BYLAW CHANGES APPROVED AT MAY 19TH MEETING

ARTICLE II: BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

1.     Change the President-Elect position to a Vice-President position. At end of this sentence, add “The current Board shall prepare the slate of candidates”.

2.     2^nd sentence changed to “All Chamber members will be advised on the Chamber website, by direct emails (if addresses are available) and by an article in the Lawson Review.

3.     Delete the existing sentence and insert “In the case of a tie, the President will be the tie-breaking vote.”

4.     Change to “Absence of any officer or director from three consecutive meetings”

ARTICLE III: OFFICERS; POWERS AND DUTIES

1.     add at the end “The President only votes in the event of a tie.”

2.     Change to “Vice-President: The Vice President shall act in the absence or disability of the President. The Vice President shall succeed to the office of President upon the resignation or other termination of the President, and will serve in that position until the end of the term.”

5.     Replace “ one week prior”  with “ prior”.

ARTICLE VI: AMENDMENTS

3.     Change “Any proposed amendment is to be delivered by mail to all members for consideration at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for the meeting”

to “… is to be disclosed on the Chamber website, in the Lawson Review, and by direct emails (when addresses are available) at least ten (10) days….