A ballot vote was taken on the evening of Sept 16th, 2008 considering the proposal to change the By-Laws of the Northern Virginia Photographic Society. During the NVPS summer transition board meeting, there was a motion to modify the definition of a quorum that was approved to be brought before the membership for a vote.  The proposal was to lower the requirement for a quorum from "not less than one-third of the entire membership" to "not less than 15 percent of the entire membership".

The reason for this recommendation was to address the difficulty we had with establishing a quorum for the election of officers and for the changes to the Constitution and By-Laws and the rules of Competition in May 2008. 

Of the 133 paid members as of Sept 16th,2008, 60 ballots were cast by members in good standing or who were current with their dues, which constituted a quorum under the approved By-Laws of 05/20/2008.  A change to the By-Laws requires a simple majority and 57 votes were in favor of the change, 2 were opposed and 1 voted present.  8 invalid ballots were cast that were members who had not yet paid their dues.

This is a link to the updated Constitution and By-Laws of NVPS in PDF form.

Scott Musson
NVPS Past President and Web Manager
smusson "at" mindspring.com