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Article XII
AMENDMENTS

Chronicle Amendments enacted

1988 annual meeting:

• Initial adoption

September 1990 (Cork):

• Changes to number of Directors (Article IV, Section 2)
  
  • change from ``not less than three'' to ``not more than 30'';
    
  • institution of permanent honorary members, without vote.
• Establishment of Donald Knuth and Hermann Zapf as honorary board members (Article IV, Section 3a).
• Non-elected Vice Presidents added to Board (Article IV, Section 3a')
• Composition of Finance Committee revised (Article V, Section 2)
  • outgoing President retained for one year for continuity;
    
  • newly elected officers become members upon election.
• Planning Committee established (Article V, Section 2a)
• Term of officers changed to start on January 1 (Article V, Section 4)
• Addition of statement on supervision of Executive Director. (Article VIII, Section 2)

March 1991 (Dedham):

• Sections renumbered where necessary.
• Added section ``Access to Documents''. (Article III, Section 7)
• Composition of Board changed from ``nominated'' to elected. (Article IV, Section 3)
• Ray Goucher added as honorary. (Article IV, Section 4)
• Nomination and election procedures established. (Article IV, Section 6)
• Procedure for consent vote extended to include e-mail procedure. (Article IV, Section 10)
• Site Coordinator position eliminated. (Article IV, old section 10)
• Composition of Executive Committee changed from officers, to President plus three additional members elected by the Board. (Article V, Section 1)
• Finance Committee eliminated. (Article V, old Section 2)
• Technical Council established. (Article V, Section 2)
• Change in qualification for officers (Article VII, Section 2)
  • only President elected by membership;
    
  • other officers elected by Board from among Directors.
• Nomination by petition replaced Nominating Committee. (Article VII, Section 3)
• Details of elections removed to separate election procedures document. (Article VII, Sections 4, 5)

July 1991 (Dedham):

• Election procedures adopted; consequent bylaws amendments not explicitly cited in minutes summary. (Motion 91-61)

February 1992 (Aston):

• Text establishing Technical Council replaced. (Motion 92-11)

June 1992 (by mail):

• Change in references to tax code, on recommendation of TUG accountant. (Motion 92-23e)

July 1992 (Portland):

• Changes approved under Motion 92-24:
  • replacement of Article XI, Indemnification;
  • changes required by new Election Procedures for the Board.
• Changes approved under Motion 92-25:
  • removal of ``previous experience'' phrase from presidential qualifications;
  • removal of hardship clause from Article IV, Section 6.

July 1993 (Aston):

• Replacement of Article IV, Section 8, ``Special Directors'', and changes to terminology in Sections 3, 5, 9 and 10 resulting from new text adopted in principle under Motion 92-28 and referred to the Bylaws Committee to draft final wording.
• Changes required by revised Election Procedures, specifically, change in text of Article IV, Section 8, concerning vacancies on the Board. (Motion 93-2)
• Clerical changes (Motion 93-3):
  • minor changes in terminology for the purpose of achieving ``plain English'' text;
  • replacement of ``the Corporation'' by ``TUG''.
  • normalization of upper- and lowercase usage for various titles;
  • insertion of the clarifying modifier ``Long-Range'' into the committee name in Article V, Section 3;
  • correction of the word ``appointment'' to ``election'' (with respect to directors) in Article IV, Section 8;
  • rephrasing of Article VII, Section 3, concerning nomination procedures for the President to parallel those of Article IV, Section 6, for Directors;
  • clarification of qualifications for appointees to fill vacant offices in Article VII, Section 10, by adding ``of the Board'' to ``members''.
• Changes in text establishing Technical Council to clarify that the Board will grant ``formal recognition'' rather than ``ratify'' reports from Technical Working Groups forwarded by the Council. (Motion 93-4)

July 1994 (Santa Barbara):

• Clerical changes (Motion 94-2):
  • replacement in Article IV, Section 3, of the term ``elected Board Member'' by ``Elected Director'' to parallel the term ``Special Director'';
  • replacement in Article IV, Sections 2, 10 and 11, Article V, Sections 1 and 2, and Article VII, Sections 2 and 10, of the phrases ``member(s) of the Board (of Directors)'' and ``Board Member(s)'' by the equivalent term ``director(s)'', to normalize usage;
  • rephrasing a sentence in Article IV, Section 10, to avoid the unmodified word ``members'' when either committee members or directors may be meant.
• Removal of legacy text in Article IV, Section 3, referring to the composition of the board prior to the first election of directors. (Motion 94-3)

