The following amendment was proposed by Saxifrage, Noam, and salex,
and placed on the ballot by a majority vote of the board.
It was announced and discussed at the 2023 convention and was
described in the Secretary’s minutes and published in the September 2023 Engima, and
adopted by a vote of the League.
[Change]
The last two sentences of Article V. Officers of The Constitution of the
National Puzzlers’ League read as,
“It shall be the duty each year of the outgoing officers to forward to the Secretary or
the Editor no later than September 1 their recommendations for their successors.
Any member may also send his nomination for any office to the Secretary or the Editor
by the same above date.”
It is proposed to amend them to,
“It shall be the duty each year of the officers to inform the Secretary
or the Editor no later than July 25 whether they intend to run for
reelection.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary or the Editor to announce
no later than August 1 which officers are running for reelection
and to request candidates for all officer positions.
Any member may send a nomination for any office to the Secretary
or Editor, no later than August 25.”