KAI-RID Motion For Consideration Referendum

April 25, 2008


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Dear Scales,

As discussed at the business meeting in Overland Park on March 29,
several motions are being brought forth for membership vote via mail
referendum. Thank you for taking the time to review these motions
for consideration. Please view our bylaws by clicking on the quick
link to the left.

Per our current bylaws, Article VII, B, "Notice of the referendum
stating and describing all motions, procedures and deadlines for
voting, shall be provided to all voting members at least sixty days
prior to the referendum deadline."


This message is the 60 day notification of the mail referenda. We
will be holding a vote on this issue via Constant Contact's survey
feature. Voting will be open June 24-29.

Sincerely,


Allison Gile
KAI-RID Bylaws Committee Chairperson
bylaws@...



Motions for Consideration





Motion A­.

(Reference Article III, Section 1, A and B)



Change the titles of membership categories

From:
To:

Dual
Certified Dual

Individual
Associate Dual

Senior Citizen
State

Student
Student

Supporting
Organizational

Organizational
Supporting

Retired



Rationale: Feedback from the RID National Office, received Jan 24,
2008, expressed concerns that the current categories were not in
congruence with National's voting categories.



Committee Position: The Bylaws Committee supports the recommendation
and has reflected such change in the revised bylaws now proposed for
member approval.



Board Position: The Board supports this motion.





Motion B.

(Reference Article III, Section 1, A and B; Section 3, C)



To keep the voting categories listed as proposed:



Voting categories
Certified Dual
Associate Dual
State
Non-Voting categories
Student
Organizational
Supporting





Rationale: In support of the Board's position that KAI-RID is a
member driven organization, this motion is offered as a deferred
compliance option. This temporary allowance for State members to
retain voting privileges, will remain in effect until the RID
National Office repeals the grace period and all voting KAI-RID
members must be dual members. At such time KAI-RID bylaws will need
to be amended accordingly.



Committee Position: The Bylaws committee accepts this motion.



Board Position: The Board accepts this motion.



Motion C
.

(Reference Article IV Section 1, Section 3 B 1 - 6)



Remove Registrant as an officer of the Board of Directors from the
bylaws, reassign the keeping of membership records to the Secretary,
and omit other duties due to redundancy.



Rationale: The Registrant position was originally created by KAI
when it was not affiliated with RID. At that time, one of the main
duties of the board was to present the annual conference. Since that
time, there has been a major emphasis to decentralize the conference
planning duties by creating a committee for that purpose. Because no
other RID affiliate chapter (AC) has a registrant, and the duties
listed for KAI-RID's registrant are handled by the secretary or
membership committee in other AC's, it has been determined that the
position of Registrant is redundant and unnecessary.



Committee Position: The Bylaws Committee supports the recommendation
and has reflected such change in the revised bylaws now proposed for
member approval.



Board Position: The Board supports this motion.







Motion D.

(Reference Article III, Section 5, 6)



To accept Article III, Section 5 and Section 6 wording on the
Termination and Reinstatement of Membership.



Rationale: The current bylaws did not allow for such circumstances
to be addressed. As per feedback from the RID National Office, the
bylaws committee added this wording.



Committee Position: The Bylaws committee supports this motion.



Board Position: The Board supports this motion.






Motion E.
(Reference Article IV, Section 1)



Change the title of Executive Board to the Board of Directors.



Rationale: To remain in compliance with the RID National office,
there will no longer be a separation between the officers and the
district representatives. The officers and the district
representatives will compose the entire Board. This also reflects
KAI-RID's vision statement to be an organization of unified sign
language interpreters.



Committee Position: The Bylaws Committee supports this motion.



Board Position: The Board supports this motion.




Motion F.

(Reference Article IV, Section 3, A, 1-8)



Accept the change in the language detailing the officers' duties in
the proposed bylaws.



Rationale: The board positions were clarified to reduce any
redundancy, to provide transparency of the position, and to ensure
accountability within the position.



Committee Position: The Bylaws Committee supports the recommendation
and has reflected such change in the revised bylaws now proposed for
member approval.



Board Position: The Board supports this motion.




Motion G.
(Reference Article IV, Section 5, A-C)



In order to keep continuity of leadership, this motion will change
the staggered bi-annual terms of office for the President, Vice-
President, Secretary, Treasurer (and Registrant unless the position
is voted to be removed) to be voted on in odd-numbered years and the
District Representatives to be voted on in even-numbered years.



Rationale: Taking into consideration the feedback from national,
received Jan 24, 2008, the RID National Office expressed concerns
that the current term limits could cause a potential spiraling
deficit in filling vacant positions. Another argument for this is
that one officer may want to move to another office.



Committee Position: The Bylaws Committee supports the recommendation
and has reflected such change in the revised bylaws now proposed for
member approval.



Board Position: The Board supports this motion.




Motion H.

(Reference Article XV)



To change the wording from:

"Dissolution of the organization may occur by a recommendation of
the Board of Directors and the approval of two-thirds of the voting
members eligible and voting during a regular or special meeting of
the membership. Distribution of assets upon dissolution of the
organization will follow the procedure as specified in the Articles
of Incorporation."



To:

"Dissolution of KAI-RID will follow the procedure as specified in
the Articles of Incorporation."





Rationale: As per feedback from RID National Office, this change
was to clean up any confusing language.





Committee Position: The Bylaws committee supports this motion.





Board Position: The Board supports this motion.














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