MARC ballot and Constitution change

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For clarification: A "No" vote for the changes to the Constitution will NOT invalidate your vote for Board members.
One more time: A "No" vote for the changes to the Constitution without the reason behind it is useless. Voter suppression would be if the Board changed the Constitution and handed it to the membership WITHOUT a vote. This method is the opposite: it allows the membership to participate in the writing of its own Constitution and therefore the governance of its club. There is no hidden agenda here (what in the world would it be?) and the Board is asking that you state any problems you have with its proposal so they can discuss and rewrite or explain why it was done the way it was - simple as that. BTW: The printing and mailing of these changes was upwards of $4,000. A survey, as useful as it may have been, would have cost another $4,000. These costs are over the normal printing and mailing of the magazine. Several members have already reported typos and they are being fixed as I write. If you find a typo, section or paragraph you disagree with, please contact the office or a Board member and let them know; but please also be prepared to tell them what it is you disagree with and why. It's the only way it can be fixed.