There is a discrepancy between the existing provisions of Article 11 and the provisions of By-Law 12 that might be addressed in this context. Article 11 says that Vice Presidents are subject to the Article. That's fine. But under By-Law 12, "any Vice‑President other than the First Vice‑President" can be a compensated employee of the League. This allows the Board to elect a League employee to be 2nd VP or International Affairs VP. But an employee of the League can't pass Article 11 requirements as it now reads, let alone as Jay's amendment would re-cast it. I suggest that we should amend By-Law 12 to delete the phrase "and any Vice‑President other than the First Vice‑President," to eliminate the self-contradiction regarding Vice>Presidents.
The Treasurer can also be a compensated person under By-Law 12, but the proposed new By-Law 47 brings the Treasurer under the conflict of interest rules in the Definitions paragraph. I'm >not clear on how the logic of that is going to work. Kay: Why wouldn’t we want Vice Presidents who participate in Board discussions and the EVP and Treasurer to be included in a Conflict of Interest policy? I would be willing to support an appropriate change to assure they are covered by the policy. ================ If I'm the only one who perceives the discrepancy I mentioned in Article 11 vs. By-Law 12, then I'll accept that I'm just not reading the document right. I certainly do want all members of the Board to be subject to a suitable conflict of interest policy, whether it's in the AA&BL or in the staff Officers' employment agreements. By deleting the mentioned phrase from BL 12, I don't see any loss of effect regarding conflict of interest. The change would rule out electing paid employees of the League as 2nd VP and IAVP, making them necessarily volunteer Officers and clearly subject to Article 11. I have assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that the EVP and other compensated Officers are covered by conflict of interest provisions in their employment agreements rather than by Article 11. 73 - Kay N3KN