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Article II, Section 1.2 and 2.1 have duplicate information:
"A member is eligible for a position of the Board of Directors if they have remained an active member for at least 3 months. "
"A regular member has the right to run for a board member position if they have remained an active member for at least three months. "
* This definitely needs to only be in the eligibility section.  It should also be modified to say something to the effect of "three months previous to the election", and not just 3 months in general [[User:Opticron|Opticron]] 16:25, 17 August 2009 (CDT)

Article II, Section 2.2.1:
The responsibility for leading the meetings is defined here, but not the coordination or announcement of the meetings.  

Article II, Section 2.2.1.3:
"He or she shall publish a monthly financial report."  Financial report to me means "How much money do we have in the coffers."  I'm cool with that, as long as everyone is on the same page.  But it might be advantageous to define what's expected in the report.  I certainly wouldn't want to be required to report on fiscal forecasting every month.

Article II, Section 2.2.1.3:
"The Treasurer shall also perform such additional duties as are assigned by the Board of Directors."
This should either be moved to a more general section like Article II, Section 2.2.1 (having it apply to all board offices), or strike it and leave it implied.
* This is very ambiguous and should probably be removed.  The treasurer already has quite a bit to do, and this sounds more like a secretarial duty. [[User:Opticron|Opticron]] 16:25, 17 August 2009 (CDT)

Article II, Section 2.3
"...monthly pledged contribution."
I'm interpreting this as there are other options than currency donation as a monthly pledged contribution.
I'm ok with that, I just want to make sure that was the intent.  

Article III, Section 1
This section appears to be membership proposal themed more than "all proposals" themed.
Recommend either making it more general so it applies to all proposals, or creating a new section for standard proposals.
* This section was initially slated for only membership proposals, but we decided to extend it to all proposals(IIRC) and forgot to change the wording [[User:Opticron|Opticron]] 16:25, 17 August 2009 (CDT)

Article III, Section 2
I don't understand the benefit of semiannual terms yet, but it sounds interesting.  Can someone share a pros/cons outlook on this vs. annual terms?

Article IV, Section 1
We rarely agree 100% with each other.  Have we considered hypermajority (70%)?

Article V, Section2:
"Any remaining assets of the organization must be donated to a charitable, educational, or scientific endeavor."
Recommend changing to
"Any remaining assets of the organization must be donated to an IRS 501c3 compliant charitable, educational, or scientific endeavor."
* Sounds good to me [[User:Opticron|Opticron]] 16:25, 17 August 2009 (CDT)