SUMMER OUTINGS by Wendell MacKay 
     
    
   
   
    
     Seventeen members and guests gathered at the house of Jean and Nendall 
     
     MacKay at Stanley Bridge on September 15th, 1990 for a potluck supper and 
     
     woodsy stroll,(and'trailer drive) through some pungent spruce trails along the 
     
     Stanley River. The weather was threatening but the rain held off long enough 
     
     for all to enjoy a sumptuous outdoor feast. Everyone helped setting up tables 
     
     and dispensing food and, when the meal was over, getting everything inside 
     
     before the rains came. Then it was inside for a relaxed interlude of 
     
     conversation and fellowship. 
     
    

    
     On display for the members and guests to admire was an enlarged print of 
     
     Sharen Labchuk's first place winning slide in the Society's 1990 slide 
     
     competition which has been presented to the Society. Also on display was a copy 
     
     of the new space image of Prince Edward Island taken by a LANDSAT orbiting 
     
     satellite-from 700 kilometers in space. 
     
    

    
     Our two guests, Mr. and Mrs. Moss from New England, friends of Charles and 
     
     Elinore Keuper, were delighted participants in the days activities and, when 
     
     the evening ended, everyone felt they were our friends too. ' 
     
    

    
     The Society's two summer outings - at the Noottons in July, and at the 
     
     MacKays in September - were thoroughly enjoyable and all those who participated 
     
     in them felt they were both socially and recreationally worthwhile. 
     
    
   
   
    
     NOTICE OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS by Wendell MacKay 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Nendall Mackay hereby gives notice that at the next annual meeting of 
     
     the Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island he will ask leave to 
     
     introduce.arresolution to amend the constitution in the following manner and 
     
     particulars to wit: 
     
    
   
   
    
     1. Section 4b of article VII, relatin to the duties of the Treasurer, now 
     
     reads as follows: The treasurer shall (b) deposit all money and negotiable 
     
     instruments to the credit of the Society in a chartered bank or credit union in 
     
     Prince Edward Island. 
     
    

    
     It is proposed to amend the section to read “in a chartered bank or other 
     
     financial institution in the province approved by the Executive Council.P 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘2. Article XIV, relating to the Audit Committee, presently reads in part, "An 
     
     Audit Committee of two (2) members in good standing shall be appointed at the 
     
     general meeting of the Society next preceding the annual meeting... (and 
     
     continuing). . 
     
    

    
     It is proposed to amend Article XIV so that the phrase "who are not 
     
     members of the Executive Council" shall be inserted between the words 
     
     "standing" and "shall" in the first line thereof. The article would then read 
     
     in part "An audit committee of two (2) members in good standing, who are not 
     
     members of the Executive Council, shall be appointed... (and continuing). 
     
    
   
   
    
     3. Article XV, relating to amendments to the Constitution, presently requires 
     
     that amendments may be introduced by resolution at a monthly meeting provided 
     
     that due and proper notice is given in writing to the membership at least 
     
     twenty one (21) days before that meeting... (and continuing). 
     
    

    
     The problem with the above part of article XV is that under article XI, 
     
     relating to meetings, there are no "monthly" meetings. Article XI speaks only 
     
     of "annual" and "general" meetings, and requires that general meetings be held 
     
     at least four (4) times during the year. (A similar problem arises in section 5 
     
    
   
   
    
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