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Alumnae Association Bylaws

Laurel School Alumnae Association

Annual Meeting - May 17, 2008

Proposed Amendments to the By-Laws

In August 2007, an appointed Ad-hoc By-laws Review Committee began the process of reviewing the Laurel School Alumnae Association by-laws, as well as researching independent school best practices.  The last such review was held in 1999.  While the amendments are numerous, and appear in its entirety by downloading the Alumnae Association ByLaws (5 pg .pdf, 2 mb), you will find below highlights of the changes. 

Should you have any questions or concerns prior to the vote at the Association Annual Meeting on May 17, 2008, please contact Julie Donahue, Director of Alumnae, at 1-866-277-3182 or jdonahue -at- laurelschool.org

Ad-Hoc By-laws Review Committee

   Marge Zellmer '70, chairperson

   Amy Scott Gilchrist '81

   Michael Anne Johnson '64

   Lindsay Pomeroy Jones '70

   Noreen Wilson '77

   Vikki Anderson Patacca '82, ex-officio, LSAA President

   Julie Donahue '79, Director of Alumnae

A.   Alumnae Board Composition

  1. Article III, Section 2: Expands the number of at-large Board members to 10-15

  2. Article III, Section 3: Added term limits to members at-large (two 3-yr. Terms, six consecutive years)

  3. Article IV, Section 3: Secretary will be appointed annually by the President from the members of the Board; may serve consecutive terms

 

B.   Nominating Committee Composition and Association Elections

  1. Article IV, Section 2: The Vice President is no longer chair of the Nominating Committee (This allows for a VP to be nominated to serve as President.)

  2. Article V, Section 1: Defines the Nominating Committee - chaired by either immediate past president or a former Board member; includes at least one officer; includes three members-at-large (decreased from four)

  3. Article V, Section 4: President & VP candidates must be either current or former Board members

  4. Article V, Section 5: States that members of the Nominating Committee cannot nominate themselves

 

C.   Proxies/Voting/Quorum

  1. Article II, Section 3: Defined a quorum of the LSAA as 25 members

  2. Article III, Section 4: Board member may be removed from the Board by a 2/3 vote of the Board (it was unanimous which would never be achieved)

  3. Article VI, Section 2: Defined a quorum of the Alumnae Board as a majority of the members, with at least two officers present

 

D.   Miscellaneous

  1. Intro, Fifth paragraph: Removed the objection for the LSAA to influence legislation as there may be a women’s or education issue the LSAA would encourage its members to support

  2. Article II, Section 5: Allows email notification of LSAA business meetings