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James Bopp, Jr. BRAMES, BOPP & HAYNES 900 Sycamore Building 19 South 6th Street Terre Haute, Indiana 47807

Re: MUR 1162 Dear Mr. Bopp:

This is in reference to the complaint you filed with the IP Commission on February 14, 1980 concerning certain solicitations for contributions made by the National Abortion Rights Action League ("NARAL").

After conducting an investigation in this matter, the Commission determined there was reason to believe that NARAL violated 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b) (4)(A) (i), a provision of Cthe Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended. On April 16, 1981, a conciliation agreement signed by the respondent was accepted by the Commission, thereby concluding 00 the matter. A copy of this agreement is enclosed for your information.

The file number in this matter is MUR 1162. If you have any questions, please contact R. Lee Andersen, the attorney assigned to this matter, at (202)523-5071.

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Gail M. Harmon SHELDON, HARMON & WEISS 1725 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Re: MUR 1162 Dear Ms. Harmon:

.On April 16, 1981, the Commission accepted the conciliation agreement signed by your client and a civil penalty tr in settlement of a violation of 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b) (A)(4) (i) a provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended. Accordingly, the file has been closed in this C_ matter, and it will become a part of the public record within thirty days. However, 2 U.S.C. S 437g(a) (4)(B) prohibits any Tinformation derived in connection with any conciliation attempt from becoming public without the written consent of the respon- C. dent and the Commission. Should you wish any such information 0" to become part of the public record, please advise us in writing. Enclosed you will find a fully executed copy of the final conciliation agreement for your files. Since y !

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In the Matter of )) National Abortion Rights Action League ) MUR 1162 Political Action Committee, ) Gail M. Harmon )

CONCILIATION AGREEMENT

This matter having been initiated by a signed, sworn, and notarized complaint by James Bopp, Jr. on behalf of the National Right to Life, Inc. ("NRLC"), an investigation having been conducted, after the Commission found reason to believe Vthat the National Abortion Rights Action League Political Ir" Action Committee ("Respondent") violated 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b) (4)(A)(i) by soliciting non-members of its establishing membership C organization, the National Abortion Rights Action League ("NARAL"). NOW, THEREFORE, the Commission and Respondent, having duly participated in informal methods of conciliation, do hereby agree as follows: I. The Commission has jurisdiction over the Respondent and the subject matter of this proceeding, and this Agreement has the effect of a conciliation agreement under 2 U.S.C. S 4 37g(a)(4)(A). II. Respondent has had a reasonable opportunity to demonstrate that no action should be taken in this matter. 1 10

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with the Commission.

IV. The pertinent facts in this matter are as follows:

I. The National Abortion Rights Action League Political

Action Committee ("NARAL-PAC") is the separate seqregated fund

of the National Abortion Rights Action League, Inc. ("NARAL"),

a non-profit corporation registered in the District of Columbia.

2. In February and September 1978, September 1979, and U) February 1980, NARAL-PAC solicited contributions from persons

whose membership in the establishing organization, NARAL, had expired. 3. It is estimated V" that as a result of these solicitations, $5,967 was contributed to NARAL-PAC by persons whose memberships

had expired.

WHEREFORE, Respondent agrees: C V. Respondent's solicitation for contributions of ap-

proximately 17,732 non-members of NARAL was in violation of

2 U.S.C. S 44lb(b)(4)(A)(i), (c);

VI. Respondent will pay a civil penalty to the Treasurer

of the United States in the amount of two thousand eight hundred

and fifty dollars ($2,850) pursuant to 2 U.S.C. S 437g(a)(6)(B);

VII. Respondent agrees that it shall not undertake any

activity which is in violation of the Federal Election Campaign

Act of 1971, as amended, 2 U.S.C. S 431, et seq. 0 3

GENERAL CONDITIONS

VIII. The Commission, ckn request of anyone filing a complaint under 2 U.S.C. S 437g(a)(1) concerning these matters at issue herein or on its own motion, may review compliance with this agreement. If the Commission believes that this

agreement of any requirement thereof has been violated, it

may institute a civil action for relief in the United States

District Court for the District of Columbia. IX. It is mutually agreed that this agreement shall

become effective as of the date that IV" all parties hereto have executed same and the Commission has approved the entire t* agreement. X. It is agreed that respondent shall have no more than

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I, Marjorie W. Emmons, Secretary of the Federal Election Commission, do hereby certify that on Apil 16, 1981, the Commission decided by a vote of 5-0 to take the following actions regarding MUR 1162:

1. Accept the conciliation agreement, as attached to the General Counsel's Memorandum to the Commission, dated April 14, 1981. 2. CLOSE THE FILE in this matter.

Voting for this determination were Commissioners Harris, McGarry, Reiche, Thomson and Tiernan.

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March 7, 1980

Office of General Counsel Federal Election Commission 1325 "K" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20463 Re: MUR 1162 Dear Madam/Sir:

National Abortion Rights Action League ("NARAL") has asked me to respond to the complaint filed against them February 14, 1980, by James Bopp. Jr., Attorney for National Right to Life Committee ("NRLC"). (MUR 1162).

The complaint charges that NARAL has solicited contributions for its political committee from non-members. The complaint is based on an affidavit from Mary Page Zyromski who contributed a small amount of money to NARAL but asserts that she never became a member.

C In accordance with NARAL's long standing procedures, membership dues may be reduced. It has been NARAL's practice -"m to reduce dues when someone writes expressing interest in 00 NARAL, indicating a willingness to work on the abortion issue or requesting further information. These people are then accorded the rights of members: they receive the monthly newsletter; they receive other membership mailings; they are granted the right to vote for the members of the Board of Directors.

The several opinions of Advisory Opinion 1977-67 discuss the indicia of membership in a non-profit corporation. Since its members have the riqht to elect its Board of Directors, NARAL's members meet even the more stringent criteria of the dissenting opirlin of Commissioner's Harris and Staebler.

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NARAL engages in a large program of public education, membership recruitment and solicitation of special gifts. Its fundraising consultants have advised it to adopt a definition of membership which includes people during the year in which they are being asked to renew their membership. The attached letter from Robert M. Smith explains this more fully. In the summer of 1979 NARAL hired a new firm to handle its computerized membership records. Although the attached memoranda assume that the computer will be programmed to drop members automatically at the expiration of the renewal cycle, we have now learned that this procedure was never implemented. In trying to reconstruct how this error occurred, NARAL attributes it to the difficulties of fine- tuning the computer system and the mistaken assumption of some people that a system had already been instituted to automatically suspend expired members. Since the computer failed to suspend lapsed members, these people were treated like members for all purposes. These former members regularly received the newsletter and special mailings and had the right to vote for the members of the Board of Directors. Accordingly they continued to have the rights and duties of members. e NRAL regrets the failure in communication that led to ..O the erroneous solicitation. It has taken immediate action to correct the error. Furthermore, we doubt that the 0expired members contributed much money to NARAL pac. We respectfully request that the Federal Election Commission- close its file on this matter. Sincerely,

Gail M. Harmon GMH/dds Enclosure CRAVER, MIATHEWS, SMITHI 6 COMPANY

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Ms. Gail Harmon 1725 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Gail:

I wanted to reply to your inquiry regarding the standard applied by most national non-profit membership organizations in determining the length of membership for each of its paying supporters.

Most national non-profits which rely on mass direct mail to build their membership/donor bases use the standard which has been used by major publications over the past many years. Recognizing that most members/donors/subscribers are unable to retain the exact date when their annual dues/subscription payments are up for renewal, most publications/organizations use a series of renewal notices as repeat reminders.

In practice, most subscribers/members/donors require three to ten reminders before they make their payment. In fact, nearly every major mass membership non-profit organization in this country relies on a series of up to ten renewal notices spanning one year. Although the minority of these members/donors require the full seven to ten reminders, a substantial percentage (sometimes 10% to 15%) will fail to renew until the end of the full cycle. Obviously, therefore, most members/donors of national non-profit membership organizations actually receive membership benefits up to twenty-four months from the time of their last dues payment.

It is not overstating the facts-to say that if these national organizations cut off their members who do not make a dues payment within a twelve-month period, they would lose 60% of their memberships each year. S y cer AI. ;NA T

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Lee Anderson, Esquire r 7-i Office of General Counsel Federal Election Commission 1325 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20463 e y,;'*

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Dear Mr. Anderson:

The following information is submitted in responses to the interrogatories mailed to NARAL in the above-referenced matter.

1. What are the procedures used by NARAL to admit and maintain persons on its membership roll? (Please submit to the Commission any articles of incorporation or articles of organization and accompanying by-laws which describe NARAL's membership procedures).

Most NARAL members join in response to a direct mail campaign designed to educate citizens about the threat to abortion rights and to encourage support for NARAL's program to combat this threat. Members are admitted upon their payment of dues and their names are placed on the membership roll. The source document or response device is forwarded to the computer company which maintains the membership records. Near the anniversary date of their joining, members are solicited tb renew their membership. Now, those who do not renew are automatically suspended; during some periods in the past, particularly since the transfer to the new computer form in the summer of 1979, the automatic suspension system was not implemented. Current By-laws provide for suspension one year after the anniversary date; earlier By-laws provided for suspension two months after the anniversary date, but as discussed in Robert M. Smith's letter of March 7, 1980, previously submitted, the standard industry practice is to use the full year. Enclosed are copies of NARAL's Articles of Incorporation dated October 10, 1975 and amended September 16, 1977 and its original by-laws and those as amended April, 1980, December 1979, March 1979. Exhibits "A" and "B". 2. Does NARAL maintain records of responses to membership solicitations? If the answer to this question is yes, please submit a copy of the membership solicitations which Mary Page Zyromski returned to NARAL in 1977.

A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission nd is avaible for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC. ILIl

Lee Anderson, Esquire May 20, 1980 Page 2

NARAL maintains copies of responses to membership solicitations. Since its older records are poorly organized, NARAL proposes to submit the two types of membership solicitation which were mailed during the period in which Mary Page Zyromski responded. They are attached as Exhibits "C" and 'D". 3. Does NARAL have any record of a membership request made by Mary Page Zyromski in 1977? If the answer to this question is yes, please submit a copy of such request. NARAL does have a copy of the membership request made by Mary Page Zyromski, but because the document is difficult to locate, proposes instead for purposes of this complaint to accept Mary Page Zyromski's allegations as to the facts of her "membership request." 4. Must a person expressly indicate an intention to become a member of NARAL in order to be entered upon the membership roll of NARAL? If the answer to this question is yes, please state the method provided prospective members for communicating such express intent. In the past NARAL has considered people as members if they contributed money and did not explicitly say they did not wish to be members. Currently the membership solicitations provide the options of joining NARAL as a member or contributing to NARAL but not joining. If donors indicate that they do not wish to be considered "members" or that they wish to make only a contribution they are entered on the computer rolls as "contributors." 5. If a person submits a money contribution to NARAL and requests additional information about the organization, does NARAL enroll such person as one of its members entitled to all the rights and subject to all of the duties associated with membership?

As discussed above, people who contribute money and request additional information are generally considered members unless they indicate they prefer not to be members. Currently the minimal membership dues are $5.00. A copy of our report isfiled with the Federal Election Commission and isavailable for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC. Lee Anderson, Esquire May 20, 1980 Page 3

6. Upon what date did NARAL-PAC turn over their membership

records to the recently hired computer firm?

June 1, 1979.

7. From January 1, 1977, to the present, how many expired memberships were kept on NARAL's membership roll due to computer error.

The question is not strictly relevant to the FEC's inquiry because its legitimate interest concerns pac solicitation of non-members not internal matters such as whether or not expired members may have voted for the Board of Directors or been sent a fundraising appeal designed for members. In the spirit of good faith compliance, however, we will C answer that the largest number of expired memberships which may have ever been carried is approximately 20,000.

8. From January 1, 1977, to the present, how many NARAL-PAC solicitations were sent to members whose membership in NARAL had expired?

From January 1, 1977 to the present, four sets of NARAL-PAC solicitations have been mailed. The numbers of expired members who were sent the solicitations are:

14 month standard 2 year standard

February 1978 3,000 approximate 3,000 approximate September 1978 1,500 " 1,500 September 1979 17,629 3,912 February 1980 20,000 approximate 14,500 approximate

9. What was the total dollar yield to NARAL-PAC in contributions from the September 1979 solicitation directed at persons whose memberships in NARAL had expired during the period from January 1, 1977 to the present.

Acopyof our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC. Lee Anderson, Esquire May 20, 1980 Page 4

The total dollar yield to NARAL-PAC of the September 1979 solicitation from non-members is calculated to be $15,866 using the 14 month standard and $3,520 using the 2 year standard.

10. In addition, please provide the Commission with a list of the names of all non-members of NARAL who contributed to NARAL-PAC following their solicitation from January 1, 1977, to the present. NARAL proposes not to answer this question at this time because it is premature and extraordinarily burdensome.

If the question is designed to serve as a double check on the figure provided to answer question #9, we are happy to explain the process used to obtain that figure: names with expire C (1) the computer was asked to count those dates_.,uly 1, 1978 and earlier; (2) this number was multi- plied by an estimated average gift of $18.00 and an estimated return of 5%.

If the names are sought because the Commission might possibly order a return of the contributions, we believe this is premature and unwarranted. NARAL has quickly and in good faith entered into voluntary conciliation. Accordingly any fines should be relatively small and return should not be ordered. In what is probably the most egregious improper s&olicitation case, that of the National Right to Work Committee, the initial proposed conciliation agreement included no return of contributions and only a fine of $5,000.

To produce the names would be extremely burdensome. The pac contribution records have not been computerized so a person or persons would have to check each receipt against the donor base of 80,000 names. It would take a very long time to provide this information and would therefore interfere with the speedy conciliation of this matter.

A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC. -i - 7777

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If you need any further information contact our counsel, Gail M. Harmon. Sincerely,

Karen Mulhauser Chair, NARAL-PAC

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FIRST: The name of the corporation is: National Abortion Rights Action League, Inc. - SECOND: The following amendment by of the Articles of Incorporation the Corporation in the manner prescribed was adopted by the District of Columbia Non-profit WCorporation Act: This corporation District is organized as a .onprofit of Columbia Non-Profit Corporation corporation under the for the Act to operate on a non-profit promotion of social welfare and basis education of the public on matters to abortion.. related (This Amendment will replace paragraph THIRD of the original Articles of Incorporation) THIRD: The amendment was adopted by a consent in members entitled writing'signed by all to vote with respect thereto.

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We, the undersigned natural persons of the age of twenty-one years or more, acting as incorporators of a corporation adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such corporation pursuant Lo the District of Columbia Non-Profit Corporation Act: FIRST: The name of the corporation is the National 'hortion Rights Action Leaque, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as NARAL"). SECOND: The period of its duration shall be perpetual in enqth. T14IRD: This corporation is organized for the purpose of I6ecognizing the basic human right of a woman -to limit her own reproduction. NARAL is dedicated to the elimination of all laws nd practices that would compel any woman to btar a child against ler will. To that end, it proposes to initiate and coordinate olitical, social, and legal action of individuals and groups oncerned with providing safe abortions by qualified physicians for all women seeking them regardless of economic status. FOURTH: .The corporation is to have individual, group and Drganizational members. The membership shall also consist of tate affiliates. All members are free to carry out programs .onsistent with NARAL's purpose and program. FIFTH: The corporation is to be divided into six (6) of members. [lassesIn addition, the Executive Committee shall ave the power and authority, in its discretion, to create dditional classes of members. The designation of each class of .1 members, the qualifications and rights of the members of-each lass and conferring, limiting or denying the right to vote are as follows:

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(6) Sponsor B. A person, group or organization shall qualify s a member of a specific class of membership upon receipt by the orporation of annual dues as established by the Executive ommittee. Membership in a specific class shall depend upon the ount of annual dues paid by such person, group, or organization.* nder special circumstances, the Fxecutive Committee may waive • he membership dues for an organization, group or individual. C. The rights of thd members are as follows: (1) There shall be an Annual Meeting of Members to be held at such time and place as may be fixed by the Executive Committee. At least sixty (60) days written notice of thI nnual Meeting shall be given each member. An agenda shall be rovided twenty (20) days in advance of the meeting. Special meetings of the Membership may be called by the Board of Directors or Executive Committee at their discretion. (2) At the Annual Meeting of Members, the members shall have the right and the duty to elect the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee. In addition, the members may make recommendations, resulting from their consideration of timely and appropriate policy matters, to the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.

*Thecurrent amounts necessary to beome a member of a class are as follows: (1) Limited Income - $5.00 (2) Regular -$10.00 (3) Family- $15.00 (4) Organization- $25.00 (5) Sustaining - $25.00 to $100.00 - • .(6) Sponsor - $l00.00, t2

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(3) There shall be one vote per individual, group or oraganizational member. Member organizations or roups shall designate an official representative to attend membership meetings, to vote, and to receive communications. 1ach organization or group member may designate an alternate to serve in the absence of the official representative. Any member who is in arrears of dues for a period of sixty days will be ineligible to vote and cannot serve on the hoard until sucb arrears are fully paid. (4) Any member may-be suspended or, expelledfor cause by a majority vote of the Board of Directors Irovided that notice in writing, stating the grounds of suspension or removal, shall have been delivered to the member or mailed to the member's last known address at least fifteen (15) days before 1uch action is taken. The member shall be given the opportunity .o present a defense, to call witnesses, to be represented by i !ounsel, and to such other procedural rights as deemed fair just. and SIX..m.:The manner in which the corporation's directors

Are to be elected shall be provided in the bylaws. SFVFNTI: In the event of dissolution or final liquidation f this corporation, all the business, property and assets of the corporation shall go and be distributed to such non-profit corpora- Lion of like purpose or purposes as set forth in Article Three Ferein, as-the directors of this corporation may select and desig- 1ate; and in no event shall any of the said assets or property, in the event of disuoluation or final liquidation, 4IMP thereof, go or e distributed to members, either for the reimbursement of any urn subscribed, donated or contributed by such members# or for fly other purpose. Nothing stated in this Article is intended to onflict with 529-1048 or 529-1056 Iode. of the District of Columbia 4 8 0 1 0 4 1 8 ~-

Provisions for the regulation of other internal ffairs of the corporation shall be provided in the bylaws. EIGHTH: The address, of the corporation's initial registered office is 705 G Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003, and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is s. Karen Mulhauser. NINTH: The number of directors constituting the initial oard of directors is eighty-seven (87) and the names and addresses, including street and number of the persons who ars to serve as the initial directors until the first annual meeting or until their successors be elected and qualified are:

Sarah Jane 4 Stewart 54'South Goldthwaite Street Montgomery, Ala. 36104 Eileen Hopkins Ames 3474 East California Blvd. Pasadena, Ca. 91107 J. Hugh Anwyl 1321 Via Zumaya Palos Verdes Peninsula, Ca. 9027 Cheriel M. Jensen 13737 Quito Road Saratoga, Ca. 95070 Patricia T. Maginnis 16 G Street San Rafael, Ca. 94901 Helen E. Meiklejohn 1525 La Loma Ave. Berkeley, Ca. 94708 Lana Clarke Phelan 3430 Orange Ave. Lonq Beach, Ca. 90807 Ramona Ripston 633 South Shatto Place Los Angeles, Ca. 90005 Robert L. Webber Planned Parenthood/World Populat 785 Market, #1017 San Francisco, Ca. 94103 Bonnie Andrikopoulos 11880 West 30th Place Lakewood, Col. 80215 Richard M. Bowers, sq. 156 Fifth Ave., Room- 619 New York, New York 10010 Jessma Blockwick United Methodist Church 100 Maryland Ave., N.E. Washington#' D. C. 20002 0 1 -1 1 1 --w

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Carol Burris 1345 G Street, S.E. , Washington, D. C. 20003 Margot Champagne 1830 R Street, N.W. #83 Washington, D. C. 20009

Dorothy Ferebee, M.D. 2960 13th Street, N.E. Washington,D. C. 20017 Joseph Nellis, Esq. 1819 H Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20006 Milan M. Vuitch, M.D. 1712 Eye Street, Suite 304 WashingtonD. C. 20006 Marge Watson .7610 Biscayne Boulevard - Miami, Fla. 33138 Margie Pitts Hames 15 Peach.Tree Street #902. Atlanta, Ga. 30303 Robert A. Hatcher, M.D. 1170 East Club Lane Atlanta, Ga. 30319 Lavonne Painter, M.T. Fulton County Health Department 99 Butler Street, S.E. Atlanta,ra. 30303 Jane R. Shoup 7243 Olcott Hammond, Indiana 46323 Ralph E. Brown 104 South Michigan Ave. Chicago, Ill. 60603 Helen Smith 6839 North Kilpatrick Lincolnwood, Ill. 60646 George D. Aurand, M.D. Family Practice Clinic 1127 North Second St. Clinton, Iowa 52732 Barbara Madden Planned Parenthood of Iowa 851 19th Street Des Moines, Iowa 50314 Biddy Hurlbut Canaan Farm Tonganoxie, Kansas 66086 Susan Lominska 2000 Louisiana Lawrence, Kansas 60646

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Catherine P. Flynn P. 0. Box 102 Buckfield, Maine 04220

Ilse Darling Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights 100 Maryland Ave., N.E. Washington, D. C. 20002

Carolyn M. Schneider 116 Church Street Newton, Mass. 02158

Lynda Christian 23 Fredama Road Waban, Mass. 02168 Pamela Lowry 61 Centre Street Brookline# Mass. 02146

N. Lorraine Beebe 24424 Fairmont Drive Dearborn, Mich. 48124 Edgar B. Keemer, M.D.* 1111 David Whitney Building Detroit, Mich. 48226 Jack Stack, M.D. 510 Prospect Alma, Mich. 48801 Betty Benjamin 5205 Duncraig Road Minneapolis, Minn. 55436 Robert W. McCoy 549 Turnpike Road Golden Valley, Minn. 55416 Dorothy C. Roudebush 2127 North Ballas Road St. Louis, Missouri 63131 Judith Widdicombe Reproductive Health Clinic 100 North Euclid Street St. Louis, Missouri 63108 Anita, -Norman 18 Rayton Road Hanover, N.H. 03755 Lee Gidding 903 West 8th Street Plainfield, N.J. 07063 Robert Livingston, M.D. 17 Kim Hunter Road Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632 S0 - ." 1

