ARRL Member Bulletin for December 18, 2024

December 18, 2024

Dear Member,
 
A previous bulletin to ARRL members addressed the report of the By-Law 46
Committee's proposed changes to By-Laws 42 and 46. In response to comments
from Board members, the Committee has made several minor wording changes to
the documents. For example, where appropriate, the term "ARRL" was
substituted for "the corporation". There were two relatively major changes.
Proposed By-Law 42, Section 1(e) now has a better description of a neutral
independent third party. A proposal to modify Article 7 of the ARRL Articles
of Association was added to better describe ineligibility.

 
Two other proposed changes to By-Laws have been submitted.
 
1. It is proposed to modify By-Law 18 to clarify election procedures and
candidate qualification. Important elements describing elections will be
moved into the By-Laws from less formally controlled documents. The proposal
also better defines candidate eligibility requirements to minimize
misunderstanding and reduce the need for interpretation by the Ethics and
Elections Committee (E&E) in matters of eligibility.

 
2. The current By-Law 20 requires that a representative of E&E observe ballot
processing at a selected qualified and disinterested third party. Because the
process used by such entities is automated, little is learned by watching the
lights blinking on a computer or the ballot scanner. Sending a Committee
member to observe is, in most circumstances, an unnecessary expense. The
proposed new By-Law says that an E&E member may observe ballot processing at
the discretion of the E&E Committee.

 
Copies of these motions and related documents are posted on the ARRL Website
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https://www.arrl.org/by-laws-update?utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=ARRL
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