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Fantasy Amateur, v. 8, issue 1, September 1944
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index up to the year covered by the first yearbook, also containing the names of all officers and their terms, all the various stages through which the constitution has gone, and a year-by-year summary of Laureate reports. The matter of dual memberships arises again. Inasmuch as Vice President Chauvenet ruled them illegal, the Secretary-Treasurer is hereby instructed to accept no more dual memberships. When our Honorable Vice President Ashley's dues expire, he may rejoin, but only under his own name; Brother Shaw please note in listing him. And of the team of Brown & Fern, only one may rejoin. However, circumstances being as they are, will the Sec-Treas please put the other member of the team at the head of the waiting list, if he desires membership? Thank you, suh. Until the next mailing, then. Your President, Drygulch Doc. Robert W. Lowndes VICE-PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE First of all, my sincere thanks for electing me Vice-President. I shall endeavor to serve faithfully, and to the best of my ability. Second, passage of the petition to expel Degler, and the amendment to raise the publishing requirements, has been questioned. Article 12, of the Constitution states, "A majority vote of the active membership shall be necessary for the adoption of new amendments (or petitions)." On the assumption that the vote on these two items does not represent the required majority, they have been claimed to have been defeated. However, "majority vote of the active membership" is decidedly ambiguous, and capable of more than one interpretation as listed below. (a) Must pass by a yes vote totaling more than one half the total active membership. (b) Must pass by a plurality, except that the total number of ballots cast must exceed one half of the total active membership. In Dec 1940, a special election was called to consider an amendment to raise the dues. The vote was 12 for and 5 against--a total of 17 votes out of a listed membership of 49. This amendment was mistakenly announced as passed, protested, and finally declared defeated by V-P Warner in view of the fact that 17 was considerably less than half the total members. In June 1942, an amendment was offered proposing to change maintenance of a membership registry from a duty of the Official Editor to a duty of the Secretary-Treasurer. It passed 20 to 4 with 25 ballots cast and a membership listed at 48. The adoption of this amendment was never challenged. While the 20 yes votes were less than half the membership, the total vote of 25 was a majority of the active membership. With the precedent of a previous Vice-Presidential ruling, and an unchallenged adopted amendment of two year standing, there seems no reason for not accepting above interpretation (b). RULING: In Article 12 of the FAPA Constitution, the phrase, "A majority vote of the active membership" shall be understood to mean that the total ballots cast shall represent more than half the total active membership. Third, it has been called to my attention that due to member Cunningham's rather incoherent and misdirected efforts to gain membership for the Cosmos Club of England, Larry Shaw, the new O E, has received a shipment of their magazine, Cosmic Cuts, for distribution through FAPA. Furthermore, a report to the effect that the Cosmos Club has been "elected to" membership is printed in this issue of the magazine. In November 1943, Vice-President Chauvenet rendered a decision that no more joint memberships be issue, although existing ones 6
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index up to the year covered by the first yearbook, also containing the names of all officers and their terms, all the various stages through which the constitution has gone, and a year-by-year summary of Laureate reports. The matter of dual memberships arises again. Inasmuch as Vice President Chauvenet ruled them illegal, the Secretary-Treasurer is hereby instructed to accept no more dual memberships. When our Honorable Vice President Ashley's dues expire, he may rejoin, but only under his own name; Brother Shaw please note in listing him. And of the team of Brown & Fern, only one may rejoin. However, circumstances being as they are, will the Sec-Treas please put the other member of the team at the head of the waiting list, if he desires membership? Thank you, suh. Until the next mailing, then. Your President, Drygulch Doc. Robert W. Lowndes VICE-PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE First of all, my sincere thanks for electing me Vice-President. I shall endeavor to serve faithfully, and to the best of my ability. Second, passage of the petition to expel Degler, and the amendment to raise the publishing requirements, has been questioned. Article 12, of the Constitution states, "A majority vote of the active membership shall be necessary for the adoption of new amendments (or petitions)." On the assumption that the vote on these two items does not represent the required majority, they have been claimed to have been defeated. However, "majority vote of the active membership" is decidedly ambiguous, and capable of more than one interpretation as listed below. (a) Must pass by a yes vote totaling more than one half the total active membership. (b) Must pass by a plurality, except that the total number of ballots cast must exceed one half of the total active membership. In Dec 1940, a special election was called to consider an amendment to raise the dues. The vote was 12 for and 5 against--a total of 17 votes out of a listed membership of 49. This amendment was mistakenly announced as passed, protested, and finally declared defeated by V-P Warner in view of the fact that 17 was considerably less than half the total members. In June 1942, an amendment was offered proposing to change maintenance of a membership registry from a duty of the Official Editor to a duty of the Secretary-Treasurer. It passed 20 to 4 with 25 ballots cast and a membership listed at 48. The adoption of this amendment was never challenged. While the 20 yes votes were less than half the membership, the total vote of 25 was a majority of the active membership. With the precedent of a previous Vice-Presidential ruling, and an unchallenged adopted amendment of two year standing, there seems no reason for not accepting above interpretation (b). RULING: In Article 12 of the FAPA Constitution, the phrase, "A majority vote of the active membership" shall be understood to mean that the total ballots cast shall represent more than half the total active membership. Third, it has been called to my attention that due to member Cunningham's rather incoherent and misdirected efforts to gain membership for the Cosmos Club of England, Larry Shaw, the new O E, has received a shipment of their magazine, Cosmic Cuts, for distribution through FAPA. Furthermore, a report to the effect that the Cosmos Club has been "elected to" membership is printed in this issue of the magazine. In November 1943, Vice-President Chauvenet rendered a decision that no more joint memberships be issue, although existing ones 6
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