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Final Report Having completed its work on July 23, 2009 the LSM Bylaws Committee is pleased to submit its final report to the ExComm and LSM membership. This report consists of four parts: a report of the final meeting of the Committee which together with previous reports from our first report published in the December, 2007 Armadillo Literary Gazette through this final report, summarizes the work of the committee from its first meeting of its session on January 10 2008 through its final meeting on July 25; details of the work of the committee; a the Proposed LSM Bylaws; and committee recommendations. Final Meeting: The nineteenth meeting and final meeting of the LSM Bylaws Committee convened from 3:58 PM, July 25 to 12:38 PM, July 27 via email. This was a special meeting called by the Chairman to wrap up committee business. The LSM Bylaws Committee unanimously ratified the two previous email votes approving the proposed bylaws revisions to satisfy the National Bylaws Committee. On July 23, the National Bylaws Committee Chair granted LSM permission to send the proposed amendments to a vote of Lone Star Mensa's membership. The LSM Bylaws Committee, noting that it had completed the work assigned to it by its ExComm charter, adopted a motion that the LSM Bylaws Committee rise and that the Chair be authorized to present to the ExComm for adoption at their next meeting the committee's final report consisting of the proposed bylaws as submitted July 23 to the National Bylaws Committee in the forms delivered to the ExComm and posted on the Website together with a recommendation that the ExComm and the bylaws for distribution to the membership and balloting. Details of Committee Work: These are available on the LSM Website, http://lonestar.us.mensa.org/bylaws/ Proposed LSM Bylaws: The Proposed LSM Bylaws dated, July 23, 2009, are available on the LSM Website in page size format http://lonestar.us.mensa.org/bylaws/bylaws_committee/resources/LSMProposedBylaws20090723.pdf and in booklet format http://lonestar.us.mensa.org/bylaws/bylaws_committee/resources/LSMProposedBylaws20090723B.pdf Recommendation: The ExComm adopt the Proposed LSM Bylaws in the two formats on the Website with preference for the booklet form and publish the bylaws for the membership approval according to current bylaws.
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Updated 2009 August 7 by Don Drumtra