Bylaws pertaining to Election Year

[Guest guest]

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

I'm Cricket Hrabosky and I thought I would try and smooth the

waters a bit with some Bylaws that would help clarify. In July 2002,

in Toronto the 13th version of the bylaws were approved by the

membership via mail in ballots and bylaw amendments.

I believe Danny Black (correct me if I'm wrong Danny) has

the " official " 13th version of the Little People of America Bylaws on

his website. These bylaws were updated by me per the memberships

approval at the Toronto Conference. I emailed all District

Directors, the new Executive Committee and Danny Black copies.

I took the liberty to cut and paste only the pertinent bylaw

articles that pertain to elections, candidacy and committees. As my

interpretation goes, someone would have to have paid their dues by

Dec 31, 2000 to run for national office this year. People being

appointed onto committees,there is mention of members being active

voting members in the LPA Policy Manual. No specific mention of

qualifications. The keywords are consecutive and preceding years in

the text below.

Let the race begin!

Sincerely,

Cricket H

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ARTICLE V – MEMBERSHIP

SECTION 6 - CANDIDACY

All voting members are eligible for candidacy for chapter, district

and national office. A member who desires to run for a district

office position must be a paid member for 2 consecutive years. A

member who desires to run for a national office must be a paid member

for 3 consecutive years.

ARTICLE XIV - DUES

SECTION 1 - TIMING

Membership dues shall be payable January 1 of each year and shall be

considered delinquent after March 1. National, District, and Chapter

Officers whose dues have not been paid by March 1 shall forfeit their

right to hold office.

ARTICLE VI - NATIONAL OFFICERS

SECTION 2- ELECTION

A. Elections shall be held at the National Conference in even-

numbered years.

B. The President and Vice Presidents must have been an active

eligible voting member for the three preceding years.

C. Candidates shall make their intent of running for a national

office known 90 days prior to a national election.

D. Candidate is not required to be a person of short stature.

E. Candidate shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older.

F. Voting shall be by the attending District Directors as per

the majority instructions from their districts. The executive

committee will vote in the case of a tie. A candidate must receive a

majority vote. Runoffs will be held until a majority vote is

achieved. Mail-in ballots will be used.

G. Officers shall take office at the time of installation

during the national conference. Installation of the new officers

shall take place as part of Old Business of the Board of Directors.

Elections shall be held during even numbered years.

ARTICLE VI - NATIONAL OFFICERS

SECTION 2 - TEMPORARY COMMITTEES

The President as required may appoint temporary committees and

chairpersons.

SECTION 3 - COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Each standing committee chairperson should appoint other members to

assist as necessary to carry out the work of the committees.

Personal and financial information gathered by some committees should

be confidential and discussed only during committee and Executive

Committee deliberations.

SECTION 4 - USE

The Executive Committee and/or the designated Vice President shall

govern standing committees.

ARTICLE VII - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

SECTION 1- MEMBERSHIP

The Executive Committee shall consist of the national officers of LPA.

SECTION 2 - DUTIES

The Executive Committee shall:

A. Do such acts and perform such duties as shall be specified in

these Bylaws, together with such other acts and duties as are not

otherwise provided for herein to be performed by other persons.

B. The Executive Committee shall vote on the Board of Directors.

C. Review Applications for committee head position, which report

to them and make proposals to the Executive Committee as a whole for

consideration and appointments. Such considerations will be given to

applicants for committees who have combined qualifications that

reflect leadership skills in regards to the LPA community and

professional and/or relevant community service experience.

D. Follow policies as directed by the Board of Directors,

maintain confidentiality of personal and financial information.

ARTICLE XVIII - AMENDMENTS

SECTION 1- METHOD

These Bylaws may be amended at the National Conference, provided that

the resolution for amendment shall have been submitted to all

District Directors one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the

National Conference.

SECTION 2 - REQUIREMENTS

To become effective, any amendment must receive a two-thirds vote of

the district directors voting as instructed by their district

members. Mail-in ballots will be used.

SECTION 3 – EFFECTIVE DATE

Amendments to these Bylaws shall become effective immediately upon

approval, or as specified in the amendment.

SECTION 4 - CORRECTIONS

All automatic grammatical punctuation and correlative corrections in

these Bylaws and/or amendments thereto, shall be effected by the

Bylaws Chairperson at the time said Bylaws or amendments were

adopted, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee.

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POLICY MANUAL INPUT

II. NATIONAL OFFICERS

A. ELIGIBILITY

A candidate for National Office must be an active eligible voting

member for three preceding years and meet criteria set forth in the

National Bylaws under Article VI, Section 2.

V. COMMITTEES

A. ELIGIBILITY

Committee members shall be active voting members. Chairpersons shall

be appointed by the Executive Committee and/or Board of Directors.

[Guest guest]

Cricket --

As you may know, last week I posted LPA's bylaws on LPA Online. Go to:

<http://www.lpaonline.org/lpa_memcorner.html>

I posted them with the understanding that these are the most recent,

official bylaws. Would you please take a look and let me know if they are

indeed the correct version?

Thank you.

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Dan Kennedy

Editor, LPA Online

Little People of America, Inc.

<http://www.lpaonline.org>

On 4/1/04 10:25 PM, " chrabosky " <cricketh@...> wrote:

> Hello Ladies and Gentlemen,

> I'm Cricket Hrabosky and I thought I would try and smooth the

> waters a bit with some Bylaws that would help clarify. In July 2002,

> in Toronto the 13th version of the bylaws were approved by the

> membership via mail in ballots and bylaw amendments.

> I believe Danny Black (correct me if I'm wrong Danny) has

> the " official " 13th version of the Little People of America Bylaws on

> his website. These bylaws were updated by me per the memberships

> approval at the Toronto Conference. I emailed all District

> Directors, the new Executive Committee and Danny Black copies.

>

> I took the liberty to cut and paste only the pertinent bylaw

> articles that pertain to elections, candidacy and committees. As my

> interpretation goes, someone would have to have paid their dues by

> Dec 31, 2000 to run for national office this year. People being

> appointed onto committees,there is mention of members being active

> voting members in the LPA Policy Manual. No specific mention of

> qualifications. The keywords are consecutive and preceding years in

> the text below.

>

> Let the race begin!

> Sincerely,

> Cricket H