William Penn Life, 1975 (10. évfolyam, 2-4. szám)

1975-10-01 / 4. szám

Officers shall be determined by the Board of Directors”.

35. It was moved, seconded and

adopted to delete Chapter VII, Point 7 (Page 27).

36. It was moved, seconded and

adopted to delete Chapter VII, Point 8 (Page 27 and 28).

37. It was moved, seconded and

adopted that Chapter VII, Point 9, becomes Point 7.

38. It was moved, seconded and

adopted to delete Chapter VII, Point (e) (Page 28), and replace with the following new Point 8:“Payments shall be due in

accordance with the provisions of the contract and By-Laws. The mode and time of premium Payments shall be established from time to time by the Board of Directors. Members are obligated to pay the minimum premium as established by the Board of Directors, regardless of what the previously issued certificates may set forth.

Should the member die during the first year of membership, there shall be an indebtedness to the Association for the unpaid portion of a full year's premium, the sum of such indebtedness shall be deducted from the claim payment”.

39. It was moved, seconded and adopted to change in Chapter VIII, Page 28 & 29 the word "solicitor” to read "representative”.

40. It was moved, seconded and

adopted to delete Chapter XI, Section 7, (Page 32), last paragraph, and replace with:

“The National President shall appoint a Branch Manager or a Special Agent who, on a part-time basis, will be authorized to enroll new insurance

members”.

41. It was moved, seconded and

adopted to change Chapter XI, Section 13, Page 33, to read as follows:

"The Branch Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Branch Meeting”.

42. It was moved, seconded and

adopted that Chapter XI, have a new Section 14, to read as follows:

"The Branch Manager shall assist the Officers in fraternal activities of the Branch and all matters of business between the Home Office and the Branch shall be conducted through the Branch Manager. He shall file annually in January with the Home Office a financial and activity report covering the operations of the Branch for the previous year. He shall, at all times, cooperate with the authorized field representative in the area. When the Branch Manager has received notice from the Home Office that an applicant has been accepted, he shall notify the branch and at its next regular monthly

meet.ng duly initiate the applicant into Branch membership.

He shall, in the event of the death of a benefit member of the Branch immidiately forward notice thereof to the Home Office together with necessary proofs. He shall notify the Home Office of all address changes brought to his attention. He shall assist members tn transferring from one Branch to another. He shall provide required forms for members to properly present claims for benefits”.

43. It was moved, seconded and adopted that Chapter XI, Present Section 14 (Page 34) become Section 15.

44. It was moved and adopted that Chapter XI, present Section 15, be deleted and replaced with new Section 16, as follows:

“The Branch Auditors shall no less than semi-annually examine the financial records of the Branch Treasurer and give a written report to the Branch meeting, after each such examination and an annual report be sent to the Home Office”.

45. It was moved, seconded and adopted that Chapter XI, present Section 16 (Page 34) become Section 17.

46. It was moved, seconded and adopted, that Chapter XIV, The Property of the Association, last sentence of Paragraph 2 (Page 36), be amended to read as follows:

“On all such Trust Accounts the Association shall pay interest at the rate determined by the Board of Directors, but at a rate not less than 3% compounded semi-annually”.

47. The Convention moved, seconded and adopted to authorize the National Officers to arrange the By-Law amendments in their proper sequence and renumber same accordingly.

48. It was moved, seconded and unanimously adopted that the amended by-laws become effective immediately.

49. It was moved, seconded that the following resolution be adopted pertaining to fraternal activities:

Be it Resolved by the 28th General Convention of William Penn Association in regular meeting assembled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this 8th day of September, 1975, that the Board of Directors continue to provide for the following fraternal activities; establishing from time to time the rules governing each fraternal activity and to provide for financial support as deemed necessary.

(1) 50 Year membership recognition awards.

(2) Illustrious Citations for meritorious service to the Association.

(3) Scholarship Foundation support.

(4) Children’s Christmas Parties.

(5) Publish an Official Organ.

(6) Support Youth Camps.

(7) Support Magyar Language Classes.

(8) Arrange tours for the members.

(9) Bowling Tournaments.

(10) Any other worthy fraternal activity

which will advance the purposes and

aims of the Association and the

fraternal benefit system as a whole.

50. The following Resolution was adopted pertaining to the American Hungarian Federation.

Resolution

Be it Resolved by the 28th General Convention in regular meeting assembled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this 8th day of September, 1975, that the William Penn Association withdraw from membership in the American Hungarian Federation and the $600.00 annual donation heretofore made, now be paid annually to the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc.

51. It is resolved by the 28th General Convention that the William Penn Association continue its affiliation with the American Hungarian Foundation and instead of $600.00 donate $100.00 annually to same, and the $500.00 difference be donated to the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc.

52. Chairman Charles appealed to the Delegates to return to their respective branches and set up a program which would result in a financial contribution to the scholarship foundation. Each Branch should conduct either a banquet, picnic, raffle (where permitted by law), dance or any other social activity which would contribute to the treasury of the scholarship foundation. Many young members have enjoyed the benefits of scholarship awards and their aim should be to build these funds so that larger and more awards be made to our deserving and qualified young members. He personally thanked all those who have contributed to the growth of this foundation.

53. Vice Chairman John P. Balia suggests to the branches that they initiate the $1.00 per year per member drive which has been successful at Branch 296 in Springdale, Pennsylvania.

54. Vice Chairman Louis L. Varga proposed that whereas our Association is providing a meaningful scholarship fund for the benefit of our young people, and whereas it should be a major factor in our fraternal life, and whereas it is the desire of our leadership to create a scholarship fund as large as possible, and as soon as possible,

Be it Resolved by this Convention that a $1.00 per year assessment be made on each certificate or member. This assessment be added to the premium notice, but shown separately as a scholarship assessment and payment is not obligatory, but optional.

Be It Further Resolved, that the Board of Directors work out the administrative details.

This Resolution was unanimously adopted.

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