The Scouts had dismissed James Dale in 1990, both as a Scout and an assistant Scoutmaster, because he was an "avowed homosexual," and had thereby violated Scout bylaws, which demand that boys remain "morally straight" and "clean".
It would not be unusual, he said, for the bylaws to allow unit owners to demand a special meeting by presenting the secretary of the board of managers with a petition signed by those owning at least 25 percent of the common interests in the building.
Many shareholders demanded that changes in the bylaws be postponed a few months, until new managers take over the foundation.
Mr. Brufau, the Repsol president, said Tuesday that his company would demand that the Argentine government respect the bylaws adopted at the time of YPF's privatization in the 1990s and avoid any discrimination among shareholders.
We do not need a change in bylaws.
It demanded a change in the firm's bylaws to prohibit the combination of the role of chairman and chief executive, a reduction of the term of office for directors from five years to three, and a lowering of the threshold for proposing motions at annual meetings from holders of 1m shares to 100,000.
"We cannot agree to the attorney general's demand to appoint people to our board without amending our bylaws".
The Los Angeles retailer said Monday that a shareholder meeting demanded last week by Charney to change the company's bylaws and expand the number of board members is intended to push his "own self-interest," according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
At the same time, Mr. Sladkus said, while most co-op bylaws provide for voting to be by voice vote, the shareholders almost always demand a vote by written ballot to preserve anonymity.
After Jeff Feldman pegged the cost of the meeting at about $5,000, the reformers in the room demanded to see the Treasurer's Report mandated by the bylaws.
