Please review the proposed changes to the RAPS Bylaws and vote by January 31 THE RAPS BOARDvoted at its November 2017 meeting to accept changes proposed by an ad hoc bylaws committee charged with reviewing the entire document. Chief among the modifications proposed are changing the terms of office for all Board members from three years to two, formally recognizing the Scholarship Committee as a standing committee, and clarifying the name and composition of the Executive Committee. Included in this mailing of the RAPS Sheet are two documents. First is the current Bylaws document showing old language with strikethroughs and new language underlined. The second document shows what the Bylaws would look like if all proposed changes are made. (If you access the RAPS Sheet online only, please call Rebecca Butterworth, RAPS Office Manager, at 503-725-3447 and request that these documents be mailed to you.) You can vote to approve or disapprove the changes in the Bylaws. RAPS must receive your response by Wednesday, January 31, 2018. You have three options to vote: (1) You can clip the ballot on this page of the January RAPS Sheet and return it by mail to RAPS/PSU, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751. (2) You can pick up a ballot at the January 18 luncheon meeting and vote there. (3) You can go to the RAPS website at https://www.pdx.edu/raps/calendar-events and click on the voting link on the calendar and events page. We urge you to review the proposed changes to the Bylaws and to vote no later than January 31, 2018. —Dawn White, Co-president RAPS By-laws 2018 AMENDMENTS BALLOT ( ) I support the proposed changes to the RAPS Bylaws. ( ) I do not support the proposed changes to the RAPS Bylaws. Please mark and clip this ballot and return it in the mail to RAPS/PSU, PO Box 751, Portland OR 97207-0751 no later than January 31, 2018. Susan Johnson entertains guests at the RAPS Holiday Brunch by singing “My Grown Up Christmas List.” Nearly 70 people attended the annual event, which was held on December 14 at the Nordia House in southwest Portland. —Photograph by Larry Sawyer RAPS celebrates the holidays 4
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