By-Laws Revised, November 2003

Amendments to CANA’s By-Laws

Adopted at November 5, 2003 CANA Meeting to take effect January 1, 2003

Section 2 of Article VI is amended as follows:

Section 2. Meetings: The Executive Committee shall meet at the call of

the Chair or upon written request to the [Neighborhood Resource Center]

Chair by at least three persons on the Executive Committee.

Section 1 of Article VII – Officers is amended as follows:

Section 1. Officers of CANA shall consist of a Chair [an] a Vice-Chair

and a Treasurer. [The duties of Secretary and Treasurer shall be

performed by the Neighborhood Resource Center.]

Section 2 of Article VII – Officers is amended as follows:

Section 2. Duties of Officers:

Chair: The Chair shall preside at all meetings of CANA and the

Executive Committee; appoint all committees, except the Nominating

Committee; be ex-officio member of all committees except the Nominating

Committee; and shall have the power to dispense funds.

Vice-Chair: The Vice-Chair shall, in the case of the absence of the

Chair, posses all the powers of the Chair and upon the vacancy of such a

position, assume such office.

Treasurer: The Treasurer shall receive dues and other form of income,

keep the financial records and make disbursement on behalf of the

organization

Section 2 of Article IX – Meetings is amended as follows:

Section 2. Meetings: CANA shall hold monthly meetings from September

through [May] June, at such time and place as the membership shall

decide at the Annual Meeting.

Subsection C of Section 1 of Article XII – Voting is amended as follows;

C. Except as otherwise prescribed in the by-laws, authorization for

CANA to take action must be demonstrated by consensus. This consensus

hall be shown by a vote of the delegates at a meeting with a quorum

present. For this purpose, a consensus is defined as [more than]

two-thirds or more of the delegates favoring a position.

These amendments shall take effect on January 1, 2004.