[bars] Discussing ARRL bylaw 18 proposed changes???

[Jim Idelson]

Hey David and BARS,

This is a pretty important topic. Happy to see that there's interest in it.

In January 2024, the board approved a motion to have a committee recommend
some changes related to the manner in which directors are held to standards
of ethical behavior. Here's the part of the motion that created the
committee and gave it its charter:

*THEREFORE, be it resolved that:*

*A committee of the members of the 2022 and 2023 E&E Committees (Directors*
*Zygielbaum, Lippert, Norris, McIntyre, Luetzelschwab and Ryan), one member
from ARRL’s*
*Connecticut counsel in consultation as needed, and chair appointed by the
ARRL Board*
*President will*

*a) Assure the existence of a set of ethical standards and guidelines as
set for*
*the in ARRL By-Law 42, by revising the proposed amendment to By-Law 46 to*
*assure that the By-Law is concise, easily comprehended, and soundly based
in*
*Connecticut State Statute and ARRL Governing Documents. Concomitantly,*
*specific attention will be given to defining appropriate, legal, and
effective*
*remediation which protects the organization and furthers the interest of
ARRL*
*members in the case of a confirmed violation.*

*b) Investigate and, if determined to be in the best interest of the ARRL
and its*
*members, recommend modifications to By-Law 42, the charter for the E&E*
*Committee, to facilitate delegation of ethical inquiries to an
independent,*
*appropriately vetted, and legally sanctioned third party.*

*Additional committee members may be appointed as needed and appropriate by
the*
*committee chair.  *


These are the marching orders for this committee. The committee came back
with recommendations to modify by-laws 42, 46, 20 and 18  . . . plus
Article 7 of the Articles of Association. It's plausible that the changes
to 42, 46 and article 7 are related to the charter of the committee. But,
where do you see any mandate for the committee to redesign the elections
process? I don't see it. It looks like a substantial overreach to me. I
don't think any motion related to by-law 18 or 20 should be permitted as
part of the work of this committee. If some other director wants to make
such a motion independently, sure.

Here's the summary of what's been put out for review:
https://www.arrl.org/by-laws-update

There's lots more to discuss here. When you dig into the proposal in
detail, you'll find there are a lot of serious issues with it that are
within the scope of the committee and should be addressed before we talk
about redesigning the election and campaign processes. This thing is not
ready for prime time and everyone should let their director know he should
not allow this thing to go through.

73 Jim K1IR


On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM David Marcucci <dmarcucci at gmail.com> wrote:

> Are there any rules about not discussing the proposed changes to ARRL
> bylaw 18 on this email list?
>
> Some of the changes look pretty restrictive. If you haven't checked it
> out, you should IMHO.
>
> From ARRL.ORG:
>
> *Current By-Law 18
> <http://www.arrl.org/files/file/About%20ARRL/By-Laws/Proposed/121724%20/Current%20Bylaw%2018.pdf>*
>  (PDF)
>
> *Proposed Revised By-Law 18*
> <http://www.arrl.org/files/file/About%20ARRL/By-Laws/Proposed/121724%20/Proposed%20Revised%20Bylaw%2018.pdf>
>  (PDF)
> 73,
> Dave KC1TLF
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