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Merrilie’s Draft Proposal
DRAFT OF
PROPOSED AMENDED BY-LAW, ARTICLE Ill, SECTION 6. Rights of Petition and
Criticism
The
right of any member to publicly criticize with impunity the policies, decisions,
and government of the board of trustees is guaranteed. Any
member may propose a change in the rules, regulations, policies, and
ordinances of The Stelle Group and this procedure shall be
followed to affect change. The proposed change shall
be made in writing with the reasons therefore and delivered in person to one
of the members of the board of trustees. The board of trustees shall
set a time for hearing of the proposal within 14 days after its receipt. The
purpose of the hearing is to review the proposed change and weigh all
relevant considerations to determine what is for the greatest good for The
Stelle Group regarding the matter. If
the proposed change concerns a rule, regulation, policy, or ordinance
emanating from a department of The Stelle Group, the petitioner shall first
submit the proposed change in writing, with reasons therefore, to the party
in the department who is responsible for instituting or administering the
rule, regulation, policy, or ordinance in question. If
the hearing results in a denial of the proposed change by the board of
trustees, a second hearing to be held before a panel
of 7 peers may be requested by the petitioner within 7 days from the
completion of the hearing before the board of trustees. The
panel shall be chosen by lot from among the general membership
provided, however, that should a class of membership be created as a result
of advanced training, the panel shall be chosen by lot from among this class.
The petitioner shall be present at the drawing of the panel by lot. The
hearing before the panel shall be held at a mutually agreed upon time within
30 days from completion of the prior hearing unless said time limitation is
waived by the petitioner and the board of trustees. The responsibility of the panel shall to be review the
decision of the board of trustees in light of all relevant considerations
and, by majority vote, to sustain the decision or decide to submit the matter
to the membership for vote. It shall be within the authority of the panel to
modify the proposal before submitting it to the membership. The vote of the
membership upon this issue shall be held no later
than 30 days from the decision of the panel. If the panel upholds the decision of the board of
trustees denying the proposed change, this decision is binding and no hearing
before a panel of 7 on a proposal of substantially the same nature can be
held within 1 year of the panel’s decision, provided, however, that nothing
herein shall be construed to deny the right to a hearing before the board of
trustees on any matter within that time period. No policy, rule, or standard set by the
departments of religion or education or the admissions committee designed to
attain or maintain a quality of excellence within The Stelle Group shall be
subject to change under the provisions of this section. |
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