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Proposed changes to the FOP Lodge 7 Constitution and By-Laws
(language to be deleted noted in strikethrough type; language to be added noted in boldface type)
PROPOSAL #1 CONSTITUTION ARTICLE IV BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PROPOSAL #2 CONSTITUTION ARTICLE VI DELEGATES
Section 3.
Lodge President, the Immediate Past President, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Vice-Presidents, Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary, Treasur- er, three (3) Sergeant-at-Arms, and seventeen (17) Trustees. The term of office for each of the positions listed in this Section shall be three (3) years. No member shall serve as an elected official after once achieving the rank of Sergeant.
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ARTICLE VII
NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES OF CHICAGO LODGE # 7
A. NOMINATION AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS:
Section 1. Only Active members below the rank of Sergeant, who have been in continuous good standing for two (2) years, and who have attended at least one half of the regular business meet- ings held in the past twelve (12) months may be candidates for of- fice in this Lodge. The official sign-in book and excused absences for good cause shall be the sole materials used to determine eligi- bility for office. Nominations may be made in December of each third year following December 1986. Nominations will be made from the floor by any member in good standing and do not require a second. The nominations cannot be re-opened after being duly closed at the nomination meeting. Any qualified candidate will be required to sign a letter of acceptance during the month of nomina- tions in order to be eligible for election.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDED TO REJECT THIS PRO- POSAL
The Board of Directors shall be composed of the
Section 1.
tended at least one-half of the regular business meetings as provid- ed in these By-Laws and Constitution in the past 12 months may be candidates for delegates to the State or National Conference. Section 2. Nominations of additional members of good standing as candidates, if desired, to represent this Lodge as del- egates to the State Conference or National Biennial Conference of the National Lodge, shall be held at a regular business meeting, at the discretion of the President of the Lodge.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDED TO REJECT THIS PRO- POSAL
PROPOSAL #3
CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE VII
NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES
A. NOMINATION AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS:
Section 5. The election committee shall conduct the elec- tion in a manner which permits only eligible members to vote while simultaneously guaranteeing that the secret ballot system is preserved. An eligible member for these purposes shall be de- fined as a member who is current in payment of their dues as of the December 1 deadline for the year in which the election is to take place, or a new member hired by the Chicago Police Depart- ment who became eligible to join the FOP after the deadline but prior to the election.
VOTE WILL BE AT THE GENERAL MEETING OCT. 16, 7 p.m. d
Only Members in good standing who have at-
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