Saturday October 19, 2024

Breakfast Social 9:30 AM- 10 AM

Business Meeting 10AM-11 AM

Oleson Unit Tour 11:15 AM- 12:30 AM

Please RSVP to the Meeting and the Tour Separately

by October 16, 2024 

Dear members of the Friends of the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge,

Ensuring the sustainability of our organization is a top priority. A key aspect of this sustainability is the ability to fill all officer positions. As you can understand, filling these positions is challenging due to the time commitments and skills required. Article 3.02 of our bylaws states: “Each Director shall hold office for a term of three years. A Director can serve a maximum of three consecutive terms and then is not eligible for election to the Board for at least one year.” Currently, only the President and Vice-President are exempt from this maximum of three terms. The Board proposes extending this exemption to all officer positions (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Parliamentarian). This change requires an amendment to section 4.03 of the bylaws as described below. Please approve the change in section 4.03 during the annual meeting on October 19, 2024.

Section 4.03. Terms of Office. Terms of office for all officers of the Corporation shall be for one year, and officers may be reelected to subsequent terms as long as they remain eligible for membership on the Board of Directors, as defined in Section 3.02. When serving as President or Vice-President, limitations on successive terms as a member of the Board do not apply.

Proposed changed passage:

Section 4.03. Terms of Office. Terms of office for all officers of the Corporation shall be for one year, and officers may be reelected to subsequent terms. When serving as an officer on the Board, the limitation on successive terms, as a member of the board, as defined in Section 3.02, does not apply.