Summary of Key Changes to SSCC Constitution 2023

The Silver Spring Camera Club is proud to present the proposed revised constitution

SSCC CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 2023 – for member review 3.pdf.

Who likes reading contracts anyway? For your convenience, below is a summary of the key changes. It will help you understand the proposed constitution.

Math! Changes in fractions and quantities for votes and quorums:

  • Article VII Section 10. To override the decision of the Board on a specific question, a petition signed by 15 one-fifth of members…
  • Article IX Section 2. quorum for the transaction of business requiring a vote at a regular club meeting shall be one-third one-quarter of the membership…
  • Article IX Section 3. A quorum of the Board shall be five, one of whom must be an Officer and one of whom must be a Director. (unchanged)
  • Article IX Section 4. A quorum of the Executive Council shall be four. (added)
  • Article XII Section 4. Special assessments must be approved by two-thirds of the full Board of Directors… (unchanged)
  • Article XVII “This Constitution and By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of members present, voting absentee, or having delegated their vote to a proxy*“… (added voting absentee)

How to vote:

  • Now absentee votes are allowed in addition to proxies* and being in attendance.

Changes to Standing Committees (Article XIV Section 3)

  • The Education Committee was broken out of the Program Committee.
  • The Refreshments Committee was recast as the Social and Refreshments Committee.
  • The Affiliations Committee was moved to the right spot in the constitution. This is for representatives to the Maryland Photography Alliance and the Photography Society of America, etc.
  • The Web Committee had previously been implicit in the constitution.

Changes in Duties:

  • The Secretary shall “collect and report on the results of votes.“ (addition)
  • The Archives committee no longer archives correspondence, Cable Releases Newsletters, and other documents pertaining to Club Activities.
  • The Competition committee shall …”coordinate with the Archives Committee for recording and status of member points and competition levels”… (addition)

Newsletter and Website:

  • Article X Section 1. The name of the Cable Release newsletter is no longer explicitly named in the constitution. This way if we chose a new name, we don’t have to change the constitution.
  • Article X Section 4. There are fewer required materials for the website.
  • Article X Section 4. Added that we have the freedom to change our “site” location/platform without revising the constitution:That is, anything like a website, Facebook, or something new.

Remember, THE VOTE on the proposed revised constitution IS THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2023 at the COMPETITION MEETING.

If you can’t attend and wish to vote by proxy, PROXY* NAMES WILL BE COLLECTED UP TO TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2023. Send to president@ssccphotography.org.

*Proxy: you may delegate your voting power to another member of SSCC, to cast a vote for you in your absence. Please coordinate this with your representative ahead of time.  Your email that designates your proxy will enable this vote.