2022 Annual Meeting and Dinner
The Commodores Club Flag Officers and Board of Directors request the pleasure of your company at the Annual Meeting
View Document PDF- a). If you don’t use the form below to RSVP, please send the RSVP portion of the Flyer (Please ONLY USE the USA “Send to” information) with attendees’ names and dinner choices.
- b). A 4 page document about the Constitution’s proposed changes that need to be provided to the members before the meeting.
- c). A formal invitation is being mailed to you, including payment and the RSVP return info.
- d). NOTE: RSVP must be received by Nov 5th
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2022 Annual Meeting and Dinner
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SUMMARY of Proposals
PETITION: Constitution proposed changes by the Commodores Club Executive Board for Nov 2022 AGM.
At the 9/29/22 Board meeting, the following changes were proposed, and a motion was approved to present them for membership approval at the Nov 19, 2022 Annual General Meeting (per ARTICLE XII
– AMENDMENTS “This Constitution may be amended in the manner following: 1) By petition signed by twothirds of the members of the Executive Board …”).
The following 4 amendments are summarized here. A redline copy of the proposed Constitution is included showing the proposed changes.
1) Article III – Section 1 (Membership and misc. places in the document)
Change “he”, “his”, “him” throughout the document
TO organization position (“Commodore”, “Vice Commodore”, Secretary”, etc.)
Delete Article III Section 3 & 4 addressing
“he, his, him shall be taken to mean either male or female.”
RATIONALE: Substitute identification to “position” rather than gender reference.
2) Article VI – Section 3 (annual or special mtg) & Article VIII – Section 3 (candidate nominations)
Change “shall be mailed”
TO “shall be communicated by postal mail or electronic communication”
RATIONALE: Allow the use of electronic communication (email) for more efficient, timely, and cost-effective communication with members.
3) Article IX – Section 1 (Elections)
Change “Voting shall be by ballot and in person only.”
TO “Voting should be by ballot and in person. In the rare situation where it is impossible to hold an in-person ballot meeting to conduct the annual meeting, the Executive Committee shall pursue such means as may be adequate to ensure that critical business decisions can still be made.”
RATIONALE: Need flexibility in rare cases such as experienced by the 2020 Covid19 impact on the organization.
4) Article X – Section 1 (Finance)
Change “Dues” TO “Dues & Initiation Fees”
Change “twenty-dollars ($20)” TO “thirty-five dollars U.S. ($35.00 USD)”
Document dues for spouses of deceased members to be in U.S. funds.
Change “applicable taxes” TO “applicable service fees”
INSERT “New members shall pay a one-time initiation fee of twenty-five dollars the U.S. ($25.00 USD) to join and will receive a member lapel pin.”
Change “amount of dues” TO “amount of dues or initiation fees”
RATIONALE: Operational expenses have increased over the last 20 years since dues were established. Document the $25 Initiation fee. Document funds In USD.
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See the Full Red Line Version of the Changes Here:
View Redline Changes PDF