December 18, 2024

Dear Member,

A previous bulletin to ARRL members addressed the report of the By-Law 46 Committee’s proposed changes to By-Laws 42 and 46. In response to comments from Board members, the Committee has made several minor wording changes to the documents. For example, where appropriate, the term “ARRL” was substituted for “the corporation”. There were two relatively major changes. Proposed By-Law 42, Section 1(e) now has a better description of a neutral independent third party. A proposal to modify Article 7 of the ARRL Articles of Association was added to better describe ineligibility.

Two other proposed changes to By-Laws have been submitted.

1. It is proposed to modify By-Law 18 to clarify election procedures and candidate qualification. Important elements describing elections will be moved into the By-Laws from less formally controlled documents. The proposal also better defines candidate eligibility requirements to minimize misunderstanding and reduce the need for interpretation by the Ethics and Elections Committee (E&E) in matters of eligibility.

2. The current By-Law 20 requires that a representative of E&E observe ballot processing at a selected qualified and disinterested third party. Because the process used by such entities is automated, little is learned by watching the lights blinking on a computer or the ballot scanner. Sending a Committee member to observe is, in most circumstances, an unnecessary expense. The proposed new By-Law says that an E&E member may observe ballot processing at the discretion of the E&E Committee.

Copies of these motions and related documents are posted on the ARRL Website.

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