2008 Recommended Bylaw Changes
NETA Board Policy Committee
Recommended Bylaw Changes
Submitted by Tom Rolfes
Pursuant to Article XI, Section B of the NETA Constitution and Bylaws, I, Tom Rolfes, Chair of the NETA Board Policy Committee, do hereby submit the following Bylaw changes for consideration by the NETA membership at their April 2008 General Meeting:
a) Change the grammar and student member voting privileges as it appears in Article III, Sections A and C.
Article III. Membership
A. Membership is open to anyone that who has an interest in administrative, educational, and instructional uses of technology and that subscribes who subscribe to the basic tenets of NETA as proclaimed in these Articles.
C. 3. Student members must be full-time undergraduate students, and will have all the rights and privileges of regular members, with the exception of voting rights.
b) Add a provision related to duties of the Board of Directors in Article VIII.
Article VIII. Duties of the Board of Directors
R. The Board of Directors will remain current in topics of educational technology at regional and national levels.
c) Change language related to vacancies by officers and directors as it appears in Article IX, Section C.
Article IX. Election of Officers and Directors
C. A vacancy may be declared to exist on the Board of directors when a resignation is received or when a person fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Board of Directors is impeached for lack of attendance or failure to discharge appointed duties.
d) Change the title “Executive Coordinator” to “Exhibitor Coordinator” as it appears in Article VIII. P. and Article X.A.
Article VIII. Duties of the Board of Directors
P. The Board of Directors shall appoint an Executive Liaison, Executive Director and Executive Exhibitor Coordinator with each executive officer’s duties being prescribed by the Board.
Article X. Executive Positions
A. The Executive Exhibitor Coordinator shall:
NETA Constitution and Bylaws
Chapter XI
Section B. This Constitution may be amended through the following procedure, and only through the following procedure:
1. The proposed amendment must be a formal topic on an agenda at the annual meeting.
2. Any regular member may submit in writing a proposed amendment. This must come to the Board of Directors at least sixty (60) days prior to the annual meeting.
3. The full text of the proposed amendment must be submitted in writing to the entire membership prior to the annual meeting at which it is a formal topic. All additions, deletions, and modifications must be clearly denoted.
4. This constitution and bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds majority vote of members, eligible to vote, attending the annual meeting of NETA, provided that notice of the proposed changes has been sent to the membership not less than thirty (30) days prior to the meeting.
5. The secretary should file changes in policy or rules of order adopted at various meeting and have a copy of the constitution and bylaws for ready reference.
6. The constitution and by-laws amendments shall take effect immediately following the annual meeting.