Roman Numerals I thru XI

I. Article 1.

Name and Nature: The name of the organization shall read ‘Shall be called the Islamic Society Of Wichita, Inc., hereinafter referred to as ISW.

II.Article 2

Item 6 shall read: ‘To assist and guide Muslims to practice Islam as described in the Holy Quran and the tradition (Sunnah) of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)’

III. Article 4 ISW Structure:

	Item 5. shall be deleted .
	Item 6 shall read ‘any needed counsels or subcommittees.’

IV. Article 6 Membership:

	Item A. Delete the bullet ‘attends ISW’s regular activities.’
	Item C. Shall read ‘All members, as defined in article 6. A, shall be entitled to vote, and are eligible to hold an office in the BOA, BOE, or BOT in accordance with the criteria established elsewhere in this constitution’

V. Article 7 Board of Trustees (BOT):

	The second sentence shall read ‘ The members of the BOT shall be elected from the final nomination list presented by the Selection Committee.’
	The bullets shall be reworded to:

Two of the members shall serve for six years.

Three of the members shall serve for four years.

Two of the members shall serve for two years.

VI. Article 10. Board of administration: Functions and Authorities(BOA):

Item 6. Shall read ‘ BOA shall run the affairs of the Masjid(s).’

1) The President / Amir:

	Item A) shall read :’The president / Amir shall be the chair person of the BOA’
	Item B) ‘He shall have the direct authority over all members of the BOA’ shall be deleted.
	Item I) ‘He shall nominate new members to the BOA to replace any leaving members’ shall be deleted.
	Add a new item ‘He shall form subcommittee(s) to perform the tasks required for:

ISW Public Relations and Communication.
Dawa’a.
Community Education.
Prison Program.

The subcommittees shall be formed through consultation (Shura) with the BOA members. The tasks of these committees shall be defined by the BOA in accordance with the general guidelines of the BOT.

Add a new item ’The Imam shall report to the President /Amir of BOA in administrative matters only.’

VII. Article 11. Composition of BOE:

	The following sentence shall be inserted after the first colon in the first line ‘ The Director of the BOE shall be appointed by the BOT.’
	Eligibility: Correct item 4) to read ‘There shall be no remuneration for any of the board of education members.’

VIII. Article 12. Board Of Education: Functions and Authorities:

The School Director:

Item A) shall read ‘ Shall be the chair person of the BOE’

Item B) shall be deleted.

Item E) shall be deleted.

The Public Relation Officer for The Islamic School:

Item B) : Delete the word ‘BI-weekly’

IX Article 13. The Director (IMAM) of Islamic Affairs (DOIA) Committee:

The content of this whole article shall be deleted. The amended requirements for this article shall be included in Article 10 of this amendment. The new Article 13 shall read as follows:

Article 13. Procedures for replacement of leaving members of BOT, BOA, or BOE. :

BOT or BOA leaving members:

Any member leaves the BOT or BOA before the end of his/her term shall be replaced as follows:

The remaining members of the BOT and the BOA shall combine to form a temporary selection committee.
The selection committee shall prepare a nomination list and present it to the members of ISW.
The eligible members shall vote on the names in the list in order to elect the replacement person.

BOE leaving members:

Any member whose position is eligible for voting leaves the BOE before the end of his/her term shall be replaced as follows:

The remaining members of the BOE and the members of the BOT shall combine to form a temporary selection committee.
The selection committee shall prepare a nomination list and present it to the eligible voters for that position.
The eligible voters shall elect the replacement person from the nomination list.

X Article 14 Elections

	Item A) shall read ‘ The general elections for BOT and BOA and the end of term outgoing members of BOT shall be held every two years in December.’
	Delete the phrase ‘ and the DOIA(IMAM).’ from item B).
	Delete the phrase ‘ The form shall have clear instructions that will inform the members of the number of the and type of positions to be filled.’ from item E)
	Item G) shall read: ‘ The Selection Committee shall carefully evaluate each nominee and they shall present a final list that will have 35% to 100% number of names more than the number of open positions. The final nomination list shall be presented to the members of ISW for the final vote. The members of ISW shall have fifteen (15) days to vote. At midnight ( the morning of the sixteenth day) no voting shall be accepted.
	Delete item I)

XI Grammatical Errors

All grammatical errors shall be corrected such that the meaning is not altered in any way. This shall include correcting typographical errors and poor phrases and sentences.

Other constitutional amendments and dates of approval

8-8-98: “ In case of tie in any election, the selection committee will make the final determination by a simple majority vote”.

1-31-99: “Amendment of article 11 as follows:

The statement (One teacher will be elected by the part time school teachers and the other will be elected by the full time school teachers) will be deleted.

The statement (7. The board member or member’s spouse must not be on a paid contract with the school as a full time employee) will be added

November 2000: “ Any member leaving the BOT or BOA before the end of his/her term shall be replaced as follows:

3.The statement (the eligible members shall vote on the names in the list in order to elect the replacement person) will be eliminated.

2. The statement (The selection committee shall present a nomination list and discuss and elect to fill the vacancy/ies) will be added.

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	Item A) shall read ‘ Shall be the chair person of the BOE’
	Item B) shall be deleted.
	Item E) shall be deleted.