Rotary’s 2016 Council on Legislation

12 April 2016

Dear Friends

Day 2 began with many withdrawals as a result of the impact of enactment 16-21 and 16-36 which gives Rotary clubs the flexibility and latitude to determine how they operate. New electronic equipment was installed overnight which resulted in a much smoother flow of operations. Another important facet of day 2 was that more delegates presented themselves in the room after flying in late last night.

So when you accumulate the delegate’s votes from today’s session you will note that we are over 510.

A summary of today’s proceedings and the voting is provided below. Note that the VOTES column should be read as “123-345” where “123” will represent the YES votes and “345” will represent the NO votes.

 

No	Proposal	Notes	Result	Votes
16-27/28 16-29/31	To revise attendance requirements	Withdrawn in view of 16-21	Withdrawn	0-0
16-30	To allow for attendance for both in person and online	Provides for a hybrid method of attending meetings	Adopted	322-188
16-32	To amend the provisions to making up absence	Allows for makeup during any part of the year. Essentially this provides for someone to makeup meeting irrespective of the current 14 day rule.	Rejected	241-250
16-33	To amend the provisions for extended absences	Withdrawn	Withdrawn	0-0
16-34	To amend the provisions for extended absences	To include medical reasons or after the birth, adoption and foster care of a child	Adopted	395-97
16-35	To amend the provisions for extended absences	To include a member who has been with one or more clubs for over 20 years plus age exceeds 85	Adopted	334-170
16-36	Was adopted yesterday
16-37	Withdrawn		Withdrawn	0-0
16-38	To revise the provisions for membership	Gives the Board of a Club the flexibility to select members	Adopted	426-85
16-39	To revise the provisions regarding alumni membership	Withdrawn	Withdrawn	0-0
16-40	To allow Rotaractors to be active members	Matter has been deferred to Thursday
16-41/42/43/44	To revise membership criteria	All were withdrawn – refer 16-38	Withdrawn	0-0
16-45	To provide for a new category of membership – Associate member	Matter has been deferred to Thursday
16-46	To amend the classification of members	Withdrawn – refer 16-36	Withdrawn	0-0
16-47	To amend the provisions of Honorary membership	One amendment to the proposal was to remove the word permanent	Adopted	417-89
16-48	To amend the provision for suspension of membership		Adopted	442-44
16-49	To amend the provision for suspension of membership	Period for suspension revised from 45 to 90 days	Adopted	440-66
16-50	To amend the provision for suspension of membership	Provides for the method of appeal	Adopted	410-96
16-51	To amend provision for transferring Rotarians	Transferring club must provide debt clearance of member to receiving Club	Adopted	452-53
16-52	To amend provision for transferring Rotarians	Withdrawn	Withdrawn	0-0
16-53	To encourage clubs to search for qualified members	This proposal was amended and the amendment was accepted. As a result the proposal had to have a 2/3 majority for success	Rejected	318-164
16-54	To amend the duties of RI President	Amendment here was substitution of the word “powers” to “responsibilities”. To be Chairman of the Board and spokesperson for the organisation.	Adopted	488-13
16-55	To have the President Nominee become a member of the Board		Adopted	469-36
16-56	To amend the rules to selecting the RI president nominee		Withdrawn	0-0
16-57	To revise the qualification for membership on the nominating committee for president		Adopted	388-120
16-58	To increase the term o office of Directors	This proposal sought to increase the term from 2 to 3 years. Much debate was had and there was a great push for younger, more representative individuals	Rejected	115-393
16-59	To revise the qualifications for director	Remove need or attendance to RI Convention and 2 Institutes	Rejected	65-446
16-60	To revise the qualifications for director	PDG eligible 1 year after Governorship	Rejected	102-408
16-61	Revise the procedure for selecting director nominee	Where nominee ails to get 60% a ballot by mail shall apply	Accepted	413-91
16-62	Revise the procedure for selecting director nominee	Districts in eligible subzone will for committee to select governor nominee	Accepted	415-89
16-63	To amend the qualifications for membership on the nominating committee for a director	Current governor not eligible to be on committee	Accepted	465-36
16-64	To amend the qualifications for membership on the nominating committee for a director	Withdrawn	Withdrawn	0-0
16-65	To amend the qualifications for membership on the nominating committee for a director	Amended to include 1 convention attendance.	Rejected	191-319
16-66	To amend the qualifications for membership on the nominating committee for a director		Rejected	110-393
16-67	To amend the qualifications for membership on the nominating committee for a director	Withdrawn	Withdrawn	0-0
16-68	To revise the procedures for selecting directors nominee		Rejected	109-394
16-69	To revise the qualifications for governor nominee		Rejected	157-349
16-70	To revise the club voting provisions when selecting a governor nominee through ballot by mail	Withdrawn	Withdrawn	0-0
16-71	To amend the provisions regarding concurrences to challenges		Adopted	390-121
16-72	To amend the provisions regarding special elections		Adopted	329-174
16-73	To eliminate the position of vice governor	Amended to state that the RI Board may appoint a vice governor if the situation warrants	Rejected	246-265

That’s were proceedings ended for the day. Tomorrow morning starts with a special order of the day resolution when the RI Board proposes a drastic increase to the fees required to be paid by members to allow RI to make a surplus and to make a reinvestment for capex. This should be a robust debate with much talks in the corridors.

Until then… day three looms

Warm regards

Natty Moodley