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First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County

Proposed Bylaws Amendments regarding Quorums

Approved by the Board of Trustees February 17, 2010, for consideration at the Special Congregational Meeting March 28, 2010.

(1) The first sentence of Article V, section 3, is amended to read: "To constitute a legal Meeting, a quorum of at least twenty-five percent of the total voting membership, must be present."

(2) Article XIII, section 4, is amended to read: "Section 4. Quorum and Notice for Congregational Decisions on Ministry. All Congregational meetings provided for in this Article shall require a quorum of at least forty percent of the total voting membership, and notice given to each Member of the Church by electronic mail, United States mail, or personal delivery not less than twenty days prior to the date of the meeting."