Rabbi Israel Margolies, Ph.D. 572 Sunderland Road Teaneck, N.J. 07666

Helen Southard 100 East Pal sades Ave. Englewood, N.J. 07631

Nancy Ellefson 1408 Somervell N.E. Albuquerque, N.M. 87112 William Baird Parent's Aid Society 107 Main Street Hempstead, N.Y. 11550 Rabbi Balfour Brickner Union of .American Hebrew Congregations 838 Fifth Ave. New.York, N.Y. 10021

The Rev. Nicholas Cardell May Memorial Unitarian Church 3800 East Genesee Street Syracuse, N.Y. 13214

Lucinda Cisler 165 West 91 Street, 4E New York, N.Y. 10024 Betty Friedan 1 Lincoln Plaza, 40-K New York, N.Y. 10023 Hon. Carol Greitzer 59 West 12 Street New York, .Y. 10011 Richard flausknecht, M.D. 18 East 82pd Street New York, N.Y. 10028 Lawrence Lader 51 Fifth Ave. New York, N.Y. 10003 Jesse Lyons The Riverside Church 490 Riverside Drive New York, N.Y. 10027 Beatrice McClintock 860 Fifth Ave. New York, N.Y. 10021 Emily C. Moore 330 East 33 Street New York, N.Y. 10016

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Prof. Cyril C. Means, Jr. 1199 Park Ave. New York, N.Y. 10028 Stewart R. Mott 800 Park Ave. New York, N.Y. 10021 Frances Nathan 14 East 90 Street Ii New York, N.Y. 10028 Anna T. Rand, M.D. 320 West 86 Street New York, N.Y. 10024 Ruth P. Smith 1 West 72nd Street New York, N.Y. 10023 UHon. Percy Sutton Municj pBuilding, Room 2050 New York, N.Y. 10007

Helen Webber United Church of Christ 287"Park Ave. South New York, N.Y. 10010 Ii Sheila Marrotte 123 Hillside Drive II Shelby, N.C. 28150 I' -Richard A. Schwartz, M.D.- 2280 Demington Drive ~I I; Cleveland, Ohio 44106 jl Sarah G. Allison, Ph. D. Marriage and Family Growth Cente 2813 East 51st Tulsa, Okla. 74105 Rebecca Hamilton 2308 South Portland Oklahoma City, Okla. 73108 Beverly lealy 2748 S.W. Talbot Road Portland, Oregon 97201 Meeora S. Bass 216 Glenn Road ii Axdmore, Penn. 19003 Ellen Bronstein 321 Thorpe Road Jekintown, Penn. 19046 Barbara J. McNeel 7101 Chew Ave. Ii Philadelphia, Penn. 19119 Howard C. Maxwell .90 Glendale Drive B huntington Valley, Penn. 19006 II *81 flifl?~'99O

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Mary Lou Theunissen 640 Carpenter Lane Philadelphia, Penn. 19119. Dorothy Brown, M.D. 3109 Centennial Boulevard Nashville, Tenn. 37209 Pallas Pidgeon 1478 Peabody Memphis, Tenn. 38104 Anne B. Pierson Planned Parenthood Suite 1700 Exchange Building 2nd at Madihon Memphis, Tenn. 38103 Ruth McLean Rowers 202 Bushnell St. San Antonio, Texas 78212 Barbara Kaliff 207 Terrell Road San Antonio, Texas 78209 Hon. Saxah Weddington 709 West 14th Street Austin, Texas 78701 Virginia B. Whitehill 3629 Dartmopth Ave. Dallas, Texas 75205

L. Lynne Miller 303 Pearl Street #5 Burlington, Vermont 05401 Bette Chambers 416 Candlewood Drive, S.E. Lacey, Washington 98503 Anne Gaylor 726 Miami Pass Madison, Wis. 53711 Ray W. Taylor 633 South Hawley Milwaukee, Wis. 53214 Anne Treseder 2111 University Ave. Madison, Wis. 53705 -erci1 Fru=e_ 2123 Sheridan Laramie, Wyoming

TENTHo. The name and address of each incorporator is: .Deborah Jacobs 2311 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, It D. C. 20008 _ w Aaamo~me a ~8 I 01' ?~@3 91

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Carol Werner t-1. 601 D Street, S.E. Washington, D. C. 20003 Betsy Bretz 10733 Kinlock Road Silver Spring, Md. 20903

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Date: O ,

CITY OF WASHINGTON DIBTRICT OF COLUMBIA

I, A/0A4W&!%1*J4OWMt , a Notary Public, hereby certify that on the 7.day of CirP4 4 , 1975, personally appeared before me ,.%f-y AA and ..,Z a , who

signed the foregoing document as incorporators, and that the statements therein contained are true.

[Notary Pub1 i Wil /amns on. I Notary PubliS st. ot Columbia Commission Expires. Sept. 30,. 1979 I ii

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L t t, BY-LAWS Passed by NARAL Board of Directors December1,1.M-/

Article I: NAME

The name of this corporation is NATIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE, hereinafter called NARAL. Article II: PURPOSE

NARAL has been organized as a non-profit corporation under the District of Columbia Non-Profit Corporation Act to operate on a non-profit basis for the promotion of social welfare and education of the public on matters related to abortion rights. Article III: MEMBERSHIP (Revised by NARAL Board of Directors, April, 1980) 1. Members of the organization shall be individuals and organizations contributing to NARAL. Membership shall commence with payment of contributions and shall extend for a maximum of two years if no further payment is received. 2. Membership amounts shall be set by the Board of Directors, but shall be at least $5.00 per 24-month period. Categories of Membership shall be Regular, Supporting, and Complimentary.

3. The annual Membership amounts are payable on the anniversary date of previous Membership payment. Members not making another single payment of at least $5.00 within a 24-month period following initial payment date will be suspended from Membership in the organization. Any Member who has not made payment within said two-year period will be ineligible to vote by mail or ballot or at any meeting and cannot .erve on the Board until such arrears are fully paid. 4. Under special circumstances, the Executive Director may grant Complimentary Memberships. Such circumstances may include: financial need, need for information about abortion, willingness to do volunteer work in lieu of payment, or as a token of appreciation for long-term financial support. 5. There shall be an Annual Meeting of Members to be held at such time and place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors. -At least sixty (60) days written notice of the Annual Meeting shall be given each Member. Special meetings of the Membership may be called by the Board of Directors at its discretion. 6. It shall 'be the duty of the Membership to elect annually members of the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee. 7. There shall be one vote per Member.

8. Any Member may be suspended or expelled for cause. Procedures set forth in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised for such suspension or expulsion shall be- foll owed. Article IV: CONTRIBUTORS

1. Those individuals or organizations who contribute more than $5.00 per twelve- month period but do not wish to be designated as Members shall be accorded Contributor status. They shall receive newsletters and other NARAL materials but shall not be allowed to vote for Board of Directors or Nominating Committee. Article V: AFFILIATES OF NARAL

1. State or regional affiliates of NARAL may be organized in order to promote the purpose of NARAL and to take action on state or local matters in accordance with that purpose. Affiliates shall be organized in conformity with standards formulated by the Board of Directors. The Affiliation Committee shall review affiliate status on an annual basis.

2. The Board of Directors is authorized to recognize affiliates conforming to such standards.

3. Affiliates.which have achieved full affiliate status shall be organized by the Board into eight (8) Regional Councils comprised of the NARAL Coordinators from all each full affiliate. Each Regional Council of affiliates shall nominate one person to serve on the NARAL Board of Directors. Article VI: OFFICERS

1. The Officers of NARAL shall be a President, a Chair of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chair for Administration, a Vice Chair for Programs, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.

2. The Officers, except for the President, shall be elected by and from the Board of Directors for a term of one year, shall take office immediately upon election, and shall serve until their successors are elected. The President, who shall not be a Director, shall be elected for a term of one year by the Board, shall take office immediately upon election, and shall serve until her/his successor is elected.

4. The Chair of the Board of Directors shall'preside at meetings of the Board and the Executive Committee, act asliaison between the staff and the Board, and perform such other duties as may be designated by the Board. In the absence of the President, the Chair shall preside at Membership meetings. 5. The Vice Chair for Administration shall serve ex officio without a vote on administrative committees, including but not limited to Nominating, Personnel, By-Laws, and Fundraising Committees, and shall serve as liaison with staff regarding support needs of the Board in administrative areas. (continued)

-2- Article VI: OFFICERS (continued) In the absence of the Chair, the Vice Chair for Administration shall preside at meetings of the Board and Executive Commwittee. 6. The Vice Chair for Programs shall serve ex officio without a vote on program committees, including but not limited to Affiliation and PAC Endorsement Committees, and shall serve as liaison with staff regarding support needs of the Board in program areas. In the absence of the Chair and the Vice Chair for Administration, the Vice Chair for Programs shall preside at meetings of the Board and Executive Committee. 7. The Secretary shall be responsible for the records of all meetings of the Mem- bership, the Board of Directors, and the Executive Committee. The Secretary shall cause notice of all such meetings to be given, shall notify all Officers and Directors of their election, and shall perform such -other duties as may be incident to this office. 8. The Treasurer sh all present an account of all receipts and disbursements at each *regular meeting of the Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties as may be incident to this office. -The Treasurer, together with the Executive Director, shall present an annual budget for the approval of the Board of Directors. 9. Vacancies in offices which occur between annual meetings of the Board of Directors shall be filled by the Board of Directors. C~Article VII: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. The governing and policy-making body of NARAL shall be a Board of Directors of thirty (30) Members. The duties of the Board shall include election of Officers and selectimi of the Executive Director. All non-officer Board Members must serve on at least one committee of the Board.

2. Eight (8)Members of the Board of Directors shall be representatives of the eight (8)Regional Councils of Affiliates. The remaining twenty-two (22) Members shall be representatives at large. 3. No Member of the Board of Directors may be compensated by NARAL. 4. The term of office of the Board Members representing Regional Councils -.shallI be one (1)year, and such Members shatll be eligible for reelection for not more than a'total of six (6) consecutive terms. The term of office of at-large Board Members shall be two (2)years, and such Members shall be eligible for reelection for not more than a total of three (3) consecuti ve terms. El even (11 ) of the at- large Members shall be elected each year. 5. Vacancies in the Board positions which are representing Regional Councils shall be filled by the Board after receiving nominations from the appropriate Regional Council. Vacancies in the at-large seats shall be filled by the Board. 6.. The Board shall hold regular meetings at least four (4)times a year. One meeting shall take place in conjunction with the annual Membership meeting. (continued)

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Other meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at the request of the Executive Committee or at least sixteen (16) Directors upon at least ten (10) days notice at a time and place to be fixed by the Executive Comrpittee, but shall be held within thirty (30) days of the call for a meeting.

7. One-half of the Members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum at either regular or special meetings. There shall be no proxy voting at any meeting of the Board. _

8. If a Board Member is absent from two consecutive regular meetings of the Board, the Board may declare the position vacant.

9. Members of NARAL, as recognized by Members of the Board or NARAL staff, may be present at meetings of the Board of Directors without vote and may be allowed voice by majority vote of Board Members present, except that the Board may declare an executive session.

'J Article VIII: COMMITTEES

1. Executive Committee: The Executive Committee shall be composed of all Officers. The Executive Committee shall meet as needed. Two-thirds of the Officers shall constitute a quorum of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall be responsible to the Board of Directors with full power to act in the operations and management of NARAL in emergency matters between meetings of the Board. Actions of the Executive Committee must be ratified by the Board at its next meeting.

2. Nominating Committee: The Nominating Committee shall be composed of a Chair, who shall be a Member of the Board of Directors, and six (6) additional NARAL Members, two (2) of whom shall be Members of the Board, all of whom shall be elected by the Membership for a one-year term. No committee member may serve more than tree (3) consecutive terms. No more than one person from a given -- state may serve on the Nominating Committee at the same time. The duties of the Nominating Committee are to make nominations for the at-large Board Member C ~ positions, nominations for Officers, and nominations for the Nominating-Committee.

3. Standing and Ad Hoc Committees: Committee chairs shall be appointed by and come 'from the Board of Directors. Committee chairs'shall choose the membership of their committees, who shall be Members of NARAL and who shall include both Board and non-Board Members. NARAL standing committees include, but are not limited to: Personnel Committee, Affiliation Committee, and By-Laws Committee.

4. PAC Endorsement Committee: The chair and members of the PAC Endorsement Committee shall be elected by the Board and shall include both Board and non-Board Members. 5. Advisory Council: The Advisory*Council shall be composed of individuals who have made significant contributions to the abortion rights movement. Members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Board. Members of the Advisory Council shall provide their professional expertise and support to the Board of Directors and staff in furtherance of the goals of NARAL.

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Article IX: ELECTIONS AND.VOTING PROCEDURES

1. Each of the eight (8) Regional Council of Affiliates shall nominate one person to the Board of Directors. The names of those nominated in this manner must be submitted to the Nominating Committee at a time of its choosing.

2. The Nominating Committee shall nominate persons for the twenty-two (22) at- large positions on the Board of: Directors. State Coordinators are not precluded from being nominated in this manner if not already nominated by their Regional Council.

3. Nominations for the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee may be made by petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) voting Members of NARAL. Such nominations, if any, shall be submitted to the Nominating Committee at a time of its choosing.

4. The Membership shall elect the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee. The ballot shall have two (2) categories for Board of Directors: the at-large Members and the Regional Council Members. The Membership may vote for a total of eleven (11) persons in the at-large category and for one person from each 0 of the eight (8) Regional Councils. The election will be executed by mail ballot. One-hundred (100) Members shall constitute a quorum. Decisions shall be made by a majority ballot. No cumulative.voting is allowed. 5. Nominees shall be listed on the ballots in alphbetical order, without title, with / indication of place of residence, whether a present incumbent, whether submitted by the Nominating Committee or by petition.

Descriptive material on the candidates submitted by the Nominating Committee or by petitioners shall accompany the ballots and shall be presented in identical format and in alphabetical order for each category of nomination. C 6. The Board of Directors shall be responsible for ensuring secret ballots and voting by e'igible voters only. c 7. In the election of the at-large Members of the Board of Directors, nominees receiving the highest number of votes to a number sufficient to fill the Iesignated places on the Board shall be declared elected. If tie votes result in more than the designated number, decision among those tied with the lowest totals shall be made by the Chair drawing lots for the appropriate number of people to fill the Board.

8. In the election of the NominatingCommittee, the six (6) persons receiving the highest total votes of those listed on the ballot shall be declared elected. The person receiving the highest total of those nominated as Chair of the Nominating Committee, shall be declared elected. Tie votes shall be resolved by the Chair of the Board drawing lots among those tied.

"9. Candidates for Officers, except the President, shall be nominated by the Nominating Committee from Members of the newly elected Board of Directors. The President shall be nominated by the Nominating Committee and shall not be a Member of the Board of Directors. Officers shall be elected by the incoming Board by secret ballot at its first meeting. Nominations may be accepted from the floor.

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Article X: AMENDMENTS These By-Laws may be amended by a majority vote of the Board, provided that the amendment has been submitted in writing to each Director at least prior thirty (30) days to the vote. The vote may be at a meeting of the Board or by mail ballot. Article XI: FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year. Article XII: PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY The rules contained in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the Coporation in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they inconsistent are not with these By-Laws and any special rules of order which NARAL may adopt.

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Article I

These By-Laws will become effective immediately upon adoption by the Board of Directors.

Article II

In the first year these By-Laws are in effect, the term of office of the Board of Directors shall begin at the 1980 Membership meeting. Eleven (11) of the at-large Members shall serve from the 1980 Membership meeting through December 1981, and eleven (11) shall serve from the 1980 Membership meeting through December 1982. All shall serve until their successors are elected. The Board Members representing Regional Councils shall serve from the 1980 Membership meeting through December 1981 or until their successors are elected. Article III

The newly elected Board will meet at the 1980 annual Membership meeting and will elect Cits Officers, who shall serve from that time until their successors are elected, most ?4likely January 1981.

7-Article IV

-The Nominating Committee elected in 1980 will serve through the next election of Board .of Directors and Officers or until their successors are elected. cArticle V

"""The current Nominating Committee shall make nominations for the Board of Directors and ,Officers, and Nominating Committee to be elected in 1980 in accordance with the provisions of these By-loaws.

Article VI

Years of service of current Officers and Board Members count toward the restrictions on terms contained in these By-Laws.

Article VII

A vote by the Membership will cause the terms of all Officers and Board Members to expire at the 1980 annual Membership meeting.

-7- NATIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE 825 15th Street, NW, Washington D. C. 20005 (202) 347-7774 BY-LAWS (as amended, March 1979)

Article : NAME The name of this association is NATIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE, hereinafter called NARAL. Article II: PURPOSE

NARAL has been organized as a non-profit corporation under the District of Columbia Non-profit Corporation Act to operate on a non-profit basis for the promotion of social welfare and education of the public on matters related to abortion.

Article III: MMBERSHIP 1. The Membership shall consist of individuals and autonomous organizations, free to carry out individual programs consistent with the purpose of NARAL, as set forth in Article I, as well as state-affiliates which shall adhere to NARAL's purpose, program and guidelines for affiliation status as set " by the Executive Committee.

2. Categories of membership shall be Limited Income, Regular, Family, Organi- zation, Sustaining, Sponsor, and such other categories as may be designated by the Ex~cutive Committee. Membership shall become effective ,upon receipt •- of dues as set by the Executive Committee.

-O 3. The annual dues of Members are payable on the anniversary of.thei previous dues payment. Renewal reminders will give each Member adequate no ce of what his/her renewal date is.

Any Member who is in arrears of dues for a period of 60 days will be ineligible to vote by mail or ballot or at any meeting and cannot serve on the Board until such arrears are fully paid. 4. Under special circumstances, the Executive Committee may waive the membership dues for an organization or individual. 5. Member organizations shall designate an official representative to attend membership meetings, to vote, and to receive communications. They may designate an alternate to serve in the absence of the official representative. 6. There shall be an Annual Meeting of Members to be d 'at such time and place as may be fixed by the Executive Committee. At. least sixty (60) days written notice of the Annual Meeting shall be given each Member. An agenda shall be provided twenty (20) days in advance of the meeting.

Special meetings of the Membership may be called by the Board of Directors or Executive Committee at their discretion.

7. The duties of the Membership shall be to elect the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee at the Annual Membership Meeting, and to consider such policy matters as shall be timely and appropriate and make recommendations to the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.

8. There shall be one vote per individual Member and one vote per member . organization or family.

9. Any Member may be suspended or expelled for cause by a majority vote of the Board of Directors provided that notice in writing, stating the grounds of suspension or removal, shall have been delivered to the Member or mailed to the Member's last known address at least fifteen (15) days before such action is taken. The Member shall be given the opportunity to present a defense, cto call witnesses, to be represented by counsel, and to such other procedural rights as deemed fair and just.

Article IV: STATE AFFILIATES OF NARAL

1. Membership may be organized into state or regional Abortion Rights Action Leagues (hereinafter referred to as affiliates) in order to promote the purpose of NARAL and to take action on state or local matters in accordance with that purpose. Affiliates shall be organized in conformity with standards formulated by the Executive Committee. The Affiliation Committee will review applications for affiliate status on an annual basis.

2. The Executive Committee is authorized to recognizeAffiliates conforming to such -tandards and to make equitable financial arrangements with such -- affiliates.

3. Coordinators of Affiliates shpll be named by the Executive Director in consultation with the member/affiliate, with the approval of the Executive Committee at its next meeting.

Article V: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. The governing and policy-making body of NARAL shall be a Board of Directors of not more than 90 Members. The duties of the Board shall include the election of officers of NARAL.

2. Directors shall be elected for a term of three (3) years by the Membership in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article VIII and are eligible for re-election for a second term. Approximately one-third of the Directors shall be elected each year. Following one year's absence from the Board, an individual may again become eligible for election to the Board.

3/79 3-Vacancies occurring on the Board by reasons of de resignation or removal shall be filled for the remainder of the term of the retired Board Member at the next annual Membership meeting from nominations submitted by the Nominating Committee. Those serving out an unexpired term shall be eligible for re-election to one three-year term before rotating off. 4. The Directors shall hold regular meetings at least once a year. One meeting shall take place immediately following the annual Membership meeting, at which time election of Officers shall occur by the newly installed Board of Directors.

Other meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at the request of the President or of at least ten (10) Directors upon at least ten (10) days notice at a time and place to be fixed by the Executive Committee, but shall be held within thirty (30) days of the call for a meeting.

5. One-fourth (23) Members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum at either regular or special meetings, and proxy votes shall not be included in a quorum count. 6. Members of NARAL, as recognized by members of the Board or NARAL staff, may 0D be present at meetings of the Board of Directors without vote and may be allowed voice by majority vote of Board Members present, except that the President may declare an Executive session for specific purposes.

7. Any Member of the Board of Directors may be removed for cause by a majority U14 vote of the Board Members at a regular meeting or at a special meeting called by ten (10) Directors. The Board Member shall be given at least fifteen (15) days notice of the grounds for his or her removal, shall be given the opportunity to present a defense, to call witnesses, to be represented by Counsel, and to such other procedural rights as are deemed fair and just. Article VI: OFFICERS C 1. The Offfcwers of NARAL Call of whom shall be Directors) shall be a President; a Chairperson of the Executive Committee; four C41 Vice-Presidents representing eastern, southern, central and western regions as defined by the Executive Committee; a Secretary; a Treasurer and an Assistant Treasurer; and such other regular or honorary Officers as the Directors deem necessary,

2. The Officers shall be elected for a term of one year by a majority of the Board of Directors at their first meeting following the Annual Meeting,

The Officers shall hold office until the election of Officers at the first Board of Directors meeting following the next Annual Membership meeting.

Except for honorary Officers, the Treasurer, and the Assistant Treasurer, no Officer shall hold office for more than three (3)consecutive terms. Any Officer holding one office for three (31 consecutive years may then be nominated and elected to a different office for a further term or terms of no longer than three (3 consecutive years.

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The President shall preside at the Meetings of the Membership and the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee in the absence of the Chairperson of the Executive Committee. The President shall be ex officio a Member of all comittees except the Nominating Committee and shall perform all the usual duties incidental to that office and such other duties as may be designated by the Board.

4. The Chairperson of the Executive Committee shall preside at meetings of the Executive Committee, act as liaison between the staff and the Executive- Committee, and perform such other-duties as may be designated by the Execu- tive Committee. 5. The Vice Presidents shall be responsible for a coordination and liaison with respect to activities within their particular regions and shall assist with development and support of NARAL affiliates. They shall assist the President as called upon.

In the absence of the President, the appropriate Vice-President shall preside at the meetings of the Membership or Board of Directors held in her/his region. In the absence of the Chairperson of the Executive Committee and of the President the appropriate Vice-President shall preside at meetings of OD the Executive Committee held in her/his region.

