[ATMoB-discuss] FYI - September Meeting (Calendars & ByLaw Change Vote)

[Bernie Volz (volz)]

Hello:

Two items for the September meeting:

1. I will once again have the Kalmbach Publishing calendar (Deep Space
Mysteries 2007 Calendar) available for sale for $8.00/copy. More details
about the calendar are at
http://kalmbachcatalog.stores.yahoo.net/68145.html.

PLEASE HAVE EXACT CHANGE! Or, make checks payable to the Amateur
Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc.

I will *NOT* take "reservations". These are for sale ONLY AT THE
MEETING. If you'd like one and can't make the meeting, perhaps I'll have
some left in October or, better yet, make arrangements with someone
going to the meeting to purchase (and deliver) a copy for you.


2. At the September meeting (as the membership was notified in the July
Starfields), we will need to vote on my proposed Bylaw changes:

Bernie Volz, after discussions with Virginia Renehan and Dick Koolish,
proposes that at the September meeting the members vote to adopt the
following bylaws changes. For details on the procedure for changing the
bylaws see ARTICLE XIV - AMENDMENTS of
http://www.atmob.org/about/bylaws/bylaws.pdf.

In ARTICLE VII, OFFICERS, Section 2: President, change:

"As soon as practicable following his or her election, the President,
with the advice and approval of the Executive Board, shall appoint (1)
an Auditor, who shall make an audit of the accounts of the Treasurer at
the close of the ensuing fiscal year of the corporation and submit the
same to the Executive Board; (2) an official delegate to the
Astronomical League; and (3) chairman and members of Committees ..."

To:

"As soon as practicable following his or her election, the President,
with the advice and approval of the Executive Board, shall appoint (1) a
Reviewer, who shall make a review of the accounts of the Treasurer at
the close of the ensuing fiscal year of the corporation and submit the
same to the Executive Board; and (2) chairman and members of Committees
..."

The two changes are:

1. Change "an Auditor" to "a Reviewer" and "audit of accounts" to
"review of accounts". The reason for this is that audit has a set
meaning to accountants and what we're after is more what is typically
called a review. Review is defined as "Review - Accounting service that
provides some assurance as to the reliability of financial information.
In a review, a CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT (CPA) does not conduct an
examination under GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS (GAAS)." Under
an Audit, GAAS must be used.

2. Dropping "an official delegate to the Astronomical League" as we are
no longer a member of the Astronomical League. The membership voted to
drop out of the Astronomical League about 10 years back.

- Bernie Volz