Monday, Jan. 7, 2008

MISSOURI ATHLETIC CLUB
BY-LAW AMENDMENTS PASS

The voting on the proposed By-law amendments concluded on Friday, December 21, 2007.

Only those ballots received by 4:00 p.m. on December 21, 2007, were included in the count. Of the 2,987 members eligible to vote, a total of 914 ballots were cast, 5 of which were voided because of an irregularity such as received after the deadline or missing signature.

The results of the vote are as follows:

ARTICLE III
ARTICLE VII
ARTICLE VII
ARTICLE VII
Section 3.2
Section 7.1 a
Section 7.1c
Section 7.4
YES
510
803
778
766
NO
398
94
116
127
Total Valid Votes
908
897
894
893
Passing Percentage
56.2%
89.5%
87%
85.8%

ARTICLE III, Sec. 3.2
To institute a monthly capital contribution by all members ( except Honorary) for the period from January 2008, through June 2008.

ARTICLE VII, Sec. 7.1 a
To change date by which the appointment of the Nominating Committee must be made.
Also, to remove obsolete references to the process during 1999 and 2000.

ARTICLE VII, Sec. 7.1 c
To allow flexibility in the length (number of words) of a proposed Board candidate=s
biographical material which is submitted to the Nominating Committee as specified in the Code of Ethics for MAC Elections.

ARTICLE VII, Sec. 7.4
To reference the authority of the Code of Ethics for MAC Elections with respect to the number of voting members who may serve on a campaign committee and whether or not a voting member may serve on more than one campaign committee.

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