1"7 6. The Secretary shall be responsible for the records of all meetings of the Membership, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. The Secretary shall give notice of all such meetings, shall notify all Officers and Directors of their election, and shall perform such other duties as may be incident to this office.

7. The Treasurer shall prepare an account of all receipts and disbursements with monthly reports to the Board, and an Annual Report to the Membership. The Treasurer or a duly elected assistant shall be custodian of all monies collected, shall deposit them in a bank or banks designated by the Executive Commit- C tee, and shall disburse them under the authority granted by the Executive Committee. The Treasurer, together with the Executive Director, shall present an annual budget for the approval of the Board of Directors.

8. Vacancies in offices which occur between annual meetings of the Board- of Directors shall be filled by the Executive Committee at a regular meeting, or at a meeting specially called for that purpose. Article VII: COMMITTEES

1. Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall be composed of all Officers, and, in addition, six (6) Members of the Board of Directors to be elected by the Board. All members of the-Executive Committee serve for a term of one year and are eligible for re-election. Committee chairpersons shall be ex officio Members of the Executive Committee without a vote.

The Committee shall meet at least four (4) times a year. One-third plus one voting Members shall constitute a quorum.

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The Executive Comptee shall be responsible to tBoard of Directors with full power to act in the operation, management and policy of NARAL between Meetings of the Board. It shall report its actions to the Board with full minutes of its Meetings.

2. Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall be composed of a Chairperson, who shall be a Member of the Board of Directors, and six (6) additional NARAL Members, who need not be Members of the Board of Directors, elected for a one-year term by the Membership at the Annual Meeting..

The duties of the Nominating Committee are to make nominations for the Board of Directors; nominations for the following year's Nominating Committee and Chairperson of the Nominating Committee; and nominations for Officers and the at-large Members of the Executive Committee.

3. Standing Committees and Ad Hoc.Committees. Committee chairpersons shall be appointed by the Executive Committee for such committees as shall be established by the vote of the Membership, Board of Directors, or Executive Commit- tee. Committee chairpersons shall choose the membership of their Committees who shall be voting Members of NARAL, and the Executive Committee may recommend additional Committee Members to the Committee Chairpersons. Committee Chairpersons shall serve a one-year term and are eligible for reappointment. CNARAL standing committees include, but are not limited to, Personnel Com- mittee, Affiliation Committee, and Planning and Policy Committee.

Article VIII: ELECTIONS AND VOTING PROCEDURES

1. The nominations made by the Nominating Committee for the Board of Directors, the Officers of NARAL, the Chairperson and Members of the next year's Nomi- nating Committee shall be submitted to the NARAL office at least 75 days prior to the Annual Meeting and shall be sent to the Membership at least sixty (60) days prior to the Annual Meeting.

Additional nominations for the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee C may be made by petition signed by at least ten (10) voting Members. Addition- al nominaltions for Officers may be made by petition signed by at least ten (10) Members of the Board of Directors. Such additional nominations if any .0 shall be submitted to the NARAL office at least 45 days prior to the Annual Meeting.

2. The list of nominees for the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee shall be sent to the Membership by mail at least 30 days prior to the Annual Membership Meeting.

The list of nominations for Officers shall be sent to the current Members of the Board of Directors and to those nominated for Membership on the Board of Directors at least 30 days prior to the Annual Membership Meeting.

3. Nominees shall be listed on the ballots in alphabetical order, without title, with indication of place of residence, whether a present incumbent, whether submitted by the Nominating Committee or petition. The Ballots for the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee shall indicate the maximum number of nominees to be voted on out of the total list.

3/79 Comit- material on the candidates submitted by Nominating Descriptive shall be presented by tee or by -petitioners shall accompany the ballots and the staff in identical format and in alphabetical order for each categorY of nomination. direction of the Executive ComIttee, 4. The Executive Director, under the by eligible shall be responsible for ensuring secret ballots and voting whether voting is by nail or in person. Ballots for Officers voters only, is constituted at the shall not be counted until the new Board of Directors Annual Membership Meeting. - " nominees receiving the highest 5. In the election for the Board of Directors, to fill the designated places on the number of votes to a number sufficient de- elected. If tie votes result in more than the Board shall be declared shall be decision among those tied with the lowest totals signated number, number of people to made by the President drawing lots for the appropriate fill the Board. the of the Nominating Committee: the six persons receiving 6. In the election declared winners. of those listed on the ballot shall be Il highest total votes nominated as Chairperson The person receiving the highest total of those resolved by the President c shall be declared elected. Tie votes shall be drawing lots among those tied. or com- Members, the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee 7. Voting by This shall consist mittees on a specific issue may be authorized by proxy. written proxy to the Secretary or a designated of giving a properly signed for or Executive Committee Member, specifying the issue Member, Director, more than two proxies the proxy is to be used. No one person may vote which proxy at the Executive at Membership or Board meetings or more than one Committee meetings on each recorded vote.

Article IX: AMENDMENTS C a proposed least thirty (30) days notice to each Director of 1. Upon at of the Board of Amendment, these by-laws may be amended by a Majority Directors. Mailed ballots are permitted. of the by-laws become 2. Upon approval by the Board of Directors, revisions effective as soon as applicable. Article X: BANK SIGNATURES exceeding 20% of the current budget, are subject 1. Any funds of NARAL, not of or charge upon checks, drafts, etc., signed on behalf to withdrawal Member of the Executive ,NARAL by the Executive Director or any authorized Committee.

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NATIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE

National Office: Washington Office: 250 West 57th Street 705 G Street, S.E. New York, N.Y. 10019 Washington, D.C. 20003 212-265-5125 202-546-0940

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Article I: NAME

..The name of this association is NATIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE, hereinafter called NARAL.

Vticle II: PURPOSE C NARAL, recognizing the basic human right of a woman to limit her own reproduction, is dedi- Wted to the elimination of all laws and practices that would compel any woman to bear q. child . against her will. To that end, it.proposes to initiate and coordinate political, iocial and legal action of individuals and groups concerned with providing safe abortions by eialified physicians for .all women seeking them regardless of 'economic status.

Article III: MEMBERSHIP

4-. The membership.shall consist of individuals and autonomous organizations, free to carry out individual programs consistent with the purpose of NARAL, as set forth in Article C II, as well as state affiliates which shall adhere to NARAL's purpose and program.

Z Categories of membership shall be Limited Income, Regular, Family, Organization, Sus- ±. taining, Sponsor, and such other categories as may .be .designated by the Executive Committee. Membership shall.become effective upon receipt of-dues as set by the Executive Committee. - ,

3 .":-The annual dues of members are payable on the first of each calendar year, except for members who have joined within the previous four months, in which case their dues shall be payable on the first of the following calendar year.

Any member who is in arrears of dues for-aperiod of 60 days will be ineligible to vote by mail or ballot ar at any meeting and cannot serve on the Board until such arrears are fully paid.

4. Under special circumstances, the Executive Committee may waive the-membership dues for an organization or individual.

5. Member organizations- shall designate an official representative to attend riierfbership meetings, to vote, and to receive communications. They may designate an alternate to serve in the absence of the official representative.

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6. There shall be an Annual Meeting of Members to be held at such time and place as may be fixed by the Executive Committee. At least sixty (60) days written notice of the Annual Meeting shall be given each member. An agenda shall be provided twenty (20) days in advance of the meeting.

Special meetings of the Membership may be called by the Board of Directors or Executive Committee at their discretion.

7. The duties of the Membership shall be to elect the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee at the Annual Membership Meeting, and to consider such policy matters as shall be timely and appropriate and make recommendations to the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.

3. There shall be one vote per individual Member and one vote per member organization or family. 9. Any member may be suspended or expelled for cause by a majority vote of the Board of Directors provided that notice in writing, stating the grounds of suspension or removal, %Z shall have been delivered to the member or mailed to the member's last known address at least fifteen (15) days before such action is taken. The member shall be given the opportunity to present a defense, to call witnesses, to be represented by counsel, and to such other procedural rights as deemed fair and just. lr;jcle IV: STATE AFFILIATES OF NARAL

I.r. Membership may be organized into state Abortion Rights Action Leagues (hereinafter referred to as affiliates) in order to promote the purpose of NARAL and to take action r on state or local matters in accordance with that purpose. Affiliates shall be organized in conformity with standards formulated by the Executive Coanittee.

2.C' The Executive Committee is authorized to recognize affiliates conforming to such standards and to make.equitable financial arrangements with such affiliates.

3. Coordinators of Affiliates shall be named by the Executive Director in consultation ° with with the member affiliate, with the approval of the Executive Committee at its next meeting.

Article V: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. The governing and policy-making body of NARAL shall be a Board of Directors of nbt more than 90 members. The duties of the Board shall include the election of the officer of NARAL.• 2. Directors shall be elected for a term of three (3) years by the membership in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article VIII and are eligible for re-election for a second term. Approximately one-third of the Directors shall be elected each year. Following one year's absence from the Board, an individual may again become eligible for election to the Board. 3. Vacancies occurring on the Board by reasons of death, resignation or removal shall be filled for the remainder of the term of the retired Board member at the next annual membership meeting from nominations submitted by the Nominating Co.mittee. Those serving out an unexpired term shall be eligible for re-election to one three-year term before rotating off.

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4. The Directors shall hold regular meetings at least once a year. One meeting shall take place immediately following the annual membership meeting, at which time election of officers shall occur by the newly i.nstalled Board of Directors.

Other meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at .the request of the President or of at least (10) Directors upon at least ten (10) days notice at a time and place to be fixed by the Executive Committee, but shall be held within 30 days of the call for a meeting.

5'. One-fourth (23) members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum at either regular or-special meetings, and proxy votes shall not be included in a quorum count.

6. Members of.NARAL, as recognized by members of the Board or NARAL staff, may be present . at meetings of the Board of-Directo.fs without vote and may be allowed voice by majority vote of Board members present, except that the PVesident may declare an Executive session for specific purposes.

7. Any member of the Board of Directors may be removed for cause by a majority vote of i.% thezBoard members at a regular meeting or at a special meeting called by ten (10) - Directors. The Board members shall be given at least fifteen (15) days notice of the grounds for his or her removal, shall be given-the opportunity to present a defense, .to call witnesses, to be representedby Counsel, and to such other procedural rights as are deemed fair. and just.

Alticle VI: OFFICERS

1. The oficers of NARAL (all of whom shall be Directors) shall be a President; a Chair- *person of.the Executive Committee; four (4) vice-presidents representing eastern, southern, central and western regions as defined by the Executive Cormittee; a Secre-.- tary; a-Treasurer and an Assistant Treasurer, and such other regular or honorary

off-icers as the Directors'deem necessary. .

2,-, The officeFs shall be elected for a term of one yeaq-by a,-rajority of the Board of. Directors at their first meeting following the Annual Meeting.

The officers shall hold office until the election of officers at thel'first Boardbf Directors meeting following the next Annual Membership meeting. .,.,.-..-. ,. . .. Except for honorary officersi:"the Treasurer, and'the Assistant Treasurer, no officer shall hold office for more than three (3) consecutive terms. Any officer holding one office for three (.3) c6nsecutive years may then be nominated and elected to a different office for a further tern or terms of no longer than three (3) consecutive years.

3. The President- shall preside at the Meeti-ngs of the-Membership and the Board of Directors 9nd of the Executive Committee in-the absence of the Chairperson of -the Executive Committee. The President shall be ex officio a Member of all co.Tuittees except the- Nominating Committee and shall perform all the usual duties incidental to that office and such other duties as may be designated by the Board.

4. .The Chairperson of the Executive Comnittee shall preside at Meetings of the Executive. Committee, act as.,liaison between the staff and the Executive Committee, and perform such other duties as may be designated by the Executive Comnittee,..

5. The Vice Presidents shall be responsible for a coordination and liaison with respect to activities within their particular regions and shall assist with'development and support of NARAL affiliates. They shall assist the President as called upon. By-Laws PagSFou'

In the absence of the President, the appropriate vice-president shall preside at the meetings of the Membership or Board of Directors held in her/his region. In the absence of the Chair- person of the Executive Committee and of the President the appropriate vice-president shall preside at meetings of the Executive Committee held in her/his region.

6. The Secretary shall be responsible for the records of all meetings of the Membership, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. The Secretary shall give notice .---of all such meetings, shall notify all officers and directors of their election, and shall perform such other duties as may be incident to this office.

7. The Treasurer shall prepare an account of all receipts and disbursements with monthly reports to the Board, and an Annual Report to the Membership. The Treasurer or a duly elected assistant shall be custodian of all monies collected, shall deposit them in a . 'bank or banks designated by the Executive Comnittee, and shall disburse them under the authority granted by the Executive Committee. The Treasurer, together: with the Executive Director, shall present an annual budget for the approval of the Board of Directors.

8. Vacancies in offices which occur between annual meetings of the Board of Directors shall be filled by the Executive Committee at a regular meeting, or at a meeting specially called for that purpose. • . .. .

Article VII: COMMITTEES

1. Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall be composed of all Officers, and, in addition, six (6) members of the Board of Directors to be elected by the Board. All members of the Executive Committee serve for a term of one year and are eligible for re-election. Committee chairpersons shall be ex officio members of the Executive Committee without a vote.

The Committee shall meet at least four (4) times a year. One-third plus one voting members shall constitute a quorum. - C rhe Executive Committee shall be responsible to the Board of Directors with full power to aCt in the operation, management and policy of NARAL between Meetings of the Board. It sb8ll report its actions to the Board with full minutes of its Meetings. 2." Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall be composed of a Chairperson, who shall be a member of the Board of Directors, and six (6) additional NARAL members, who need not be members of the Board of Directors, elected for a one-year term by the *Membership at the Annual Meeting. -he duties of the Nominating Committee are to make nominations for the Board of Directrs; .,cminations for the following year's Nominating Committee and chairperson of the Nominating Committee; and nominations for Officers and the at-large members of the Executive Committee.

3. Standing Committees and Ad Hoc Committees. Committee chairpersons shall be appointed by the Executive Cormittee for such committees as shall be established by the vote of the Membership, Board of Directors, or Executive Comnittee. Committee chairpersons - shall choose the membership of their Committees who shall be voting members of NARAL, and the Executive Committee may recommend additional Co-mmittee Members to Committee Chairpersons. Committee Chairpersons shall serve a one-year term and are eligible for reappointment.

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A ticle VIII: ELECTIONS AND VOTING PROCEDURES I. The nominations made by the Nominating Cormmittee for the Board of Directors$ the officers of NARAL, the chairperson and members of the next year's Nominating Committee shall be submitted to the NARAL office'at least 75 days prior to the Annual Meeting and shall be sent to the membership at least sixty (60) days prior to .the Annual Meeting.

Additional nominations for the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee may be made by petition signed by at least ten (10) voting members. Additional nominations for officers may be made by petition signed by at least ten (10) member of the Board of Directors. Such additional nominations if any shall be submitted to the NARAL office at least 45 days prior to the Annual Meeting.

2. The list of nominees for the Board of-Directors and the Nominating Committee shall be sent to the membership by mail at least 30 days prior to the Annual Membership Meeting.

The list of nominations for officers shall be sent to the current members of the Board of Directors and to those nominated for membership on the Board of Directors at least 30 days pr or to the Annual Membership Meeting.

3."-Nninces shall be listed on the ballots in alphabetical order, without title, with indi-' cation of place of residence, whether a present incumbent, whether submitted by the Nominating Committee or petition. The Ballots for the Board of Directors and the t Nominating Conmittee shall indicate the maximum number of nominees to be voted on out of the total listed.

D escriptive material on the candidates submitted by the Nominating Committee or by petitioners sall accompany the ballots and shall be presented by the staff in identical format and in alphabetical order for each category of nomination.

4 C-7 The Executive Director, under the direction of the Executive Committee, shall be responsible for ensuriffg secret ballots and voting by eligible voters only, whether voting is by mail or in person. Ballots for officers shall not be counted until the new Board of cO Directors is constituted at the Annual Membership Meeting.

5. In the election for the Board of Directors, nominees receiving the highest number of votes to a number sufficient to fill the designated places on the Board shall be *declared elected. If tie votes result in more than the designated number, decision among those tied with the lowest totals shall be made,by the President drawing lots for the appropriate number of people to fill the Board.

6. In jhe election of the Nominating Committtee: the six persons receiving the highest total votes of those listed on the ballot shall be declared the winners. The person receiving the highest total of those nominated as chairperson shall be declared elected. Tie;votes shall be resolved by the President drawing lots among those tied.

7. Voting by members, the Board of Directors, the Executive Cowmittee or conittees on a specific issue may be authorized by proxy. This shall consist of giving a properly signed written proxy to the Secretary or a designated member, Director, or Executive CaTrmittee Member, specifying the issue for which the proxy is to be used. No one - person may vote more than two proxies at Membership or Board meetings or more than one proxy at the Executive Committee meetings on each recorded vote.

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General proxies shall not be-accepted. Proxy Votes shall not be included in a quorum count. Proxy holders to the Executive Connittee must be Members of the Executive Comrnttee; proxy holders to the Board must be Members of the Board of Directors; and proxy holders to the General Meeting must be members of NARAL.

Article IX: AMENDMENTS 1. Upon at least thirty (30) days notice to each diTector of a proposed Amendment, these by-laws may be amended f/ a Majority of the Board of Directors. Mailed ballots are permitted.

2. Upon approval by the Board of Directors, revisions of the by-laws become effective as soon as applicable.

Article X: BANK SIGNATURES

Any funds of NARAL are subject to withdrawal or charge upon checks, drafts, etc., signed joT'itly on behalf of NARAL by any two officers or one officer and the Executive Director.

ArCtcle XI: FISCAL YEAR

ThW.fiscal year of the Association shall be the calendar year.

Aroicle XII: PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY

The'rules contained in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the association int11 cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these By-'Laws and any specia rule of order NARAL may adopt.

PROISO: -

Upon adoption of Article V, Section 2, only the present term of current members of the Board of Directors shall be counted toward the tenure limit.

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Manyf eedoms of 1our may personalbe lost plan if a frightening for a Constitutional Convention succeeds. Details inside I /

I I L rARAL NAllONAL ABOR1ION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE 825 15th Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005

"...'Contraception' often turns out to be 'silent' (early) abortion induced by the pill or the I.U.D..." Honorary President Fr. Paul Marx, OS.B., Hon. Shirley Chisholm Bible and Liturgy Sunday Bulletin, Honorary Vice Presidents March 27, 1977 Hon. Maurine Neuberger q Hon. Yvonne Burke "We are opposed to the continued funding of Betty Friedan the so-called 'family planning services and President population research act'....both the I.U.D. Margie Pitts Hames, Esq. and one mode of action of the current pill are abortifacients." Chairpersonof Robert G. Marshall, Legislative Counsel, Executive Committee U.S. Coalition for Life, in his Pamela Lowry February, 1977 Testimony before Congress on Vice President East Extension of the Health Services Act of 1977 Frances Nathan

C7 Vice President Central Rev. Dalton Downs

Vice President West Mary Haberman Clark Dear Friend, Vice President South Lavonne Painter, M.D. A few years ago, the opponents of safe, legal abortions treaded softly around the issue of contra- Chairperson, Legal ception. Advisory Committee CT. Prof. Cyril C. Means, Jr. But lately, as the above quotes show, their attacks Secretary on contraception, calling it a form of abortion, have q. Robert W. McCoy become open and outspoken.

Treasurer would not now be raising . ,Beatrice Blair You can be sure that they the contraception issue unless they were supremely Assistant Treasurer confident, and they have good reason to be. 4 Lee Gidding Executive Committee The anti-choice fanatics are well on their way to Jessma Blockwick victory in their drive to outlaw legal abortions and it Anne Gaylor is frighteningly clear that they are determined to ban G. Stanley Lowell legal contraception as well. Howard C. Maxwell "4 Sarah Weddington, Esq. They have already triumphed in their efforts to Judith Widdicombe deny safe, legal abortions to America's poorest women.

Executive Director Recent actions in the U.S. Supreme Court and Karen Mulhauser Congress have cut off Medicaid funds for abortions, leaving thousands of poverty stricken women no choice but to resort to dangerous, often deadly, back alley and self-induced abortions.

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This incredible injustice not only places our government on record as being morally opposed to abortion, but it opens the door wider to unprecedented intrusion into personal reproductive and medical freedoms, the right to privacy, and many other precious liberties which you and I now take for granted.

The most ominous sign of this impending threat is the. anti-abortion lobby's_ headlong rush to call a Constitutional Convention whose stated goal is to strip all women of their right to abortion,. but whose ultimate outcome could have devastating consequences for the freedom of every citizen, men as well as women. The last time such a convention was convened was in 1787, when our present constitution was written. But the delegates to a new Constitutional Convention won't be the founding fathers. They'll be anti-choice zealots, many extreme right wingers, who may seize the opportunity to go far beyond passage of a "human life" amendment.

In theory, these delegates could not only do away with legal abortion and contraceptives, but they could also tamper with the Bill of Rights and any other part of the Constitution they chose to twist to their own purposes.

Using the same high-powered techniques employed by the legendary gun lobby, the anti-choice lobby has already rammed convention calls through nine state legislatures -- and 45y overwhelming majorities. If they continue to brow- beat 25 more state legislatures into calling for a Consti- tutional Convention, they will have won. I fervently hope you realize that now is the time to do something to protect abortion rights. It has become the key issue in a momentous struggle which will determine the fate of many basic rights and liberties.

That's why I have written you on behalf of the National Abortion Rights Action League, and why I urge you to lend it your whole-hearted support today. Tomorrow may be too late.

NARAL -- THE ONLY NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION FIGHTING SOLELY FOR ABORTION RIGHTS NARAL is the only national membership organization which devotes 100% of its resources to preserving the right to safe, legal abortions.

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We're registered to lobby on Capitol Hill, and we are embarking on major new programs to expand our efforts in the critical battles being waged at the state and local levels. Thousands of men and women have joined us in this important struggle, including such notable persons as Gloria Steinem, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm.

our opposition is powerful, but with your help, we can launch an offensive that can stop the anti-choice forces in their tracks. WHAT YOU CAN HELP

- -- NARAL ACCOMPLISH - - Every major opinion pol1 shows that a clear majority of the American public supports legal abortions. What the anti-choice advocates have done with a minority of votes, you can help us do even better with our majority. Although poor women have lost their right to federally funded abortions because of the Hyde Amendment, you can help us lobby to restore that right when Congress votes this year on a new appropriations bill for Medicaid.

