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No notice of any meeting of the Board of Trustees need

specify the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called,

except as otherwise expressly provided in these By-laws or by

law.

Section 1.09.

Quorum and Voting. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, a quorum shall be necessary for the transaction of business. At all meetings of the Board of Trustees one-third of the number of trustees specified in section 1.01 (but not less than two trustees) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law or these By-laws, the act of a majority of the trustees present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Trustees.

A majority of the trustees present at any meeting of the Board of Trustees (or if only one be present, then that one) may, although less than a quorum, adjourn the same from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 1.10. Action by Written Consent of Directors. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Trustees may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Trustees consent in writing to the taking of such action. Such written consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board.

Section 2.01.

ARTICLE II

Officers

Officers. The officers of the Foundation

shall be elected by the Board of Trustees and shall consist of

a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as shall be elected by the Board of Trustees

from time to time. The same person may hold two or more such offices except the offices of President and Secretary.

need not be trustees of the Foundation.

Officers

The Board of Trustees may appoint such other executives, agents and representatives of the Foundation for such terms, and with such titles and duties as it may deem advisable.

Section 2.02. Election and Tenure. The officers shall be elected by the Board of Trustees at its annual meeting. Each officer shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his death, resignation or removal.

Section 2.03. Duties and Powers.

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duties and powers prescribed by other provisions of these Bylaws, the officers and assistant officers shall have such duties and powers as are usually incident to their respective offices with such additions and limitations thereto as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Trustees or by their superior

officer.

Section 2.04.

Resignations, Removals and Vacancies.

Any

officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Trustees, the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified, immediately upon its receipt by the Foundation. The acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise specified thereAny officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Board of Trustees. A vacancy in any office or position arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Trustees.

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Section 2.05. The President.

The President shall be

the chief executive officer of the Foundation and shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the Founda

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perform such duties as from time to time may be assigned to

him by the President or by the Board of Trustees.

Section 2.07. The Secretary.

The Secretary shall keep

or cause to be kept a record in books provided for that pur-
pose of all the meetings and proceedings of the Board of
Trustees. He shall notify the trustees of their meetings
and shall have charge and custody of the Foundation's seal.

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Section 2.08. The Treasurer.

The Treasurer shall have

charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all funds and securities of the Foundation and shall deposit all such funds' in the name of the Foundation in such depositaries as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of section 3.01. He shall, subject to the direction of the Board of Trustees or of a superior officer, pay out or cause to be paid out, and shall supervise the disbursement of, moneys of the Foundation.

Section 3.01.

ARTICLE III

Deposits, Checks, etc.

Deposits. Funds of the Foundation may

be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Foundation with such depositaries as may be selected by the Board of

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Section 3.02. Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, bills of exchange and other orders for the payment of money, promissory notes, acceptances or other evidences of indebtedness are to be signed by such officer or officers, employee or employees, agent or agents of the Foundation, and in such manner, as are authorized by resolution of the Board of Trustees.

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the extent by the Board of Trustees authorized such signature or signatures may be facsimiles.

ARTICLE IV

Seal

Section 4.01. Form of Seal. The seal of the Foundation shall be circular in form and shall bear the name of the Foundation, the year of its incorporation, and the words "Corporate Seal, District of Columbia".

ARTICLE V

Amendments and Repeal

Section 5.01. Amendments and Repeal. These By-laws may

be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the number of trustees fixed in section 1.02 of these By-laws at any meeting of the Board of Trustees.

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I am writing to clear up an unfortunate misunderstanding.

During our appearance before your Committee on September 15, 1982, you asked for a list of names. Mr. Bolduc and I assumed that you meant the updated list of Executive Committee members that I had identified and agreed to leave with your Committee (Transcript Page 10). We now realize that you and Representative Clay were referring to a list of the staff personnel of each Task Force rather than the current list of the Executive Committee members previously delivered to GAO.

Through an oversight, I did not leave with your Committee the list that I had described and was not alerted to this omission until informed of your reference to the subject at the September 21, 1982, hearing. Accordingly, I enclose the current list of the Executive Committee members that I had planned to leave with your Committee on September 15, 1982.

Prior to our testimony, we had declined to make available to GAO a list of the individual Task Force staff personnel pending the receipt of an opinion of counsel that release of the list would not infringe their individual rights since the Task Force staff personnel are not special government employees and had not consented to such a procedure. We have now been advised by counsel that the list may be released to your Committee upon the understanding that you share the duty of protecting the privacy of the Task Force staff personnel. Acting upon that opinion I enclose a current list of the names and company affiliations of the 987 individuals who comprise the staff personnel of the 35 Task Forces, as well as a list of the Executive Committee members who are cleared for assignment as chairpersons of the Task Forces. Also enclosed is a list of the Desk Officers and the Task Forces for which each is responsible.

It is my understanding that these enclosures represent full compliance with your request, but if you have any questions, please advise me.

Sincerely,

Felvis E. Larkin

Felix E. Larkin

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