============================================================================== ISOC Document 94-254 Title: Amendments to the By-Laws arising from end of initial period of operations Author(s): A.M. Rutkowski Date: 1994.08.25 Body: Board of Trustees Document: 94-254 Revision: rev. a Supersedes: basic Status: Proposed Amendments Maintainer: A.M. Rutkowski Access: unrestricted ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following changes are consequential to the end of the initial period of operations as well as change conditions of the Society's operation. They do not include provisions relating to Charter Members which are found in Document 94-255. 1. Delete Art. II pertaining to the Initial Period of Operations in its entirety. 2. In Art. III, Section 1, second sentence, delete the phrase "... for a portion of, or all of, the Society's Initial Period of Operations..." 3. In Art. III, Section 2, last sentence, delete the phrase "...except that service as a Trustee during the Initial Period of Operations shall not be counted in this computation." 4. In Art. V, delete Section 1 in its entirety except for the following sentence: Any vacancy in an officer position shall be filled by an individual elected by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office. 5. In Art. V., Section 2, delete the following phrase in the second sentence: "Except as specified in Section 1 of this Article,..." 6. In Art. V., Section 2, delete the following phrase in the third sentence: "After the Society's Initial Period of Operations,..." 7. In Art. V. redesignate Section 2 to Section 1, and Section 1 to section 2. 8. In Art. VI, sub-Section 2(3), delete the second sentence reading: "Founding Member status is not available to an organization which is a Start-up Member." 9. In Art. VI, sub-Section 4(1)(a), change the word "contributes" to "contributed". 10. In Art. VI, sub-Section 4(1)(b), change the phase "is organized" to "was organized." 11. In Art. VII, Sec. 3, replace with the following text: Section 3. In the event of the dissolution of the Society, any residual Society funds shall be distributed to a fund, foundation or corporation organized and operated exclusively for the purposes specified in Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (or corresponding section of any future U.S. Federal tax code). 12. In Art. VII, delete Sec. 1 and 2 and renumber the other sections accordingly. ==============================================================================