While maintaining a strong presence on Capitol Hill, (7 NARAL also needs your support to organize a grass roots effort crucial to convincing vote-conscious lawmakers that we represent a serious political threat.

sJight now we are bringing NARAL activists to Washington for intensive training in lobbying skills, election politics, public speaking and media techniques. These new field representatives will be working witth our local affiliates to establish political action networks in every state, and helping us to coordinate the efforts of other organizations that support legal abortion.

As the struggle moves to the state and local level, NARAL representatives will be there lobbying against applications for a Constitutional Convention, and working to convince state legislatures to vote for state generated funds to pay for poor women's abortions until federal funding is restored.

You can see that a tremendous job lies ahead of us. NARAL must have a minimum of $50,000 just to get its state legislative programs off the ground and much more will be needed if we are to fully implement all of our programs.

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Only the generous contributions of concerned individuals like you will make all this possible. Without your help, we can do nothing. JOIN NARAL TODAY

Your check for $15 -- or more if you can spare it -- will make you a member of NARAL,-and every dollar you send will be put to work at once in the struggle to protect the right of all women to safe, legal abortions. You could not participate in a more important cause. The health and safety of millions of women, rich and poor, who will seek abortions in the future are at stake. Will legal means remain available to them, or will their only alternative be maiming and even death at the hands of motel room butchers?

Many other rights, including contraception, may also be lost if the so-called "right-to-lifers" succeed in their frightening plan for a Constitutional Convention. I ask you to send as much as you can in the enclosed envelope today.

Please believe me when I say your individual support can make the difference in the outcome of this critical struggle.

Sincerely,

Karen Mulhauser Executive Director P.S. When your contribution arrives, I will see to it that you are kept informed of our progress and also alerted to ways you can directly participate in the pro-choice movement, such as writing your legislators before important votes. But please let me hear from you today. THE NEW YORK TIMES Abortion Issue Flares Anew

plexed a bit by current developments, clinics in New Jersey to keep records of By MARTIN WALDRON "Every opinion poll shows that the public complications which develop after abor- does riot want anti-abortion bills," she tions," said Mr. Smith. TRENTON said. He said that the anti-abortion move- Fran Avallone of East Brunswick, the ment in New Jersey was attracting new IS, as the other side said, much like coordinator for the Right-to-Choose, the members and that its members were will- ater wearing away stone. Last state's most active pro-abortionists' Ing to become involved. .LMonday, Right-to-Life demonstra- group; said she had no expectation at all The crowds of anti-abortionists who tors--who are using songs and red roses that the Assembly would not pass the demonstrated in Washington the Saturday to wear down legislative resistance-sat abortion convention bill. after Jimmy Carter's inauguration as Pres- in the gallery of the State Senate and It is a prospect, she said, that bothers ident included more than 5,000 from New watched approvingly as their latest anti- her beyond the implications of outlawing Jersey, he said. abortion bill slid through on a 27-to-6 abortion. On almost any issue, Right-to-Life can vote. If the anti-abortionists succeed in get- turn out several hundred demonstrators, While pro-abortionists fumed in anger, ting a national convention call, they will he said. i the Senate adopted a bill asking Congress end up rewriting the entire Constitution, In recent weeks, the organization has to call a convention to write an anti- she sai turned its attention to colleges, and it now N abortion section into the United States uments made on the Senat,)or has chapters on a half-dozen campuses in Constitution. at such a convention could be restrict the state, he said. t' Despite Senate rules, the anti-aborti - to passing an anti-abortion amendment to Mrs. Avallone disputed that Right-to- ists clapped and cheered. the Constitution are completely without ife was growing. L , A fight between the antis and the ros foundation, she said. At such a conven- "They're just getting louder," she has gone mostly unnoticed publicly i re- tion, the delegates would be free to re- id. cent months while the bill has wende ts write any par of the Constitution the The anti-abortionists are getting active way through the Senate Committee to th chose to tinker with, she said. politically because "they have lost in the were floor for a vote. ' ch Amer- courts every time," she said, and The abortion issue has become one of ican traditions as the First Amendment to unable to persuade Congress to pass an the most controversial and emotional ones the Constitution, which guarantees free- anti-abortion bill. facing the New Jersey Legislature. And dora of speech and of religion. "They know that local legislators are on every legislative day,.pros and antis The bill that the New Jersey Senate more subject to pressure," she added. demonstrate in the halil, and sometimes passed would seek to take advantage of a Although Congress would not pass an come close to confrontation. section of the United States Constitution anti-abortion bill, it did adopt an amend- Each session of the Senate has been that permits -, o -1 a national ment to the appropriation for the Federal preceded by clusters of earnest anti- con .Department of Health, EdUcation and abortionists standing in front of the Senate, he Congress would be obliged to c Welfare forbidding the use of any of its chambers singing "Senator Feldma such a convention if 34 states adopt the 'unds to help pay for abortions. give life a chance." same law the New Jersey Senate passed. This prohibition is now in abeyance on Matthew Feldman of Teaneck is e Four states already have passed the law, - order from a Federal judge, and the President of the Senate, and as suc and it is pending on a dozen or so other, question likely will be settled eventually makes up the Senate calendar. He put the gutive direct-) er- by the United States Supreme Court. anti-abortion bill on the calendar last sey Right-to-Life movement, Christopher Mrs. Avallone said she also had a suit Monday. Smith. a 23-9ear-old who became in- pending in Federal Court in New Jersey The pro-abortionists, who prefer to be terested in abortion laws while attending attacking the tax-exempt status of the known as representing "the right to Trenton State College, said that the Senate Right-to-Life group. choose," do not expect to be able to stop vote did not just happen. The Right-to-Life organization has be- the anti-abortion bill if it comes to a vote The 15,000 members of Right-to-Life come involved in politics, she said, which in the Assembly. in New Jersey have been very active in is a ground for losing the tax-exempt Dorothy D. Schoenwald of the Atneri- lobbying the 40 members of the State status, and when the Internal Revenue can Civil Liberties Union, which opposes Senate to vote for the abortion and con- Service would not move against Right- laws to outlaw abortions because they vention bill, he said, adding that the coali- to-Life she filed her suit. consider such laws to be an "invasion of tion, which has chapters in each of New It is scheduled to be heard in February. - privacy," said that if the bill got out of Jersey's 21 counties, will now turn its at- No date has been set in the Assembly the Assembly Judiciary Committee it was tention to the 80 members of the Assem- for hearings on the abortion convention almost certain to pass, given the current bly. bill, and it may be several weeks or even political climate in New Jersey. 'We are also trying to get a bill which months before it could come up for a vote Mrs. Schoenwald said she was per- would require hospital and abortion on the floor. 1 *o

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1 e cr~l y r .t al hu~j LNARAL7"W NATIONAL ABOR1ION RIGHTS ACION LEAGUE 706 7th Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003,

Honorary President Dear Friend, Hon. Shirley Chisholm the next 10 minutes will help decide Honorary Vice Presidents What you do in Hon. Maurine Neuberger whether or not the story on the envelope becomes a reality. Hon. Yvonne Burke Betty Friedan That story was made-up to show what may happen, but the news clipping I've enclosed here for you is real. It shows President is the year. when all who favor a woman's right to Hames, Esq. that 1977 Margie Pitts an abortion must stand up and be counted -- or that right k Chairpersonof will be lost forever. Executive Committee CV' Pamela Lowry With fanatical zeal and backed by hundreds of thousands Vice President East of dollars, the so-called "right to life" forces have made Frances Nathan major advances in their current attack on those women least able to defend themselves -- the poor. Vice President Central Rev. Dalton Downs Many legislators have recently been swayed to support Vice President West laws which would deny the use of federal funds to indigent Mary Haberman Clark women desiring abortions, and this is just the beginning of an alarming trend among our Senators and Representatives. " Vice President South Painter, M.D. Lavonne Already this year over 40 constitutional amendments to Chairperson, Legal ban legal abortions have been introduced in the 95th Congress. C Advisory Committee Prof. Cyril C. Means, Jr. -1 Some of these proposed amendments would outlaw all Secretary abortions -- even when a woman's life is at stake! ,) Robert W. McCoy At this moment those opposed to legal abortion are Treasurer building a war chest which could have a disastrous influence Beatrice Blair on the outcome of next year's Congressional elections. If Assistant Treasurer they succeed, the days of legal, safe abortions are numbered. Lee Gidding to Executive Committee Here are just a few of the horrors you can expect Blockwick witness if women are stripped of their right to abortions: Jessma .A_ Anne Gaylor G. Stanley Lowell IF WOMEN LOSE THEIR Howard C. Maxwell RIGHT TO ABORTIONS... Sarah Weddington, Esq. Judith Widdicombe 1. 70% of the nearly 1,000,000 women who Executive Director want abortions each year would turn to dangerous Karen Mulhauser "home remedies" or, if no physician could be found to perform an illegal abortion, many would submit themselves to the incompetent, sometimes deadly hands of "kitchen-table" butchers.

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2. Tens of thousands of women would suffer serious medical complications, such as perfora- tion of the uterus from self-induced abortions, and as many as 250 women would die each year. 3. Over 300,000 women would resign themselves to having unwanted children, who are twice as likely as wanted children to end up abused, delinquent, on welfare or with serious emotional problems. 4. Unwanted pregnancies would force many women to abandon their jobs or educations and enter into pregnancy-related marriages that would have little chance of success. Teenagers, who now account for one-third of all legal

- abortions performed in this country, would be especially hurt.

IT"5. The cost of medical care and public assistance for poor women denied abortions would skyrocket to over half a billion dollars a year -- 10 times what the now threatened Vi Medicaid payments for abortions cost taxpayers in 1976. Even now, while abortions are legal in the United States, uninformed women, mostly poor and mostly young, have T7 already begun to turn to illegal abortionists merely on the strength of rumors that the government has cut off their access to legal means. If you support the 1973 U. S. Supreme Court decisions which legalized abortions, you can no longer afford apathy or inaction. The opposition is strong, but concerned individuals like you now have a determined ally in the fight to protect safe, legal abortions for all women who wish them, rich or poor.

NARAL - - REAL COMPETITION FOR THE "RIGHT TO LIFERS" NARAL, the National Abortion Rights Action League, is working to see that the horrors listed above never occur. It is the only national lobbying and membership organization in America devoted solely to maintaining legal, safe abortions. I am proud to be actively involved in NARAL, and I hope, after you have read my letter, you will join me and

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the thousands of other women and men who support this crucial work. Gloria Steinem, Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm are just a few of the notable persons who have rallied together in support of NARAL's programs and goals. WHAT NARAL DOES TO PROTECT WOMEN'S RIGHT TO ABORTIONS NARAL and its members are dedicated to preventing a nightmarish return to the -days of butchery, death and degra- dat ion. The real issue is not whether abortions will be per- 714 formed, but how they will be performed. Before the Supreme Court's 1973 decisions, illegal abortion was the leading cm cause of maternal death. Today the death rate from legal, first trimester abortions is 1.7 per 100,000 abortions, compared to 14.6 pregnancy deaths per 100,000 live births.

In addition to supporting legalized abortion, we are also fighting for greatly expanded family planning services, sex education and contraceptive research. Ironically, most opponents of abortion also oppose the measures designed to reduce the need for abortion. NARAL is also committed to educating Congress on the abortion issue through lobbying and encouraging supporters to let their Senators and Representatives know their pro- choice-miew through letter-writing campaigns. Since 1973, NARAL has worked vigorously to defeat the dozens of anti-abortion bills which have been introduced in Congress. When necessary, we have also taken legal action to prevent the implementation of such repressive acts as the Hyde Amendment, whose purpose is to deny poor women Medicaid funds for abortions. We are also fighting hard to increase the number of medical facilities which ptrform abortions. Because of a severe shortage of such facilities, 15,000 women resorted to illegal abortions in 1975. WE CANNOT SUCCEED WITHOUT YOUR HELP If you believe in the fundamental right of women to control their own bodies ... if you oppose the imposition of a minority's religious views on all ... if you believe we

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have a moral duty to have only wanted children who can realize their full potential as human beings ... then I urge you to join in NARAL's struggle by sending as generous a contribution as you can today. Your check for $15 will make you a member of NARAL, and it will help us prepare lobbying packets for Members of Congress. Or it might go to help finance our educational programs or to support litigation to safeguard a woman's right to choose abortion. 25 will help us do even more.

Whatever amount you send, large or small, will come at a time when funds are desperately needed to stop the anti- abortionists from turning the clock back to a time of barbaric repression. NARAL simply cannot continue without the support of Cindividuals like you. Please send your contribution in the enclosed envelope today. The health and lives of thousands of women in America are at stake. Sincerely,

Karen Mulhauser Executive Director

P.S. When your contribution arrives, I will see to it that you begin receiving NARAL's bimonthly newsletter to keep you up to date on our progress and to make you a better informed spokesperson 00 for the pro-choice view. But please send your check today. The need is urgent. Who Fimanceshe Anti-Abortion ement? As part of Its legislative program the National Abortion Rights Action League has monitord the vast sums of inoney raised by the anti-abortion movement. This monitoring program has revealed thetone ant-choice organiza- -ion-The National Committee for a Human Life Amendment-has raised $906,404 from January 1976 to March 1977 alone. A number of other anti-abortion groups have also raised large sums over the last year In an effort to make abortions illegal once again. The National Committee for Human Ufe Amendment reported the following contributions of $500 or more, as reqiiired by law. Itemized Contributlons Diocese of Little Rock,AR 1,100 January 1. 1976 through March 31, 1977 Archdiocese of Los Angeles. CA 10.000 (figures rounded to dollars) Archdiocese of Louisville, KY 3.875 Diocese of Albany, NY $ 1,500 Diocese of Madison, WI 1,850 Diocese of Alexandria, LA 1,485 Diocese of Manchester, NH 5,263 Diocese of Atoona-Johnstown, PA 3,000 Diocese of Marquette, M 1,944 Diocese of Arlington, VA 1,535 Archdiocese of Miami, FL. 5,000 Archdiocese of Baltimore. MD 4,000 Diocese of Milwaukee, WI 7,000 Diocese of Baton Rouge, LA 1,525 Diocese of Nashville, TN 1.127 Diocese of Beaumont, TX 1,000 Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, MS 840 Diocese of Belleville. IL 1,100 Archdiocese of New Orleans, LA 11,600 Diocese of Bismarck, ND 1,510 Archdiocese of of New York NY 20,000 Diocese of Boise, ID 1,200 Diocese of Norwich, CT 4,000 Archdiocese of Boston, MA 15,000 Diocese of Oakland, CA 5.000 Diocese of Bridgeport, CT 5,000 Diocese of Ogdenburg, NY 750 Diocese of Brooklyn, NY 10,000 Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, OK 1,220 CV Diocese of Brownsville, TX 500 Archdiocese of Omaha, NE 2,000 Diocese of Buffalo, NY 12,000 Diocese of Orlando, FL 1.630 T ;iocese of Burlington, VT 1,500 Diocese of Owensboro, KY 500 Diocese of Camden, NJ 6,610 Diocese of Peoria, IL 2,200 Diocese of Charleston, SC 500 Diocese of Phoenix, AZ 1,000 Diocese of Cheyenne. WY 1,000 Diocese of Pittsburgh, PA 9,000 Archdiocese of Cincinnati, OH 5,070 Diocese of Portland, ME 1,100 Diocese of Cleveland, OH 13,500 Archdiocese of Portland, OR 1,700 Diocese of Columbus, OH 4,055 Diocese of Providence, RI 12,000 Diocese of Corpus Christi, TX 1.500 Diocese of Pueblo, CO 500 Diocese of Covington, KY 2,085 Diocese of Reno, NV 500 Diocese of Davenport, IA 2,055 Diocese of Richmond, VA 2,265 Archdiocese of Denver, CO 6,000 Diocese of Rochester, NY 1,500 Diocese of Des Moines, IA 1,600 Diocese of Rockville Center, NY 10,040 Archdiocese of Detroit, M 7,500 Diocese of Sacramento. CA 3,224 Archdiocese of Dubuque, IA 4,600 Diocese of Saginaw, MI 1,754 Diocese of Duluth, MN - 1,000 Diocese of Salt Lake City, UIT 500 Diocese of Erie, PA 2,000 Diocese of San Antonio, TX 2,000 Diocese of Evansville, IN 900 Diocese of San Diego, CA 10,673 -': Diocese of Fairbanks, AK 50O Archdiocese of San Francisco, CA 4,000 Diocese of Fall River, MA 7,000 Diocese of Santa Rosa, CA 1,100 Diocese of Fargo, ND 3,000 Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM 1,000 Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN 1,510 Diocese of Scranton, PA 7,200 Diocese of Fort Worth, "TX 500 Archdiocese of Seattle, WA 6,849 Diocese of Fresno, CA 2,500 Diocese of Sioux City, IA 1,100 Diocese of Gary. IN 2.000 Diocese of Spokane, WA 700 Diocese of Gaylord, Ml 720 Diocese of Springfield, IL 1,815 Diocese of Grand Island, NE 1,000 Diocese of St. Cloud, MN 2,970 Diocese of Great Falls. MT SOO Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO 5,000 Diocese of Green Bay, WI 5,000 Archdiocese of St. Paul, MN 10,000 Diocese of Greensburg, PA 2,270 Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL 3,950 Diocese of Harrisburg, PA 2,900 Diocese of Steubenville, OH 1,300 Diocese of Hartford, CT 16,000 Diocese of Stockton, CA 2,000 Diocese of Helena, MT 1,470 Diocese of Superior, WI 1,700 Diocese of Honolulu, HI 3,000 Diocese of Syracuse, NY 3,316 Diocese of Houston. TX 7,250 Diocese of Toledo, OH 3,380 Archdiocese of Indianapolis, IN 5,000 Diocese of Trenton, NJ 8,018 Diocese of Jackson, MS 840 Archdiocese of Washington, DC 4,000 Diocese of of Jefferson City, MO 750 Diocese of Wheeling, WVA 20,000 Diocese of Joliet, IL 5,000 Diocese of Wichita. KS 1,900 Diocese of Kalamazoo, M 900 Diocese of Wilmington, DE 2,000 Archdiocese of Kansas City, KS 2,900 Diocese of Winona, MN 2,000 Diocese of Kansas City, MO 2,750 Diocese of Worcester, MA 6,800 Diocese of Lafayette, IN 850 Diocese of Yakima, WA 500 Diocese of Lansing. MI 4,101 Diocese of Youngstown, OH 3,035 Diocese of Uncoln. NE 1,200 Total Contributions of $500 and more $459,403 on Protest,,,,Ives healers. to killing-.W clans considered'Y-eyresor themto in Abort' but now March ,M #M -*-' d 40,0004~~ . withe ever figh, evil can'tabortion is ev. - wasd the deatht .7 said she ws"on the '' Nicholshe *lSOO .i ~ C~. 4 penalt,Asked If ust up the deathI can't penaltyupon as fene.practicedAss I1gre grew and L1b was looked 'tst - fence.was crieI can a way to handle ago ti ut few years aboutf ace. pea do an for the death was completely "NOW I'm not sure. ty," she said. up Pennsylvania Before their march of protestors Avenue, the thousands of the stood beneath the West steps , flapping *W fetuses-n Wand photographs of Capitlabortedthi describt hera- 1 ; " as they - i .41 i-,-ned to sometheir -en." as wind aseye tIeY iiastend in the senatorsp conigressmen and cause. respects to the an epidemic ' (abortion) out now." this be stampedabortion make andcallitas to as and genocidal programs edritlPe for Nazi GermanY.' tosble i . trcthe were rate tol Fotiti G. Hatch (R.Utah) Dornan 'laxch Sen. Orril • Robert K. iual crowd. ,jon1ton-Tl W tended tie grounds in atil R p. Ca,11111) Freshman Of having atnde J[of lit (i-Calif.) spokeon W ashington for of on wvcst terrace h two chil- 1963 March at the opposite end abortion gather Abor and FreedJm Opponents of Stop Mail. ,,z (A!eph '. Nva1sl the cau e for Life' prptCei. I I'lvt' eighborS. Comparin the anti.abortionequalitY in a bold blacks' fight for 1 to American ,b" B. D. Colon dr,'l e, written time I,a thWri y,1ing" n,', inrad re- lshngt.onPost St"'! wr.;er tha 11il betweenis--"V W the difference"'the civil rightsi that Ra hereLDornan Is said, of free peo'le and banners ) im ,tu(,I ~and1 ,.itjj cell n.ophane Daniel tape P. the movement Carryin i Se was "ti'k ,i hai he "d!u door of . .It peopi Is Murder," N'- l .. read of innocent said ,,Abortiont , I le IU Help strictingthMOoincetppl.and the slaughter to Nazi Own Size" and Stop wortiInIta was life. signed the same analoy Somebody Your for t ,ehut Usiog of the speak' Punishment uir 1ibabies." )3ay. by many Abortion It's Capital loll-9" Germany made In this about 40,000 peoPlO. .,v t i of Oyster to the Con- "-We know nnocn ld-ti, t h upwind pennsy yesterdaY va rla l le n Dornan said. the bravedthebraed aano,. co itt~ter e kn ow ers, on. Some of hiv ' ,t !:C tol ma k Mrs. Delvan. what isgoing m p earcnls'atlo life stand," country they werent afternoon to of Y mTY pro issed the bus had the excuse protest the legalization r t "I U Germans in Avenue to ld iii l er. but it was be no happiness frs ain, • • . Therei j- re- abortion. ' to take a tr sure until life, life, IIIe four years the nt ,d deulhi and it this country the For tle past the'r Z1l, hildren. country from have stajed spected in this h day abortion forces of the orth MY tlille.two very per- here on the anniversary "1 ha:ve cartied ,hild~i~) isa n it into existence." marci r ut decision lcgaliziO'" God ordains nameless vlc- as Ippi'tiotl, to abortion on't feel those of the .ema csterday,Y "In the memory to onl d o f#yabor- tflla thing. two our eforts abortionpas t ,t,,e p edged_ ,- thems i ci sc , )Ial They were us redouble i.'arSyears pa 1 tims let yet to of a- 0 were me. she the children 'ork to end federal funding W ,t nlldren life there:' the lives of tions for the poor and. to seek the pas- a the protect New York Sen. nd~vidual. There's anybody has former t feel be conceived," crowd. sage of a constitutional amendmefl "and I don't punish" urged the pobing abortion. sad,' Capital james Buckley of pro women and children, tL take a life. to shoot a A three-member delegation proletn, right mong."'.a the march It's V met before spent the morning walking the corri s wrong.,I test leaders WaitsOnI. e , t h e y ' War is wron H aide Jack Oo llouset h e andr SenateI zoff ce (,rilulli. of Philaftlphia. with White march, said dorsd onof the 62, ose abortion be- leader of the column ('lair Nichol, looking for te to opi abortions Gray, ee buildings s;he c aine that if ,will Nellie shington fromCouia ConvCnt said intinue, life to us.t ad sent to Wad _ cI.e believes Watson ,listened Flowerton, pa.. co • Abortion Station.bUs Ohio, N.J and Oyster BaY NY are p.rmitted to ears. goupto repro 40 ie. told thein the Ca- when tlCY did not find their he dilferent in uman l Gray saidhim Watson their contact of deterio raindhsumniore OL consider mornn., ha.s a way rre's 't ingI ah as i1n a Saturday th Administration. archer . scntaties bandwrit o~ver all. 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Lee Anderson, Esquire Office of General Counsel Federal Election Commission 1325 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20463

Li.) FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20463

S lMay 1, 1980

CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED

Gail M. Harmon Sheldon, Harmon and Weiss 1725 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006

Re: MUR 1162

Dear Ms. Harmon:

The Federal Election Commission notified you on February 14, 1980, of a complaint which alleges that the National Abortion Rights Action League Political Action Committee ("NARAL-PAC") violated certain sections of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the "Act"). A copy of the complaint was forwarded to you at that time.

