The annual association meeting for the RPWA will be held on Thursday April 28, 2022 at the RP Home. If you are familiar with the work, we urge you to join and hear how God is working at the RP Home. The purpose of the meeting is an opportunity of the Executive Director, the financial auditors and the Board Committees to share the work of 2021 and the plan for the future.
There will also be an election of Board members and approval of changes to the Bylaws.
Governance Committee Summary of Proposed Bylaws Amendments: For Adoption at the 2022 Annual Meeting
Summary of the main proposed amendments
- Article I, Section 4, provides a more realistic method of determining who has paid annual RPWA membership dues.
- Article II, Sections 1 and 2, change the notification process for RPWA Annual Meetings and Special Meetings so that all congregations in the RPCNA, not just congregations in the Presbytery of the Alleghenies, will be informed. Notification will no longer be required in Good Tidings. (Email, the RP Home website, and social media will be used, although this is not specifically stated in the amendments.)
- Article II, Section 3 (Annual Meetings); Article III, Section 6 (Board Meetings); Article VI, Section 2 (Executive Committee Meetings); Article VI, Section 2 (Executive Committee Meetings); and Article VI, Section 4 (Standing Committees and Special Committees) authorize remote, or electronic, meetings, as well as in-person meetings or a combination of the two types.
Robert’s Rule of Order Newly Revised, 12th Edition, states that an organization’s bylaws must include authorization to hold remote, or electronic, meetings if it plans to use technology, such as Zoom or teleconference. (Exceptions can be made in the case of emergencies, according to legal counsel.)
- Article XI changes the number of days for submitting proposed amendments to the Board of Directors for approval and for sending proposed amendments to each RPCNA congregation.
Summary of Additional Changes
Article II, Section 5, and Article IV, Section 2, change the number of members of the Nominating Committee from three to an unspecified number because the number of members on the Governance Committee, which serves as the Nominating Committee, has fluctuated.
Article III, Sections 3, 4, 6, and 8 include changes for clarification purposes and to correspond with formal English standards.
Articles V and IX change the title of Chief Financial Officer to Director of Finance.
You can find a draft of the proposed Bylaws at RPWA Proposed Bylaws Changes, Full Document for your review in advance of the meeting.
We will be offering remote access to this meeting. Check back closer to the date for link!