Bylaws & Platform Committee Meeting | March 16, 2026

Bylaws & Platform Committee Meeting

March 16, 2026

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Bylaws & Platform Committee Meeting Held March 16, 2026

1. Call to Order: 7:25

2. Roll Call: Austin Martin, Abbra Green, and Bryce Thon

3. Minutes and revisions from March 02, 2026: passes without objection.

4. Agenda: passes without objection

5. Unfinished Business: N/A

6. New Business: 

   • Floor open to Discussions & motions beginning at “ARTICLE VII: Vacancy, Suspension, and Disciplinary Action”:

     1. Section 1: Motion by Austin Martin, second by Bryce Thon to strike “unless the chair appoints another Sustaining or Lifetime Member with prior Executive Committee notice. Non-officer appointments need no second but must allow discussion if unseconded.” and insert the word “regular” after the word “next” on line one. Passes without objection.

     2. Motion by Austin Martin, second by Abbra Green to strike “or Special Convention where the appointee is confirmed unless contested and seconded, triggering an election.” And to change “should be announced and filled promptly by the State Committee.” to “must be timely announced and should be promptly filled” passes without objection.

     3. Section 2.1: Motion by Abbra Green, second by Bryce Thon to strike “Except where otherwise stated” Passes without objection.

     4. Section 2.2: Motion by Austin Martin, second by Bryce Thon to change “a” to “any” and to add a new subsection: “C. Any disciplinary motion must be served to the accused with the notice in no less than ten days before decision-making” Passes without objection

     5. Section 2.4: Motion by Austin, second by Bryce, to strike “executive” and add “truthfulness of the” before “claim”, add “not subject to reasonable dispute” after “evidence”, and to authorize restyling by the secretary to support the list formatting (a.b.c.). passes without objection.

     6. Section 2.5: Motion by Austin Martin, second by Bryce Thon to add the word “entire” before “state committee” and strike “members present”, add “and is” before “effective”, and add “emergency” before “suspensions”, and Add new sentence to end: “If no hearing has occurred within 30 days to sustain or reverse the suspension, the suspension shall expire, and the member shall be restored”, and merge 4 to the end of subsection 5 (emergency suspensions). Passes without objection

     7. 2.6 (now 2.5): Motion by Austin Martin, second by Bryce Thon,  to change “for” to “after” and to add the word “emergency” before “suspensions” and to add “special” before “hearings”. Passes without objection.

     8. Motion by Austin Martin, second by Abbra Green to strike all parentheticals containing “e.g.”. Passes without objection.

     9. 2.9: Motion by Austin Martin, second by Abbra Green to replace the entire 2.9 with “All non-exonerating disciplinary actions must be approved by a 2/3rds vote of the entire State Committee.” Passes without objection.

     10. Section 3: Motion by Bryce, second by Austin to replace “two-thirds” with “majority”, passes without objection.

7. Assignments: Review the bylaws draft once edited for accuracy. Add comments or have motions ready for the next meeting. Discussions and motions will begin at “Article VIII County Affiliates”.

8. Adjournment: 8:56 pm

The Next Bylaws & Platform Committee Meeting is Monday, April 06, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.

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