26 October 2012 At the International Council Meeting 2012 in Stavanger, the Council approved two changes to Articles within the International Constitution and, as required by Section 1 of Article XIV of the Constitution, the ICM approval now requires ratification by clubs.

Clubs will receive a voting paper to vote on the proposed amendments on the reverse side of the voting paper for the 2012/13 International Election.

Voting papers will be distributed from IHQ on 26 November 2012.

Your club will receive a voting paper as shown below (for illustrative purposes only - not an official voting paper).

• In most cases, the Regional Director will be responsible for sending your club the voting paper.
• In Latin America and Africa, clubs will receive voting papers directly from IHQ.
• Indian clubs should receive voting papers from their District Governor.

If your club has not received this paper, please complete the form on the right.

If you are not the Club President, please check with the Club President or Club Secretary to be sure the voting paper was not received before completing this form.

Case to Approve Constitutional Changes from International Council 2012

At the International Council Meeting in Stavanger, Norway, the ICM unanimously passed three motions:

• To adopt the new emblem. As a guideline the motion was implemented immediately.
• To have clubs vote on the change of name of the organization to “International Association of Y Clubs”.
• To have clubs vote on including Y Community Club as another choice by which clubs can be called.

The above motions were recommended by the Image Review Task Force.

We ask the clubs to vote in favor of the changing from ‘International Association of Y’s Men’s Clubs’ to ‘International Association of Y Clubs’ (and hence be known as Y Clubs International) for the following reasons:

• Adoption of the motion to change the “umbrella name” of the Association will not change what Members, Clubs, Regions, and Areas call themselves.
• Adoption of the new name ‘Y Clubs International’ eliminates the sexist image in English speaking and some other areas.
• The name continues the recognition of our historic partnership with the YMCA.
• It will result in a consistent image if clubs include “Affiliated with Y Clubs International” following their club name in PR articles and formal documents.
• When the new emblem and umbrella name are incorporated on web sites using historical names, it will provide a clear, unified impression of our movement.

We ask the clubs to vote in favor of including the ‘Y Community Club’ option for the following reason:

• Gives a new name option for clubs with a community basis who wish to adopt the change.

• Fred Leonard (USA) - Chairperson
• Cristian Arancibia (Latin America)
• Cary Fong (Asia)
• Colin Lambie (South Pacific)
• Jared Musima (Africa)
• Takao Nishimura (IHQ) - Ex-officio
• Sandy Reynolds (Canada/Caribbean)
• K.G Varghese (India)
• Alan Wallington (Europe)

If your club has not received a voting paper, please complete the form below.

IMPORTANT: If you are not the Club President, please check with the Club President or Club Secretary to be sure the voting paper was not received before completing this form.

A PowerPoint presentation detailing points above can be seen in the PowerPoint viewer below or downloaded from the File List for use in club meetings. Additional language programs will be added as developed.

The Word document in the File List contains the text from this page for distribution.