Reference Article III, Section 1, A and B; Section 3, C)
To keep the voting categories listed as proposed:
Voting categories
Certified Dual
Associate Dual
State
Non-Voting categories
Student
Organizational
Supporting
Rationale: In support of the Board's position that KAI-RID is a member
driven organization, this motion is offered as a deferred compliance
option. This temporary allowance for State members to retain voting
privileges, will remain in effect until the RID National Office repeals the
grace period and all voting KAI-RID members must be dual members.
At such time KAI-RID bylaws will need to be amended accordingly.
Committee Position: The Bylaws committee accepts this motion.
Board Position: The Board accepts this motion.
Motion C
.
(Reference Article IV Section 1, Section 3 B 1 - 6)
Remove Registrant as an officer of the Board of Directors from the
bylaws, reassign the keeping of membership records to the Secretary,
and omit other duties due to redundancy.
Rationale: The Registrant position was originally created by KAI when it
was not affiliated with RID. At that time, one of the main duties of the
board was to present the annual conference. Since that time, there has
been a major emphasis to decentralize the conference planning duties
by creating a committee for that purpose. Because no other RID affiliate
chapter (AC) has a registrant, and the duties listed for KAI-RID's
registrant are handled by the secretary or membership committee in
other AC's, it has been determined that the position of Registrant is
redundant and unnecessary.
Committee Position: The Bylaws Committee supports the
recommendation and has reflected such change in the revised bylaws
now proposed for member approval.
Board Position: The Board supports this motion.
Motion D.
(Reference Article III, Section 5, 6)
To accept Article III, Section 5 and Section 6 wording on the Termination
and Reinstatement of Membership.
Rationale: The current bylaws did not allow for such circumstances to
be addressed. As per feedback from the RID National Office, the bylaws
committee added this wording.
Committee Position: The Bylaws committee supports this motion.
Board Position: The Board supports this motion.
Motion E.
(Reference Article IV, Section 1)
Change the title of Executive Board to the Board of Directors.
Rationale: To remain in compliance with the RID National office, there
will no longer be a separation between the officers and the district
representatives. The officers and the district representatives will
compose the entire Board. This also reflects KAI-RID's vision statement
to be an organization of unified sign language interpreters.
Committee Position: The Bylaws Committee supports this motion.
Board Position: The Board supports this motion.
Motion F.
(Reference Article IV, Section 3, A, 1-8)
Accept the change in the language detailing the officers' duties in the
proposed bylaws.
Rationale: The board positions were clarified to reduce any redundancy,
to provide transparency of the position, and to ensure accountability
within the position.
Committee Position: The Bylaws Committee supports the
recommendation and has reflected such change in the revised bylaws
now proposed for member approval.
Board Position: The Board supports this motion.
Motion G.
(Reference Article IV, Section 5, A-C)
In order to keep continuity of leadership, this motion will change the
staggered bi-annual terms of office for the President, Vice-President,
Secretary, Treasurer (and Registrant unless the position is voted to be
removed) to be voted on in odd-numbered years and the District
Representatives to be voted on in even-numbered years.
Rationale: Taking into consideration the feedback from national,
received Jan 24, 2008, the RID National Office expressed concerns that
the current term limits could cause a potential spiraling deficit in filling
vacant positions. Another argument for this is that one officer may want
to move to another office.
Committee Position: The Bylaws Committee supports the
recommendation and has reflected such change in the revised bylaws
now proposed for member approval.
Board Position: The Board supports this motion.
Motion H.
(Reference Article XV)
To change the wording from:
"Dissolution of the organization may occur by a recommendation of the
Board of Directors and the approval of two-thirds of the voting members
eligible and voting during a regular or special meeting of the
membership. Distribution of assets upon dissolution of the organization
will follow the procedure as specified in the Articles of Incorporation."
To:
"Dissolution of KAI-RID will follow the procedure as specified in the
Articles of Incorporation."
Rationale: As per feedback from RID National Office, this change was
to clean up any confusing language.
Committee Position: The Bylaws committee supports this motion.
Board Position: The Board supports this motion.