ResolutionNumber: C4
Year: 2002
Title:   AMENDING THE BY-LAWS

Resolved: Therefore be it resolved to implement Resolution F8, 1990.


Implementation: The Board will be served notice of the following bylaw amendment ten days prior to a meeting of the Board in Fiscal Year 2003:

Article X. AMENDMENTS:

"These Bylaws may also be amended at the Annual General Meeting of the members of AIUSA (AGM) by a 2/3 vote provided that such an amendment has been passed by a regional conference and the full text of the amendment has been distributed to the members with the Notice of Meeting."

At the meeting of the Board, Directors will consider and vote on the amendment. Should the amendment be adopted by the Board, the AIUSA Bylaws will be updated to include the amendment by AGM 2003.


Update: The Board delegated implementation to the Board Bylaws Task Force (Members: Nancy Galib, Alireza Azizi, Beth Ann Toupin, Farah Brelvi, and Linda Harke). The Bylaws Task Force consulted with counsel to affirm that AGM Resolution C4 constituted a legal procedure to amend corporation bylaws. The Task Force also discussed alternative procedures to enable members to revise bylaws, including adding bylaw revisions to the proxy ballot on Board Member Elections, as commonly practiced in other organizations.

The Report of the Bylaws Task Force was scheduled for the January 24-26, 2003 Board Meeting, but it was tabled to a subsequent meeting of the Board.In March 2003, the Board voted on an alternative to this resolution. However, the alternative language for the Bylaws did not have the requisite votes required for an amendment to the Bylaws. Therefore, the resolution was not overturned. The AIUSA Bylaws have been amended to reflect 2002 AGM Res. C4.