Bylaws: Proposed Revision

 Institute for Biblical Research, Inc

 October 2, 2008 

 Dear Colleagues:

 For the last several months the Members of the Board of the IBR have considered a very
 important proposal that will be shared below by our secretary of the Board, Lynn Cohick. 
 The essence of the proposal is that it allows the program committee the freedom to invite
 competent persons who are not members of the IBR to participate in our meetings.  This
 issue was discussed a number of years ago and the IBR was pretty evenly split on the matter. 

 Members of the Board believe that it is now time to bring this matter up again for your
 consideration.   As we know, for years now the ETS has invited many persons who were
 not members of the ETS to participate and interact with the ETS members.  The proposal
 recognizes the value of our members having the opportunity to interact with those who do
 not share our perspectives and also to learn from them areas of biblical inquiry that we 
 may not have considered adequately.  For this reason we share the following proposal
 that involves a ByLaws change and request your careful consideration.  This measure
 will be voted on during our business session at the beginning of our Saturday morning
 meeting in Boston.  Thank you for considering this proposal.

 Lee M. McDonald,

 President

 Proposal:

 Lynn H. Cohick,

 Secretary
 
 Current Reading of the Bylaw

 Article V

 7. Program Secretary. The Program Secretary shall chair a program committee of the
 Board of Directors that will suggest topics and participants for the program of the annual
 meeting of the members, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors 
 may require from time to time; provided, however, program participants must be either
 members of the Corporation or other evangelicals who subscribe to the Christian
 confessional affirmations of the Corporation set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.
 The Program Secretary may select any number of Fellows, who shall represent Old
 Testament and New Testament disciplines, to serve on the program committee.

 Proposed Revision: (note the text in italic above was deleted)

 Article V

 7. Program Secretary. The Program Secretary shall chair a program committee of the 
 Board of Directors that will suggest topics and participants for the program of the annual
 meeting of the members, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors
 may require from time to time. The Program Secretary may select any number of Fellows,
 who shall represent Old Testament and New Testament disciplines, to serve on the program
 committee.