{"id":6119,"date":"2019-02-18T01:46:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T06:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1gf.f8a.myftpupload.com\/?p=6119"},"modified":"2019-04-15T14:33:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T18:33:02","slug":"revisions-to-mmpcdc-by-laws-proposed-for-adoption-on-march-20-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/?p=6119","title":{"rendered":"Revisions to MMPCDC By-Laws Proposed for Adoption on April 23, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Manassas-Dem-Logo-3x6-Banner-v4-1-1024x526.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5025\" width=\"514\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Manassas-Dem-Logo-3x6-Banner-v4-1-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Manassas-Dem-Logo-3x6-Banner-v4-1-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Manassas-Dem-Logo-3x6-Banner-v4-1-768x394.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>An ad hoc MMPCDC By-Laws Review and Update Committee, including Co-Chair Cheryl Macias, Outreach Chair Gretchen Almstead, and Past Co-Chair Allen Muchnick, has recently reviewed MMPCDC&#8217;s current By-Laws and has proposed extensive updates.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed By-Law revisions were presented for discussion by the membership at MMPCDC&#8217;s February 27th membership meeting, with a vote on adoption planned for MMPCDC&#8217;s March 20th membership meeting.   In response to a member&#8217;s comments received at, and subsequent to, our February 27th meeting, the proposal was further modified.  Due to a crowded agenda on March 20, the vote on revising the By-Laws was postponed to our <strong>April <del>17<\/del><\/strong> <strong><del>16<\/del><\/strong> <strong>23<\/strong> membership meeting.  The latest proposed revision is linked below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three relevant documents for these proposed By-Law revisions are linked below:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/MMPCDC-By-Laws-as-Amended-14-Sep-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMPCDC's Current By-Laws (opens in a new tab)\">MMPCDC&#8217;s Current By-Laws<\/a><\/strong>, which were last amended in September 2015,<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/MMPCDC-By-Laws-Proposed-Revisions-Mar-18-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A marked-up document (opens in a new tab)\">A<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/MMPCDC-By-Laws-Proposed-Revisions-Mar-18-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A marked-up document (opens in a new tab)\"> marked-up document<\/a>,<\/strong> showing the current text in black and the proposed revisions in red, and<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/MMPCDC-By-Laws-Clean-Copy-of-Proposed-Revisions-Mar-18-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"clean copy of the proposed revised By-Laws (opens in a new tab)\">clean copy of the proposed revised By-Laws<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The most substantial proposed change to the By-Laws is the addition of  a new Article IX that outlines procedures for MMPCDC to <strong>endorse<\/strong> (not nominate) <strong>candidates<\/strong> for either partisan or non-partisan (i.e., school board) elected office.   The language for this new Article was closely adapted from a similar, recently adopted amendment to the Prince William County Democratic Committee&#8217;s by-laws.   Because the various procedures for <strong>nominating<\/strong> diverse candidates for elected office are already prescribed in great detail by Virginia election laws and regulations and by the <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Democratic Party of Virginia Party Plan (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/vademocrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DPVA-Party-Plan-September-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic Party of Virginia Party Plan<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/strong>the MMPCDC By-Laws do not explicitly discuss nomination procedures, which we ordinarily use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A second proposed change to the By-Laws, in Section 6.1, concerns the composition, authority, and duties of the MMPCDC Leadership Committee, formerly called the Executive Committee.   Currently, our By-Laws do not authorize the Executive Committee to take any time-sensitive executive actions, only to hold discussions and recommend actions for the full Committee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article III (Membership) was revised to 1) clarify, strengthen, and simplify our member-election procedures (Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.4); 2) remove two unnecessary sentences related to membership diversity (Section 3.3); 3) clarify quorum determinations during the final nine months of each biennium (Section 3.5); and 4) add the relatively new Executive Director for the Prince William County and the Manassas &amp; Manassas Park Cities Democratic Committees as an ex-officio member of MMPCDC (Section 3.7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proposed revisions to Article IV (Officers) affirms the Democratic Party ban on secret ballots (Section 4.1) and modifies a few of the duties of our Secretary (Section 4.4) and Treasurer (Section 4.5). <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly,  Article XI was revised to clarify how proposed future By-Law Amendments should be presented before adoption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the substantive changes described above, the proposed By-Laws update adds unique section numbers and headings to each section of the By-Laws, to make the document easier to read and reference.  Finally, the By-Laws were closely reviewed to ensure that various references, terms, capitalization, and font sizes and styles are accurate and\/or consistent throughout the document.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comments on the proposed By-Laws may be submitted via email to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"mmpcdc@gmail.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"mailto:mmpcdc@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">mmpcdc@gmail.com<\/a>.  To be considered for the April 16th MMPCDC membership meeting, all written comments should be submitted by Sunday, April 21.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ad hoc MMPCDC By-Laws Review and Update Committee, including Co-Chair Cheryl Macias, Outreach Chair Gretchen Almstead, and Past Co-Chair Allen Muchnick, has recently reviewed MMPCDC&#8217;s current By-Laws and has proposed extensive updates. The proposed By-Law revisions were presented for discussion by the membership at MMPCDC&#8217;s February 27th membership meeting, with a vote on adoption planned for MMPCDC&#8217;s March 20th membership meeting. In response to a member&#8217;s comments received at,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[260,59],"class_list":["post-6119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-committee","tag-by-laws","tag-committee-mmpcdc"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":0,"today_views":0},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6119"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6368,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6119\/revisions\/6368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manassascitydemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}