The Boston Patent Law Association’s Board of Governors recommends the following amendment to the membership provision of the BPLA’s by-laws, Article X. The amendment updates the current list of standing committees. This proposed by-law was forwarded to the membership on November 6, 2017. The proposed amendment, which the Board will present to the membership for a vote at the 2017 BPLA Annual Meeting on December 7, 2017, is shown in redline below:

The Chairpersons of the standing committees of the Association shall be appointed by the President-Elect subject to approval of the Board of Governors no later than the meeting of the Board immediately preceding the Annual Meeting. Each standing committee shall have one or more Chairpersons. Appointments of the Chairpersons will be announced at the Annual Meeting, at which time their terms shall commence. The Chairpersons shall serve (1) for not more than three years or (2) until their successors shall have been appointed by the President.

The standing committees of the Association shall be as follows: