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24 June, 2007
MEMORANDUM
TO: Members of the American Society for
Legal History
RE: Ballot on By-Law Amendments
All
the proposed amendments to the by-laws were approved by the requisite
two-thirds of the membership voting. As you may (or may not) recall,
these included:
- Authorization
to the Board to split the office of secretary-tresurer into two offices. The Board has so voted,
and on the recommendation of the Nominating Committee I have appointed
Tom Gallanis to a three-year term (commencing 1 January 2007) as
secretary, with Bill LaPiana to continue as treasurer (his term began on
1 January 2006). We are all grateful to both Tom and Bill for
their willingness to take on these important and time-consuming tasks.
- Raising the number of honorary fellows
to fifteen.
A past Board had voted to do this and had neglected to get approval of
the membership.
- Adopting the Uniform Management of
Institutional Funds Act as a by-law. Once more, a past Board had
voted to do this and had neglected to get approval of the membership.
- Authorizing the Board to make technical
amendments to the by-laws without a vote of the membership. Recent experience suggests
that there are a number of improvements that can be made in the by-laws that,
at the same time, do not warrant a submission to the membership.
Any two members of the Board can insist on a vote of the membership, and
any ten members of the Society can require that a by-law amendment be
submitted to the membership for a vote.
To
see what the by-laws now look like with these amendments, click here.
Charles Donahue, Jr.
President
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