The following bylaws proposal was mailed to every NJLP member in a newsletter that was dropped into the mail on November March 3rd 2025. This satisfies our Bylaws requirement notification.
Proposal. Fix definition of a delegate to Convention. Change convention Rule 1 as follows (underline indicates an addition):
who were members on or before the first day of the month preceding the month when the Convention is held.
Rationale: Currently a strict reading means that a member could expire at the end of January, renew on February 2nd and not be eligible. Traditionally this is how we have interpreted this rule in the past, but we should fix it to be what was intended.
As of March 7th, 2 members whose dues are current are registered for the Convention, yet they were expired on February 1, 2025. They renewed after this date. A reading of our bylaws shows that they should not be able to participate as delegates at our upcoming Convention.