Colleagues, Yesterday was the deadline for responses from our 13 voting members on the revised bylaws. The revised bylaws have been approved. Here is the vote tally: Approve AAACE AALPD CAL Key Words TESOL International VALUEUSA No Response (indicates approval, per the message below) ALA COABE Goodling/ISAL NCFL ProLiteracy SSA-I World Ed Do Not Approve [none] Since 5 of the 7 who did not respond are currently represented on the NCL Board (including two -- Tom for COABE and Silja for World Ed -- who were instrumental in working on the revisions), I feel confident that we have the full approval of our voting members. I will get a signed copy of the new bylaws posted to the website asap. Happy August, all! Deborah Deborah Kennedy Senior Consultant / Owner, Key Words President, National Coalition for Literacy office: 202-364-1964 (September-May) office: 603-293-2402 (June-August) www.key-words.us www.national-coalition-literacy.org ============ Forwarded message ============ From : Deborah Kennedy <deborah.kennedy@key-words.us> To : "Silja Kallenbach"<silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>, "David Hendricks"<revhendricks@gmail.com>, "office"<office@valueusa.org>, "John Segota"<jsegota@tesol.org>, "David Cutler"<dcutler@tesol.org>, "bbonhomme"<bbonhomme@ssa-i.org>, "gofficer"<gofficer@ssa-i.org>, "Michele Diecuch"<mdiecuch@proliteracy.org>, "Sharon Darling"<sdarling@familieslearning.org>, "Josh Cramer"<jcramer@familieslearning.org>, "Carol Clymer"<cdc22@psu.edu>, "Tom Nash"<tnash@windhamraymondschools.org>, "Sharon Bonney"<sharonbonney@coabe.org>, "DeAnna Coon"<deannalcoon@gmail.com>, "Cynthia Campbell"<campbell945@gmail.com>, "Kristin Lahurd"<klahurd@ala.org>, "Christy Rhodes"<rhodesc14@ecu.edu> Cc : "Jeff Carter"<jcarter@literacypolicy.org> Date : Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:56:04 -0400 Subject : NCL Bylaws Revision: Response Needed ============ Forwarded message ============ Dear Colleagues, I am writing to you as the NCL Representatives from your respective voting member organizations. The NCL Board is proposing some revisions to the organization's bylaws. According to the current (2010) bylaws, these revisions must be presented to the voting membership for review and approval. What it is The Board is proposing revisions in 5 areas, marked in the attached text: 1. Sections 3.03 and 4.01: Elimination of references to the Internal Affairs Committee and the External Affairs Committee. These committees have not existed for several years. The Board now handles committee formation in a more targeted way. 2. Sections 3.10 and 5.04: Elimination of a sentence that would allow directors to work for the organization for compensation. This is contrary to the IRS Code requirements for nonprofit corporations. 3. Section 4.01: Addition of language allowing the Board to appoint individuals to designated functions. An example would be Judy Mortrude's position as co-chair of the Public Policy Committee. 4. Section 5.03: Addition of a paragraph allowing for  role for the immediate past president. 5. Section 6.05: Change in procedure for amendment of the bylaws (from voting membership approval to Board approval). What to do Approval: If you, on behalf of your organization, approve the revisions, you can send me an email so stating. Alternatively, you can do nothing; if I don't hear from you by July 31, the Board will take your organization's non-response as a vote to approve. Questions or objections: If you have questions or objections, please send them to me. I will discuss them with the Board and we'll respond promptly. What will happen The NCL is currently operating under the 2010 version of its bylaws. Section 6.05 of that version states "These bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the members entitled to vote." The NCL currently has 13 voting member organizations, so the revised (2018) bylaws will pass if 7 or more organizations send in an approval or do not respond. Then the secretary (Christy Rhodes) will sign them and affix the NCL seal. Thank you for your attention to this tedious but important matter. Cordially, Deborah Deborah Kennedy Senior Consultant / Owner, Key Words President, National Coalition for Literacy office: 202-364-1964 (September-May) office: 603-293-2402 (June-August) www.key-words.us www.national-coalition-literacy.org

