Article XXVI,
Section 1, Amendments, of the Grand Lodge Constitution
and Bylaws reads, in pertinent part, as follows:
This Constitution and By-Laws
may be altered, amended or repealed in its
entirety by a majority vote of the delegates
present at the Grand Lodge Convention after
written notice of proposed amendments, which
shall specify the Articles and Sections intended
to be changed, which have been timely submitted
for publication in the official trade journal of
the Brotherhood in advance of the Grand Lodge
Convention; provided, however, that the last such
notice is printed thirty (30) days before said
Grand Lodge Convention; and provided, further,
that if, in the usual course of any regular
Convention of Grand Lodge, three-fourths of the
delegates present, shall agree on the proposed
alterations or amendments to the Constitution and
By-Laws or the repeal in its entirety thereof,
such changes may be made without the above
required notice.
In accordance with the above, all
proposed changes in the Grand Lodge Constitution and
Bylaws may be submitted at any time prior to May 1, 1998.
Proposed changes that arrive after April 30, 1998, which
is the cut-off date for articles to be printed in the
June Journal, will be returned to the member that
submitted them and will not be acted upon by the
Constitution and Bylaws Committee. However, the member
submitting the proposal can give it to his or her local
lodge delegate for possible handling at the Convention.
It is important to note that those
proposals which have been timely received for publication
in the official Journal of the Brotherhood (those that
arrive prior to May 1, 1998) can be acted upon by a
majority vote of the delegates assembled at the Grand
Lodge Convention. In contrast, any proposed alteration or
amendment to the constitution and bylaws not received on
or before April 30, 1998, and brought up on the
Convention floor, require three-fourths of the delegates
to vote in favor of such proposal before it is changed.
Proposed changes should be sent to BMWE
President Mac A. Fleming at 26555 Evergreen Road., Suite
200, Southfield, Michigan 48076-4225.
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