<CORSA Chapters> CORSA Motion

[Robert Marlow]

Well, this strikes me a wholly unnecessary.  Member benefits are 
whatever CORSA deems the member benefits to be, and there is no need 
to define a new class of membership.  Regular members can be granted 
specific member benefits as a matter of policy.  No need to revise 
the by-laws.  Paper Communique?  Electronic Communique?  Access to 
member area on the web?  All perfectly do-able under the current by-laws.

 From what I can see, only a student membership won't fit under the 
current by-laws, and are we really going to revise the by-laws to 
get, maybe, three student members?

Non-Communique member?  Who the hell is that?

Further, this proposal may be unintentionally written to alter the 
means by which policy is implemented.  It states, "specific details 
of these membership classification(s) will be promulgated through the 
development of specific CORSA policies respectively, which are then 
approved by the majority of the Board of Directors."  This 
contradicts the existing by-law provision for enacting policy, which 
states that a "majority vote of the quorum is required to pass any resolution."

By laws should always be as general as possible.  Don't add 
specifics.  Don't pass this motion.

--Bob