July 1995 (St. Petersburg):

• Clerical changes (Motion 95-2):
  • removal of reduplicated ``may'' from Article VII, Section 2;
  • removal from Article VII, Section 4, of obsolete text referring to 1991 annual meeting.
• Elimination of Special Directors (Motion 95-3):
  • removal of Special Directors from list in Article IV, Section 3;
  • elimination of Article IV, Section 5;
  • renumbering of all subsequent sections;
  • in (new) Section 9, rephrase text to eliminate implicit reference to Special Directors in procedure for consent votes.
• Elimination of Long-Range Planning Committee (Motion 95-4):
  • removal of Article V, Section 3;
  • renumbering of Section 4.
• Decrease in total number of Directors (Motion 95-5):
  • change number from 30 to 15 in Article IV, Section 2.

August 1998 (Torun):

• Procedure for suspension/removal of inactive Directors (Motion 98-6):
  • addition of second paragraph to Article IV, Section 5.

July 2002 (Portland):

• Streamlining of Directors' Consent Vote, Article IV, Section 9 (Motion 2002-3):
  • shortening of discussion period from two weeks to one.
  • shortening of voting period from two weeks to one, with vote closed at once if a clear majority votes the same way.
  • change in terminology: ``directors'' to ``Board members''.
  • change from ``mail'' to ``electronic mail'' and removal of requirement to confirm results by standard mail.

February 2003 (email):

• Directors serve for four years, not three, in Article IV, Section 5. (Motion 2002.15).
• Changes for 501(c)(3) to Article I, Sections 1-3. (Motion 2002.13.)
• Also 501(c)(3) changes in the articles of incorporation.

October 2002 (by e-mail):

• Change in status from 501(c)(6) to 501(c)(3) (Motion 2002-9)
  • to be made if and when the IRS approves the requested change in status.
  • change to be applied to Article I, sections 2 and 3.

January 2003 (by e-mail):

• Change in status from 501(c)(6) to 501(c)(3)
  • change in text of Article I, section 1, as provided by lawyer.
  • removal of last sentence of Article I, section 2.
  • change in text of Article I, section 3, as provided by lawyer.
• Clarification of office location
  • rewording of Article II, Offices, from ``places both within and outside the State of Rhode Island'' to ``places either within or outside ...''.

23 February 2005 (by e-mail, motion 2005.3):

• Allow electronic voting
  • change ``written mail ballot'' to ``mail ballot'' in Article IV, section 5, and Article VII, section 5.

23 February 2005 (by e-mail, motion 2005.4):

• Editorial fixes
  • Article III, section 7, and Article VIII, section 2: remove references to (no longer extant) Finance Committee.
  • Article VI, section 1: state that notice can be given by e-mail.

23 September 2018:

• Non-content source file maintenance:
  • Chronology: consistently use roman numerals.

13 December 2019 (by e-mail, motion 2019.4):

• New lifetime membership class
  • Article IV, section 8: new section.

26 December 2021 (by e-mail, motion 2021.7):

• Adopt AGM procedures (Article III)
  • Section 3: remove details of AGM and defer to separate procedures document
  • Section 6: change quorum from 50 to 100 members
• Changes to Board procedures (Article IV)
  • Section 3: clarify that President is a normal voting member of the Board
  • Section 6: allow Internet conference facilities for Board meetings
  • Section 9: change one week discussion, one week voting to single two-week period
• Editorial fixes
  • Capitalize Board, Director, and titles of officers throughout

23 September 2023 (by e-mail, motion 2023.5):

• Replace Executive Director position by office administrator (Article VIII)
  • Section 1: change position title and specify required competences; allow possible title upgrade to include Executive Director
  • Section 2: change text as necessary for title of position

23 September 2023 (by e-mail, motion 2023.6):

• Allow the executive committee to have more than three members. (Article V, Section 1)

27 September 2023:

• Non-content maintenance
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  • add a little vertical stretch before heads.
  • add ties, etc., to improve line breaking.
  • comment out trailing {\bf Pending:}.

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