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11/15/2023 NOTICE for special business meeting Sunday Dec 17 at 7:30 pm

Yankee District Meeting for ARS members – To ratify Amendments to the Bylaws
Sunday, December 17 th , 2023 at 7:30 pm via Zoom

The Yankee District of the American Rose Society must amend its Bylaws to comply with IRS regulations
for tax exemption. All Yankee District ARS Members are encouraged to attend a brief, one item agenda
Zoom meeting on Sunday, December 17 at 7:30 pm . (Zoom link to follow close to Dec 17.)

Click here for a copy of the entire bylaws with the proposed amendments

Proposed Amendments to Yankee District Bylaws are:
ARTICLE II Purpose and Objectives : The Yankee District of the American Rose Society is organized
exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes,
the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations described under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code, including
the American Rose Society.
ARTICLE XIV Dissolution: Upon the dissolution of the organization, assets shall be distributed for one or
more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or
corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government,
or to a state or local government, for a public purpose.

consulting rosarian webinars coming up – notice from Toni Simonetti

LOBSTER FEST 2023
September 15-17
‘A WAVE OF ROSES’ SHOW SCHEDULE
LOBSTERFEST INFO FROM NEWSLETTER

Rose Window : New issue and a new editor

Lauren Duffee Gisel agreed at the March District Convention to be our new District newsletter editor and has already published 2 issues.

the rose window:
JULY 2023
APRIL 2023

Editor: Lauren Duffee Gisel

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