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Change-Section 3: Explicit authority for “Special Business Meetings" is provided, so long <br />as they are held in conjunction with statewide conferences. <br />Rationale: The authority for special membership meetings provides greater <br />flexibility for the Board to call special business meetings to address particular relevant issues. <br />Article VIII Legislative Policy Development <br />Change-Generally: The Article on the legislative policy development process has been <br />changed dramatically to provide that the League Board of Directors shall establish legislative <br />policies and priorities, rather than have the Members formally adopt them. In addition, <br />reference to a specific policy development process has been eliminated, with the intention of <br />giving the Board the flexibility in deciding how to optimize member input into the process. <br />Finally, we have included a provision requiring an annual report of legislative policies and <br />priorities to the Members. <br />Rationale: The Board felt that placing greater authority at the Board level <br />recognizes the practical reality that most of our reaction to legislative initiatives must be <br />fashioned based on Board action rather than membership decisions. The change also <br />eliminates the existing, arguably meaningless, distinction between a “League legislative <br />policy" and a “League Board commitment.” <br />The elimination of a specifically defined legislative policy development process is actually <br />intended to afford the Board greater flexibility to fashion a process that increases membership <br />participation beyond that which currently exists. The current policy development process <br />simply does not engender as much member input as the Board would like to see. The <br />requirement for annual membership notification requires the Board to regularly report to the <br />Members on important legislative activities. <br />Article IX Miscellaneous Provisions <br />Change-Generally: This is a new article where the provisions dealing with amending the <br />Constitution, dissolving the League, and affiliate groups, have been placed. <br />Rationale: <br />It seemed like a good organizational mechanism.