William Penn Life, 1971 (6. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

1971-05-01 / 2. szám

sión Meeting may be held on the day the regular June Branch Meeting is held. Meetings of those Districts which are comprised of two or more Branches shall be held at time and place desig­nated by the Board. c) The District meeting shall not be delayed more than x/2 hour from the time fixed in the notice. Any District meeting delayed more than % hour without the written consent of all the members present will not be seated. d) The meeting shall elect their own officers, consisting of the Chairman, and Secretary. The Chairman shall vote on all motions or elections. e) District Session meetings not con­ducted at the time and place designated in the notice may be declared void by the National President and a new elec­tion ordered by him. f) The eligibility of members to vote at District Sessions shall be determined in accordance with the roll of members furnished by the Home Office. g) Upon the closing of the meeting, the Recording Secretary must file with the Home Office a complete list of members who attended and voted at the District Session at the time the Certifi­cate of the Convention Delegate is filed. Adopted this 16th day of March, 1971. 35. The Board adopted the following Resolution pertaining to Conflict of Interest of Delegates or Branch Officers. RESOLUTION RESOLVED THAT, WHEREAS, prob­lems have been created in the internal administration of the Association because Branch Officers and Delegates frequently have a conflict of interest, and WHEREAS, the Board is of the opinion that those members who have a conflict of interest should be prohibited from hold­ing any local branch office or office of District Representative or Delegate to the Convention. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE­SOLVED BY THE BOARD in meeting assembled that no member who has business or personal interests which constitute a conflict of interest in relation to the business operations of the William Penn Fraternal Association, shall hold any branch office or the office of District Representative or Delegate. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the persons within this definition shall include, but not be limited to the follow­ing: a) He must not be an officer con­tracted or appointed by the Board of Directors, Home Office Employee, District Office Employee, General Agent, Agent under special contract or Independent Contractor, except Branch Managers and Branch Officers who are Special Agents appointed by the Associ­ation. b) He must not have any financial obligation to the Association as a result of previous employment or has termin­ated employment less than one year prior to District Delegate Meeting or an employee who fails to sign an em­ployee contract as required to do so during his employment. c) He may not be a person who directly or indirectly caused the Associ­ation to be involved in litigation. d) Employed by any other life in­surance company or fraternal benefit 'society on a full or part time basis or their spouse. e) Spouses of National Officers, Directors or Auditing Committee Mem­bers. Adopted this 16th day of March, 1971. 36. National Secretary, Albert J. Stel­­kovics, read the proposed By-Laws to the Board of Directors. The Board acknow­ledged the first reading of the proposed new By-Laws. 37. The Board resolved that each Director review the proposed By-Laws and submit any changes, revisions or re­commendations to the By-Law Committee for their consideration by April 30, 1971. 38. The Board adopted that the National President appoint two Directors to serve on the By-Law Committee along with the National President, National Secretary and General Counsel. 39. The Board of Directors acknow­ledged receipt of a letter from Branch 18, Detroit, Michigan, requesting an explana­tion why their news article did not appear in the February official publication. Report of National Secretary Stelkovics acknowledged and accepted by the Board. In connection with this, the Board sug­gests that all articles intended for publi­cation be sent to the Home Office prior to closing date. It was also resolved that closing date henceforth be the 25th day of the month preceeding issue date, i.e., April 25th for the May issue, July 25th for the August issue, October 25th for the November issue and January 25th for the February issue. 40. The Board appointed Director Stephen Lang, Jr. as Administrator of the 1972 Bowling Tournament and Fellow­ship Days, which will be held in Phila­delphia, Pennsylvania. 4L The Board unanimously resolved that the National Officers be empowered to take necessary action should any mat­ter arise pertaining to the forthcoming National Convention that requires action prior to the next Board Meeting. 42. Director Michael Hegedűs an­nounced that the New Jersey William Penn Branches will hold a Dinner-Dance April 24, 1971 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He cordially invited the National Officers and Board of Directors to attend this gala affair, proceeds of which will go to the benefit of the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Fund. 43. Director Joseph Toma presented a check for $100.00 to the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Fund as a donation from Branch 48, New York, NOTICE If you have moved and want your address changed, you MUST return the label from the last publication with the change of address to the publisher. Your cooperation will be appreciated. New York, which was gratefully accepted. 44. President Charles informed the Board that Mr. Jeno Szebedinszky, Editor of the Hungarian publication “Magyar­sag” is celebrating his fortieth year in the publishing field. The Board adopted to extend the Association’s congratulations to Mr. Szebedinszky on this anniversary with a donation towards the support of his paper. 45. National President, Elmer Charles, thanked the Board of Directors and his Fellow Officers for a most constructive and beneficial meeting. He appreciated the results of this meeting. He hopes the future By-Laws which were presented will be for the best interest of our Associ­ation. He appreciated the efforts of the two Vice Presidents for the counseling they offered him on many important de­cisions. President Charles informed the Board that keeping records of the Association is a tremendous task. His Fellow Officers and the Home Office employees deserve great credit for the high spirit of co­operation they offered in preparing the Annual Statement. The Officers will present, at the June Meeting, statistics and a format on the basis of which the Board of Directors can then prepare their report to the Con­vention. He hoped and prayed we will all continue to serve our Association in the same true fraternal spirit as in the past, so the Association will continue to grow. He bid each one a safe and pleasant journey home and extended best wishes for a Happy Easter to all of our members. 46. Chairman of the Board, John P. Balia, also thanked the Board of Directors and National Officers for the fine co­operation extended to him. Although the Agenda was lengthy, all matters were discussed and decisions rendered. He felt the results are excellent. Chairman Balia wished a safe and pleasant journey home and a Happy Easter to all. 47. The meeting was adjourned at 3 p.m. March 17, 1971. Respectfully submitted, Elmer Charles, National President, Frank J. Radvany, Secretary of the Board, John P. Balia, Chairman and Vice President. ATTEST: Albert J. Stelkovics, National Secretary. 12

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