ARTICLE XII – PROCEDURE OF AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
Proposals for Amendment to these Bylaws may be made by the Council, by the Society Governance Committee, by the Executive Committee, or by a petition to the Chair by no fewer than ten percent of the members of the Forum. However initiated, a proposed amendment must be reviewed by the Society Governance Committee and approved by Council before further action is taken. Following Council approval, the Secretary-Treasurer shall distribute copies of the proposed Amendment to all members of the Forum. Voting on the proposed Amendment may be by mail ballot, or by electronic ballot, or by some combination of mail and electronic balloting, as the Executive Committee shall specify. The adoption of the Amendment shall require the affirmative votes of not less than two-thirds of the members voting.