Proposed Bylaws Changes

The following Bylaws changes will be presented to the membership for approval at the 2017 Annual Meeting at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, October 18-21. The copy in red is recommended revisions/additions and blue text in quotation marks is to be removed.


Current Wording:

Article XIII Committees

SECTION 6: Audit Committee

A. The Audit Committee shall consist of the First Vice President as Chair and two (2) Active members of the ASSOCIATION not otherwise officers.  One (1) Active Member shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and the other one (1) Active Member shall be nominated and elected by the association’s general membership at the Annual Meeting. The elected member and the appointed member shall serve for terms of four (4) years. The beginning of the terms for the appointed Active Member and the elected Active Member shall alternate beginning with the election of the Alternate Member. The current appointed Active Member shall serve an additional term of two (2) years initially.

B. This Committee shall be responsible for an audit of the ASSOCIATION every three years for the year preceding the contract renewal with EOA’s Management Company; and it shall submit to the Board of Directors and upon request of the membership an audit report at that time. Other audits will occur at the discretion of the Treasurer.

C. This Committee shall retain the services of an Independent Certified Public Accountant. At the discretion of this Committee, the audit may be made without prior consultation with any other officers or employees of the ASSOCIATION.

D. This Committee shall have the right to review the financial affairs of the ASSOCIATION in addition to the audit only after written notification to the Board of Directors of the purpose and scope of such a review.

Recommended Change:

B. This Committee shall be responsible for an audit of the ASSOCIATION every five years and it shall submit to the Board of Directors upon request of the membership an audit report at that time. Other audits will occur at the discretion of the Treasurer.

SECTION 9: Telecommunications Committee

A. The Telecommunications Committee shall consist of three members of the Association of whom one (1) is to be appointed each year by the President with the approval of the Board of Directors for a three (3) year term. "This member will become Chair during his/her last year of tenure."


ARTICLE XI

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 8: Voting by the Board of Directors

Voting as done by the Board of Directors, whether in regular or special meeting or when electronic methods may be required, will be done by simple majority. A vote by simple majority which is fifty (50) percent plus one (1) of those voting shall be considered valid. In the event of a tie vote, the President will have a casting vote to break the tie.