Proposed Amendments to the TDW By-Laws

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These are the amendments to the TDW bylaws that the committee is recommending to the membership at the Convention.

Article VIII Officers
Remove the vice-president as an officer, but retain the board position------The vice-pres. used to be the SDEC rep. but has been replaced by the president-elect. Retaining the board position maintains the odd number for the board.
Article X : section 3 –remove duties of the vice-president
Article IX Nominations and elections
Section 8 : To read 50+1 and replace 51%---committee believes this was a typo and will put TDW more in line with Democratic party elections
Article VI:section 2—dues paid after October1 are considered paid for the following year
Article VII: sect. 3—change September to January
Article X: sect.5f—file pertinent forms for the Texas Ethics Commission
ArticleXIII: sect.2e –submit a budget for the subsequent fiscal year in June for approval in November
ArticleXIII: sect.2a1—Audit committee to be appointed at the first quarterly board meeting
sect.2a2---The audit comm. shall conduct audits once a year at the second board meeting or when the books are turned over to a new treasurer.
sect.2a3—the audit should be 30 days after the convention or when the books are turned over to the new treasurer.
Article XIII: sect. 3- The audit committee shall be appointed at the first board meeting—to be in place for the audit the the time the new treasurer takes over the books.
To View the Proposed TDW By-Laws Revisions submitted by a group of TDW officers and members click here.

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