Great, thanks for the update! Thanks for all the hard work Deborah, Silja, and Tom and others that may have helped out. Best, Carol On Aug 1, 2018, at 9:49 AM, Deborah Kennedy <deborah.kennedy@key-words.us<mailto:deborah.kennedy@key-words.us>> wrote: Colleagues, Yesterday was the deadline for responses from our 13 voting members on the revised bylaws. The revised bylaws have been approved. Here is the vote tally: Approve AAACE AALPD CAL Key Words TESOL International VALUEUSA No Response (indicates approval, per the message below) ALA COABE Goodling/ISAL NCFL ProLiteracy SSA-I World Ed Do Not Approve [none] Since 5 of the 7 who did not respond are currently represented on the NCL Board (including two -- Tom for COABE and Silja for World Ed -- who were instrumental in working on the revisions), I feel confident that we have the full approval of our voting members. I will get a signed copy of the new bylaws posted to the website asap. Happy August, all! Deborah Deborah Kennedy Senior Consultant / Owner, Key Words President, National Coalition for Literacy office: 202-364-1964 (September-May) office: 603-293-2402 (June-August) www.key-words.us<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.key-words.us&data=02%7C01%7Ccdc22%40psu.edu%7C6f1587c3a4e4401e6f3308d5f7b5a730%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C636687282548900138&sdata=l4B3pyaKFbtMiR6Ue2iiKHVG7jObJaB1CB4C7gm0Fhk%3D&reserved=0> www.national-coalition-literacy.org<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.national-coalition-literacy.org&data=02%7C01%7Ccdc22%40psu.edu%7C6f1587c3a4e4401e6f3308d5f7b5a730%7C7cf48d453ddb4389a9c1c115526eb52e%7C0%7C0%7C636687282548900138&sdata=tn4CWYvQItcMEruIZQC%2BwqOPew1li9tGbhaaF0CeMOA%3D&reserved=0> ============ Forwarded message ============ >From : Deborah Kennedy <deborah.kennedy@key-words.us<mailto:deborah.kennedy@key-words.us>> To : "Silja Kallenbach"<silja_kallenbach@worlded.org<mailto:silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>>, "David Hendricks"<revhendricks@gmail.com<mailto:revhendricks@gmail.com>>, "office"<office@valueusa.org<mailto:office@valueusa.org>>, "John Segota"<jsegota@tesol.org<mailto:jsegota@tesol.org>>, "David Cutler"<dcutler@tesol.org<mailto:dcutler@tesol.org>>, "bbonhomme"<bbonhomme@ssa-i.org<mailto:bbonhomme@ssa-i.org>>, "gofficer"<gofficer@ssa-i.org<mailto:gofficer@ssa-i.org>>, "Michele Diecuch"<mdiecuch@proliteracy.org<mailto:mdiecuch@proliteracy.org>>, "Sharon Darling"<sdarling@familieslearning.org<mailto:sdarling@familieslearning.org>>, "Josh Cramer"<jcramer@familieslearning.org<mailto:jcramer@familieslearning.org>>, "Carol Clymer"<cdc22@psu.edu<mailto:cdc22@psu.edu>>, "Tom Nash"<tnash@windhamraymondschools.org<mailto:tnash@windhamraymondschools.org>>, "Sharon Bonney"<sharonbonney@coabe.org<mailto:sharonbonney@coabe.org>>, "DeAnna Coon"<deannalcoon@gmail.com<mailto:deannalcoon@gmail.com>>, "Cynthia Campbell"<campbell945@gmail.com<mailto:campbell945@gmail.com>>, "Kristin Lahurd"<klahurd@ala.org<mailto:klahurd@ala.org>>, "Christy Rhodes"<rhodesc14@ecu.edu<mailto:rhodesc14@ecu.edu>> Cc : "Jeff Carter"<jcarter@literacypolicy.org<mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org>> Date : Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:56:04 -0400 Subject : NCL Bylaws Revision: Response Needed ============ Forwarded message ============ Dear Colleagues, I am writing to you as the NCL Representatives from your respective voting member organizations. The NCL Board is proposing some revisions to the organization's bylaws. According to the current (2010) bylaws, these revisions must be presented to the voting membership for review and approval. What it is The Board is proposing revisions in 5 areas, marked in the attached text: 1. Sections 3.03 and 4.01: Elimination of references to the Internal Affairs Committee and the External Affairs Committee. These committees have not existed for several years. The Board now handles committee formation in a more targeted way. 2. Sections 3.10 and 5.04: Elimination of a sentence that would allow directors to work for the organization for compensation. This is contrary to the IRS Code requirements for nonprofit corporations. 3. Section 4.01: Addition of language allowing the Board to appoint individuals to designated functions. An example would be Judy Mortrude's position as co-chair of the Public Policy Committee. 4. Section 5.03: Addition of a paragraph allowing for role for the immediate past president. 5. Section 6.05: Change in procedure for amendment of the bylaws (from voting membership approval to Board approval). What to do Approval: If you, on behalf of your organization, approve the revisions, you can send me an email so stating. Alternatively, you can do nothing; if I don't hear from you by July 31, the Board will take your organization's non-response as a vote to approve. Questions or objections: If you have questions or objections, please send them to me. I will discuss them with the Board and we'll respond promptly. What will happen The NCL is currently operating under the 2010 version of its bylaws. Section 6.05 of that version states "These bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the members entitled to vote." The NCL currently has 13 voting member organizations, so the revised (2018) bylaws will pass if 7 or more organizations send in an approval or do not respond. Then the secretary (Christy Rhodes) will sign them and affix the NCL seal. Thank you for your attention to this tedious but important matter. 