SAAS owes a debt of gratitude to Alice MacFarland and Ben Lillie for spearheading the review of our bylaws. 
The Executive Committee has reviewed their recommendations and made additional suggestions, and proposed 
changes were introduced at the March meeting.  They are enclosed with this Kettle so that you can look them 
over carefully and raise any additional points before we vote on them in April. 
 
Most suggestions are formatting changes and minor corrections.  The four major changes are: 

Section I. Meetings.  We propose moving the annual meeting/last meeting of the season from June to May. 
In recent years, we have either skipped or had poor attendance in June, and have often delayed the election of officers 
until the fall.  We propose making the official end of the SAAS season to be in May.  This allows the past season’s 
officers to wrap up loose ends and ‘close up shop’ before summer.  It gives the new officers time to think and plan 
during the summer, as well as secure programs for the coming season.

Section II. Dues. We recommend that the amount of Dues be set by majority vote of members at an annual meeting 
rather than stated dollar amounts, since any stated amount does not keep up with inflation.
 
Section III.D.2.  We suggest authorizing the Treasurer to make routine payments without club members having to 
vote on them.

 Section VII.  Both the specification about nonprofit intent and change to Cheboygan County receiving any leftover 
assets if SAAS ceases to exist are required in order to apply for a license to hold raffles at our monthly meetings. 
The Executive Committee has voted to apply for such a license, estimating that SAAS can net at least $150 during 
the year with raffles, which can be used to further our mission.
 By the way, SAAS also has an excellently-written Constitution, which does not need any changes at this point. 
Also, since we are not an incorporated organization, neither dues nor donations are tax-deductible.