Proposed Changes to the ByLaws and Standing Rules are posted below.  Changes in the ByLaws are limited to the section titled Article VII Committees.  Changes in Standing Rules are:  Dues are changed from $20 to $25, "Raffle license" is eliminated, "Raffle" is changed to "GiveAway" in 3 places.

Article VII

COMMITTEES

Section 1 The following may be the committees of the guild.

• Membership – The committee shall be responsible for welcoming and introducing new members to the workings of the Guild. The committee shall collect dues and maintain an accurate membership list, and submit each update to the Treasurer and Facebook manager.
• Library – The Librarian maintains the Guild's collection of books, patterns, rulers, etc., and suggests new items of interest they feel should be added to the Guild's collection.
• Raffle – changed to GiveAway – The manager will be licensed by the Colorado Department of State and conduct any raffle in acccorndance with the laws of Colorado - statement deleted.. The manager shall be required to provide a profit/loss analysis for each year's quilt activity, as well as a budget for each fiscal year to be presented to the membership for approval at the January meeting. Said budget is to be reviewed and approved by the Board no later than the February meeting.
• Charity Quilts – The committee shall be responsible for collecting and distributing quilts made by Guild members for donation to charities we support.
• Web site – changed to: Facebook page – The Committee shall be responsible for maintaining the Guild's Facebook page.
• Audit – The committee shall be composed of two members. It shall review both the General Account and the Giveaway - changed from Raffle Account, and submit a report at the January Guild meeting.
• Budget – The committee shall be composed of the outgoing and incoming Treasurer. The committee shall be responsible for preparing a budget for the new fiscal year to be presented to the membership for approval at the January meeting. Said budget is to be reviewed and approved by the Board no later than the February meeting annually.
• Newsletter – deleted
• Publicity – deleted
• Historian – deleted
• Photography - deleted

Section 2 Special committees shall be formed as necessary and serve until their special purpose has been fulfilled.

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STANDING RULES

Standing Rules may be changed at monthly meetings by a majority vote of the attending members.

• Dues for the fiscal year shall be $25.00, to be reviewed annually in September.
• Minutes will be sent by email, but the Guild will cover the cost of mailing Minutes to members who do not have internet access.
• Dues may be prorated, meaning that a member may join in July for the half-year charge of the established fee.
• Items to be expensed through the GiveAway Account include, but are not limited to, the following: Giveaway Quilt expenses, Raffle license, GiveAway table fees, ticket printing, donation quilt fabric, Guild programs, library books, Guild meeting room.
• The Board shall have a discretionary spending allowance of $100 for incidental spending.
• Members may check out as many as three books each month. The books are to be returned the following month.
• The Guild shall retain a 10% commission on all items sold at Guild venues.