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25 08 meeting. Unless prohibited by the Charter of Incorporation and subject to the provisions herein relating to notice, the members of the Board or any committee designated thereby may participate in a meeting of such Board or Committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting, and shall be duly noted in the minutes of the meeting as to method of participation. Section 8.8 Nondiscrimination. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual or gender orientation, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, age, profession, or handicap with regard to hiring, assignment, promotion or other conditions of staff employment, use of volunteers, or delivery of client services. All other personnel actions in such areas as compensation, benefits, social and recreational programs, and other agency sponsored activities shall also be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual or gender orientation, national origin, ethnicity, marital status, age, profession, or handicap. This policy shall apply to membership on the Board of Directors and its duly authorized committees. ARTICLE IX Amendments Section 9.1 Amendments. These Bylaws may be amended at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors, by a two-thirds (2/3's) vote of a quorum of the Directors where each director has been given a least TEN (10) days advance written, email, or telephone notice that the business of the Board meeting will include amendment of the by-laws. Any alteration, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws by the Directors must be ratified at the next meeting of general members by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present, provided that a quorum is present at such meeting, in order to be valid. Notwithstanding the above provisions of this Article IX, any alteration, amendment, or repeal of a Bylaw by the Directors as provided for in this Article shall be valid and given full force and effect until the next meeting of general members. In the case of any conflict between the Articles of Incorporation and these Bylaws, the Articles shall control. CERTIFICATE The undersigned Secretary of the FRIENDS OF AMY B. H. GREENWELL ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDEN (the ASSOCIATION) hereby certifies that the foregoing Bylaws were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the ASSOCIATION at the organizational meeting of the Board of Directors duly called and held for such purpose on the 28th day of May, 2016, and that the same remain in full force and effect.