M11-024
To: SPEEA
Council Delegates
From: SPEEA
Governing Documents Committee
Subject: PRE-SUBMITTED NEW BUSINESS: Approve Submitting
the Proposed Constitution to a Referendum Vote by the Members
Three years ago on June 6, 2008, the SPEEA council passed
motion M08-044 “Revising the SPEEA Constitution, By-Laws, Policies and
Procedures”. That motion is attached. The motion authorized hiring an outside
expert, James Mills, to draft the revision. After a certain point the work was
assumed by a subcommittee of the SPEEA Governing Documents committee.
The first purpose of the subcommittee was to ensure that
the documents were complete and that nothing was omitted. In addition the
committee, with the advice of SPEEA legal counsel ensured that it complied with
applicable laws. Beyond that the subcommittee cleaned up confusing language,
remove redundancies and inconsistencies and documented actual practice
That subcommittee has been working since December 2008 on
the revision you now have before you. We believe we have produced a document
that will lead to a SPEEA running smoother and more efficiently.
The subcommittee and the SPEEA Governing Docs committee
believe it is ready to be submitted to the membership.
Motion
It is moved that: THE SPEEA COUNCIL approves SUBMITTING THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION
TO A REFERENDUM VOTE BY THE MEMBERS.
It
is further moved that: The referendum shall be worded as follows
Should
the proposed constitution be approved and it will go into effect when the speea
council approves speea by-laws