IV-E. Section 4.05: PROXIES AND MAIL-IN BALLOTS

EXISTING

Voting Members shall be entitled either: to send general proxies, to be voted by the member of their choice; or to send proxies specifying votes on particular issues, insofar as these are ascertainable. Proxies shall be written, and shall apply only to the meeting in question. Proxy forms shall be mailed to all voting Members no less than six weeks before any meeting of the membership.

PROPOSED

Voting Members shall be entitled either: to send general proxies, to be voted by the member of their choice; or to send mail-in ballots specifying votes on particular issues, insofar as these are ascertainable. Proxies and mail-in ballots shall be written, and shall apply only to the meeting in question. Mail-in ballots shall be mailed to all voting Members no less than six weeks before any meeting of the membership.

PROPOSED (strikeout of eliminated text/bolding of new text)

Voting Members shall be entitled either: to send general proxies, to be voted by the member of their choice; or to send proxies mail-in ballots specifying votes on particular issues, insofar as these are ascertainable. Proxies and mail-in ballots shall be written, and shall apply only to the meeting in question. Proxy forms Mail-in ballots shall be mailed to all voting Members no less than six weeks before any meeting of the membership.

EXPLANATION AND JUSTIFICATION

Amendment and Director elections only by mail-in ballot, not Member meetings or proxies, will help protect the Cryonics Institute from take-over by a minority with bad intentions. Mail-in ballots are not proxies.