So I'm going to insert the language that you are proposing into the appropriate place so that people can see it: 3.7. New members of the County Council may be appointed to fill vacancies. The Council shall nominate, and with the consent of a General Meeting (business decision), appoint new members to the Council. Sue John-Marc Chandonia <jmc@sfgreens.org> wrote: With the new CC taking office this July, I'd like to propose several bylaws changes that we talked about at the strategy meeting. The current bylaws are on the website, so this is just the changes: 1) in section 3.7, clarify that the GM's consent to add new members is a business decision (by putting the "business decision" in parentheses after "with the consent of a General Meeting"). 2) add a new section (moving all the others down) 3.8. Members of the San Francisco Green Party who hold elected office in local, state, or federal government shall be regarded as ex officio members of the County Council. Ex officio members may participate in all CC decisions, but are not obligated to attend meetings or counted when determining whether a quorum is present. JMC -- John-Marc Chandonia (jmc@sfgreens.org) http://sfgreens.org/ _______________________________________________ Rules mailing list Rules@sfgreens.org https://list.sfgreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rules --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.