Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64VAST 2016 REVISED BYLAWS July 7th, 2016 RE: Proposed VAST By-Law changes for 2016 Annual Meeting On June 27th, 2016 the VAST Board of Directors approved several changes to the current By-Laws for pre- sentation to the Membership for approval vote on August 20th, 2016 at the VAST Annual Meeting. A proposed change to allow the office of secretary to be held by either a resident or non-resident was discussed by the Board of Directors and it was decided not to make a change. Factors entering into the decision included distance from VAST office for meeting availability and mileage reimbursement cost. There is the possibility of a petitioned amendment change to reconsider officer residency with-in the By-Laws. The proposal would be presented to the membership at Annual Meeting by the petitioner(s) for consideration, discussion and vote by the attending delegates following the guidelines of By-Law Article X - Section 1: Amendments (see page 15). The following is a brief summary of the changes approved by BOD for presentation to the membership: Page 3: Added state statute section to the snowmobile definition paragraph. Moved club definition from section 2 to start of section 4. Added wording about VAST employees not being club officers or directors. Reformatted part of section 4 to clarify the start of County Articles of Association. Page 5: Changed contingency fund name (dropped the word grooming) and changed the amount ($500,000). Added online TMA section. Cleaned up section about special TMAs only being available through the VAST office (this would include the new vintage option). Page 6: Added section about Three Day TMA membership. Added a section to cover vintage option under the TMA section. Page 7: Section 2 changed to In-State Regular Season. Section 3 changed to accounts are reconciled. Page 8: Section 1, changed corresponding secretary to VAST. Also changed recording secretary to secre- tary throughout the document in reference to the office of secretary. Page 12: Made addition to section 5 - employees may not be officers or directors of the Association, a local club or a county club. A full version of the By-Laws, including the proposed changes, are attached. Respectfully, Jeff Fay Chair - VAST Policy & By-Laws Committee  VERMONT ASSOCIATION OF SNOW TRAVELERS, INC. 46