Bylaws

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

> From: "Bob McCaw" <rmccaw@mediaone.net>

> 1.    Massachusetts law requires that a corporation have the word
> "Corporation", "Limited", or "Incorporated" in its name.  I have dubbed the
> AGA the "Aquatic Gardeners Association, Inc."  If anyone objects, please let
> me know.

Sounds great to me!

> 2.    Massachusetts law requires that a corporation have a President, a
> Treasurer, and a Board of Directors.  This terminology is somewhat different
> than the AGA currently uses, although I think the differences are primarily
> semantical.  The Steering Committee will be the equivalent of the Board and
> I will draft the documents to state that the two are the same.  I have
> assumed that the current Chair is the equivalent of the President and the
> Financial Secretary is the equivalent of the Treasurer.

We could also just change our terminology to be more consistent with the
rest of everything out there?  

> When filing documents with the state, I need to give the name of the
> President, Treasurer and Directors of the AGA as of the time of
> incorporation.  Mary suggested that I name Bob Cashin the President, David
> Lass the Treasurer, and name Neil Frank, Erik Olson, Karen Randall and
> Dorothy Reimer as the remaining Directors.  Please let me know if this poses
> any problem.

Bob resigned almost 3 months ago, and I volunteered to take over the chair
job.  I thought it would be best to leave the names the same for a month
or two, just to get us "through" this current phase.  But it's now getting
on 3 months, so we should probably consider making the change official.
I'll take this to the steering committee right now.

(Then, what about the 6th board/SC member?  Is it still Bob, or Bob have
you resigned from the SC entirely?)

> 3.    Parameter #3 of Erik's posting states that the Steering Committee
> (a/k/a the Board of Directors) will consist of six people, one of which is
> the Chair.  As I read Parameter #3, each Director will have a vote, and the
> Chair will have, in effect, another vote in case of a tie.  Mary, however,
> tells me I may be reading this wrong, and that the Chair will not have a
> vote *except* in case of a tie vote of the other members of the Steering
> Committee.  Please let me know which reading is correct.

Every committee I've seen has the president only voting to break a tie.
One vote, not two.

> 4.      I don't believe Parameter #4 works as intended.  If there are six
> members on the Steering Committee, and only two are elected each year, then
> each member must have a three year term.  If the desire is for each member
> to have a two year term, then three must be elected each year.  Please let
> me know what the intention is here.

Works well for me.  Three per year.

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
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