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So sorry for not responding. I thought I did. I do approve! I’ll be as happy as you to bring the bylaws to closure:) Silja On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 4:49 PM Deborah Kennedy <deborah.kennedy@key-words.us> wrote: > Colleagues, > > Yesterday was the deadline for responses from our 13 voting members on the > revised bylaws. The revised bylaws have been approved. Here is the vote > tally: > > *Approve* > AAACE > AALPD > CAL > Key Words > TESOL International > VALUEUSA > > *No Response* (indicates approval, per the message below) > ALA > COABE > Goodling/ISAL > NCFL > ProLiteracy > SSA-I > World Ed > > *Do Not Approve* > [none] > > Since 5 of the 7 who did not respond are currently represented on the NCL > Board (including two -- Tom for COABE and Silja for World Ed -- who were > instrumental in working on the revisions), I feel confident that we have > the full approval of our voting members. > > I will get a signed copy of the new bylaws posted to the website asap. > > Happy August, all! > > *Deborah* > > > Deborah Kennedy > Senior Consultant / Owner, Key Words > President, National Coalition for Literacy > > office: 202-364-1964 (September-May) > office: 603-293-2402 (June-August) > > www.key-words.us > www.national-coalition-literacy.org > > > ============ Forwarded message ============ > From : Deborah Kennedy <deborah.kennedy@key-words.us> > To : "Silja Kallenbach"<silja_kallenbach@worlded.org>, "David Hendricks"< > revhendricks@gmail.com>, "office"<office@valueusa.org>, "John Segota"< > jsegota@tesol.org>, "David Cutler"<dcutler@tesol.org>, "bbonhomme"< > bbonhomme@ssa-i.org>, "gofficer"<gofficer@ssa-i.org>, "Michele Diecuch"< > mdiecuch@proliteracy.org>, "Sharon Darling"<sdarling@familieslearning.org>, > "Josh Cramer"<jcramer@familieslearning.org>, "Carol Clymer"<cdc22@psu.edu>, > "Tom Nash"<tnash@windhamraymondschools.org>, "Sharon Bonney"< > sharonbonney@coabe.org>, "DeAnna Coon"<deannalcoon@gmail.com>, "Cynthia > Campbell"<campbell945@gmail.com>, "Kristin Lahurd"<klahurd@ala.org>, > "Christy Rhodes"<rhodesc14@ecu.edu> > Cc : "Jeff Carter"<jcarter@literacypolicy.org> > Date : Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:56:04 -0400 > Subject : NCL Bylaws Revision: Response Needed > ============ Forwarded message ============ > > Dear Colleagues, > > I am writing to you as the NCL Representatives from your respective voting > member organizations. The NCL Board is proposing some revisions to the > organization's bylaws. According to the current (2010) bylaws, these > revisions must be presented to the voting membership for review and > approval. > > *What it is* > > The Board is proposing revisions in 5 areas, marked in the attached text: > > 1. Sections 3.03 and 4.01: Elimination of references to the Internal > Affairs Committee and the External Affairs Committee. These committees have > not existed for several years. The Board now handles committee formation in > a more targeted way. > > 2. Sections 3.10 and 5.04: Elimination of a sentence that would allow > directors to work for the organization for compensation. This is contrary > to the IRS Code requirements for nonprofit corporations. > > 3. Section 4.01: Addition of language allowing the Board to appoint > individuals to designated functions. An example would be Judy Mortrude's > position as co-chair of the Public Policy Committee. > > 4. Section 5.03: Addition of a paragraph allowing for role for the > immediate past president. > > 5. Section 6.05: Change in procedure for amendment of the bylaws (from > voting membership approval to Board approval). > > *What to do* > > *Approval*: If you, on behalf of your organization, approve the > revisions, you can send me an email so stating. Alternatively, you can do > nothing; if I don't hear from you by July 31, the Board will take your > organization's non-response as a vote to approve. > *Questions or objections*: If you have questions or objections, please > send them to me. I will discuss them with the Board and we'll respond > promptly. > > *What will happen* > > The NCL is currently operating under the 2010 version of its bylaws. > Section 6.05 of that version states "These bylaws may be amended by a > majority vote of the members entitled to vote." The NCL currently has 13 > voting member organizations, so the revised (2018) bylaws will pass if 7 or > more organizations send in an approval or do not respond. Then the > secretary (Christy Rhodes) will sign them and affix the NCL seal. > > Thank you for your attention to this tedious but important matter. > > Cordially, > > *Deborah* > > > Deborah Kennedy > Senior Consultant / Owner, Key Words > President, National Coalition for Literacy > > office: 202-364-1964 (September-May) > office: 603-293-2402 (June-August) > > www.key-words.us > www.national-coalition-literacy.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Board mailing list > Board@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > > http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/board_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > -- . 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