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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 14, 2025 3:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> George Peters <execdirector@washingtonlandtitle.com>; 1 WLTA Board 3 - Voting + Exec Dir <board3voting@washingtonlandtitle.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] Re: [Board3voting] Proposed WLTA Bylaws Amendments - Call for Motion, Second and Vote<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">I move that the board approve the Bylaws amendment as presented and that we place the proposed amendment to the WLTA membership at the Annual meeting at Coeur d'Alene in May, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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on behalf of George Peters <<a href="mailto:execdirector@washingtonlandtitle.com">execdirector@washingtonlandtitle.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 14, 2025 12:05 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 1 WLTA Board 3 - Voting + Exec Dir <<a href="mailto:board3voting@washingtonlandtitle.com">board3voting@washingtonlandtitle.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Board3voting] Proposed WLTA Bylaws Amendments - Call for Motion, Second and Vote</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">President Jim Blair has called for a motion and a second by Board members on the matter of approving bylaws amendments. A draft was distributed at the last Board meeting and is also attached hereto.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Please respond to this email (“reply to all”) to move (and also please say that if another response was a motion, that you are seconding that motion) to put a vote by the Board to (1) approve the Bylaws
amendment, and (2) to place the proposed amendment to the WLTA membership at the Annual meeting at Coeur d’Alene in May, 2025.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">If a motion and a second is received, I will follow up with a ballot to the Board (using this email address – just voting Board members). When you receive that ballot, please check off your vote and return
it to me and I will tally the votes of Board members. (If you see the motion and second already, no need to respond. I’ll send out the ballot once I see two responses, even though several have been sent.)</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">MATTER TO BE VOTED UPON - Background:</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">We may or may not have a physical presence of Board members at the convention in Coeur d’Alene, but should with proxies. But, it will be a sparser turnout of Board members that we’ve typically seen.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">As you may recall, the current bylaws require a proxy for a Board member to be given only to another Board member. This should be easy enough if the company represented by that Board member has other members,
and might be workable for an agent member who might be willing to name someone on the Board who works for one of their underwriters. However, some underwriters and agents don’t have a direct connection with another member of the Board, and it may be impractical
to assume the absent Board member can make a designation of that nature.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Draft revisions were presented at the last Board meeting which addressed this situation. Basically, it would allow any Board member to appoint as proxy someone employed by the member company that employs
the Board member. While not always practical (another employee might not be at the meeting to vote the proxy, for example), it would make it easier to conduct business when needed.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">These issues have been discussed at previous Board meeting for some time, and shouldn’t engender significant further discussion.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Some current Board members might not be comfortable with the current situation for the upcoming convention.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">NOTE 1: This will not allow proxy designations using the revised bylaws method for the upcoming convention, but will facilitate the approval of the proposed bylaws amendments for the future.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">NOTE 2: For the convention, keep in mind that matters of import for voting are not typically presented. The main purpose of the proxies
<i>FOR THIS CONVENTION </i>is to establish a quorum. The proxy normally can also be used for a vote, of course, but the proxy given can be limited to attendance, and need not include authority to vote on a matter before the Board.</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:black">George</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D">George Peters, WTP</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="color:#1F497D">Executive Director</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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