Members of the interim board for the LFA have been John Gliege, John Ianuzzi and Gary Lashinsky for LANA; Muffin Smith, Tim Foley and Lyn Schaeffer for USLR; and June Boardman, Ingun Littorin and Rennie Squire for ALBA.
The bylaws that are in front of you have been approved by all three organizations represented in the interim LFA board. In the future, there will always a bylaws committee. Changes will always be possible through an amendment process. It is a living document. John Gliege concurred that the bylaws document is approved by LANA. Tim Foley stated that the members of USLR will ultimately approve and move forward the bylaws.
Ingun: This is the best draft we could come up with, and from here, there will be changes.
Tim: USLR is a membership organization. We came up with the best set we can, and now you can make comments moving forward.
Rennie: Read these bylaws as a future LFA member. They are something new. They are not USLR or LANA or ALBA anymore. Look at it as a possible future member.
Tim: In clear conscience, I can submit this to our (USLR) membership.
Ingun: A lot of details need to be worked out and reported on by the various committees. We could not proceed on this committee work prior to having these bylaws. My conviction or hope is that next year is one LFA meeting next year.
Ruth Metz: I have read the bylaws, and as a USLR member, I want to voice my approval for these bylaws. I urge you to be very clear that these are the bylaws. We are not going to vote on them. It is just a query for comments.
Tim: If there were an overwhelming response for a change, we as the USLR board representatives would have to consider these changes.
Ingun: We are not waiting for a vote. These comments for changes would be considered for amendments in the future.
Tim: We are doing this as part of our conviction to openness and transparency.
Ingun: The starting point had to be put together. Comments will be considered later. I think you will find that there are some areas that you want to comment on.
These are the bylaws from which point we will move forward.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK!
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You're doing beautifully. THANK YOU!
ReplyDeleteI'm popping in and out between spates of work and horses. Just want to let you know how much I appreciate what you're doing (and it sounds as if something is really happening this year, at long last).
Thanks to all the committee members as well, and HUGE thanks for getting the bylaws together, again at long last.
Yes, Courtney, hats off to you!
ReplyDeleteA big thank-you to you and to all the committee members as well. Hope and progress are hard to come by these days. This is good stuff.