Upon further review of the allegations contained in the complaint and information supplied by you, the Commission, C on April 30, 1980, determined that there is reason to believe that NARAL-PAC violated 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b)(4)(A)(i) Specifically, it appears that NARAL-PAC has illegally solicited 00 persons who are not members of the National Abortion Rights Action League for contributions.

Your response to the Commission's initial notification of this complaint did not provide complete information regarding the matter in question. Please submit answers to the enclosed questions within 10 days of receipt of this letter. You may submit any other factual or legal materials which you believe are relevant to the Commission's analysis of this matter. In absence of any additional information which demonstrates that no further action should be taken against NARAL-PAC, the Commission may find probable cause to believe that a violation has occurred, and proceed with formal conciliation. Of course, this does not preclude the settlement of this matter through informal conciliation prior to a finding of probable cause to believe if you so desire. Letter to: Gail M. Harmon Page 2

This matter will remain confidential in accordance with 2 U.S.C. S 437g(a)(4)(B) and S 437g(a)(12)(A) unless you notify the Commission in writing that you wish the matter to be made public.

If you have any questions, please contact R. Lee Andersen, the attorney assigned to this matter at (202)523-5071. Sincerely,

ROBERT O. TIERNAN Chairman

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INTERROGATORIES

I. What are the procedures used by NARAL to admit and maintain persons on its membership roll? (Please submit to the Commission any articles of incorporation or articles of organization and accompanying by-laws which describe NARAL's membership procedures).

2. Does NARAL maintain records of responses to membership soliciations? If the answer to this question is yes, please submit a copy of the membership soliciations which Mary Page Zyromski returned to NARAL in 1977.

3. Does NARAL have any record of a membership request made by Mary Page Zyromski in 1977? If the answer to this question is yes, please submit a copy of such request.

C- 4. Must a person expressly indicate an intention to become a member of NARAL in order to be entered upon the membership Croll of NARAL? If the answer to this question is yes, please state the method provided prospective members for communicating such express intent.

5. If a person submits a money contribution to NARAL and requests additional information about the organization, does NARAL enroll such person as one of its members entitled to all the rights and subject to all of the duties associated with membership?

6. Upon what date did NARAL-PAC turn over their membership records to the recently hired computer firm?

7. From January 1, 1977, to the present, how many expired memberships were kept on NARAL's membership roll due to computer error? Gail M. Harmon Interrogatories Page Two

8. From January 1, 1977, to the present, how many NARAL-PAC solicitations were sent to members whose membership in NARAL had expired?

9. What was the total dollar yield to NARAL-PAC in contributions from the September 1979 solicitation directed at persons whose memberships in NARAL had expired during the period from January 1, 1977 to the present.

10. In addition, please provide the Commission with a list of the names of all non-members of NARAL who contributed to NARAL-PAC following their solicitation from Janaury 1, 1977, M9 to the present. BEFORE THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

In the Matter of MUR 1162 Natinal Abortion Rights Action League Political Action Committee Gail H. Harmon

CERTIFICATION

I, Marjorie W. Enumons, Secretary to the Federal Election Commission, do hereby certify that on April 30, 1980, the Commission decided by a vote of 5-0 to take the following actions regarding MUR 1162: 1. Find REASON TO BELIEVE that the National Abortion Rights Action League Political Action Committee has committed a violation of 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b) (4)(A) (i) by soliciting non-members of the organization for contributions.

2. Send the letter and interrogatories as attached to the First General Counsel's Report dated April 25, 1980. Voting for this determination were Commissioners Aikens, Friedersdorf, Harris, McGarry, and Reiche. Attest:

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FIRST GENERAL COUNSEL'S REPORT

DATE AND TIME OF TRANSMITTAL MUR 1162 BY OGC TO THE COMMISSION _!4- DATE COMPLAINT RECEIVED BY OGC: 02/14/80 STAFF MEMBER: R. Lee Andersen

COMPLAINANT'S NAME: National Right to Life Committee, Inc. James Bopp, Jr. RESPONDENT'S NAME: National Abortion Rights Action League Political Action Committee Gail M. Harmon

RELEVANT STATUTE: 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b) 11 C.F.R. S 114.1(e)

INTERNAL REPORTS CHECKED: None

FEDERAL AGENCIES CHECKED: None

SUMMARY OF ALLEGATIONS C The National Right to Life Committee, Inc. ("NRLC") alleges that the National Abortion Rights Action League Political Action Committee ("NARAL-PAC") has violated the Federal Election Campaign Act, as amended, (the "Act"), specifically 2 U.S.C. S 441b, by soliciting contributions from non-members of the National Abortion Rights Action League ("NARAL"). NARAL-PAC is the separate segregated fund of NARAL. In support of this allegation the complainant has attached the affidavit of a person who made a contribution to NARAL in 1977 but does not consider herself to have become a member thereby. The affiant states that she received a fundraising solicitation from NARAL-PAC on or about September 25, 1979.

LEGAL ANALYSIS

2 U.S.C. S 441b(b)(4)(A)(i) prohibits a membership organization or corporation without capital stock or a separate segregated fund established by a membership organization or corporation without capital stock from soliciting contributions from non-members of such an organization or corporation. 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b)(4)(C). N -

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The affidavit of Mary Page Zyromski accompanying NRLC's complaint states that although she sent money in response to a NARAL membership solicitation in 1977 and requested additional information about NARAL, she is not presently and never was a member of NARAL. NARAL's response of March 7, 1980, indicates that the organization has a long-standing practice of reducing membership dues when "someone writes expressing interest in NARAL, indicating a willingness to work on the abortion issue or requesting further information" (see Exhibit 1). Such persons, NARAL states, are then accorded full membership rights. Therefore, it appears that NARAL added the affiant's name to their membership roll when she submitted a response and minimal donation to the 1977 NARAL membership solicitation. NARAL apparently inferred that affiant's response to the 1977 membership solicitation with a donation was a request for membership in NARAL. Advisory Opinion 1977-67 discussing the definition of member" for a not-for-profit corporation in Commission Regulation 11 C.F.R. S 114.1(e) stated the following: r"This definition along with 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b)(4)(C), assumes that certain threshold requirements must Lt be met for a corporation to have members. As a threshold matter, the ... regulation assumes that there are, in fact, requirements for membership ell in the organization. Obviously a person can only be considered a member of an organization if he or she knowingly has taken some affirmative steps to become a member of the organization" C (emphasis added). According to the affidavit of Ms. Zyromski no such "knowing" co steps were taken. Thus the complaint raises the question whether the practices and procedures used by NARAL for establishing membership comport with the Commission policy set forth in Advisory Opinion 1977-67 and the solicitation provisions of 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b)(4) with which NARAL-PAC must comply. In response, NARAL states that: (1) the erroneous solicitation was made as a result of computer error on the part of a contractor who recently took over the conduct of NARAL's membership and NARAL-PAC's accounts; (2) NARAL-PAC has taken immediate action to remedy the error and (3) NARAL-PAC does not believe that the expired members of NARAL contributed much money (see Exhibit 2). With respect to the points raised in NARAL's response, the Office of General Counsel observes first, that if the affiant, Ms. Zyromski, was never a member of NARAL, it is not justification that through computer error she was inadvertantly maintained on NARAL's membership roll and subsequently solicited by NARAL-PAC. -3-

Second, that NARAL has taken immediate action to remedy the erroneous solicitation of non-members informs the Commission that there is no continuing violation, but does not cure the past illegal solicitations admitted by NARAL. Third, while the complaint shows evidence of but one specific instance where a non-member was wrongly solicited, the NARAL response indicates that all memberships which expired from some unspecified date to the date of the Commission's notification of the NRLC complaint were treated as unexpired "for all purposes" (see Attachment 1 at page 2). This indicates a number of illegal solicitation was made. From the facts presently at the disposal of the Office of General Counsel it is, however, impossible to determine how large this number was or how much money was received by NARAL-PAC as a result.

Therefore, the Office of General Counsel recommends that the Commission find reason to believe that NARAL-PAC has committed a violation of 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b)(4)(A)(i) by soliciting non-members of the organization for contributions.

Lr Recommendations

1. Find reason to believe that the National Abortion Rights Action League Political Action Committee has committed a violation of 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b)(4)(A)(i) by soliciting non- members of the organization for contributions.

C 2. Send attached letter and interrogatories.

Attachments

1. Complaint 2. NARAL response of March 7, 1979 3. Letter to respondent with interrogatories F * .. ., kLZ--L'6

0t RAMES, BOPP & HAYNES LI' ATTORNEYS AT LAW 000 SYCAMORE BUILDING

t0 SOUTH SIXT STREET ARNOLD H. DRAMES TELEPHONE JAMES DOPP. JR. TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA 47807 COW) 36-1421 DAVID D. HAYNES February 11, 1980 Atodiem t

The Federal Election Commission 1325 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20463 Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of the National Right to Life Committee, Inc. (NRLC), I am filing the following complaint of violation of federal election L laws by the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). V" NARAL, 825 15th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005 is the self- Tr styled "largest single issue group working to defend abortion rights." It has organized a connected political action committee entitled NARAL Political Action Committee. As a connected PAC, NARALPAC is prohibited from soliciting contributions from any person not a member Vt of the connected membership organization. 2 USC § 441b. 17 NARALPAC, however, has solicited non-members in violation of e- federal election laws. On or about September 25, 1979, NARALPAC solicited a contribution from Mary Page Zyromski. As revealed in her Affidavit which is attached herein, she is not and has never been a member of NARAL. She, however, received a solicitation from C NARALPAC. Accordingly, we request that the Federal Election Commission cO immediately investigate the complaint and impose appropriate fines for violation. To prevent illegally solicited funds from being used in the 1980 election, we request that NARALPAC be instructed to return those funds to the donor. C: I have prepared the complaint and believe that it is true;%nd correct to the best of my knowledge. This complaint was not filed on-.., behalf of or at the request or suggestion of any candidate.

oincerely -

Ses Bo vP Jr.

Attachments

-,L0 - !- Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public, this llth day of February, 1980.

My Commission Expires: December 19, 1982 * My County of Residence: Clay

CM, Lf" 'STATE OF OHIO )* )SS: COUNTY OF LAKE )

AFFIDAVIT

I, Mary Page Zyromski, residing at 64 Levan Drive, Painesville, Ohio 44077, being duly sworn upon my oath, say as follows: (1) On or about September 25, 1979, I received the attached

fundraising solicitation from NARAL Political Action Committee. (2) The only contact I have had with NARAL was on or about July 1977 when I responded to a membership solicitation from them by sending them $2.00 and requesting additional information about their group.

(3) I am not now nor have I ever been a member of the National If Abortion Rights Action League or NARAL Political Action Committee.

In addition, I have never agreed to be a member of NARAL. FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NOT.

Mary P~ge yrom ki, Afiant

Subscribed and sworn to before me this ? day of 19

,Notary Publi My Commisfion Expires: for Lake County, Ohio

My County of Residence: L Political Action Commit N 825 15th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005

Dear Member;

Our comptroller pleaded, "we can't afford to do it."

I answered that we couldn't afford not to do it. Action against the massive political assault by the "right to life" movement simply couldn't wait until we had all the funds we needed safely in hand. This was lho time to play it safe. The stakes were simply too high.

The anti-abortion zealots were claiming victory in the re-election defeat of pro-choice Senator Dick Clark .. . they had just made public their political hit list where they had marked twelve more courageous Senators and Congressmen for political annihilation . - . their strength *and financial power was increasing all across the nation . .. increasing Lr numbers of elected officials were buckling under to their strident, intim- 11~idating demands. Unless we acted immediately we faced the very real prospect that abortion could be made illegal in America.

We acted. Boldly. We set plans for the most aggressive, most coumpre- hensive, most daring political action campai'gn in the history of the pro- choice movement. C This extraordinary effort will call for extraordinary support. And

- that is why I am writing you today. This isn't a membership appeal. It 00 isn't a request for a gift to assist with our on-going lobbying and public education eff orts.

This is a call for a contribution toward direct political action over and above your regular membership dues, to help us meet the extraordinary commriitments that are necessary if we are to prevent the anti-abortion movement from reaching its goal of defeating Senators and Congressmen who have taken a leadership role in standing up for a woman's right to choose an abortion. As we approach the 1980 election we have no choice but to embark on the strongest political campaign we can afford.

When you joined the National Abortion Rights Action League, we made you a promise that we would work day and night with the other 68,000 members of NARAL and with our professional lobbyists to defend the right to choose an abortion. We continue to do everything in our power to keep that p2romise. However, sometimes, as it does now, it means that we have to disrupt the -2- sdoI

lobbying. It means we "business as usual" approach to steady, professional to defend those have to make a concentrated, all-out political effort from the anti-choice Representatives and Senators who are under attack zealots. latest Gallup poll -- Let me be blunt. The vast majority -- 80% by the in the matter of abortion. of all Americans favor a woman's right to choose matter when it comes to the But, the will of the silent majority does not vote, how they contribute business of politics. What matters is how people the pressure on the candi- to political campaigns and how well they keep dates once they have been elected. of anti-abortion Sadly, it is the vociferous, well-financed minority in intimidating zealots who have made their feelings known and succeeded have been denied access our elected Representatives. That's why poor women military families and to federal Medicaid funds for abortion. That's why for abortion proce- Peace Corps volunteers can no longer receive coverage alarming r.unber of government health plans. That's why an dures in their callin- for a our Representatives and Senators have sponsored measures once and for all. V Constitutional Amend .ent to outlaw abortion up before :-'s too C, Well, we had better wake up. We had better wake forc : have now, as you read this letter, the anti-choice late. Right campai;: ; aimed at mounted a massive nationwide fundraising e nd organizing in the i,-. of their defeating those Senators and Representatives who stand drive to mke abortion illegal. our opponents I wish you could see the frightening, vitriolic appeals citizens seeking their are mailing to hundreds of thousands of our fellow C financial support and their votes. Americans for Life On my desk right now I have a copy of a letter which political action mailed seeking financial support for their has just And it names NARAL program called "Stop the Baby Killers." It's sickening. men of courage -as the leader. In it they ask for contributions to defeat Morris Udall, and vision. People like Senator George McGovern, Congressman Senator John Culver, Senator Birch Bayh. our friends and We cannot let these zealots succeed. We cannot let leaders go down to defeat. of thousands There are dozens of anti-abortion groups raising hundreds the right to of dollars for political retaliation against thosq who defend candidates in their choose. Unless you and I act now to assist pro-choice irrevocable defeat in campaigns we will suffer an overwhelming and possibly all can- the 1980 elections. Irrevocable because they will have convinced didates that a pro-choice voting record signals defeat. This is the reason we have set forth an extraordinarily ambitious and vital plan for the NARAL Political Action Committee.

Right now we have begun work through NARAL PAC to take steps to assist our friends in the 1980 elections and to work to defeat some of our staunchest opposition. Right now is the time we need your support if our plan to save the right to choose is to succeed.

Here are the vital steps that NARAL PAC is taking in preparation for the 1980 elections. Here are the reasons why we need your extraordinarily generous support now.

-- NIARAL PAC will give direct campaign contributions to pro- choice candidates in both primary and general races. The law permits us to give up to $10,000 per candidate. We ia) plan to give as much money as possible early in the campaigns since "early money" is the most important and use- ful type of campaign contribution.

We will contribute funds to those candidates who have C7 defended and supported a woman's right to choose -- incumbents marked for political execution by the anti- Ichoice fanatics' Deadly Dozen hit list. Senators like Birch Bayh, George McGovern, Robert Packwood, Patrick Leahy, John Culver. Representatives like Joseph Fisher, Morris Udall, Robert Edgar and Harold Hollenbeck.

-- NARAL will pick a few key races where we will work to defeat those in Congress who have been the most forceful C anti-choice legislators.

-- NARAL PAC will use strategic national-political polling 00 results on a national level to assist candidates in planning and organizing their campaigns.

-- NARAL PAC will coordinate a massive voter education program aimed at influencing the outcome of key races. We know that the majority -- 80% -- of American voters is pro-choice. But, they must be alerted to the threat from the anti-choice minority and they must be urged to cast their vote on election day. Already, we have mounted an extensive education program designed to let voters tell their members of Congress and Senators how strongly they feel about defending the Right to Choose. In the months ahead candidates will get the message loudly and clearly from hundreds of thousands of voters using postcards and bumper stickers that proclaim "I'm pro-choice and I vote."

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and YARAJL PAC has begun a massive nationwide training -- and organizing project designed to acquaint thousands of getting thousands of volunteers with the techniques program, out the vote for the 1980 elections. This targetted called Impact '80, is being mounted in key, to the states and is aimed at awakening the majority already been frightening and dangerous gains that have minority. made by this small, but vocal and well-financed, action effort is The cost of conducting this crucial political pro-choice movement has the $350,000. Never before in the history of the so aw-bitious. But, if we are to financial need been so great nor the plans is simply too well- succeed we can stop at nothing less. Our opposition anything less. organized and too well-funded for us to do contribution to That's why I'm asking you to make an extraordinary PAC has proven that your sup- NARAL PAC at this time. In the past, NARAL port can and will make an enormous difference. in the general election. In 1978 NARAL PAC contributed to 49 candidates victorious! And in the 71% of the candidates to whom we contributed were anti-abortion ballot state of Oregon INAPrAL succeeded in defeating an forces. This enormously measure despite a strong campaign by anti-choice to the professional skills high success rate stands not only as a tribute of the anti-choice of the staff of NARAL PAC, but destroys the claims candidates are doomed at the forces who loudly proclaim that pro-choice anti-choice voter sentiment. polls because of the strength of write as generous a Right now, while this letter is before you, please of enormous proportions. C check as possible. The tasks we have taken on are hang back. We must act. And But in a time of crisis like this, we cannot that costs money. special contribution Won'tl you plea.. help IAIRL PAC !.:ysending in your we promise to put the -today? Whether it's $20, $30, $50, $100 or $1,000, today. money right to work to preserve the right to choose, Sincerely,

Karen Mulhauser

for political activity P.S. Federal law prohibits us from raising funds and the other loyal outside our me.mbership. And so, it is up to you allies in and generous NARAL members to defend our staunchest contribu- Congress. But remember, a federal tax credit for campaign cost you only $25. tions up to $100 means a contribution of $50 will

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courage to to help insure that those leaders who havel In this time of crisis..• I want fanatic minority. I understand i want to help are not defeated by a well-financed and up and fight for a woman!s right to choose My special tax deductible contnbu- stand tments demand extraordinary support. extraordinary circumstances and-comm ,r- that of: tion to NARAL PAC is enclosed in the amount r-1 r)rher S C3 S20 Q$25 0$30 0"-" U Fcr You Tax Saving !ntorn-alon take All contributors to NARAL PAC may one advantage of a tax credit. A tax credit of up to half of your contribution amount is allowed on ajoint return, and up to LE PPC S100 4 4 0 77ZyR0M64 S50 if filed separately. ZYROMSK[ of MARY This means that a contribution OR 64 LEVAN S40 will cost you only $20. PAINESVILLE OH 44077

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KARIN P SHELDON WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006 TELEPHONE GAIL M. HARMON (202) 033-9070 ELLYN R. WEISS WILLIAM S. JORDAN, III ANNE LUZZATTO

March 7, 1980

Office of General Counsel Federal Election Commission 1325 "K" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20463 Re: MUR 1162 Dear Madam/Sir: National Abortion Rights Action League ("NARAL") has asked me to respond to the complaint filed against them February 14, 1980, by James Bopp. Jr., Attorney for National Right to Life Committee ("NRLC"). (MUR 1162). Lr The complaint charges that NARAL has solicited contributions for its political committee from non-members. The complaint is based on an affidavit from Mary Page Zyromski r- who contributed a small amount of money to NARAL but asserts that she never became a member.

C In accordance with NARAL's long standing procedures, membership dues may be reduced. It has been NARAL's practice to reduce dues when someone writes expressing interest in NARAL, indicating a willingness to work on the abortion issue or requesting further information. These people are -. then accorded the rights of members: they receive the monthly newsletter; they receive other membership mailings; they are granted the right to vote for the members of the Board of Directors. The several opinions of Advisory Opinion 1977-67 discuss the indicia of membership in a non-profit corporation. Since its members have the riqht to elect its Board of Directors, NARAL's members meet even the more stringent criteria of the dissenting opiion of Commissioner's Harris and Staebler.

C11 911EL)DON, HARMON & 0#S office of General Counsel March 7, 1980 Page 2

NARAL engages in a large program of public education, membership recruitment and solicitation of special gifts. Its fundraising consultants have advised it to adopt a definition of membership which includes people during the year in which they are being asked to renew their membership. The attached letter from Robert M. Smith explains this more fully. In the summer of 1979 NARAL hired a new firm to handle its computerized membership records. Although the attached memoranda assume that the computer will be programmed to drop members automatically at the expiration of the renewal cycle, we have now learned that this procedure was never implemented. In trying to reconstruct how this error occurred, NARAL attributes it to the difficulties of fine- tuning the computer system and the mistaken assumption of some people that a system had already been instituted to automatically suspend expired members. IJ~ Since the computer failed to suspend lapsed members, these people were treated like members for all purposes. These former members regularly received the newsletter and special mailings and had the right to vote for the members of the Board of Directors. Accordingly they continued to T7 have the rights and duties of members. C NARAL regrets the failure in communication that led to the erroneous solicitation. It has taken immediate action to correct the error. Furthermore, we doubt that the 100 expired members contributed much money to NARAL pac. We respectfully request that the Federal Election Commission close its file on this matter. Sincerely,

Gail M. Harmon

GMH/dds Enclosure 0 0

CRAVER, MATHEWS. SMITH1 & COMPANY

1701 NORTH FT. MYER ORIVE SUITE G02

ARLINGTON. VIROINIA 22209 March 7, 1980 TELEP.,, (7031 522,,

Ms. Gail Harmon 1725 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Gail:

I wanted to reply to your inquiry regarding the standard applied by most national non-profit membership organizations in determining the length of membership for each of its paying supporters.

