Executive Committee Mtg 04-16-24

Prosposed Bylaws Amendments

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Article 1 – Name

1.1 The name of this organization is the Metropolitan Detroit Convention and Visitors Burea u (the “Bureau”), doing business under one or more assumed names, as determined by the Board of Directors, including the Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Article 2 – Incorporation

The Bureau is incorporated under the Michigan Nonprofit Corporation Act.

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Article 3 – Objectives and Strategy

3.1 The Bureau is a civic organization, the objectives of which are to bring business, convention and leisure visitors to metropolitan Detroit in order to provide economic growth that will make the area a better place to live and work.

To achieve this, the Bureau shall:

a. Market and sell the metropolitan Detroit region to conventions, conferences and tradeshows to maximize economic impact in the region. b. Promote tourism and tourism development in the metropolitan Detroit region to maximize economic impact in the region. c. Enhance the quality of the Bureau’s product or what the visitor experiences when visiting metropolitan Detroit.

d. Promote an improved image of the metropolitan Detroit tri-county area.

e. Aggressively involve the Board of Directors and Owners Advisory Committee with the Bureau staff in implementing the foregoing.

Article 4 – Membership

4.1 Any reputable corporation, company, association, firm or individual interested in furthering the objectives of the Bureau shall be eligible for membership. The Board of Director shall establish fair and equitable standards upon which applications for membership shall be judged. 4.2 An application for membership shall be made in writing on a form provided by the Bureau. The application shall contain the amount of the applicant’s annual subscription to the Bureau. In the case of other non-profit community groups that apply for membership, the Board of Directors may waive the annual membership subscription. 4.3 Membership may be granted by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting or by the Executive Committee in the interim between meetings of the Board. An application for membership may be rejected if, in the sole discretion of

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