UPDATE: The membership approved the amendment to the JPF bylaws, effective September 17, 2020.
The JPF Board of Directors has approved a change to the Jefferson Park Forward bylaws. We hereby ask the membership to approve this amendment during the annual meeting held on September 17. The amendment is, as follows:
Creation of President Emeritus
The Board of Directors is asking the membership to consider an amendment to increase the size of the Board of Directors by adding the position of President Emeritus. This position will be a non-elected, non-voting position that will be inherited by the immediate past president of JPF.
Bylaws Changes
The following sections of the JPF Bylaws will be amended, should the membership approve the amendment. Text changes to the bylaws are in italics.
SECTION 5.2. NUMBER, TENURE, AND QUALIFICATIONS
The Board shall be comprised of ten (10) members: 9 (nine) voting directors, including elected officers (each, a “Director”) and 1 (one) special category of non-elected, non-director officer known as President Emeritus. The overall Board shall be comprised of the President, President Emeritus, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and five Director positions. Each member of the Board of Directors, with the exception of the President Emeritus, shall hold office for a two-year term upon election. The past President of JPF shall assume the role of President Emeritus upon the determination of the winner of the election for new President. The President Emeritus shall hold office until the end of the elected term of the current President at which time they will assume the role. Only a Regular Member, having served on an active committee or led a JPF sponsored project or event shall be qualified to run for and hold a position on the Board of Directors. Only a past President of JPF may serve as President Emeritus.
SECTION 5.6. QUORUM
A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors (“Director Quorum”), provided that if less than a majority of the Directors are present at said meeting, a majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting to another time without further notice. A President Emeritus shall not be subject to any attendance policy counted in determining if a quorum is present at a Board of Directors meeting.
SECTION 5.8. VACANCIES
Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors shall be filled by the consent of a majority of the Board of Directors at any meeting of the Board of Directors. A Director or President Emeritus appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office. A vacated President Emeritus position shall go unfilled.
SECTION 5.13. OFFICERS
The officers of JPF shall be a President, a President Emeritus, a Vice President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary (each, an “Officer”). In the case of a vacancy, any two or more elected offices may be held by the same person, except President, and Secretary, until such vacancy is filled by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 5.8.
NEW SECTION: 5.17. PRESIDENT EMERITUS
Upon completion of their term in office, the outgoing past President may assume the non-elected, non-director officer role of President Emeritus. A President Emeritus shall be entitled to receive all notices and information which are provided to the Board of Directors, attend all board meetings, and lead any JPF committees. A President Emeritus is not entitled to vote at Board of Director meetings, but may vote in annual meetings. A President Emeritus may resign at any time upon written notice to the elected Board of Directors and be removed by a simple majority vote of the members of the elected Board of Directors.