Drop any mentions of National Cooperative Research and Production Act

or any other law, since legally only SFC exists with any powers. We've
tried to reconstruct the history of why this Act has specific
meanings, but could not find anyone who was around back then. This
might be leftovers from quite a few X.org reconstitutions ago.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/bylaws.tex b/bylaws.tex
index f0b56cd..a9f97e5 100644
--- a/bylaws.tex
+++ b/bylaws.tex
@@ -34,14 +34,9 @@ The purpose of the X.Org Project shall be to:
 \article{INTERPRETATION}
 
 \section{Definitions}
-In this Article and all other Articles of these Governance Rules, unless the
-context otherwise requires:
+In this Article and all other Articles of these Governance Rules:
 
 \begin{enumerate}[(i)\hspace{.2cm}]
-	\item ``Act'' means the National Cooperative Research and Production Act
-	of 1993 of the United States and any Act that may hereafter be
-	substituted therefore, as from time to time amended;
-
 	\item ``Project'' means the X.Org Project;
 
 	\item ``Leadership Member'' means a Member that has been elected to
@@ -89,7 +84,7 @@ context otherwise requires:
 
 \begin{enumerate}[(i)\hspace{.2cm}]
 	\item Any notice (which term includes any communication or document) to
-	be given, sent, delivered or served pursuant to the Act, the Governance
+	be given, sent, delivered or served pursuant to the Governance
 	Rules or otherwise to a Member shall by sufficiently given if sent via
 	e-mail by X.Org to the last known electronic address or if delivered to
 	his last address as recorded in the books of X.Org or if mailed by
@@ -126,7 +121,7 @@ context otherwise requires:
 	and
 
 	\item Any member may waive any notice required to be given to him under
-	any provision of the Act or the Governance Rules and such waiver,
+	any provision of the Governance Rules and such waiver,
 	whether given before or after the meeting or other event of which
 	notice is required to be given, shall cure any default in giving such
 	notice.
@@ -264,7 +259,7 @@ An annual meeting of the Members shall be held each year at a time, place and
 date determined by the Members, for the purpose of:
 
 \begin{enumerate}[(i)\hspace{.2cm}]
-	\item Receiving the reports and statements required by the Act and the
+	\item Receiving the reports and statements required by the
 	Governance Rules to be placed before the Members at an annual meeting; and
 
 	\item Transacting any other business properly brought before the
@@ -293,7 +288,7 @@ matters may be considered which may be transacted at a meeting of the Members.
 \section{Persons Entitled to Participate}
 The only persons entitled to participate in a meeting of the Members shall be
 Members and others who, although not entitled to vote, are entitled or required
-under any provision of the Act or Governance Rules to participate in the
+under any provision of Governance Rules to participate in the
 meeting. Any other individual may be allowed to participate only on the
 invitation of the X.Org Governance Committee.
 
@@ -563,8 +558,7 @@ reimbursement by the X.Org Governance Committee.
 
 \section{Requirements}
 The X.Org Governance Committee shall produce the following statements to the Members annually
-within sixty (60) days of the end of the fiscal year or as required by the Act
-or other law:
+within sixty (60) days of the end of the fiscal year:
 
 \begin{enumerate}[(i)\hspace{.2cm}]
 	\item Annual financial report, prepared by the Financial Liaison and approved by
@@ -689,7 +683,7 @@ the banking arrangements of X.Org:
 \end{enumerate}
 
 \section{Borrowing by X.Org}
-Subject to the limitations set out in the Act or in applicable law or in the
+Subject to the limitations set out in the
 Governance Rules, neither the Leadership Members nor the Administrative Members
 of X.Org may borrow money on the credit of X.Org.