William Penn Life, 1973 (8. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
1973-07-01 / 3. szám
ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP MEETING Section 2: Delete old text and replace with: “Term of Office: Term of office for corporation officers shall be the same as the term of office of the William Penn Association National Officers. The corporation officers shall have a voice and vote at all regular or special board meetings.” ARTICLE XII WHEREAS it has become necessary to amend the William Penn Fraternal Association Foundation, Inc. By-Laws, and WHEREAS, this matter properly belongs before this Annual Meeting, NOW, THEREFORE, BE AND IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the members of the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc. in regular annual meeting assembled in Cleveland, Ohio, this 26th day of May, 1973, that the By-Laws be amended as follows: The annual meeting of the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc. was held, pursuant to a call issued for same by John Sabo, Presganization shall be eligible for membership upon the payment of the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to the corporation. and replace with: “The Officers of the corporation shall be the President, Vice Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer who hold similar positions in the William Penn Association.” Amendments to By-Laws: Add the following : “These By-Laws may also be altered or amended by an affirmative vote of not less than three-fourths of all the members of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.” Be it further resolved that these amendments become effective immediately. The foregoing by-law amendments were adopted unanimously. The following are elected Directors of the Foundation: Joseph Arvay, Andrew R. Balogh, Emma Beganyi, Frank Bero, Zoltán B. Emri, Charles Fabian, Michael Hrabar, Rev. Andrew P. Jacobs, Michael Kara, William Kastan, László Kereszti, Albert G. Kertész, William C. Kohut, Stephen Lang, Jr., Frank J. Radvany, John Sabo, Joseph Toma, Andrew Toth, and John P. Veszprémi. A total of $4,846.00 was pledged or donated to the Foundation by the members at the meeting. It is hoped that this good example will be followed by all friends of the Foundation. William Penn Association Branches are urged to support social events which are held for the expressed purpose of financially assisting the Foundation. ARTICLE III Section 1: Add the following, “A Branch of the William Penn Association, or any other bona fide Association or OrDlRECTORS OF THE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION. Outgoing President JOHN SABO congratulates incoming Scholarship Foundation President ELMER CHARLES and turns over gavel as Vice President JOHN P. BALLA looks on. ident, Saturday, May 26, 1973 at 2 P.M. in the Statler-Hilton Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Elmer Charles, President of the William Penn Association, welcomed the assembled members of the Foundation and thanked everyone who so wholeheartedly supported this great fraternal activity. Mr. John Sabo calls the meeting to order and, after extending official greetings he outlines progress made by the Scholarship Foundation. In 1972, 11 Scholarships and in 1973, 18 Scholarships were awarded. There are 31 voting members present and 23 Branch representatives for a total of 54, thus a quorum is present. The following By-Law Amendments are adopted: ARTICLE IV Section 1: Annual meeting. Delete original text and replace with the following: “An annual meeting of the members shall be held each year for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting.” Section 4: Quorum. In second line between words “members shall” insert: “present, but not less than twenty-five (25).” ARTICLE VI Section 1: Officers. Delete present text 6