To: R3 ExCom
From: Dick Riddle
Subject: R3 Bylaws-60 Day Amendment Rule Proposed Change

Folks,
I have been informed by Daniel C. Toland, IEEE Regional Activities 
Department Manager - RA Administration that
Region 3 is the only region that has a requirement to send all proposed 
amendments to the section chairs at least 60 days in advance of the region 
committee meeting at which such amendments will be considered.  The majority 
of the regions (six out of ten) requires 20 days, Region 9 requires 10 days, 
Region 8 requires 28 days, and Region 4 requires 30 days.

I feel that our 60 day requirement is excessive for today's environment and 
propose that it be changed to 20 days.  If the 20 day requirement had been 
in effect prior to our R3 Committee meeting last October we could have 
conducted a legitimate face-to-face vote on the proposed changes to our 
Bylaws and Operations Manual.  This would have saved a lot of volunteer time 
and effort by not having to conduct the email vote to obtain approval of the 
changes.

I have attached the proposed change to our Bylaws.  I will be asking you to 
endorse the proposed change at our next ExCom meeting 22 January 2007.  If 
the ExCom approves the change I will send it to the Region 3 Committee and 
ask that it be placed on the action item agenda to be voted on at the R3 
Committee meeting in March at SoutheastCon 2007.

Thanks,

Dick

Richard L. Riddle, SPC Chair
Reply to: r.riddle at ieee.org