Our bylaws state that amendments are possible as follows:

"The bylaws can be amended by a 2/3 vote of the members entitled to vote who are present at a membership meeting where a quorum is present provided that the proposed language of any bylaw amendment is included in the meeting notice."  

LPAC is a dynamic organization, its own needs changing with the changing needs of the park.  It follows then, that LPAC's leadership team may need to be adjusted from time to time to meet its needs.  LPAC by-laws currently call for one president, one vice-president, one secretary, and one treasurer. But there are times when the tasks of an office might be better handled by two persons.  Thus, there arises the need for more than one vice-president to assist the president, or the need for an extra, perhaps a corresponding, secretary, or the need for an assistant treasurer.  These are the needs the nominating task force looks at in determining a slate. With this amendment,  the nominating committee would be able to slate according to what it deems best for the organization.

The terms of all the officers are for one year.  So any time the nominating committee suggests an office, that office would be only for one year and would not be continued unless the next year's nominating committee decided to do so.

There are 16 directors on LPAC's board with four being officers.  This amendment would not change the size of the board.  There would still be 16 directors.

Nominations for officers from the floor would continue, as in the past, to create contests.  Only the nominating task force would be able to create extra offices in the nominating process.  However, there are times when the board itself has appointed an extra officer from among its directors.  That can still be be done by a majority vote of the board with the approval of the membership: there is nothing in this amendment or the bylaws that would prevent that possibility.

The nominating task force has considered the possibility of bringing two persons for one office on its slate.  There is really nothing preventing  this action.  However, with the organization becoming larger, the nominating task force realizes that this action might possibly raise many questions; thus, by providing the amendment for discussion at the April meeting, those questions could be taken care of.