Most national non-profits which rely on mass direct mail to build their membership/donor bases use the standard which has L01 been used by major publications over the past many years. Recognizing that most members/donors/subscribers are unable to retain the exact date when their annual dues/subscription payments are up for renewal, most publications/organizations use a series of renewal notices as repeat reminders.

In practice, most subscribers/members/donors require three to ten reminders before they make their payment. In fact, nearly r every major mass membership non-profit organization in this country relies on a series of up to ten renewal notices spanning one year. Although the minority of these members/donors require the full seven to ten reminders, a substantial percentage (sometimes 10% to 15%) will fail to renew until the end of the full cycle. Obviously, therefore, most members/donors of national non-profit membership organizations actually receive 130 membership benefits up to twenty-four months from the time of their last dues payment.

This financial reality is the reason why Craver, Mathews, Smith and Company advises its clients (and our clients represent the majority of the major national non-profits) to effectively use a twenty-four month membership year in their planning. It is this twenty-four month membership policy which NARAL has been following during the course of the last two years. It is not overstating the facts to say that if. these national organizations cut off their members who do not make a dues payment within a twelve-month period, they would lose 60% of their memberships each year.

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-IEMORANDUM

TO: NARAL FROMI: 1OLLY AGEE

DATE: MAY So 1979 SUBJECT: NARAL MEMBE~RSIIP PROC ESS IN~G s~i

This report is designed to serve as a working document to review procedure3 of the past with a view towards preventing recurrence of problems in the rkiture by reviewing daily processing procedures, personnel needs, and outline an improved computer system designed to provide NARAL with the necos!;ary information to con- tinually service members, lobby effectively, a,,l set up efficient and effective fundraising systems.

I. Observations.

NARAL's membership records were computerized in 1977. At that time CMS worked with NARA!, to set up a system at Aztech wh'ich would met the needs of the organization. Although the system was adequate for NARAL's short term needs, over a period of time the following events led to ilnicc:ul:ate and inefficient process ing:

A. Aztech did not provide complete (oc,wiilentation for use of the system. Therefore, data was frequently entered incorrectly.

In addition, because the staff thought it understood how the system operated and in reality they did not, a number of automatic procedures which were built into the initial system were never completely checked out and did not work properly.

Because of the lack of documentation, it was difficult to

train new staff in the operations of the system.

B. The initial systein was set up to be completely batch

controlled. However, the reports geri,_ertecl ['oin the system listing errors, duplications and batch totals were i1rrequently

reviewed and corrected by the NARAL staff because of insuffic-Lent Istaffing. Therefore, NARAL never properly controlled the quality of. work being done by Aztech. In addition, data which was C "rejected" was not corrected, resulting in inaccurate records.

C. Because of the enormous grot1t ra;-te at PJARAr,, adequate staffing was never assigned to handle on-going needs. Address

changes were frequently not processed, edits rarely handled, anil

time was rarely spent adequately reviewing clerical procedures to make sure that data was being handled accurately and ef.ficiently.

D. The on-going relationship with Aztech deterioriated as numerous new acccount executives were assigned -- who also did

not understand the functioning of the system.

C. The needs of the organiza'tibn to access mo nenformation on its members has changed to include tihe need for congressional district and expanded donor data. F. Although current procedures adequately service the bulk

of NARAL's members, little time is spent in the care of special donors.

II. Daily Procedures.

This section outlines the way membership mail is currently

handled at NARAL.

A. Depositing of receipts. Checks are received at NARA.

.I for fundraising and direct mail activities as well as for publi-

cations and miscellaneous aterial (i.e., t-shirts, badges,

etc.). The largest percentage of income goes through the Union

First lock-box. However, any money-received in the office is

deposited by Carolyn Jacobs -- even though in so-ne cases it is direct mail money.

C 1. Bank Lock-Box Procedures. Mail is received at the bank.. lock-box on a daily basis. The bank is responsible for dividing * the returns into special appeals, direct mail, renewals, anything

without a source document, and cash. Each of these groups is tallied separately and, once the checks are deposited, the source

documents, batched by type of payment, an adding mjachion tape for

eaich batch, and a deposit slip itemizing amounts de[posited by each

:JrOUp are forwarded to NARAL. En cases where cash is received, the documents are clearly marked, indicating the amount received; in cases whevo icosource .document is received, a xerox of the

check is forwarded to NARAL.

2. Aloney Received at NARAL. Carol.yni Jacobs receives all

money at NARAL and prepares the deposit. The bulk. of t:1his money is for special events (conferences), publications, and producA.;. Carolyn itemizes each check and indicates to what account the

money should he applied. For those items which go into the memnbership processing systemt, Carolyn completes the data preparation in process and forwards the sokirce documents onto Mary Ellen for the computer. Carolyn tracks all returns recived in the office.

B. Trackinq and Data Preparation. Once the documents are

received from thr- hank, Mary Ellen goes thrlouqh the following data preparation steps:

IL. Runs a tape on each group of documents itemized on the deposit slip to assure thit: Th1e bank totals are correct.

2. Sorts each group by code and lists on a separ.ite

sheet of paper tle total number and total dollars received by code.

3. Takes each group and splits it into appropriate batches for the computer (by typte of transaction). 9 Q -5- ... 0-5 "

4. Runs a tape on each computer batch and indicato. tih.

type of batch, number of items in the batch, and total dollars on a batch ticket.

Any donation less than $5 is processed as an anonymous

contribution and is not included in a batch for the computer.

Any item with a check of $100 or moe is listed on a

separate sheet of paper and forwarded to Carolyn for ac.nowledgment (see section on acknowledgments).

5. For each batch, Mary Ellen manually decides the

amount to be credited to clues for the accountinj ysten based on W the number of $15 gifts, under $15 gifts, and over $15 gifts. $15 new and renewal gifts and the first $15 of new and renewal gifts are credited,] as dues payments. All other money is credited

as contributions. These totil.!; are placed on the tNARAL batch C control sheet which is forwarded to accouit[ig.

6. Each document is stamped with a consecutive number.

7. Daily counts (from the single sheet indicated above)

are transferred to .the tracking Wi, ;:.

8. Source documents are placed in an appropriate place for

forwardinj to the computer company at a later date. Copies of the deposit slips and accoiiting reporting forms are forwarded to Carolyn, who maintains the diai.!y cash receipt records. A copy of the cover log indicating daily receipt.s is Forwarded onto to

Shirley. Shirley prepares the vouchers necessary to elti:er daily receipts into the Guardian computer system.

C. Miscellaneous Data Preparation Steps.

1. Weekly, Mary Ellen copies the batch tickets

attach d to each set of documents and then forwards the documents %AO with a special ord1er form to Aztech for processing. In 2. Address changes are usually handled by volunteer

staff. At this time, most address changes are transcribed onto U7 Azto c coding forms.

C_ 3. Currently, undeliverables are being deleted from the Ci~l. These, too, are coded onto Aztech coding forms.

4. Mary Ellen also handle!; any inquiries concerning CO diqplicate accounts, previously renewed member,;, deletes, and complaints from members concerning non-receipt of materLials, etc.

rajor problems are forwarded to Shelley for correspondence. SomIe

form letters have been designed to handle routine complaints and

i1(jui ri.e .

5. Weekly transaction edit reports are now being handled as quickly as possible. 7-

6. Reports of possible duplicates created from changes.

of adl,,: ; have not been handled.

D. Acknowledgments.

1. $100 and over donors. A-3 indicated above, Mary

Ellen forwards to Carolyn the name and address, souc:e co'ie,

dollar amount and date of receipt of anyone with one time contributions of $100 or more. Carolyn is responsible for preparing a

3 x 5 card and assuring that an acknowledgment letter is produced as quickly as possible. These l.etters and cards are forwarded to

Shelley for filing and mailing.

Normally, $100 and over contributor acknowledgments are

processed within a couple or days of receipt in the office.

Based on the time taken by the bank for de[ot;i., this means that c most $100 and over donors are acknowledged within five (l~ty: of receipt of the money.

When the volume is very heavy or when there are a n,iM r

of activities requiring the automatic typewriter the time for acknowledjment is longer, but rarely more than tWo weeks.

2. Low Dollar Donors. To:,; ,lotLar donors are currently

acknowledged through the sustainer' ,ysLcin.3hvitatio Labels are

received on a weekly basis from Aztech based on all traiactions

added during that period. However, the lists which CIS receive,; only include names which have been processed as "additions". Until an upd-ate is performed, duplicates are not removed. This means, therefore, a numer of people are being acknowledged as new members who a-e indeed current i,i, e ,lhlr or- NARAL.

Once the labels are received in our office, CrIS

arranges to have the sustainer invitation sent. nn an average,

the acknowledgment time fF)1 a lower doltar donor is around four

weeks.

E. Sustainer program. Lfl I. Until recently, all responses to the sustainer program were returned. directly to NARAL's office. The responses are now being forwarded to the lock-box.

2. All sustainer responses are given to Shelley after- the receipts have been (1(,).ited. Sheley divides the C returns as follows:

a. New sustainers (with ,w.rey)

b. New sustainers (no money)

•C. One-time contribution s.

d. Negative r'yponses.

e. statement payments.

All documents relat ing to the sustai, ,nr lrog'rai, are

forwarded to CPIS twice weekly. 3. CNS tracks the responses, prepares manual

recoLds needed to bill sustai,.r5 each month, mails monthly

statements, advises the lettershop of the ia.:,w!; of members to he eliminated from the follow-up process and researches ke,'Lnes necessary to identify members as "sustainers" on the NARAL membership system.

4. NARAL "flags" the computer records [or sustaining members. This enables us to eliminate these members fromn special appeals and renrewl efforts.

TIT. Staffinq.

Lr The membership staff includeS Slhilley as manager and one-full time administrative assistant -- Ilary Ellel. In addi- C" tion, volunteers are frequently used to work oi routine, non- financial data preparation. C Shelley's responsibilities include:

.. Manageioe'mt of the direct mail program.

2. Management of the computerized member: Ilil) systems

including coordination of accounting, programn and fundz-ai.,1iij nieeds.

3. Large gift fundraising (or NARAL, the NARAr, Foundation and th' _ 71ARAL PAC.

4. Foundation fund ing proqrams. Most of Shelley's time .[.3 -pent coordinating the direct

nail program, managing the day-to-day mamlbersh ip processing efforts and working on large gift fundraising.

Mary Flteli's responsibilities include tracking of direct

mail responses, review[ij and reporting the lock-box receipts,

preparing data for the computer ywt.n, correcting errors and

researching member inquiries.

Q In addition to Shelley and Mary Ellen, Shirley and

Carolyn provide administrative support.

3ased on the daily cash reports, Shirley prepares the rIf data necessary to :,iiier the cash receipts into the accounting

system. Although Shirley does rc.view the daily cash reports for accuracy and makes the final determinatlorn of the income account number, the primary decisions for income accountiij i.-; done at -- the time mail is batched, by Hary Ellen.

As office manager, Carolyn is responsible for processing monies received at NARAL, coordinating tll-le ,se of the automatic typewriter and, for the moment, ordering material,,- rr,n the computer system.

IV. Recommend Chanqes.

A. New Computer System. As an attachment to this report, I have inclitlel a description of the new; computer system

being designed and implementut, b.' COM'PAC. The new system provides more flexibility and information thian the current system. In addition, to providing more detailed informatilO,, the system h as been designed to provide Cor more efficient processing of ,tra through a series of additional automated procedures.

Included in th-, I:;tachment are suggestions of data which

should be reviewed as part of the -ciersion process including:

1. Duplicates.

2. Bad zip codes.

3. Invalid [lig codes.

4. High donor giving history. C- 5. Non-forwardable addresses.

Substantial clerical effort will be necessary to "clean-

Z- up" these five areas. 'However, by addressing these problems as p-art of the conversion process, WA-RAL will substantially increse the accuracy of its records.

In additi-on, i0-wrill he necess ary to review each system function to assure that all speci[rc.-itions outlined are met. Included in the attached report are speciEic roc-itnendations for checking each system function. * 12-

B. Documentation and Training. As part of the conver-

sion process, systems documentation and ai procedures manual'

should be developed. The. attached report provides thp initial

base for this documentation.

The procedures manual should also inclut,1 job descrip-

tions, daily procedures, instructions for special prograi,,s (i.e.,

sustainer program) and samples of all direct mail material.

C. Procedural Changes.

1. All receipts to be recorded in the computer

system shotld .)be handled in the same manner. Therefore, in cases where money is received i, tle office, Carolyn should treat

receipts as if she were the bank -- deposit the money and forward C, to Mary Ellen a copy of the "deposit ticket." Mary Ellen would

C then become L-esponsible for tracking all responses and for all

computer data preparation.

2. In order to eliminate running tapes on the docu- ,nents 2-3 times, I recommend that each separate bundle from .the bank be harndl,'vi as a unit. This procedure would work as follows:

a. Tally totals from ei,;h ,Iournent batch tape (to verify deposit total). * *., 13 -

b. For each group or 1o,:,ti,,,nts, separate by tran-

saciton tape and source co(es.

c. Tally each so;(t':-tr, code and record number of

items and total dollars.

d. Tally sub-totals (if : ,orce code analysis and

verify against total tape from the bank.

e. Whenever possible, tally sub-totals by trans-

action tape to be used as totals for coliuter batch tickets.

This procedure only works when there are minimal ,errors

by the bank. if it is used, it will eliminate running one adding machine tipe on the documents.

3. Guidelines should be developed for receipt accoritr.,iri . The current guidelines credit all new and renewal an$" payments which are under $15 as contributionS. Since payments 00 from $5-15 are treated by the sy,,I:er as dues payments, they should be credited as dues payments.

In addition], as new contributor programs are created, such as the sustainer progral, ,jciidelines fou crediting this

money has been unclear. It is important to. dl-:[,ne those new

income centers and set-up procedures for properly credittnj the income. - 14 -

I have suggested an income analysis report produced fro,,

I- ie .ystein whiich would report income exactly as it was applied to inember: recor:ds. Use of tiis report will substantially reduce the

clerical time neces1,:;iry to prepare data from the bank deposits

and for the accounting system. Hoev,,.r, we need to parallel use of this report for some time with the currenL l,a.ival system.

4. Undeliverables should not be deleted from the file.

5. More stringent control procedures need to be followed including:

a. Review of batch log after each update to make

sure that all data is entered accurately.

b. Processing of error listings and possible

duplicate reports after each u[c1]-te. C 6. Acknowledgments. Procedures need to be initiated

to assure that all. 1.0 and over donors are acknowledged within 7-2 hours. The current system allows fo- monitoring how long it take sto acknowledge someone but doesn't proci[de for an alert when there is a back-log. Therefore, I recommend that Mary 21.len forward information on high dollar donors to Shelley as well as

to Ca :,t. ly . Shelley will then be table to monitor how quickly acknowledgments are processed. 1 5 - * 'I IIO~

In additLon, when volume is such that acknowledgments

canioL he produced internally with five days, a'rangements should

be made by Shelley with an outside letternhop to produce the

letters.

7. Telephone projr.-ai. Procedures need to be

established to assure that responses to the tel' p!ione renewal

prograin are returned to CMS more efficiently. By establishinj A

telephone renewal code which is included in the computerized

record, NARAL should be able to request a listing of telephone respondents after each uipdate. This procedure wil eliminate the need to copy the source documents o' ;elephone respondents.

e D. Staffing. The key to efficient use of any systei Si the people who prepare the data. MARAL has been able to build

staff C a sizeable lne-,li)ership base with minimal clerical by using a W":" lock-box and outside dall entry services. However, one person

C simply can't prepare all the data ,V c:sr3y to accurately main-

tain a list of over 60,000 names. Even though Lhotisands of

records have been properly maintained, many member payments h.ve

not been properly applied, addresses have not been changed expe-

diently and tender loving care has not been given to special high

dollar donors. TI:- is difficult to ueasure the loss in income

resulting from this inaccural:e ,ecordkeepiri. If you consider, however, that only 1,000 members a year- co ,.,11i' t he reached for renewal becaue of inaccurate records, the loss would be ;ilnost

010,000. . . 'I S . - 6 ......

The functions within the department can be dividerd i

three ways:

-- routine clerical functions (i.e., batching).

-- Work requ.L,.'ij an understanding of the system (i.e.,

error corrections, duplicate reo..,,h).

-- Systeins management and policy decisions.

Therefore, I reconmeri.] that the department be structured as follows:

1. Manager -- (Shelley): r-SL)OnSible for overall

C" coordination of the department including clef inition oF system LM requirements; supervision of staff; liaison with computer codo-

p any and CMS; special gift programs.

2. Administrative Assistant (1): resp.)nsible for day-

C to-day activities with the computer company, correziloidence, error corrections, special projects (i.e., conversion, main-

tetiaice of manual high dollar records), tracking analysis and income reporting.

3. Processing Clerk (I for each 5,000-7,500 payment.

each month): rej,;,oisible for verification of bank receipts,

tracking and routine data prepa.n:ition.

During the year, there will be times when inore staff

will he needed. At other times, volumes will be Iov.: enough to "7- e * -

free up time to wock on other I-y, .s of fundraining nupport fulic-

tions -- such as potential donor resea,:c:h.

1.. OfCice space: Membership processing activities are

unique within ,,iost ,,ctivist organizations. Quiet surroundings

and adequate working space cr,.te the best enviroinment for effi-

cient processing of data.

An effort is |.i.ng made to reoluce needed space by elimi-

nating the paper galleys (they wJi1A. be replaced with microfiche) and by setting up a procedure for destroyinj unnecessary

material. However, it is essential that an appropriate, ,]tpf:

,%rorking space be provided for the meribership proc ssing staff. Lr V. Conclusions.

C A major step has been taken to improve the *A7RAT, record-

keeping system with the selection of a IleV COu)Llter firm. C

Basedl cr, tiis report, I recommend the fo Llowinj time

table for implementation of the recommendations which ar:

outlined:

1. Completion of systems desiggi -- : y 15th.

2. Discussion of staffing recommrii]dtion -- June st.

3. Completion of procedures manual -- June 15th.

4. Completion of systems impleent. hi includ1ing

verification of autonated procedUres -- July 15th.

i I! I I I ! Jill NrJZAL, SYSTMS DE ION

I. SYSTEMS DESCRIPVIOt.

A. Systems Outline.

A systems outline is attached describing itemw; to be main-

tained on NARAL members. The description includes all. name and

address information currently maintained as well as congressional

district, flag codes, original membership information, and an expan-

sion of member giving histories.

A file identifier (similar to the current record type) has

been redefined to identify members by their giving potential (i.e.,

regular members, sustainers, contributors, high dollar menbeLs).

C This codinq scheme can be expanded to further define giving potential as new programs are developed.

Financial information is to be maintained as follows:

C -- record batching information, payment type, amount and source of the last eight to ten payments.

-. -- total of all money received to date and a count of the number of payments received.

-- for current calendar year and previous calendar year, total

number and amount of payments.

-- total money received since last renewa] payment. * -2-

This scheme should provide the flexibility needed to upgrade donors and keeps enough detail to develop new donor programs based on three levels of giving -- most recent contributions, calendar year to date, and membership year.

B. Duplicate elimination.

Based on a 100% match of keylines, duplicates should be

combined based on the following logic:

-- if donor type equals M, payment is $15 or more and payment

date is within the period of three morths before to four

months after expiration date, extent] the expiration date by

12 months.

-'-- if donor type equals M, payment is $15 or more and the

payment date is more than three months before the expira- C tion date, apply the payment as a contribution.

-- if donor type equals M, payment is $15 or mo-e and the

payment date is more than four months after the expiration

date, extend the expiration date by 12 months from the

payment date;

-- if donor type notioes ecluaJ. .l and/or: the [ayment aiount is

less than $15, apply the payment as an additional contribution. A report should be produced indicating what action was taken.

In addition to com'bining records with a 100% keyline match, a possible duplicate report should be gericratizd. This report should

be based on a 100% match of only the ZIP and last name components of

'the keyline. NARAL should resolve these types of duplicates manually using the same logic indicated above.

II. STANDARD OUTPUTS.

A. Acknowledgments.

Following eIchl update, a magnetic tape should be produced U! Eor members meeting the following criteria:

-- All new members with a payment of $5 - $99.

as name and C The tape should include the keyline as well. address information.

00 The capability should be provided to produce naines of meon-

bers renewing each update. Although we will not be using this procedure immediately, renewals should begin being acklnowledg-ed some- time this fal..

B. Renewal system.

Once the system is operational, NARAL will begin to use

computer generated renewal notices. 04 M % 0 - 4 - .e/ ~ Renewal notices should be automatically genecrated according

to the following schedule:

Ist notice -- expire date minus 12 weeks.

2nd notice -- expiLe date minus 6 weeks.

3rd notice -- expire date minus 2 weeks.

4th notice -- expire date plus 2 weeks.

5th notice -- expire date plus 6 Weeks.

Materials needed for the telephone renewal program (1 set

cheshire and 2 sets pressure sensitive) are produced 14 weeks after

the expire date.

• -_- -- Records should be automatically suspended if no paymen has

been received in 24 months;. /

C. Update-Reperts.

C Following each update the following reports should be

produced: 00

1. Batch listings.

2. Totals for a transaction entered include financial

breakdowns by payment types, suspens ions, and duplicate

suminaries. , . .

3. Duplicate analysis including duplicate action report,

possible duplicate report. X7

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4. Edit listings and possible duplicate duesq payments.

5. Totals by file I.D. (active and suspended).

Monthly, a renewal analysis should be produced as follows:

1. Expiration date.

2. Original number in cycle.

3. Number of responses and amount received by each renewal effort.

4. Total responses and total dollars raised. C74

III. CONVERSION PROCESS -- SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.

A. ZIPs anl states should be checked for validity. An error listing should be produced for correction of invalid information.

