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PROPOSED TAPPI BYLAWS AMENDMENT

In accordance with the TAPPI Bylaws, notice of proposed amendments to the Bylaws must be provided to the membership for comment thirty days prior to action by the Board of Directors. Publication in Solutions! and on the Association's website constitutes formal notice. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors will consider the proposed amendments to the TAPPI Bylaws described below. If you would like to view the Bylaws in their entirety, please visit www.tappi.org or call TAPPI's Member Connection Center at 1-800-332-8686 (US), 1-800-446-9431 (Canada) or [phone] for a printed copy. Comments regarding these Bylaws changes should be directed either in writing or electronically to the TAPPI Executive Director, 15 Technology Parkway South, Norcross, Georgia, 30092 USA, 770-209-7317 (fax), or [e-mail]. Comments should be received on or before Monday, November 1, 2004.

BYLAWS AUGUST 27, 2004 REVISIONS

CURRENT BYLAWS                        PROPOSED CHANGES

ARTICLE III--Membership Classes       ARTICLE III--Membership Classes
Section 1. The membership of the      Section 1. The membership of the
Association shall consist of the      Association shall consist of the
following classification, which are   following classifications, which
defined as follows for purposes of    are defined as follows for
these Bylaws and the Association's    purposes of these Bylaws and the
affairs.                              Association's affairs.
  Member -- An individual engaged in    Member -- An individual who is
  work in the paper and related         or has been engaged in work in
  industries, including academic        the paper and related
  institutions.                         industries, including academic
                                        institutions.
  Associate Member -- An individual     Associate Member -- An
  under 26 years of age who is          individual under 26 years of age
  engaged in work in the paper and      who is engaged in work in the
  related industries.                   paper and related industries.
  Student Member -- An individual       Student Member -- An individual
  who is a fulltime student and a       who is a fulltime student and a
  candidate for a degree in an          candidate for a degree in an
  accredited science and/or             accredited science and/or
  engineering school.                   engineering school.
  Affiliate Member -- An individual     Affiliate Member -- An
  or organization who is interested     individual or organization who
  in the purposes of the Association    is interested in the purposes of
  and either is not qualified or        the Association and either is
  does not wish to become a Member,     not qualified or does not wish
  Associate Member, or Student          to become a Member, Associate
  Member.                               Member, or Student Member.
  Sustaining Member -- An               Sustaining Member -- An
  organization, firm or institution     organization, firm or
  actively engaged in the               institution actively engaged in
  manufacture or conversion of pulp,    the manufacture or conversion of
  paper, paperboard or related          pulp, paper, paperboard or
  products or in supplying raw          related products or in supplying
  materials, equipment or services      raw materials, equipment or
  to manufacturers or converters of     services to manufacturers or
  those products. The Sustaining        converters of those products.
  Member shall designate an employee    The Sustaining Member shall
  to act on behalf of the Sustaining    designate an employee to act on
  Member with respect to the            behalf of the Sustaining Member
  Association's affairs, including      with respect to the
  voting.                               Association's affairs, including
                                        voting.
ARTICLE VIII--Nomination and          ARTICLE VIII--Nomination and
Election of Officers and Directors    Election of Officers and Directors
Section 1. The Nominating/Honors      Section 1. The Nominating
Committee shall be appointed          Committee shall be appointed
annually by the President with the    annually by the President with
advice and consent of the Board. The  the advice and consent of the
Committee shall be chaired by the     Board. The Committee shall be
immediate Past President and shall    chaired by the immediate Past
consist of past members of the Board  President and shall consist of
of Directors. The members will be     past members of the Board of
announced not later than 60 days      Directors. The members will be
after the close of the Association's  announced not later than 60 days
annual meeting. The Executive         after the close of the
Director shall notify the members of  Association's annual meeting. The
their appointment.                    Executive Director shall notify
Section 2. Members of the Board of    the members of their appointment.
Directors shall be ineligible for     Section 2. Members of the Board of
appointment to the Nominating/Honors  Directors shall be ineligible for
Committee.                            appointment to the Nominating
Section 3. Nominations for            Committee.
President, Vice President, and        Section 3. Nominations for
appropriate Directors' vacancies      President, Vice President, and
shall be made by the Nominating/      appropriate Directors' vacancies
Honors Committee between June 15 and  shall be made by the Nominating
August 1 of the year preceding the    Committee between June 15 and
commencement of the terms of the      August 1 of the year preceding the
positions for which nominations are   commencement of the terms of the
required.                             positions for which nominations
Section 4. On or before May 15        are required.
individual members or member groups   Section 4. On or before May 15
may submit to the Nominating/Honors   individual members or member
Committee the names of individuals    groups may submit to the
as candidates for the Board of        Nominating Committee the names of
Directors. The candidates shall be    individuals as candidates for the
drawn from the Association's member   Board of Directors. The candidates
groups and be Members of the          shall be drawn from the
Association.                          Association's member groups and be
Section 5. On or before August 1 of   Members of the Association.
each year the Nominating/Honors       Section 5. On or before August 1
Committee shall have made at least    of each year the Nominating
one nomination for each vacancy on    Committee shall nominate at least
the Board and secured the written     one nominee for each Board
consent of each nominee to such       position to be filled at the next
appointment. On or before September   annual meeting. The Nominating
1 announcement of the nominations     Committee shall secure the written
