HPA Proposed Bylaws Revisions

Thank you to everyone for the comments, feedback, and recommendations on the proposed revisions of the HPA bylaws. The HPA board has taken all of it into consideration and made final proposed revisions to the bylaws. Please take a few minutes to review the last adjustments below.

The Hull Pottery Association Board of Directors will meet on Sunday, November 20, 2022 for a final vote on the proposed bylaw revisions. According to HPA bylaws, the bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the board.

Hull Pottery Association

Board of Directors Meeting

November 20, 2022, 4:00PM EST

Location: online Zoom

Agenda

1. Call to Order
2. Changes to the agenda
3. Vote on Bylaws
4. Review status of commemorative
5. Missouri regional show updates
6. Membership review
7. 30th Anniversary Celebration
8. Old business
9. New business
10. Adjournment

If you have any further questions, comments, suggestions, etc. please send them to tvdeb1955@gmail.com or contact any HPA board member no later than November 20, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. You can call, email or send an email via this website. Board member emails and phone numbers are available in the HPA Flash newsletter.

Here is some background. In mid-October 2021 the Bylaws Review Committee, comprised of several HPA board members, started meeting to review the bylaws of the Hull Pottery Association. The bylaws were last revised in 2008. During the next months, the bylaws were examined sentence by sentence. The committee met many times by Zoom and discussed revisions via email.

The intent was to bring the document up to current standards, while also making it flexible enough to be relevant for many years. The committee consulted Ohio law regarding non-profit organizations, online resources, and spoke at length with a HPA member who is well versed in non-profit bylaws and Robert’s Rules of Order.

In March, all members of the HPA board were asked to review suggested changes to the bylaws. Their feedback was incorporated into the document.

Emails about the proposed revisions were sent to all HPA members for which HPA had a good working email.

At the July 2022 national show, members in attendance were asked for feedback. Hard copies of the bylaws were also made available for members to take and review.

The HPA board appreciates your feedback. Click on the buttons below to review and download the documents.