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Article XIV - Amendments to By-Laws

Procedure
14.01 The By-Laws may be altered, amended, or repealed, and new By-Laws may be adopted either by the membership acting in the majority or by the Board. The notice of any meeting at which the By-Laws are altered, amended, or repealed, or at which new By-Laws are adopted shall include the text of the proposed By-Law provisions as well as the text of any existing provisions proposed to be altered, amended, or repealed. Alternatively, the notice may include a fair summary of those provisions. The following types of By-Law amendments may be adopted only by the members:

(a) Setting or changing the authorized number of Directors.
(b) Changing from a fixed number to a variable number of Directors or vice versa.
(c) Increasing or extending the terms of Directors.
(d) Increasing the quorum for membership meetings.
(e) Repealing, restricting, creating, expanding, or otherwise changing the proxy rights of members.
(f) Authorizing or prohibiting cumulative voting.