Ahead of the Keene Family YMCA Annual Meeting on Wednesday, April 2nd, the Board of Directors has made some revisions to the organization’s bylaws. At the annual meeting, there will be a vote to approve the changes as proposed. In this post, we will summarize the proposed changes to each article within the bylaws. You can also review the official document, with proposed changes by clicking here.
Summary of Proposed Changes to the Keene Family YMCA Bylaws, to take effect April 2, 2025
- Article IV. Program Service Area – this article that describes the Keene Family YMCA service area is being removed, which in turn will renumber the subsequent articles by minus one.
- Article V (IV). Membership – Changes to this article include clarification around who is responsible for establishing membership requirements, the content of the organization’s annual meeting, and the channels through which the organization will announce the annual meeting each year.
- Article VI (V). Management by Volunteer Board Members – Section 10 of this article, which describes the duties and compensation of the Board of Directors was moved up to Section 3 and mention of expense reimbursement was removed. In section 7 (8 under revised numeration) a revision to the process for ratification of new Board members was made, removing the option for mail-in ballots, and adding that the names of proposed Board members would be submitted to the organization’s membership. Additionally, more details were offered about how compensation for the organization’s CEO will be determined.
- Article VII (VI). Meetings of the Board of Directors – Under Section 3 of this article, clarification around how Board members will receive notification of upcoming meetings was added, and mention of notification of notice through the U.S. Postal Service was removed. Other changes under this article include minor edits to the text, and the designation of video meetings rather than conference calls as the designated tool for remote meetings.
- Article IX. Officers and their Duties – This article was moved up to become the new Article VII. This article, which outlines the different roles within the Board, and the process through which officers are appointed was rearranged to be more concise. Additionally, the process for removing a member from the Board was added.
- Article VIII. Committees and Advisory Boards – Major changes to this article include the addition of a Facility and Capital Projects Committee which is being commissioned to protect the assets of the organization by overseeing facility maintenance and capital projects and making recommendations as to the use of the capital reserve fund. Another notable change is the merging of the Social Justice Committee, renamed the Social Responsibility Committee, with the Development and Community Impact Committee.
The above outlines the most significant proposed changes to the Keene Family YMCA Bylaws. Additional changes not mentioned in this post, including minor changes to text, capitalization, punctuation, etc. are also included in the revised document.
The revised document will be presented for final approval at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Keene Family YMCA on Wednesday, April 2nd at 6:00 pm in the Y’s gymnasium. All are welcome to attend.
If you would like a copy of the marked-up document, showing all of the changes alongside the original text, please contact Colleen Manzi at cmanzi@keene-ymca.org.