Bylaws: Difference between revisions

Amendments may, from time to time, be proposed to, or by, the Board of Directors. Any amendments will be considered and voted on as necessary. All amendments that have been passed will be noted below.  

! Effective Date !! Subject !! Proposed By !! Reference

| data-sort-value=2022-12-01 | 1 December 2022 || Initial Approval || Board of Directors || <ref name="arch2022">Board of Directors approved-documents archive. This approval predates the published forum minutes, which the Board began posting in September 2023.</ref>

| data-sort-value=2023-08-19 | 19 August 2023 || Amendments to Article III.11 (composition and duties of the Executive, Licensing &amp; Legal, Steering, and Disciplinary Committees), Article IV.1.f (Chief Legal Officer seated as a non-voting director), and Article V.1&ndash;2 (appointment of Executives and Divisional Vice-Presidents with the advice and consent of the Board). || Board of Directors || <ref name="m2023">Passed 19 August 2023 (Board approved-documents archive, "Suggest Amendments to the Bylaws"); the amended bylaws are referenced in the [https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=756&t=19636 Board of Directors minutes of 3 December 2023] and the committee's standing-up in the [https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=756&t=19399 minutes of 17 September 2023].</ref>

| data-sort-value=2024-09-15 | 15 September 2024 || Eleven amendments to the bylaws adopted on the recommendation of the Bylaws and Governance Committee; provisions affecting committee service to take effect the following Board year. || Bylaws and Governance Committee || <ref name="m2024">[https://forums.trmn.org/viewtopic.php?f=756&t=20728 Board of Directors minutes of 15 September 2024].</ref>

| data-sort-value=2025-09-07 | 07 September 2025 || Article III.3, III.11.f, amended to create the nominating committee and allow it to nominate new board members.  Article IV amended to include the Chief Legal Officer as an officer of the board. || Board of Directors || <ref name="q2025">Date and wording per the Mantipedia Record of Changes; the corresponding Board minutes are still being cross-referenced (see note below).</ref>

| data-sort-value=2026-03-12 | 12 March 2026 || March 2026 Articles III, IV, V amended to change all occurrences of (Corporate) Divisional Vice President to Branch Heads, and division to branch.  Article IV.7 amended to add the restriction on Board members serving in identical positions in affiliate organizations.  III.3.b amended to change nominations from president to nomination committee. Article II.1 amended to restrict outgoing board to any proper business that may affect it, before going to new board.  || Steering Committee, Bylaws and Governance Committee || <ref name="q2026">Date and wording per the Mantipedia Record of Changes; the corresponding Board minutes are still being cross-referenced (see note below).</ref>