B. A possible duplicate report should be produced.

IV.. THINGS TO DO.

A. Arrange to produce microfiche, including purchase of a mnicroliche reader. We can get some recommendations from Jin for the

best suppliers of microfiche services (completed by -June 15th).

3. After the next Aztech update, provide Jim with an updated tape of all records. .1 - 6 - d6

C. Set up criteria and records for checking eachi of the automated procedures. As part of the first update, we should add

records which fit into each automated systems category and within the next few months apply all types of transactions to the records.

D. Secure CD tape.

E. Review with Jim what portion of the control procedures his staff will perform.

F. Review current batching procedures and materials for revisions.

G. Develop an update schedule Cor thte halance of 1979 including twice per month update.

H. Resolve the following questions:

1. How will foreign names be handled?

-- 2. Can duplicate dues payments be i(dentified?

3. Do clinics require any special procedures? r.t 4' * .,a ~ ARfLLj F)ILt SC :FLAIONS Data Field Descri:-tion Pos i t ion Bytes Type Special Instructions and Questions FILE ID-Indicator design to 1 1 A 1. C, S, and D types are not included in identify record's giving renewal production potential 2. Sustaining member code manually M-Regular members assigned. S-Sustaining members 3. High dollar donor code automatically D-High dollar donors assigned based on current calendar C-Contributor year totals = to $100+. 4. Contributor code is assigned manually except on renewals. KEY 2-16 15 A/N 1. Use same key structure as curren- Aztech system.

TITLE CODE - from table 17 1 N 1. Convert any title code of B or C to (Ms.). 2. Will title codes need to be included on the documents or will data entry staff use standard codes as names are keyed? 'I FIRST NAME ° 18-27 10 A

MIDDLE INITIAL 28 1 A

LAST NAME 29-43 15 A i. How are hyphenated names handled?

ADDRESS-i 44-73 30 A/N

t STREET 74-103 30 A/N 1. If blank, check to see if 44-73 is I filled. If yes, move data to 74-103% CITY 104-118 15 A

STATE 119-120 2 A I. Must be valid state abbreviation.

ZIP 5 tj 1 Must be valid when compared with r- I state. 2. Is the zip to be included as the first five positions of the keyline? If yes, how will zip be corrected? Page 2 ]ikR* L:nFl ~Lj EjS Pt C iCmo4oNt~ ontinued) Data Field Description Pos i t ion Bytes Type Special Instructions and Questions

CONGRESSIO'JAL DISTRICT . 121-122 2 N 1. Assigned based on state zip table look-up each time a record is added or an address is changed. 2. If state/zip doesn't match table, "99" should be assigned.

YEAR JOIiNED - Month and year 123-126 4 1.1 Assigned based on batch date on record Eirst appeared on file additions. SOUJRCE ,TOIED - Original 127-130 4 A/N 1. Assigned based on source code off t source code payment processed. If no source iW provided, "9999" should be assigned.

EXPItE DATE - Month and year 4 N 1. For new members, expiration date record expires equals batch date plUs 12 months. 2. For renewing members, expiration date should be extended to 12 months from existing expire date if the payment- - $5 or more and the batch date of the payment is within 3 months before or 4 months after the expire date.

3. If a renewal payment of $5 or more is received more than 4 months after the existing expiration date, the expire date should be changed to 12 monthk from the batch date of the payment

4. If a renewral payment is less than S5 the file ID should be chanjed to "C" and the expiration date should be extended to 12 months from the payment date.

UNDELIVERABLrE CODE -Code 1 A/1 1. Should prevent labels from being pro- assigned when mail is duced, unless requested. returned to NARAL marked "undeliverable" 2. Should automatically be delete:|1 if an address chanqe or payment is applied. -- S& 8 n llri ri 1 7 6 Page 3 NARAL: FILE SPECIFICATIONS (Continued)

Data Field Description Position Bytes Type Special Instructions and Questions

HOLD MAIL CODE - Code used A/N 1. M (Member request) manually assigned. to indicate no material to 2. S (Suspended) automatically rienerated - be supplied based on renewal prograinlogic. If a M-Member request renewal payment is received that reac- S-Suspended record (did ------tivates the record (i.e., makes the not renew) - expire date current), the S should be automatically deleted. - conversion?

FLAG CODIS - 16 one- 331-346 16 A/! 1. Clinic codes should be assigned ba. character fields to be on records with member type -- on the used as specified Aztech file. I-Clinic 2. Add this indicator to any record where 2-Do not exchange field indicator (no exchange) = "A. 10-Spring 1979 special 3. Converted from indicator 10 on Aztech appeal respondents system to indicator 10 on new system. 3-PAC donors 4. Indicators 2-8 from Aztech systemn 4-Converted record should be ignored. (5-9, 11-16 not yet 5. Records 4ith Aztch indicator 01 assigned. should be converted to file ID code D. 6. Records with Aztech indicators 09 should be converted to file ID code S.

FII'CIAL DETAIL - . Types of payments are automatically detailed information for assigned based on what happens wheel the 8 most recent payments the payment is applied to the reco I as follows: If an expire date is changed, the W -- batch # and date 7 N payment is a dues payment. If the- -- type of payiment 1 A expire does not change, the payment is D-Dues a contribution. C-Contribut ion$ -- amount of payment 8 N -- source of payment 4 A/Hi

TOTAL AMOUNIT TO DATE - 8 I. Accumulated autoatically each time Total of all money veL payments are credited to the fiLe. received 2. At conversion, total of all money ) reflected on the record. ,,... • s 1n --i r)" 1 477 Page 4

NARAL: FILE PECIFICAPIONS (Continued)

Data Field Description Position Bytes Type Special Instructions and Questions

TOTAL # OF PAYMEJTS 2 11. Accumulated autoonatically each time RECEIVED TO DATE payment is credited. 2. For converted records, leave this field blank? CALEjNDAR YEAR '2OTAL 8 1. Automatically accumulated bajeLn AMOUNT OF PAYIENTS batch date of payments. 2. Current year determined by processini CALENDAR YEAR - NUMBER 2 date. OF PAYMETITS 3. Convert total dollar amount baseci on Aztech information. 4. Leave number of payments blank at conversion?

PREVIOUS YEAR TOTALS Total amount received 8 N I. Created each year from processing d'al Number of payments 2 N nearest to 'irSt of year and "calend4 year" total:3. 2. Should we convert '77-'78 totals as previous year? 3. Leave number of payments blank?

MEMBERSHIP YEAR TO DATE - I1. Created automatically. Total of all payments 2. For conversion, this field equals received between any "D" calendar year to date amount. payment and the hext "D" payment

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0a, FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 113 WASHINGTON. DC. 20463

CERTIFIED MAIL RE7JRN RECEIPT REQUESTED

Gail M. Harmon Sheldon, Harmon and Weiss 1725 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006

%AJ Re: MUR 1162

Dear Ms. Harmon:

The Federal Election Commission notified you on February 14, 1980, of a complaint which alleges that the National Abortion L^ Rights Action League Political Action Committee ("NARAL-PAC") violated certain sections of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (the "Act"). A copy of the complaint was forwarded to you at that time.

Upon further review of the allegations contained in the complaint and information supplied by you, the Commission, C on April , 1980, determined that there is reason to believe that NARAL-PAC violated 2 U.S.C. S 441b(b)(4)(A)(i) Specifically, it appears that NARAL-PAC has illegally solicited persons who are not members of the National Abortion Rights Action League for contributions.

In absence of any additional information which demonstrates that no further action should be taken against NARAL-PAC, the Commission may find probable cause to believe that a violation has occurred, and proceed with formal conciliation. Of course, this does not preclude the settlement of this matter through informal conciliation prior to a finding of probable cause to believe if you so desire. 0 Ast 3 Letter to: Gail M. Harmon Page 2

This matter will remain confidential in accordance with 2 U.S.C. S 437g(a)(4)(B) and S 437g(a)(12)(A) unless you notify the Commission in writing that you wish the matter to be made public. If you have any questions, please contact R. Lee Andersen, the attorney assigned to this matter at (202)523-5071. Sincerely,

Enclosure

L, 0.3105 Gail M. Harmon, Counsel for National Abortion Rights Action League Political Action Committee

INTERROGATORIES

2. Does NARAL maintain records of responses to membership Q) soliciations? If the answer to this question is yes, please submit a copy of the membership soliciations which Mary Page cZyromski returned to NARAL in 1977.

3. Does NARAL have any record of a membership request made by V Mary Page Zyromski in 1977? If the answer to this question is yes, please submit a copy of such request.

C 4. Must a person expressly indicate an intention to become a member of NARAL in order to be entered upon the membership C roll of NARAL? If the answer to this question is yes, please state the method provided prospective members for communicating such express intent.

6. Upon what date did NARAL-PAC turn over their membership records to the recently hired computer firm?

7. From January 1, 1977, to the present, how many expired memberships were kept on NARAL's membership roll due to computer error? Y .6 .3 Gail M. Harmon Interrogatories Page Two

8. From January 1, 1977, to the present, how many NARAL-PAC solicitations were sent to members whose membership in NARAL had expired?

--- 10. In addition, please provide the Commission with a list of the names of all non-members of NARAL who contributed to NARAL-PAC following their solicitation from Janaury 1, 1977, VT to the present. C'" SHZLDON, HARMON & WEISS 1725 1 STRET, N. W. SUITE 506 TELEPHONE P SHELDON WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006 KARIN (202) 633-9070 GAIL M. HARMON ELLYN R. WEISS WILLIAM S JORDAN, III ANNE LUZZATTO March 7, 1980

Office of General Counsel Federal Election Commission 1325 "K" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20463 Re: MUR 1162

CO. Dear Madam/Sir: National Abortion Rights Action League ("NARAL") has asked me to respond to the complaint filed against them C February 14, 1980, by James Bopp. Jr., Attorney for National tr Right to Life Committee ("NRLC"). (MUR 1162). The complaint charges that NARAL has solicited contributions for its political committee from non-members. The complaint is based on an affidavit from Mary Page Zyromski who contributed a small amount of money to NARAL but asserts that she never became a member. C In accordance with NARAL's long standing procedures, - membership dues may be reduced. It has been NARAL's practice to reduce dues when someone writes expressing interest in NARAL, indicating a willingness to work on the abortion issue or requesting further information. These people are then accorded the rights of members: they receive the monthly newsletter; they receive other membership mailings; they are granted the right to vote for the members of the Board of Directors. The several opinions of Advisory Opinion 1977-67 discuss the indicia of membership in a non-profit corporation. Since its members have the riqht to elect its Board of Directors, NARAL's members meet even the more stringent criteria of the dissenting opinion of Commissioner's Harris and Staebler. rP'

SHELDON, HARMON & WEISS

Office of General Counsel March 7, 1980 Page 2

h4V) drop members automatically at the expiration of the renewal cycle, we have now learned that this procedure was never implemented. In trying to reconstruct how this error occurred, NARAL attributes it to the difficulties of fine- tuning the computer system and the mistaken assumption of C some people that a system had already been instituted to Lo- automatically suspend expired members. Since the computer failed to suspend lapsed members, these people were treated like members for all purposes. r These former members regularly received the newsletter and special mailings and had the right to vote for the members of the Board of Directors. Accordingly they continued to C have the rights and duties of members. NARAL regrets the failure in communication that led to the erroneous solicitation. It has taken immediate action co to correct the error. Furthermore, we doubt that the expired members contributed much money to NARAL pac. We respectfully request that the Federal Election Commission close its file on this matter. Sincerely,

Gail M. Harmon

GMH/dds Enclosure K -q~

N ER. I . SNI1T1 & C1Ny'AI

•~~~~~~1Lrl l ~ 'nf~l %r #-,1,fnl

' \ MEMORANDUMq" ,,....Sf *rr C°. I'" ; TO:LN5t,

FROM: 13OtLY AGEEk3

DATE: MAY 8, 1979

SUBJECT: NARAL MEMBERSHI P PROCESSING SY.Si'4I

This report is designed to serve as a working document to review procedures; of the past with a view towards preventing recurrence of problems in t|,e ruture by reviewing daily processing proce-

dures, personnel needs, and outline an improved computer system

V! designed to provide NARAL with the necos!.;ary information to con- fl, tinually service members, lobby effectively, and set up efficient (7 and effective fundraising systems.

C I. Observations.

NARAL's membership records were computerized in 1977. At

that time CMS worked with NARAI1 to set up a system at Aztech

which would met the needs of the organization. Although the

system was adequate for NARAL's short term needs, over a period

of time the follow.ing events led to i n;Accki-te and inefficient

processing:

A. Aztech did not provide complete doc,1,,ntation for use of

the system. Therefore, data was frequently entered incorrectly.

In addition, because the staff thouglt it understood how the CRAVER, MATIIEWS, SMITI & COMPANY 1701 NORTH FT. MYER DRIVE SUITE 602 ARLINGTON. VIRGINIA 22209

March 7, 1980 TELEPHONEF 47031 522-9224

Ms. Gail Harmon 1725 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Dear Gail: I wanted to reply to your inquiry regarding the standard applied by most national non-profit membership organizations in determining the length of membership for each of its paying supporters. U) Most national non-profits which rely on mass direct mail to build their membership/donor bases use the standard which has been used by major publications over the past many years. Recognizing that most members/donors/subscribers are unable to retain the exact date when their annual dues/subscription payments are up for renewal, most publications/organizations use Li" a series of renewal notices as repeat reminders. In practice, most subscribers/members/donors require three to ten reminders before they make their payment. In fact, nearly every major mass membership non-profit organization in this country relies on a series of up to ten renewal notices spanning one year. Although the minority of these members/donors require C the full seven to ten reminders, a substantial percentage (sometimes 10% to 15%) will fail to renew until the end of the full cycle. Obviously, therefore, most members/donors of C0 national non-profit membership organizations actually receive membership benefits up to twenty-four months from the time of their last dues payment.

It is not overstating the facts to say that if these national organizations cut off their members who do not make a dues payment within a twelve-month period, they would lose 60% of their memberships each year. i S t cerRo obertM. Smth system operated and in reality they did not, a number of auto-

matic procedures which were built into the initial system were

never completely checked out and did not work properly.

Because of the lack of documentation, it was difficult to

train new staff in the operations of the system.

B. The initial system was set Up to be coMPletely batch

controlled. However, the reports gJerto.d from the system

listing errors, duplications and batch totals were inrrequently reviewed and corrected by the MARAL staff because of insuffi,.~nt staffing. Therefore, NARAL never properly controlled the quality

of work being done by Aztech. In addition, data which was

V, "rejected" was not cor:rected, resulting in inaccurate records.

C. Because of the enormous qrowth rite at PIARAIJ, adequate q. staffing was never assigned to handle on-going needs. Address C changes were frequently not processed, edits rarely handled, and

time was rarely spent adequately reviewing clerical procedures to make sure that data was being handled accurately and efficiently.

D. The on-going relationship with Aztech deterioriated as

numerous new acccount executives were assigned -- who also did not understand the functioning of the systevm.

E. The needs of the organization to access more information

on its members has changed to include the need for congressional district and expanded donor data. -3.

F. Although current procedures adequately service the bulk

of NARAL's members, little time is spent in the care of special

donors.

II. Daily Procedures.

This section outlines the way membership mail is currently

handled at NARAL.

A. Depositing of receipts. Checks are received at NARAS

for fundraising and direct mail activities as well as for publi-

4T cations arid miscellaneous material (i.e., t-shirts, badges, 0.00 etc.). The largest percentage of income goes through the Union First lock-box. However, any monoey received in the office is

deposited by Carolyn Jacobs -- even though in solmie cases it is direct mail money.

11. Bank Lock-Box Procedures. Mail is received at the bank

i lock-box on a daily basis. The bank is responsible for dividing the returns into special app[eals, direct mail, renewals, anything

without a source document, and cash. Each of these groups is tallied separately and, once the checks are deposited, the source documents, batched by type of payment, an adding machine t,-ie for each batch, and a deposit slip itemizing amounts deposited by each

j)toup are forwarded to NARAL. In cases where cash is received, the documents -ire clearly marked, indicating the amount received; -4-

in cases where ro source document is received, a xerox of the check is forwarded to NARAL.

2. N1oney Received at NARAL. Carol.yn Jacolbs receives all money at NARAL and prepares tile deposit. The bulk (f this money is for special events (conferences), publications, and producL.

Carolyn itemizes each check and indicates to what account the money should he applied. For those items which go into the mem-

bership processing.syste-ii, Carolyn completes the data preparation

process and forwards the sokirce documents onto Mary Ellen for tle computer. Carolyn tracks all returns rocived in the office. V, 1B. Tracking and Data Preparation. Once the documents are r received from the ha&tnk, Mary Ellen goes throu1h the following T71 data preparation steps: C 1. Runs a tape on each group of documents itemized on

the deposit slip to assure thl,i: t1he bank totals are correct.

2. Sorts each group by code and lists on a seplarat sheet of paper tile total number and total dollars. received by code.

1 3. TaYes each group and splits it into appropriate

batches for the computer (by type of transaction). -' - 5,~.. I 50

4. Runs a tape on each computer batch and indicates, th.,

type of batch, number of items in the batch, and total dollars on a batch ti.ket.

Any donation less than $5 is processed as an anonymous

contribution and is not included in a batch for the computer.

Any item with a check of $100 or nio,.re is listed on a

separate sheet of paper and forwarded to Carolyn for acknowledgment (see section on acknowledgments).

5. For each batch, Mary Ellen manually decides the

amount to be credited to dues for the accountingj systen based on the number of $15 gifts, under $15 gifts, and over $15 gifts.

$15 new and renewal gifts and the first $15 of new and renewal gifts are credited as dues payments. All other money is credited

as contributions. These t Lil.]; are placed on the NARAL batch

control sheet which is forwarded to accoujriting.

6. Each document is stamped with a consecutive number.

7. Daily cou,,ts (from the single sheet indicated above) are transferred to .the tracking hr'p:3.

8. Source documents are placed in an appropriate place for

forwarding Lo the computer company at a later date. Copies of the deposit slips and accointing reporting forms are forwarded to -6

Carolyn, who maintains the dally cash receipt Lecords. A copy of

the cover log indicating daily receipts U.; Forwarded onto to

Shirley. Shirley prepares the vouchelrs necessary to eit:er daily 'eceipts into the Guardian computer system.

C. Miscellaneous Data Preparation Steps.

1. Weekly, Mary Ellen copies the batch tickets

0 attached1 to each set of documents and then forwards the documents with a special order form to Aztech for processing.

2. Address changes are usually handled by volunteer LP staff. At this time, most address changes are transcribed onto

Azt.,c coding forms.

3. Currently, undeliverables are being deleted from C the file. These, too, are coded onto Aztech coding forms.

CO 4. Mary Ellen also handl,.-.) any inquiries concerning

duplicate accounts, previously renewed member-;, deletes, and

complaints from members concerning non-receipt of materials, etc. Major problems are forwarded to Shelley for correspondence. So,,te

form letters have been designed to handle routine complaints and

5. Weekly transaction edit reports are now being

handled as quickly as possible. 0 7

6. Reports of possible duplicaten created from changes

of adIre,,3s have not been handled.

D. Acknowledgments.

1. $100 and over donors. A-i'fi.,,ted above, 1ary Ellen forwards to Carolyn the name and addre;s;, sourc'1, c:,de,

dollar amount and date of receipt of anyone with one time contributions of $100 or more. Carolyn is responsible for preparing a

3 x 5 card and assurL.'i1 that an acknowledgment letter is produced

as quickly as possible. These letters and cards are forwarded to Shelley for filing and mailing.

Normally, $100 and over contributor acknowledgments are

processed within a couple of: days of receipt in the office. Based on the time taken by the bank for iepo-10.;it, this means that C most $100 and over donors are acknowledged within five .hy' of

receipt of the money.

When the volume is very heavy or when there are a nu:iier

of activities requiring the automatic typewriter the time for acklowledgment is longer, but rarely more than two weeks.

2. Low Dollar Donors. ,::; .olar donors are currently

acknowledged through the sustainer invitation ;ysteln. Labels are received on a weekly basis from Aztech based on all tra actions added during that period. However, the lists which CH1S receives * a-

only include names which have been processed as "additions". Until an .ir.ate is performed, duplicates are not removed. This means, therefore, a number of people are being acknowledged as

now memll)ers who are indeed current. ,ifl ,)etS of: WWAI,.

Once the labels are received in our office, CIS

arranges to have the sustainer invitation sent. On an average,

the acknowledgment time Fo: a lower dollar donor ir around four

weeks.

E. Sustainer program.

I. Until recently, all responses to the sustainer

Vf program were returned directly to NTARAL's office. The responses are now being forwarded to the lock-box.

2. All sustainer responses are given to Shelley

after the receipts have been ce,-ocited. Shell.ey divides the

-- returns as follows: Co a. New sustainers (with ,W,1,.E1Y)

b. New sustainers (no money)

c. One-time contributions.

d. Negative r' ;onses.

e. statement payments.

All document.s relating to the sustLiif,: rojL-ai are

[orwarded to CIS twice weekly. 9-

3. CMS tracks the responses, prepares manual

records needed to bill sustainlers each month, mails monthly

statements, advises the lettershop of tile la,:ci. ; of members to he

eliminated from the follow-up process and researches keli, nes

necessary to identify members as "sustainers" on the NARAL mem-

berslhip system.

4. NARAL "flags" the computer records for

sustaining members. This enables us to eliminate these members

from special appeals and renewal efforts.

III. Staffing.

The membership staff includes .Thlley as manager and

one-full time administrative assistant -- Mary Ellen. In addi- C, tion, volunteers are frequently used to work on routine, non- finaincial data preparation.

Shelley's responsibilities include:

1. Manaqesitnt of the direct mail program.

2. Management of the computerized membership systems

inc].uding coordination of accounting, program and fundrai.si'

needs.

3. Large gift fundraising for NARAL, the NARAL

Foundation and the "ARAL PAC.

4. Foundation funding prog rams. Most of Shelley's time is otpent coordinating the direct

mail program, managing the day-to-day membe.rsh ip processing

efforts and working on large gift fundraising.

Mary Rlten's responsibilities include tracking of direct

mail responses, reviwing and reporting the lock-box receipts,

preparing data for tile computer ;y,;L.,, correcting errors and

researching member inquiries.

In addition to Shelley and Mary Ellen, Shirley and

Carolyn provide administrative support.

the V11 Based on the daily cash reports, Shirley prepares f., data necessary Lo ,titer the cash receipts into the accounting

system. Although Shirley does Uc,:view the daily cash reports for

accuracy and makes the final determination of the income account number, the primary decisions for income accountinj i. ; done at the time mail is batched, by Mary Iflien.