shall be published in Solutions/      consent of each nominee to such
magazine and posted on TAPPI's        nomination. On or before September
website.                              1, an announcement of the
                                      nominations shall be published in
                                      Solutions! magazine and posted on
                                      TAPPI's website.
ARTICLE X--Board Committees           ARTICLE X--Board Committees
Section 1. The Board of Directors is  Section 1. The Board of Directors
empowered to establish committees of  is empowered to establish
the Board for the purpose of          committees of the Board for the
carrying out activities of the        purpose of carrying put activities
Association. Nominating/Honors,       of the Association. Nominating,
Executive, Audit and Finance          Executive, and Audit Committees
Committees shall be appointed each    shall be appointed each year.
year.
ARTICLE XI--Executive Committee       ARTICLE XI--Executive Committee
Section 2. The Executive Committee    Section 2. The Executive Committee
shall consist of the President, Vice  shall consist of the President,
President, and Executive Director     Vice President, and Executive
(ex officio) and not less than one    Director (each ex officio) and not
nor more than three other members of  less than one nor more than three
the Board of Directors as may be      other members of the Board of
appointed by the Board of Directors.  Directors as may be appointed by
The Finance Committee Chair will      the Board of Directors,
also serve on the Executive           [begin strikethrough]The Finance
Committee in an ex-officio capacity.  Committee Chair will also serve
The President shall serve as          on the Executive Committee in an
chairman of this committee. In the    ex officie capacity.
President's absence or inability to   [end strikethrough] The President
serve, this duty shall be assumed by  shall serve as chairman of this
the Vice President, or in the Vice    committee. In the President's
President's absence, the President's  absence or inability to serve,
designee.                             this duty shall be assumed by the
                                      Vice President, or in the Vice
                                      President's absence, the
                                      President's designee.
                                      Add new Sections 6 & 7 from
                                      current Article XIII--Finance
                                      Committee Sections 2 & 3
                                      Section 6. The Executive Committee
                                      shall be responsible for
                                      recommending an annual budget to
                                      the full Board, monitoring of
                                      results, and overseeing the fiscal
                                      condition of the Association.
                                      Section 7. The transfer of funds
                                      from the investment reserves to
                                      the Association's operating
                                      budget shall be consistent with
                                      the annual budget and require
                                      authorization by the Chair of the
                                      Executive Committee. Notice of
                                      such transfers and the reasons
                                      therefore shall be provided
                                      promptly to all members of the
                                      Executive Committee.
ARTICLE XIII--Finance Committee       ARTICLE XIII. Deleted. Sections 2
Section 1. The Finance Committee      & 3, as modified, become new
shall consist of at least three       Sections 6 & 7 of Article XI.
members of the Board of Directors,
the Executive Director and two to
six current Members of the
Association. The Finance Committee
shall be appointed by the President
with the advice and consent of the
Board of Directors. The Chair of the
Finance Committee will be an
ex-officio member of the Executive
Committee.
Section 2. The Finance Committee
shall be responsible for budget
preparation, monitoring of results,
and overseeing the fiscal condition
of the Association.
Section 3. The transfer of funds
from the investment reserves to the
Association's operating budget shall
require authorization by the Chair
of the Executive Committee. Such
transfers may be authorized from
time to time to provide funds for
long-term capital expenditures or to
offset short-term fluctuations in
the annual operating budget.
ARTICLE XIV--Operating Committee      ARTICLE XIV. Deleted
Section 1. In order to provide
direction, planning, programming and
coordination of the activities of
the member groups of the
Association, an Operating Committee
shall be established. This committee
shall report to the President of the
Association
Section 2. The Vice President will
be the Chair of the Operating
Committee.
Section 3. The Operating Committee
shall meet at such times as may be
required adequately to carry out its
responsibilities as directed by its
Chair.
ARTICLE XV--Member Groups             ARTICLE XV--Member Groups
Section 1. The President, or his/her  renumbered
designee upon the recommendation of   ARTICLE XIII--Member Groups
the Chair of the Operating            Section 1. The President or his/
Committee, shall appoint all member   her designee shall appoint all
group leaders.                        member group leaders.
ARTICLE XVI--Student Chapters         ARTICLE XVI--Student Chapters
Section 1. The President, upon the    renumbered
recommendation of the Operating       ARTICLE XIV--Student Chapters
Committee, may establish or           Section 1. The President may
terminate student chapters.           establish or terminate student
Section 2. The activities of the      chapters.
student chapters shall be consistent  Section 2. The activities of the
with the Regulations Governing        student chapters shall be
Student Chapters, which shall be      consistent with the Regulations
established by the Operating          Governing Student Chapters, which
Committee.                            shall be established by the
                                      Executive Committee.
ARTICLE XVII--Awards                  ARTICLE XVII--Awards renumbered
Section 1. The Board of Directors     ARTICLE XV--Awards
may annually, by a vote of two-       Section 1. The Board of Directors
thirds of the members present at a    may annually, by a vote of two-
regular or special meeting, based     thirds of the members present at a
upon the recommendation of the        regular or special meeting, based
Nominating/Honors Committee award     upon the recommendation of the
the Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal       Nominating Committee, award the

