Revision of By-Laws 2023

Committee
Debbie Haverstock, Chairman
Peggy Bennett, Susan Harris, Kim Pontuti
(*revised By-Law)   (sections revised or eliminated)

 
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ARTICLE II   Purpose
     A.   To cooperate with the Ohio (Retired) Teachers Association (ORTA)

     *A.  To cooperate with the Ohio Retirement for Teachers Association (ORTA)


ARTICLE IV   AFFILIATION
      The Mahoning Retired Association shall be affiliated with the Ohio (Retired) Teachers
Association in joint membership (dual Membership) and give recognition to the work of the 
National Retired Teachers Division of AARP.

     *The Mahoning Retired Association shall be affiliated with the Ohio Retirement for
Teachers Association in joint membership (dual membership) and give recognition to the work 
of the National Retired Teachers Division of AARP.


ARTICLE VII  OFFICERS
     Section 2.  DUTIES
     E.  Treasurer
     7.  Present his/her books for Annual Audit by (February 1)

     *  Present his/her books for Annual Audit by July 1.

     8.  Issue () membership cards ()
     *  Issue MRTA membership cards if requested.

ARTICLE VIII ​ BOARD OF DIRECTORS
     Section 2.  ​DUTIES
     D.  Review a budget for the year, prepared by the (Finance and Budget Committee), 
to be voted on at the (February) Board of Directors meeting. 

     *Review a budget for the year, prepared by the Treasurer, to be voted on
at the April Board of Directors meeting.

ARTICLE VIII   BOARD OF DIRECTORS
​     Section 3  Meetings  of the Board of Directors shall be held four times a year,
(February), April, August, and October, and at such other times as the President 
deems necessary.
     *Meetings of the board of Directors shall be held four times a year.  January, April,
August, and October, and at such other times as the President deems necessary

ARTICLE X  ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE
     Section 1.  Nomination.  A Nominating Committee (of seven (7)) members: (three
(3)) to be appointed by the Board of Directors, one (1) the Chair appointed by the President before
the (September) meeting of the odd year, at which time (three (3)) more shall be elected by the 
members at the (September) meeting.

     *A Nominating Committee of five (5) members, two (2) to be appointed by the Board
of Directors, one (1) the Chair appointed by the President before the June meeting of the odd year,
at which time two (2) more shall be elected by the members at the June meeting.


     Section 3.  TERM OF OFFICE.    All officers shall be installed at the December meeting 
and serve for a term of two years.  They shall be eligible for re-election for one (two-year) term
only.  An exception may be granted by the Board of Directors for (the offices of Secretary 
and Treasurer.)

     *All officers shall be installed at the December meeting and serve for a term of two
years.  They shall be eligible for re-election for on(two-year) term only.  An exception may be
granted by the Board of Directors for all the offices.
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ARTICLE XI   COMMITTEES
     Section 1. 
      A.   Standing  Committees  There shall be Association standing
committees as follows:
                           Community Service                                   Program (1st Vice-President)
                            (Informative & Protective Services)   
                           Legislative                                                   Public Relations
                           Membership (2nd Vice-President)          (Finance & Budget)
                           ​(Remembrance)                                          (In-Memoriam)
                           Hospitality & Reservations                        Historian
                           Scholarship                                                  Newsletter

     *     A.   Standing Committees  There shall be Association standing
Committees as follows.
                            Community Service                                      Program (1st Vice-President)
                            Legislative                                                        Public Relations
                            Membership (2nd Vice-President)
                            Remembrance / IN-Memoriam
                            Hospitality & Reservations                          Historian
                            Scholarship                                                      Newsletter


ARTICLE XII  MEETINGS AND QUORUM
     Section 2   QUORUM  - (seventy) members shall constitute a quorum.
   
     *Section 2.  QUORUM - fifty members shall constitute a quorum.


ARTICLE XIII  ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP - annual scholarship(s), to be taken from
the Scholarship Fund (managed through the YSU foundation) and augmented, if necessary, from
the General fund shall be given to an outstanding (fourth) year student(s) who is(are) entering
the teaching field.  The recipients(s), students(s) from Youngstown State School of Education,
shall be chosen by the Scholarship Committee and approved by the Board of Directors.

     * ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP - annual scholarship(s), to be taken from the 
Scholarship Fund (managed through the YSU Foundation) and augmented, if necessary, from
the General Fund shall be given to an outstanding third/fourth year student(s) who is(are)
entering the teaching field.  The recipient(s), student(s) from Youngstown State School of Education, 
shall be chosen by the Scholarship Committee and approved by the Board of Directors.


ARTICLE XIV  IN MEMORIAM/REMEMBRANCE
     Section 1.  IN-MEMORIAM.  The John M. Knapick Family(has underwritten the cost
of the in-memoriam book which is selected for) the main branch of the Public Library of
Younstown and Mahoning County (in cooperation with the director of the library.  The
selection will contain a name plate with the the names of deceased MRTA members during each
calendar year.  This procedure has been followed since its inception in 1996.  Although a CD
has been established) in the name of the John M. Knapick Memorial Fund, this in-memoriam
fund shall continue to hold a place in the Association's budget with a (0.00) amount () as directed
by the (Finance Committee.)

     *Section 1.  IN 1996 the John M. Knapick Family made a donation in the name of the 
John M. Knapick Memeorial Fund.  Every calendar year MRTA will make a memorial gift to the
main branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County. A yearly list of the 
deceased MRTA members will be included in the library's digital display of memorial gifts.  This
In-memoriam fund, shall continue to hold a place in the Association's budget with a $50.00
amount or as directed by the Board of Directors.


ARTICLE XV   AMENDMENTS

     Section 3.  These amendments shall become effective immediately upon adoption
(provided, however, nothing in these amendments impair any acts or poceedings heretofore
underaken by or on behalf of this Association.)

     *Section 3.  These amendments shall become effective immediately upon adoption.

     Section 4 . The rules contained in ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, REVISED, shall 
govern this association in all cases in which they are applicable and ​(in which they are) not 
inconsistent with these By-Laws.

     *Section 4. The rules contained in ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, REVISED, shall
govern this association in all cases in which they are applicable and not inconsistent with 
these By-Laws.