MOTION:

i.) Insert the following text in Article IX of the Bylaws (Meetings), after the words "Robert's Rules of Order Revised shall determine parliamentary procedure.":

Proper decorum must be observed at all meetings of the City Committee and of the Executive Committee, and members are required to refrain from conduct injurious to the organization or its purposes. Robert's Rules Chapter XX, §61, Disciplinary Procedures, shall apply to enforcement. In case of breaches of order by a member during a meeting as determined by the Chair, the member may be asked by the Chair to be seated. In case of serious breaches of order, the Chair may ask the assembly to choose a penalty, including removal from the hall, in accordance with Robert's Rules.

ii.) Renumber Articles XII and XIII of these Bylaws to become Articles XIII and XIV.

iii.) Insert the following Article XII after Article XI of the Bylaws:

XII. UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES OF MEMBERS

A. Felonies.

Any Regular Member of the Committee convicted of, or pleading guilty to, or admitting to sufficient facts to a felony after election to a Ward Committee shall be automatically declared ineligible for future election as an officer of the Committee, without the need for further action, immediately effective upon such conviction or guilty plea or admission to sufficient facts. If the Regular Member of the Committee is an Officer of the City Committee, he or she shall be removed from office and the office shall be declared vacant. Each Regular Member shall have the affirmative duty to inform the Chairman in writing immediately upon his or her conviction of, or guilty plea, or admission to sufficient facts to a felony; provided that the failure of a Regular Member to so notify the Chairman in writing shall not delay, prevent, or restrict the declaration of ineligibility of such Regular Member for election to office in accordance with this Article XII. Nothing in this provision limits the Committee's authority to discipline its members as it sees fit in accordance with these bylaws and the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

B. Indictments.

Any Officer of the Committee indicted for a felony after election to a Ward Committee, at the option of the Executive Committee, may be asked by the Executive Committee by a two-thirds vote of its members present and voting at a meeting to step down from his or her Office until convicted or acquitted of all the charges of the indictment, subject to ratification by vote of the full Committee at its next meeting in accordance with Article VIII of these Bylaws.

C. Harassment, Assault, or Intimidation

Any member of the Committee who believes that another member of the Committee is guilty of harassment (any comment or behavior that is unwelcome, offensive, demeaning, humiliating, derogatory, or otherwise inappropriate, or that fails to respect the dignity of a member or official of the Committee), or of simple assault (a physical attack by one member upon another without the display of a weapon, and without obvious bodily injury), or intimidation (placing another member in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack), may state his or her accusation in writing to the Chairman of the Committee for consideration by the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee in turn, by a two-thirds vote of its members present and voting at a hearing with the accused and the accuser, may determine that the accused is henceforth ineligible for election to office in the City Committee. If such accused is already an officer of the Committee, he or she may be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Executive Committee present and voting at the hearing. Such actions by the Executive Committee are subject to ratification by the full Committee at its next meeting in accordance with Article VIII of these Bylaws.