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Proposed Bylaws Amendments

Dear SPJ chapter leader:

The Society of Professional Journalists’ bylaws committee, with the support of the national board, will put forth four proposed bylaws amendments during the Society’s upcoming convention. Please take time to read the proposals and share them with your chapter members. Delegates to the Excellence in Journalism 2011 conference, which will be Sept. 24-27 in New Orleans, will be asked to vote on the proposals.

As stated in our bylaws, only delegates in attendance at Excellence in Journalism 2011 will be allowed to vote on the proposed amendments.

Below is a memo from Bylaws Committee Chairman Bob Becker, in PDF form, that explains the proposed amendments. For more information or questions about the proposed amendments, please contact Becker.

Click here to see a copy of SPJ’s current bylaws.

Bylaws Amendments Memo [49 KB]
Chapter Board Vacancies [25 KB]
Students in Pro Chapters [37 KB]
Technical Corrections Amendment [90 KB]

Click here to discuss these proposed amendments on the SPJ Works blog.

One Member, One Vote

Ten chapters — Detroit Pro, Long Island Pro, Montana Pro, New England Pro, New Jersey Pro, the New York Deadline Club, North Central Florida Pro, Rio Grande Pro, Washington, D.C. Pro, and the University of Minnesota student chapter — have proposed bringing to the floor of the convention an amendment to the Society’s bylaws that would permit all members of the Society to cast ballots for national officers and directors. In compliance with Article 14, Section 1 of the Bylaws, a majority of the directors of each of those chapters voted to bring this amendment to the floor.

One Member, One Vote Memo [33 KB]
One Member, One Vote Proposed Amendment [41 KB]

Click here to discuss this proposed amendment on the SPJ Works blog.