{"collection":"bos","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bos/bos061.htm","path":"bos/bos061.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bos/bos061.htm","text":"Internet Book of Shadows, (Various Authors), [1999]\nWhat Is D.A.W.N.?\nThe Denver Area Wiccan Network is a group of pagans and friends from a wide variety of Craft\ntraditions. DAWN sponsors parties, group rituals, a student/teacher network and other activities\nas inspired or impelled.\nWhy do I want to join DAWN?\nYou want to be part of an active, growing community of Wiccans who can work together to make\nsome changes in their world;\nYou want to meet people and make new friends who share your basic values--people you\ncan be yourself with, no need to keep your cover;\nYou want an ongoing opportunity to exchange views and information with people from groups or\ntraditions other than your own;\nYou want to be in on the creation of a Denver pagan extended family which will make all the\nabove possible;\nYou like hugs, and you enjoy being warmly welcomed.\nDo I have to \"Go Public\" to be a member?\nNo. Only the Board Chair and Secretary are expected to be \"public,\" and the\nidentities of all other members are fiercely protected.\nHow do I join?\nDues are $13 per coven, $5 per solitary, payable twice yearly in May and November. These\ncover the cost of mailings and the setup costs for parties and rituals, as well as other costs\nauthorized by the Board and/or Steering Committee.\nDo I have to join DAWN to participate?\nNo. All parties are open to pagans and friends. To find out about them and other DAWN\nfunctions, write us at the P.O. Box listed below (postage is appreciated) or call Bob Key on his\nanswering machine. Another way to find out more about DAWN is to show up at one of our Steering\nCommittee meetings. They are held at 6:30 pm, the second Sunday of each month, at the Glendale\nCommunity Center (999 S. Clermont).\nThe Board of Directors (hereinafter referred to as the Board) shall be selected by the\nSteering Committee from among the active members of DAWN such that:\nEach coven shall have no more than one member on the Board; if there are fewer than 5\nmember covens, then there may be a second Director from any coven;\nThere shall be at least one member of the Board who is a member of a coven; and\nThere shall be at least one member on the Board from among the DAWN members who are not\nmembers of any coven.\nThe Board shall have no fewer than 4 members and no more than 13 members. It shall\ndetermine its own size within those limits.\nThe Board may appoint members of DAWN to fill vacancies on the Board. Persons so\nappointed shall serve only until the next regular election.\nEach elected Director (member of the Board) holds a two-year term, except that, when the\nsize of the board is increased, half of the new positions shall initially be for one year\nonly. Any person serving one elected term may not be reelected as a Director until they have\nbeen retired from the Board for one year.\nEach seated Director may designate an Alternate to speak and vote in their stead when they\nare absent from Board meetings. The identity of this Alternate shall be recorded in the Minutes\nof the Board, and no other person may serve this function until the Director changes the\ndesignation and the change is on record. Being named Alternate to a Director does not\nautomatically name them Alternate to any offices that director may hold; however, they may so\nserve at the discretion of the Chair.\nThe Board shall elect Officers from among the Directors for the positions of Chair,\nVice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer. This shall be done after each new election, and no later\nthan the next regular meeting of the Board.\nA quorum of the Board shall consist of 70 percent of the Directors, either present or\nrepresented by their Alternate.\nThe Board shall elect a Newsletter Editor from the general membership of DAWN. This officer\nshall serve at the will of the Board and report directly to the Board.\nThe Board shall meet regularly, at least four times per year, at a time and place to be\nfixed by the Board. Additionally, The Chair or any two Directors may call a Board meeting upon\ngiving at least 7 days notice to all Directors by U.S. Mail, or upon at least 2 days notice\ngiven by telegram. Said notice will be deemed delivered when deposited in the U.S. Mail with\nthe last known address of the Director and proper postage thereon prepaid, or when the given\nto the telegram company. Any Director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a\nDirector at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice, except when the Director attends\nthe meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of business because the\nmeeting has not been lawfully called or convened. The notice of meeting need only contain the\ndate, time, and place of the meeting.\nThe Board may make rules to govern the conduct of its own meetings.\nAll Board Meetings are open to the membership of DAWN. Accordingly, any Director is\nrequired to furnish information regarding dates, times and places of upcoming Board meetings\nto any DAWN member upon request.\nSTEERING COMMITTEE\nThe Steering Committee shall be composed of the Directors, one representative from each\nmember coven and proportional representation for such DAWN members as do not belong to any\nmember coven (hereinafter referred to as Solitaries). The method of choosing a coven\nrepresentative is left to the discretion of the individual coven. A method for choosing\nrepresentation for Solitaries will be determined by said Solitaries, subject to approval by the\nBoard. There shall be at least one (1) representative of the Solitaries, who is not a Director,\non the Steering Committee.\nSteering Committee members must commit to serve for at least six (6) months. They may serve\nas long as their constituents wish them to serve.