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Message to ICMCI Trustees
On March 20, 2009 we have sent out a message by email asking trustees to vote on a resolution to amend the ICMCI bylaws. A reply is required within 90 days, by June 20, 2009. Please review this material and cast your vote. A two-thirds majority of all trustees must support this resolution for it to pass. The participation of all Trustees is essential.
Background
It was recognised by the previous ExCom, and discussed in Dublin, that the ICMCI bylaws require revision. This is a product of a number of forces, including the need to recognise the adoption of a Swiss Verein form of incorporation, the need to update the bylaws to bring them into conformance with current practice (e.g., with respect to the names of the permanent Committees of the Board), and the need to clarify decision-making processes as the organisation and its Board have grown in membership.
In early 2008, a Governance Task Force was established, with Mark Nesbitt (ICMCI Secretary) as its Chair and Shanker Golpakrishnan (India), Angelo Kehayas (South Africa) and Gerry O’Carroll (Ireland) as members.
Through an extensive working process, the Task Force arrived at a unanimous recommendation for a set of bylaw amendments. This recommendation was reviewed and discussed in depth at the Singapore Annual Meeting. An informal vote was taken among the Singapore participants as to whether the Trustees in attendance would recommend the adoption of these changes in a binding vote; there was unanimous support.
As well, the recommendation was made in the Singapore meeting to include in the bylaws a formal reference to the Standing Orders, and this recommendation was reviewed and agreed with by the Task Force.
Following Singapore, the Task Force took the recommended revisions and drafted specific edits to the bylaws, click here to download , and which form the specific basis for the resolution.
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