REGULAR MEMBERSHIP MEETING, Monday, May 24, 2010 at 4:00 pm

Artserve, Fort Lauderdale FL

Meeting called to order at 4:35 PM.

Roll Call

Officers present: Clippard, Holstein, Apana, Corcillo, Kerley, Kolcz, Salmasian, Turner, van Eck. 15 members present (a quorum).

Minutes

MMC (moved by Apana) to dispense with the reading of the minutes. MMC to approve minutes of 1/4/10 and 2/27/09 meetings.

Report of Officers

MMC (moved by Apana) to dispense with officers' reports.

Unfinished Business

MMC to adopt Proposal 1 part 1 (triennial elections of officers).

MMC (moved by Whitney) to amend Proposal 1 part 2 (membership prior to eligibility for nomination for office) by substituting "one year" for "two years"; MMC to adopt Proposal 1 part 2 as amended.

MMC (moved by Kerley) to divide Proposal 2 by clause.

Discussion of Proposal 2:

  • MMC to adopt part 1 (NEW Article VII section:  titled officers prohibited from being contractors)
  • MMC to adopt part 2 (VII.2.a reword to "assist in duties of President for consistency)
  • MMC to adopt part 3 (NEW VII.2.a President is CEO)
  • MMC (moved by Kerley) to amend part 4 by replacing "the minimum number of annual visits to be determined by the Executive Board" with "at the direction of the Executive Board"; MMC to adopt part 4 as amended (President as business rep)
  • Motion to adopt part 5 (President to enforce bylaws) failed.
  • MMC to adopt part 6 (VII.2.c delete "at request of president")
  • MMC to adopt part 7 (VII.2.c make public records available to members)
  • MMC to adopt part 8 (VII.2.c Secretary-Treasurer to schedule orientations)
  • MMC ( moved by Apana) to amend part 9 to be consistent with part 4; MMC to adopt part 9 (Secretary-Treasurer as business rep)
  • MMC to adopt part 10 (VII.2.d Director attendance policy)
  • MMC (moved by Apana) to postpone discussion of 11 until after all other proposed amendments have been discussed
  • MMC to adopt part 12 (increase president salary to $5200)
  • MMC to adopt part 13 (increase secretary-treasurer salary to $16900)
  • MMC to adopt part 14 (delete VII.5 business reps appointed by committees)

New Business

MMC to adopt Bylaw amendment increasing office pension rates to 8.5 % on 6/1/10 and 9 % on 4/1/11.

Proposed bylaw amendment proposal 2 part 11 (VII.2.h: insert "agreements and") failed.

Motion made by Kerley to set an effective date of proposal 2 parts 4 and 9 of 1/1/12; motion fails.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 5:55 PM.