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SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENTS
AMENDMENTS OF BY-LAWS
At a meeting of the Board of Governors held in New York on April 16, 1944, it was unanimously voted to submit the following proposed amendments of By-Laws I and III to the membership of the Society for voting at the Fifty-Sixth SemiAnnual Technical Conference in New York, October 16-18, inclusive:
Proposed Amendment of By-Law I, Sec. 3 (c) and (d)
t"Sec. 3 (c) — Applicants for Active membership shall give as references at least one member of Active or of higher grade in good standing. Applicants shall be elected to membership by the unanimous approval of the entire membership of the appropriate Admissions Committee. In the event of a single dissenting vote or failure of any member of the Admissions Committee to vote, this application shall be referred to the Board of Governors, in which case approval of at least three-fourths of the Board of Governors shall be required. "Sec. 3 (d) — Applicants for Associate membership shall give as references one member of the Society in good standing, or two persons not members of the Society who are associated with the industry. Applicants shall be elected to membership by approval of a majority of the appropriate Admissions Committee."
Proposed Amendment of By-Law III, Sec. 4
"The Board of Governors, when making nominations to fill vacancies in offices or on the Board, shall endeavor to nominate persons who in the aggregate are representative of the various branches or organizations of the motion picture industry to the end that there shall be no substantial predominance upon the Board, as the result of its own action, of representatives of any one or more branches or organizations of the industry."
At a meeting of the Board of Governors held July 18, 1944, it was resolved to submit proposed amendments of By-Laws V and VI to the membership of the Society for voting at the Technical Conference in October, as follows:
Proposed Amendment to By-Law V, Sec. 3
"A quorum of the Society shall consist in number of one-fifteenth of the total number of Honorary members, Fellows and Active members as listed in the Society's records at the close of the last fiscal year."
Proposed Amendment to By -Law VI, Sec. 3 (a)
"The Executive Vice-President shall represent the President in such geographical areas of the United States as shall be determined by the Board of Governors,
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