The details of this discussion will be addressed in the DMA Yahoo Groups Forum shortly. The officers do not wish to fill outside forums with internal club disputes. We hope the other members will do the same. ---"Evil" Dan DMA President --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "macg467" <macg467@...> wrote: > > Marc, > > I know my membership has lapsed, but I will pipe up on the DMA's new > problems with the by-laws. > > You are 100% correct about the by-laws for the DMA. Only during > meetings or special votes is when there can be a vote and it must be > a vote of the majority of members (51% or greater). This includes > officers, since they are members as well. > > During these votes, if they are in person, the lawyer representing > the DMA should be present to accept the ammendment into the bylaws. > And if the DMA does not have a lawyer, they really should hire one. > Electronic voting should be done sparingly and not for amending by- > laws. > > I'm only saying this out of personal experience from my condo > association. I know they're separate types of entities, but from my > understanding, by-law ammendments should always be voted on in the > presence of the association's lawyer. > > Another way to get the 51% requirement - since I know it will be hard > to assemble enough owners in person - is to have owners vote via a > proxy ballot. The ballot is sent to owners 30 days before the live > voting and their votes are tallied at that time the rest are > tallied. I believe the DMA has done this before. > > -David ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/