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Withdrawn | amendment to Bylaws regarding Better Annual Meeting Committee.
This proposal was withdrawn by unanimous vote of the Executive Committee on October 22, 2015.
The Special Committee on the Better Annual Committee proposes amending the term of its committee members from three years to five years because of the need for institutional memory. The proposed bylaw amendment is set forth below. Comments should be submitted to Karen A. Gould, Executive Director, Virginia State Bar, 1111 E. Main St., Suite 700, Richmond, VA 23219-0026, no later than the end of the business day on October 15, 2015. Comments may be submitted via e-mail to publiccomment@vsb.org.
PART 1 – BYLAWS OF THE VIRGINIA STATE BAR
ARTICLE V
Committees
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Sec. 4. Members of special committees shall be appointed to three-year terms, with the exception of the Special Committee on the Better Annual Meeting and the Special Committee on Lawyer Malpractice Insurance whose members shall be appointed to five-year terms. No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms on such a committee. A member appointed to fill an unexpired term shall be eligible to serve two additional full terms. An eligible member wishing to be reappointed to a special committee shall be required to reapply in writing prior to the end of his or her current term under procedures established by Council and administered by the executive director. If any member of a committee fails to attend either three meetings during any bar year or two successive meetings of the committee without providing an explanation satisfactory to the committee chair, or in the case of a lawyer member, is declared not in good standing with the Virginia State Bar, such person’s position shall automatically be considered vacated and filled as in the case of other vacancies.
originally posted August 7, 2015
Updated: January 5, 2017