William Penn Life, 1983 (18. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

1983-10-01 / 4. szám

ception of the new administration, in addition to the per diem fees and transportation expenses guaranteed in Chapter IV, Section 2, of the By- Laws adopted by the 29th General Convention, be entitled to a token honorarium of one thousand dollars per annum payable at the conclusion of each session of the regular Board of Directors meeting.

This Resolution, upon adoption by the Board of Directors, will be presented to the 30th General Convention for its ratification.

Adopted by the Board of Directors this 22nd day of June, 1 983. It was moved, seconded and the convention delegates ratified this Resolution.

25) Vice President Balia moved and it was seconded that previous Resolutions outlined in Point 22 be reconsidered. The delegates overwhelmingly rejected this motion.

26) Chairman Stephen G. Danko read the following Resolution:

Resolved by the General Convention in regular session assembled that any National Officer or Director entitled to join the Advisory Board must announce his decision prior to the Chairman accepting the Report of the Nominating Committee.

It was moved, seconded and this Resolution was adopted by the Delegates.

27) Resolution Chairman Stephen G. Danko read the following Resolution pertaining to the office of Vice President:

Resolved by the General Convention in regular session assembled, that in event of a vacancy in the office of National Vice Presidents, filled by election at the 30th General Convention, September 1983, by reason of death, disability, resignation, retirement or removal for cause, the Board of Directors shall fill the vacancy from among its members for the unexpired term.

It was moved, seconded and the Convention Delegates adopted this Resolution.

28) President Charles informed the Convention that the next order of business was to review the proposed By-Laws page by page. The delegates commenced to review and discuss the proposed By-Laws starting with Article 1 and continuing on to the end of the By-Laws with Article XXIV. Certain amendments were incorporated into these By-Laws.

a) It was moved, seconded and adopted by the delegates to

change Section 301—Members—Paragraph a) to read:

The Board of Directors is constituted of the Directors elected at the General Convention from the delegates of the convention and the elected National President.

b) It was moved, secpnded and adopted by the delegates to change Section 304 —Board of Directors to read:

The Board shall elect its own chairman, two vice-chairmen and secretary from among its members, however, the chairman shall not be the National President.

c) It was moved, seconded and the convention delegates adopted the following change to Section 306 —Powers and Duties —Paragraph h) to read:

Appoint the following: Sales Director, General Counsel, Medical Director, Fraternal Director, Acutary, Certified Public Accountants, and create such additional positions and retain other technical and professional personnel it deems necessary. The appointed officers shall hold office for term fixed by the Board not to exceed the term of the Board.

d) It was moved, seconded and adopted by the convention delegates to amend Section 401 to read:

The Officers of the Association shall be National President, National Vice- President, National Secretary and National Treasurer who shall be elected by the Board of Directors at a special or regular meeting, following the close of the General Convention. The office of National Secretary and National Treasurer may be held by one person.

e) It was moved, seconded and the delegates adopted the following amendment to Section 402 —Term of Office—to read:

The term of office of all National Officers shall be fixed by the Board commencing on the first day of January following their election or until their successors have been elected and take office, but not to exceed the term of the Board.

f) It was moved, seconded and the delegates adopted the following Resolution pertaining to the office of National Vice President.

RESOLUTION

RESOLVED by the General Convention in regular session assembled, that the proposed By- Laws, Article IV, Section 400—The National Officers, be modified by adding in Section 401—The Office of National Vice President.

403.1—Office of the National Vice President.

The National Vice President shall perform such duties which the President or Board of Directors may prescribe and shall have the same power as the President when acting in the absence of or during the disability or death of the National President until such time as the Board fills the vacancy.

g) It was moved, seconded and the convention delegates adopted the following resolution pertaining to proposed By- Laws.

RESOLUTION

RESOLVED, by the General Convention in regular session assembled, that

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors appointed a By-Law Committee consisting of President Charles, Vice Presidents Louis Varga and John Balia, Secretary-Treasurer Gus G. Nagy, Director Albert J. Stelkovics, Director Stephen Danko, Director Frank Bero and General Counsel Gay B. Banes, to undertake complete rewriting of the Association's By- Laws and

WHEREAS, the Committee completed its work and presented the proposed By-Laws to the Board at its regular meeting on June 21, 1983, which approved the same as corrected and modified for consideration by the General Convention, beginning September 12, 1983.

NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Convention in regular session assembled, the By-Laws of the Association, heretofore amended and adopted at the 29th General Convention held September 10, 1979, are further amended and restated in the following language: (reading of the By-Laws)

and the same are hereby approved as amended and adopted, incorporated herein by reference as though fully written herein and identified by the signatures of the Chair-34