Award to an individual who has made   Gunnar Nichalson Gold Medal Award
preeminent scientific and             to an individual who has made
engineering achievements of proven    preeminent scientific and
commercial significance in the pulp,  engineering achievements of proven
paper, board, and forestry            commercial significance in the
industries.                           pulp, paper, board, and forestry
Section 2. The Board of Directors     industries.
may annually, by a vote of two-       Section 2. The Board of Directors
thirds of the members present at a    may annually, by a vote of two-
regular or special meeting, based     thirds of the members present at a
upon the recommendation of the        regular or special meeting, based
Nominating/Honors Committee award     upon the recommendation of the
the Herman L. Joachim Distinguished   Nominating Committee award the
Service Award to an individual who    Herman L. Joachim Distinguished
has performed butstanding service to  Service Award to an individual who
the Association, including its        has performed outstanding service
councils, committees, divisions,      to the Association, including its
sections, chapters, and programs.     councils, committees, divisions,
Section 3. The Board of Directors     sections, chapters, and programs.
may, by a vote of two-thirds of the   Section 3. The Board of Directors
members present at a regular or       may, by a vote of two-thirds of
special meeting, based upon the       the members present at a regular
recommendation of the Nominating/     or special meeting, based upon the
Honors Committee, confer the title    recommendation of the Nominating
of Fellow upon any ten-year member    Committee, confer the title of
of the Association who has            Fellow upon any ten-year member of
contributed meritoriously to the      the Association who has
Association or to the industry or to  contributed meritoriously to the
its technology.                       Association or to the industry or
                                      to its technology.
ARTICLE XVIII--Indemnification        ARTICLE XVIII--Indemnification
                                      renumbered ARTICLE XVI--
                                      Indemnification
                                      Text remains unchanged.
ARTICLE XIX--Amendments               ARTICLE XIX--Amendments renumbered
                                      to ARTICLE XVII--Amendments Text
                                      remains unchanged.