\nThe Steering Committee shall elect a Speaker, Deputy Speaker, and Clerk of the Committee\nfrom among its members.\nA quorum of the Steering Committee for the purpose of amending the Bylaws or Constitution\nshall be two-thirds (2/3) of the committee. A quorum for other business shall be a majority of\nthe Committee.\nSteering Committee members will not have alternates.\nThe Steering Committee may make rules to govern the conduct of its own meetings.\nDecisions made by the Steering Committee shall be referred to the Board for action, except\nas otherwise provided for in these Bylaws.\nAny recommendation that dues be levied or changed must receive at least two-thirds (2/3) of\nthe votes cast by the Steering Committee, ten (10) days notice having been given that dues will\nbe discussed.\nThe Steering Committee shall meet regularly at a time and place to be fixed by the\nCommittee. Additionally, the Board may call Steering Committee meetings with 15 days notice\nshould such meetings be necessary.\nOFFICERS\nChair - duties shall include:\nPresiding over meetings of the Board.\nPresiding over meetings of the general membership of DAWN.\nPreparing an agenda for Board meetings.\nPreparing an agenda for meetings of the general membership of DAWN.\nVice-Chair - shall perform the duties of the Chair when the Chair is absent or\nincapacitated.\nSecretary - duties shall include:\nMaintaining accurate and current minutes of all meetings of the Board and all\nbusiness-related meetings of the general membership of DAWN. All such minutes are to be made\navailable, upon reasonable notice, to all members of the body so recorded, and are to be\npresented at the next meeting of the Board for approval.\nHandling correspondence other than the newsletter and general announcements.\nMaintaining an accurate and current list of members and friends of DAWN. The Secretary may\nNOT release the addresses, phone numbers, or full names of any person associated with DAWN,\nexcept as noted in this paragraph, to any person, without specific permission from said\nperson. The Secretary will share this list with the Newsletter Editor. When leaving this job,\nthe Secretary will turn over all copies of the membership list, in whatever form, to their\nsuccessor in these duties.\nTreasurer - is responsible for maintaining all the financial records of DAWN. The Treasurer\nis also responsible for the safekeeping and expenditure of the monies held by DAWN as directed\nby the Board.\nSpeaker - shall preside over meetings of the Steering Committee and prepare an agenda for\nsaid meetings.\nDeputy Speaker - shall perform the duties of the Speaker when the Speaker is absent or\nincapacitated.\nClerk of the Committee - is responsible for maintaining accurate and current minutes of all\nmeetings of the Steering Committee. All such minutes are to be available to members of the\nSteering Committee, and are to be presented at the next meeting of that body for approval.\nNewsletter Editor - duties shall include:\nProviding timely announcements of meetings and other DAWN functions.\nProviding a regular newsletter in keeping with DAWN policies.\nMaintaining an accurate and current list of newsletter recipients. The Newsletter Editor\nmay NOT release the addresses, phone numbers or full names of any person associated with\nDAWN, except as noted in this paragraph, to any person, without specific permission from said\nperson. The Newsletter Editor will share the mailing list with the Secretary. When leaving\nthis job, the Newsletter Editor will turn over all copies of the mailing list, in whatever\nform, to their successor in these duties.\nAMENDMENTS\nIn order to amend this document, the proposed change must receive the\nvotes of at least two-thirds of the Directors and must receive at least\ntwo-thirds of the votes cast at a proper meeting of the Steering Committee,\nboth bodies having received at least 20 days notice of the proposed\namendment.\nELECTIONS\nOn the second Sunday in October, The Steering Committee shall meet to\nhold an election. At this time, the Steering Committee will elect\nreplacements for Directors whose term is expiring. Names will be taken in\nnomination, consent obtained from those nominated, and one ballot cast.\nEach Committee member, including retiring and interim Directors, shall have\nas many votes as there are vacancies. The qualified candidate with the\nmost votes will fill the first vacancy - two year terms being filled first.\nAs each vacancy is filled, members of the successful candidate's coven are\nstricken from the list. If only one vacancy remains and either part I.A.2\nor part I.A.3 of the Bylaws has not been fulfilled, then only those\ncandidates who meet the criterion can be selected; otherwise, the position\nwill remain vacant to be filled by the Board, as soon as possible, by\nappointment. If a tie exists between equally qualified candidates, where\nall may not serve, a runoff election shall be held between those\ncandidates. Misspellings shall not invalidate ballots where the\nappropriate person can be discerned; nor shall voting for fewer than the\nnumber of vacancies. Voting for too many candidates shall invalidate that\nballot. No individual shall vote more than one time for the same person;\ntherefore duplicate names on a single ballot shall count as only one vote.\nAll elected persons take office at the first meeting in November.\nRoberts Rules of Order Newly Revised (copyright 1970) will govern in any circumstances not\ncovered by the Rules, Bylaws or Constitution of DAWN.\nDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS ON DISSOLUTION\nIn the event of dissolution of the organization, all remaining assets will be delivered to a\ntax-exempt organization to be chosen at the time of dissolution by the Board of Directors.","title":"Internet Book of Shadows: WHAT IS D.A.W.N.? (Denver Area ...","type":"page"}