2008 Resolution (2) of the AMO National Executive Board: Port of Brooklyn Closing

2008 Resolution (2) of the AMO National Executive Board: Port of Brooklyn Closing

This resolution was adopted by the AMO National Executive Board and approved unanimously by AMO members at the March regular monthly membership meetings in Dania Beach, Fla., and Toledo, Ohio. No quorum was present for the meeting in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Port of Brooklyn Closing

WHEREAS, the AMO National Executive Board has become aware of the fact that the monthly membership meetings cannot be held on a regular basis in the Constitutional Port of Brooklyn in the City of New York, NY, due to a continuing lack of a quorum, and

WHEREAS, the AMO National Executive Board believes that the designation of a Constitutional Port should only be maintained where the functions of this union can be administered with sufficient membership participation, and

WHEREAS, the AMO National Executive Board hereby determines that upon adoption of this resolution, the AMO National Constitution, Article VI, Section 2, be amended to provide as follows effective July 1, 2008. Article VI, Section 2, second sentence, shall state as follows:

"Constitutional Ports shall be located in Dania Beach, Florida, and Toledo, Ohio." Article VI, Section 2, shall, following adoption of the amendment set forth above, states that,

"National Headquarters shall be located in Dania Beach, Florida. Constitutional Ports shall be located in Dania Beach, Florida, and Toledo, Ohio. The functions of this union shall be administered at and by National Headquarters and the Constitutional Ports."

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the AMO National Executive Board hereby proposes, pursuant to Article XXV of the AMO National Constitution that the amendment of Article II, Section 2, second sentence of the AMO National Constitution be submitted to the membership at regular monthly membership meetings held in the month of February 2008, and that, if the proposed amendment is adopted it shall be effective July 1, 2008.

Date: February 5, 2008
Adopted: February 5, 2008

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