BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Title
Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) - Appointment of District Voting Delegate for General Session Membership Meeting.
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RECOMMENDATION: Recommendation
A. Appoint a Director as the Valley Water voting delegate for the November 30, 2022, Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) General Session Membership Meeting; and
B. Authorize delegate to cast a vote on behalf of Valley Water to Approve the Proposed Amended and Restated ACWA Bylaws.
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SUMMARY:
Attached is a memorandum and proxy form from Dave Eggerton, Executive Director, ACWA regarding the general session membership meeting on November 30, 2022, at the 2022 ACWA Fall Conference in Indian Wells (Attachment 1). The purpose of the meeting is to conduct a vote by the membership on proposed Amended and Restated Bylaws of ACWA as recommended by the ACWA Board of Directors at its meeting on September 23, 2022.
Proposed Amended and Restated Bylaws
As part of ongoing efforts to ensure ACWA's Bylaws are current and reflect consistency with other governance documents and daily operations and to implement changes related to the election of ACWA's Board Officers, the ACWA Board of Directors is recommending proposed Amended and Restated Bylaws for consideration by the membership.
ACWA Staff worked with Dale Stern, Esq. of Downey Brand LLP, to prepare the proposed Amended and Restated Bylaws, which include the following changes:
? Amendments to clarify language and to reflect consistency with other governance documents and daily operations;
? Amendments to implement changes to the Board Officers' election process as recommended by the Election Task Force;
? Amendments to incorporate California Corporations Code provisions allowing meetings to be held by electronic communication; and
? Restructuring and reformatting to incorporate a new numbering system.
Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) Chair, Jennifer Buckman, appointed LAC member, Doug Coty, served ...
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