June 12, 2005 By-Laws Committee meeting of the Hollywood United Neighborhood Council. 4:30 PM at the Harmony Gallery

5911 ½ Franklin Ave., Los Angeles.

Meeting called to order at 4:30 pm by Co-Chair Joel M. Fisher, Attending Board members David Schlesinger, Norma Foster, Andrew Glazier, Susan Swan, Maurece Chesse, Ann De Bello, Viktoria Gaw, Susan Polifronio and stakeholders Lucy Grigorian and Walter Blackman.

Agenda Item: Changes to be made in By-Laws

PAST PRESIDENT POSITION AND INCLUSION OF PAST PRESIDENT AS STANDING MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE CTTE AND AS MENTOR TO INCOMING PRESIDENT FOR A TERM OF ONE YEAR.

Discussion: Through an exchange of ideas the following wording was agreed to by all By-laws ctte members:

Motion by Andrew Glazier to accept the following amendment language

Second: Norma Foster

Amendment to Bylaws

Article IX Executive Committee

The Executive committee shall be composed of the Officers of the Board, including president, vice-President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and Treasurer, and the Immediate Past President (if appointed).

Article X  Officers

Section B (To be inserted after Parliamentarian duties)

Immediate Past President

The intent of this position is to ease the transition from a previous Board President to new Board president.  The Immediate Past President shall serve as an advisor to the current Board President subject to the following:

  1. May be appointed by the President of the Board for a term not to exceed 12 months;
  2. Must be a duly elected member of the Board;
  3. May be appointed by the Board President to serve as a voting member of the executive committee for up to 12 months;
  4. Serves at the pleasure of the Board President
  5. Is eligible to serve in this capacity only within 1 year of previous Board presidency

Motion carries unanimously

From December 4, 2003 Changes to the 2004 Election procedures

Article #7: Write-In Candidates: It was suggested and agreed upon by the Committee that Nominations will close at the end of the second Candidates' Forum and to strike #5 completely.

Motion by Andrew Glazier, second by Ann De Bello to accept all the above changes and for Andrew to write the motion that will go to the Full Board.

Motion Carries Unanimously.

This clarifies the confusion at the time of the election and when the change was made.

Andrew Glazier stated that there will be another By-Laws Ctte meeting within the next 5-6 weeks to clean up areas of the by-laws that are confusing.

Motion to Adjourn: Chair Andrew Glazier
Second: Everyone
Carries Unanimously
Meeting Adjourned 6:00pm
Minutes Respectfully Submitted Susan Polifronio