Aloha, y'all!
This message is divided into 2 parts
Part 1: The Next Meeting
Part 2: About VICUG NYC's General Membership Meetings
*** PART ONE: THE NEXT MEETING
VICUG NYC's next General Membership Meeting will be held in
the BOARD ROOM of Selis Manor on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
FOURTEENTH, from 6 to 7:30 PM. The September meeting will
feature a live demonstration of IBM's HomePage Reader, a
self-voicing web browser which features the ability to
navigate within tables, by Crista Earl and Jay Leventhal.
You can find out more about HomePage Reader (a.k.a. HPR)
using the links located at:
<http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/schedule.html#hpr>
Nominations for VICUG NYC's October elections will also be
fielded at the September 14 General Membership meeting.
Nominations will be accepted for the offices of: President,
Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, WebMaster / ListOwner,
as well as for two Executive Committee Members-at-Large.
Just to refresh your (collective and individual) memories,
here is a list of current Executive Committee members,
followed by 2 excerpts from the VICUG NYC bylaws. The
first, which consists of ARTICLES III & IV, describes the
composition of the Executive Committee, as well as the
responsibilities of the organization's officers. The
second, ARTICLE VII, describes the election process. If you
are interested in running for an Executive Committee
position, or if you are contemplating nominating someone
else for a position, please read the selections from the
bylaws carefully! And remember--participatory democracy
works both ways--you have to have paid your dues before the
commencement of the September Fourteenth meeting if you want
to either nominate someone for a position or accept a
nomination, and you have to be a dues-paying member in order
to vote in the October election!
Note that, for the calendar year stretching from October
1998 through October 1999, the offices of President and
WebMaster were combined, in order to avert a constitutional
crisis. Consequently, the number of Members-at-Large was
temporarily increased from 2 to 3, by unanimous acclamation
of the members-in-good standing present at the October 1998
meeting, so as to ensure an odd number of officers, as a
means of avoiding deadlocks.
President: Gregory J. Rosmaita
Vice-President: Vita Zavoli
Secretary: Jay Leventhal
Treasurer: Ruth-Ellen Simmonds
WebMaster/ListOwner: Gregory J. Rosmaita
Members-at-Large: David Brandt, Mike Mandel, and Vivien
Yacu
--- Begin First Excerpt ---
Article III. Officers
Section 1.
There shall be an Executive Committee which shall
consist of the President, Vice-President, Secretary,
Treasurer, and WebMaster/ListOwner as directors, and two
(2) additional Members-at-Large, to be elected by the
membership.
Section 2. Duties
A) The President shall preside at all meetings and
ensure that meetings are conducted in an organized and
orderly fashion. The President shall appoint all
committees with the approval of the Executive Committee.
If an officer fails to attend three consecutive regular
meetings without good cause, or resigns, the President
may declare the office vacant an appoint a replacement
for the duration of the term, subject to ratification by
the membership.
B) The Vice-President shall take the place of the
President during any absence, or upon the President's
resignation.
C) The Secretary shall take minutes at all meetings and
make them available to members, as well as the Editor
and the WebMaster for publication. Additionally, the
Secretary shall maintain a file of outgoing
correspondence, as well as significant correspondence
which may be received by VICUG.
D) The Treasurer shall receive all the moneys belonging
to VICUG and deposit them in a reputable bank or banks
within a reasonable period of time. The Treasurer shall
pay all debts approved by the Executive Committee.
Payments in excess of $25.00 shall be by check or money
order signed by the Treasurer and one additional
director. Payments of $25.00 or less may be made in cash
and evidenced by a receipt. The Treasurer shall keep all
financial and membership records.
E) The WebMaster/ListOwner shall maintain the VICUG NYC
web site> and VIC-NYC, the group's electronic mailing
list. The WebMaster/ListOwner must have demonstrated a
clear mastery of HTML, CSS2, and a thorough knowledge of
accessible web design. (Amendment unanimously adapted
October 20, 1997)
Article IV. Duties of Executive Committee
Section 1.
The Executive Committee shall consider and recommend to
the membership such policies, plans, and issues which,
in the judgment of the Committee, are in the best
interest of the organization.
Section 2.
Members may attend any Executive Committee meeting and
may present ideas for discussion. However, only
Executive Committee members have voting privileges.
Section 3.
Any formal decision of the Executive Committee is
subject to review and reversal by a two-thirds vote of
the membership in attendance at the next regularly
scheduled General Membership meeting.
--- Begin Second Excerpt ---
ARTICLE VII. Elections
Section 1.
Nominations for officers will take place at the General
Membership Meeting. No member may nominate any other
member without first obtaining that member's assurance
that he or she will serve if elected. Persons nominated
must be members in good standing. Immediately prior to
the election, additional nominations shall be accepted
from the floor.
Section 2.
Elections will be held annually in October.
Section 3.
The order of elections will be in the same order as the
positions are listed in Article III, Section 1.
Nominations from the floor will be accepted immediately
before the election for each office. Candidates who are
defeated in the election for an office may be nominated
for election to other offices at that
time.
Section 4.
In the event of a tie vote, an immediate runoff election
will be held between the candidates receiving the two
highest vote totals.
--- End Second Excerpt, Resume Announcement ---
Remember: the entire bylaws are available either via the
web,
<http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/bylaws.html>
or as a plain ASCII file via email. To receive a plain
ASCII copy of the VICUG NYC Bylaws, please sending a request
with the subject line:
VICUG NYC Bylaws
to
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*** PART 2: ABOUT VICUG NYC's GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
VICUG NYC meets on the second Tuesday of every month in the
Auditorium of the TAB/Selis Manor building, which is located
at 135 West Twenty-third Street, between Sixth and Seventh
Avenues, in New York City. If you have any questions about
subway lines and bus stops in the vicinity of Selis Manor,
please either call Edwin Montanez at (212) 255-4777, between
9am and 4:30pm on weekdays, or consult the hypertextualized
directions to the TAB/Selis Manor building located at:
<http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/directions.html>
For more information about VICUG NYC and its activities,
please call the VICUG NYC Hotline at (212) 714 4967 , or
visit the VICUG NYC web site, which is located at:
<http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/>
"See" y'all on the fourteenth!
Gregory
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He that lives on Hope, dies farting
-- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1763
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Gregory J. Rosmaita <[log in to unmask]>
President, WebMaster, & Minister of Propaganda,
VICUG NYC <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/>
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