As office manager, Carolyn is responsible for processing

monies received at NARAL, coordinating th ,ise of the automatic typewriter and, for the moment, ordering material-; P-on the com-

puter system.

IV. Recommend Changes.

A. New Computer System. As an attachment to this

report, I have inclt1,1ed a description of the new computer system

being de;igned and im)lement'" 1 h,, COMP1AC. 11I-

The new system provides more flexibility and information

t'han the current system. In addition, to providing more detailed

informatio,,, the system has been designed to provide for more

efficient processin'g of ,lata throug11 a series of additional auto-

mated procedures.

Included in thi, it:tachment arn suggestions of data which

should be reviewed as part of the, co'n' ion process including:

1. Duplicates.

2. Bad zip codes.

3. Invalid fl..*ic codes.

4. High donor giving history.

5. Non-forwardable addresses. C -- Substantial clerical effort will be necessary to "clean- up" these five areas. -,owever, by addressing these problems as

part of the conversion process, ARAL will substantially increse

the accuracy of its records.

In additi-on, it: ,ill be neces;sary to review each system

function to assure that all specif[,itions outlined are met.

Included in the attached report are specific re(:,,.endations for

checking each system function. 0@ -12-

B. Documentation an1 Training. As part of the conversion process, systems documentation and a procedures manual" should be developed. The.attached report provides the initial

base for this documentation.

The procedures manual should also inclu1,l job descrip- tions, daily procedures, instructions for special proq-,rusi- (i.e., sustainer program) and samples of all direct mail material.

C. Procedural Changes.

1. All receipts to be recorded in the computer

system shonl', :)e handled in the same manner. Therefore, in cases

where money is received bii the office, Carolyn should treat

receipts as if she were the bank -- depos;.1: tie money and forward to Mary Ellen a copy of the "deposit ticket." Mary Ellen would

then become responsible for tracking all responsps and for all Ccompnuter data preparation.

2. In order to eliminate running tapes on the documents 2-3 times, I recommend that each separate bundle from the

bank be hand1.1 as a unit. This procedure would] work as follows:

a. Tally totals from 1octrnent.,.. t batch tape (to verify deposit total). * •- 13-

b. For each group or, do,(:,in.nts, separate by tran- saciton tape and source codes.

c. Tally each Codeco~ir:, and record number of items and total dollars.

d. Tally sub-totals of ;ource code analysis and verify against total tape froin the bank.

e. Whenever possible, tally sub-totals by trans- O action tape to be used as totals for co,,,uter batch tickets.

This procedure only works when there are minimal errors VO; by the bank. If it is used, it will eliminate running one adding

machine t.-,)e on the documents.

3. Guidelines should be developed for receipt

C accouriLingg. The current guidelines credit all new and renewal

payments which are ,mnder $15 as contributions. Since payments 0 from $5-15 are treated by the sy:sten as dues payments, they

should be credited as dues payments.

In addition, as new contributor programs are created,

such as the sustainer prograi, ,juidel ines r CIed i t i ng this t money has been unclear. It is important to ,1-fi', these nei

income centers and set-up procedures for properly crediting the

income. - 14 -

I have suggested an income analysis report produced fromii

lihle ,"ystem which would report income exactly as it was applied to membet: records. Use of tJiis report will substantially reduce the clerical time neces,:-;i y to prepare data from the ban% deposits and for the accounting system. iowever, we need to parallel use of this report for some time with tile currenL ,i.inial system.

4. Undeliverables should not be deleted from the file.

5. More stringent control procedures need to be

followed including:

a. Review of batch log after each update to make Lr sure that all data is entered accurately.

C- b. nrocessing of error listings and possible

duplicate reports after each updat,.

"-6. Acknowledgmen ts. Procedures need to he initiated CO to assure that all. $1.00 and over donors are acknowledged within 72 hours. The current system allows for monitoring how long it take sto acknowledge someone but doesn't pro\[,e for an alert when there is a back-log. Therefore, I recommend that ary "1.[en forward information on high dollar donors to Shelley as well as to Carolyn. Shelley will then be able to monitor how quickly acknowledgments are[processed. In addition, when volume is such that acknowledqments

cani)t 1)s produced internally with five clays, aLran'jements should

be made by Shelley with an outside lettershop to produce the

letters.

7. Telephone projrdi. Procedures need to be

established to assure that responses to the telephone renewal

prograin are returned to CMS more efficiently. By establshin.j A

telephone renewal code which is included in the computerized

record, NARAL should be able to request a listing of telephone

respondents after each ,Lpdate. This procedure wil eliminate the need to copy the source documents or telephone respondents.

D. Staffing. The key to efficient use of any system,

is the people who prepare the data. NARAL has been able to build

a sizeable ,ne'nbership base with minimal clerical staff by using a

lock-box and outside rlat: entry services. However, one person

._UM simply can't prepare all the data n: ,.',rsary to accurately main- CO0 tain a list of over 60,000 names. Even though) toit.ands of records have been properly maintained, many member payineits }have not been properly applied, addresses have not been changed expe-

diently and tender loving care has not been given- to special high dollar donors. Tt- iq difficult to ,neasure the loss in income

resulting from this inaccurate ,'!.cordkeeping. If you consider,

however, that only 1,000 members a yerr c.-,il.,],'t be reached for

renewal becaue of inaccurate records, the loss would bf, ;].nost

$10,000. -1s-

The functions within the department can be divid#ri ii three ways:

-- Routine clerical functions (i.e., batching).

-- Work reqUII.'iIJ an understandin'j of the system (i.e.,

error corrections, duplicate reo, ich).

-- Systems management and policy decisions.

Therefore, I recommend hlat the department be structured as follows:

1. Manager -- (Shelley): Le ,ponsible for overall

coordination of the department including definition of systein f", requirements; supervision of staff; liaison with conputer cot-

C pany and CIS; special gift progras.

2. Administrative Assistant (1): responsible for day-

--- to-day activities with the computer company, corr)Itlnce, CO error corrections, special projects (i.e., conversion, main-

tentice of manual high dollar records), tracking analysis and

income reporting.

3. Processing Clerk (]. for each 5,000-7,500 payments

each month): refLr1',Lble for verification of bank receipts,

tracking and routine data prepirt:,O:ion.

During the year, there will be times when more staff

will he neededl. At other times, volumes will e loa enough to free up time to work on other Lypes of fundraining support funic-

tions -- such as potential donor research.

r,. Office space: Membership processing activities are

unique within ,nost ,,ctivist organizations. Quiet surroundings

and adequate working space create the best environment for effi-

cient processing of data.

An effort Ls hti.ng made to reduce needed space by el imi- nating the paper galleys (they wiltA be replaced with microfiche) 0 and by setting up a procedure for destroyinj ,inecessary material. However, it is essential that an appropriate, qiet:

,qorking space be provided for the membership processing staff.

V. Conclusions.

A major step has been taken to improve the ;lAi.AT, record-

C keeping system with the selection of a ne ; compLuter firm.

Based on this report, I recommend the followingj time

table for implementation of the recommendations which ar- outlined:

1. Completion of systems design -- "ay 15th.

2. Discussion of staffing recoicnrndation -- lune 1st.

3. Completion of procedures manual -- June 15th.

4. Completion of systems irple]ent.dti: i including

verification of automated procedures -- July 15th. NARAL SYSTEMS DESCRI ION

I. SYSTEMS DESCRIPrION.

A. Systems Outline.

A systems outline is attached describing items to be main-

tained on NARAL members. The description includes all name and

address information currently maintained as well as congressional

district, flag codes, original membership information, arid an expan-

sion of member giving histories.

A file identifier (similar to the current record type) has C been redefined to identify members by their giving potential (i.e., t" Ve regular members, sustainers, contributors, high dollar members).

Vl This coding scheme can be expanded to further define giving poten-

#i tial as new programs are developed.

Financial information is to be maintained as follows:

C -- record batching information, payment type, amount and

Co source of the last eight to ten payments.

-- total of all money received to date and a count of the

number of payments received.

-- for current calendar year and previous calendar year, total

number and amount of payments.

-- total money received since last renewa]. payment. This scheme should provide the flexibility needed to

upgrade donors and keeps enough detail to develop new donor programs

based on three levels of giving -- most recent contributions, calen-

dar year to date, and membership year.

13. Duplicate elimination.

Based on a 100% match of keylines, duplicates should be

combined based ol the following logic:

-- if donor type equals M, payment is $15 or more and payment tr' date is within the period of three months before to four

Lr.months after expiration date, extend the expiration date by

12 months.

-- if donor type equals M, payment is $15 or more and the

payment date is more than three months before the expira-

tion date, apply the payment as a contribution.

-- if donor type equals M, payment is $15 or more and the

payment date is more than four months after tile expiration

date, extend the expiration date by 12 months from the

payment date;

if donor type does not ciqual ri and/or the rI.yiIent alnount is

less than $15, apply the payment as an additional

contribution. • . b 3

A report should be produced indicating what action was

taken.

In addition to co'bining records with a 100^ keyline match,

a possible duplicate report should be generated. This report should

be based on a 100% match of only the ZIP and last name components of

the keyline., JARAL should resolve these types of duplicates

manually using the same logic indicated above.

II. STAIJDARD OUTPUTS. .0 Lr A. Acknowledgments.

Lr Following each update, a magnetic tape should be produced for members meeting the following criteria: r -- All new members with a payment of $5 - $99.

C The tape should include the keyline as well as name and

address information.

The capability should be provided to produce nanes of me'n- bers renewing each update. Although we will not be using this pro-

cedure immediately, renewals should begin being acknowledged some- time this Fall.

13. Renewal system.

Once the system is operational, PARAL will begin to use

computer generated L-enewal notices. -4-

Renewal notices should be automatically generated according to the following schedule:

Ist notice -- expire date minus 12 weeks.

2nd notice -- expire date minus 6 weeks.

3rd notice -- expire date minus 2 weeks.

4th notice -- expire date plus 2 weeks.

5th notice -- expire date plus 6 weeks.

Materials needed for the telephone renewal program (1 set cheshire and 2 sets pressure sensitive) are produced 14 weeks after ...... the expire date

Records should be autornatically suspended if no payment has been received in 24 months. /

C. Update. Reports.

Following each update the following reports should be produced:

1. Batch listings.

2. Totals for a transaction entered include financial

breakdowns by payment types suspensions )and duplicate

sumrnaries.

3. Duplicate analysis including duplicate action report,

possible duplicate report. -5-

4. Edit listings and possible duplicate dues payments.

5. Totals by file I.D. (active and suspended).

Monthly, a renewal analysis should be produced as follows:

1. Expiration date.

2. Original number in cycle.

3. Number of responses and amount received by each

renewal effort.

4. Total responses and total dollars raised.

III. CONVERSION PROCESS -- SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS.

A. ZIPs and states should be checked for validity. An error listing should be produced for correction of invalid information.

B. A possible duplicate report should be produced.

IV. THINGS TO DO.

A. Arrange to produce microfiche, including purchase of a microfiche reader. We can get some recolnmenflations from Jim for the best suppliers of microfiche services (completed by June 15th).

3. After the next Aztech update, provide Jim with an updated tape of all records. 3J 9 4-66

C. Set up criteria and records for checking each of the riuto- mated procedures. As part of the first update, we should add

records which fit into each automated systems category and within

the next few months apply all types of transactions to the records.

D. Secure CD tape.

E. Review with Jim what portion of the control procedures his

staff will perform. 0

V' F. Review current batching procedures and materials for

revisions. LP 1 G. Develop an update schedule for the balance of 1979 C incllling twice per month update. o II. Resolve the following questions:

1. flow will foreign names be handled?

2. Can duplicate dues payments be identified?

3. Do clinics require any special procedures? - 4 8 1NA L ; I[L IF A6JI 00S Data Field Descri:)tion Position Bytes Type Special Instructions and Questions

FILE ID-Indicator design to 1 1 A 1. C, S, and D types are not included in identify recori's giving renewal production potential 2. Sustaining member code manually M1-Regular members assigned. S-Sustaining members 3. High dollar donor code automatically D-High dollar donors assigned based on current calendar C-Contributor year totals = to $i00+. 4. Contributor code is assigned manually except on renewals.

KEY 2-16 15 A/N 1. Use same key structure as current Aztech system. E

TITLE CODE - from table 17 1 N 1. Convert any title code of B or C to (Ms.). 2. Will title codes need to be included on the documents or will data entry staff use standard codes as names are keyed?

FIRST NAME 18-27 10 A

MIDDLE INITIAL 28 1 A

LAST NAME 29-43 15 A 1. How are hyphenated names handled?

ADDRESS-I 44-73 30 A/N

STREET 74-103 30 A/N 1. If blank, check to see if 44-73 is W filled. If yes, move data to 74-103.

CITY 104-118 15 A STATE 119-120 2 A i. Must be valid state abbreviation. ZIP 5 tr 1. Must be valid when compared with state. 2. Is the zip to be included as the first five positions of the keyline? If yes, how will zip be corrected? 6 Page 2 NA&rl ")ILt 9 EdtFSCAOMRS f)Ccrptinued)

Data Field Description Position Bytes Type Special Instructions and Questions CON'GRESSIONAL DISTRICT 121-122 2 N 1. Assigned based on state zip table look-up each time a record is added or an address is changed. 2. If state/zip doesn't match table, "99" should be assigned.

YEAR JOINED - M1onth and year 123-126 4 L 1. Assigned based on batch date on record first appeared on file additions.

SOURCE JOINLED - Original 127-130 4 A/'I 1. Assigned basedi on source code of first sou-ce code payment processed. If no source isi provided, "9999" should be as3igned.9W

EXP[cr DATE - Month and year 1. For newa menibers, expiration date record expires equals batch date plts 12 months. 2. For renewing members, expiration date should be extended to 12 months from existing expire date if the payment 4. $5 or more and the batch date of the payment is within 3 months before or 4 months after the expire date.

3. If a renewal payment of $5 or more is received more than 4 months after the existing expiration date, the expire date should be changed to 12 months from the batch date of the payment.

4. If a renew al payment is less than S5, the fire ID ;hould be chanjed to "C" and the expiration date should be extended t) 12 months from the payment date.

UNDELIVERABIh CODE -Code 1 A/N 1. Should prevent labels from being pro- assigned when imail is duced, unless requested. returned to NARAL marked "undeliverable" 2. Should automatically be deletel if an address change or payment is applied. • -- • o-I Page 3 NARAL: FILE SPECIFICATIOrS (Continued)

Data Field Description Position Bytes Type Special Instructions and Qestions HOLD MAIL CODE - Code used 1 A/N 1. M (Member request) manually assigned. to indicate no material to 2. S (Suspended) automatically %enerated be supplied based on renewal program logic. If a M-Member request renewal payment is received that reac- S-Susoended record (did ------tivates the record (i.e., makes the not renew) expire date current), the S should be automaticall-y deleted. - conversion?

FLAG COD17S - 16 one- 331-346 16 A/!! 1. Clinic codes should be assigned base character fields to be on records with member type -- on tW used as specified Aztech file. I-Clinic 2. Add this indicator to any record where 2-Do not exchange field indicator (no exchange) = N. 10-Spring 1979 special 3. Converted from indicator 10 on Aztech appeal respondents system to indicator 10 on new system. 3-PAC donors 4. Indicators 2-8 from Aztech syste n 4-Converted record should be ignored. (5-9, 11-16 not yet 5. Records with Aztech indicator 01 assigned) should be converted to file ID code D. 6. Records with Aztech indicators 09 should be converted to file ID code S.

FINANCIAL DETAIL - I. Types of payments are automatically detailed information for assigned based on what happens when the 8 most recent payments the payment is applied to the record. as follows: If an expire date is changed, the -- batch a and date 7 payment is a dues payment. If the -- type of payment 1 A expire ,toes not change, the payment is D-Dues a contribution. C-Contribut ion --amount of payment 8 N -- source of payment 4 A/N

TOTAL AMOUNT TO DATE -8 N 1. Accumulated automatically each time Total of all money ever payments are credited to the fiLe. received 2. At conversion, total of all money reflecte(d on the record. . 0- Page 4

NARAL: FrILEo SPEC IFICATIONS (Continued)

Data Field Description Position Bytes Type Special Instructions and Questions

TOTAL 4 OF P AYV ,T rS 2 N 1. Accumulated automnatically each tine a RECEIVED TO DATE payment is credited. 2. For converted records, leave this field blank?

CALENDAR YEAR 'OTAL 1. Automatically accumularc. basuJ on AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS batch date of Payments. 2. Current year determined by orocessi CALENDAR YEAR - NUMBER date. OF PAYMENTS 3. Convert total dollar amount based on Aztech information. 4. Leave number of payments blank at conversion?

PREVIOUS YEAR TOTALS Total amount received 8 U 1. Created each year from ,process ing- da L. Number of payments 2 N nearest to first of year and "calendar year" total3.

2. Should we convert '77-'78 totals is previous year? 3. Leave number of payments blank?

MEMBERSIIIP YEAR TO DATE - 1. Created automatically. Total of all payments For conversion, this field equals received between anv "D" calendar y.ear to date2 amount. payment and the hext "D" payment 8 1 n 4 1 Sn 9 2

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CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED The Director National Abortion Rights Action League Political Action Committee 825 15th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Re: MUR 1162

Dear Sir or Madam: Lf, This letter is to notify you that on February 14, 1980, e the Federal Election Commission received a complaint which alleges that the National Abortion Rights Action League Political Action Committee may have violated certain sections C, of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended ("the Act") or Chapters 95 and 96 of Title 26, U.S. Code. A copy of the complaint is enclosed. We have numbered this matter MUR 1162. Please refer to this number in all future correspondence. C Under the Act, you have the opportunity to demonstrate, in writing, that no action should be taken against the National Abortion Rights Action League Political Action Committee in connection with this matter. Your response must be submitted within 15 days of receipt of this letter. If no response is received within 15 days, the Commission may take further action based on the available information. Please submit any factual or legal materials which you believe are relevant to the Commission's analysis of this matter. Where appropriate, statements should be submitted under oath. This matter will remain confidential in accordance with 2 U.S.C. S 437g(a) (4)(B) and S 437g(a) (12) (A) unless you notify the Commission in writing that you wish the matter to be made public. Pe. 2* Letter to N AC

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The Federal Election Commission 1325 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20463 Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: NOn behalf of the National Right to Life Committee, Inc. (NRLC), I am filing the following complaint of violation of federal election - laws by the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). NARAL, 825 15th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005 is the self- styled "largest single issue group working to defend abortion rights." It has organized a connected political action committee entitled t" NARAL Political Action Committee. As a connected PAC, NARALPAC is prohibited from soliciting contributions from any person not a member of the connected membership organization. 2 USC § 441b. V- NARALPAC, however, has solicited non-members in violation of federal election laws. On or about September 25, 1979, NARALPAC solicited a contribution from Mary Page Zyromski. As revealed in C her Affidavit which is attached herein, she is not and has never been a member of NARAL. She, however, received a solicitation from NARALPAC. Accordingly, we request that the Federal Election Commission immediately investigate the complaint and impose appropriate fines for violation. To prevent illegally solicited funds from being used in the 1980 election, we request that NARALPAC be instructed to return those funds to the donor.

I have prepared the complaint and believe that it is truend correct to the best of my knowledge. This complaint was not ftied on behalf of or at the request or suggestion of any candidate. incerely "

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AFFIDAVIT

I, Mary Page Zyromski, residing at 64 Levan Drive, Painesville, Ohio 44077, being duly sworn upon my oath, say as follows: (1) On or about September 25, 1979, I received the attached fundraising solicitation from NARAL Political Action Committee. (2) The only contact I have had with NARAL was on or about O July 1977 when I responded to a membership solicitation from them saw by sending them $2.00 and requesting additional information about LI their group.

(3) I am not now nor have I ever been a member of the National Abortion Rights Action League or NARAL Political Action Committee.

In addition, I have never agreed to be a member of NARAL. FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NOT.

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Dear Member:

Our comptroller pleaded, "we can't afford to do it."

I answered that we couldn't afford not to do it. Action against the massive political assault by the "right to life" movement simply couldn't 0 wait until we had all the funds we needed safely in hand. This was no time to play it safe. The stakes were simply too high.

It' The anti-abortion zealots were claiming victory in the re-election defeat of pro-choice Senator Dick Clark . . . they had just made public their political hit list where they had marked twelve more courageous Senators and Congressmen for political annihilation • • . their strength and financial power was increasing all across the nation . . . increasing numbers of elected officials were buckling under to their strident, intimidating demands. Unless we acted immediately we faced the very real prospect that abortion could be made illegal in America.

We acted. Boldly. We set plans for the most aggressive, most compre- hensive, most daring political action campaign in the history of the pro- choice movement.

CO This extraordinary effort will call for extraordinary support. And that is why I am writing you today. This isn't a membership appeal. It isn't a request for a gift to assist with our on-going lobbying and public education efforts.

This is a call for a contribution toward direct political action over and above your regular membership dues, to help us meet the extraordinary commitments that are necessary if we are to prevent the anti-abortion movement from reaching its goal of defeating Senators and Congressmen who have taken a leadership role in standing up for a woman's right to choose an abortion. As we approach the 1980 election we have no choice but to embark on the strongest political campaign we can afford.

When you joined the National Abortion Rights Action League, we made you a promise that we would work day and night with the other 68,000 members of NARAL and with our professional lobbyists to defend the right to choose an abortion. We continue to do everything in our power to keep that promise. However, sometimes, as it does now, it means that we have to disrupt the -2-

we "business as usual" approach to steady, professional lobbying. It means have to make a concentrated, all-out political effort to defend those Representatives and Senators who are under attack from the anti-choice zealots.

Let me be blunt. The vast majority • 80% by the latest Gallup poll -- of all Americans favor a woman's right to choose in the matter of abortion. But, the will of the silent majority does not matter when it comes to the business of politics. What matters is how people vote, how they contribute to political campaigns and how well they keep the pressure on the candidates once they have been elected.

Sadly, it is the vociferous, well-financed minority of anti-abortion zealots who have made their feelings known and succeeded in intimidating our elected Representatives. That's why poor women have been denied access (%5 to federal Medicaid funds for abortion. That's why military families and Peace Corps volunteers can no longer receive coverage for abortion procedures in their government health plans. That's why an alarming riumber of our Representatives and Senators have sponsored measures callin. for a Constitutional Amendment to outlaw abortion once and for all.

Well, we had better wake up. We had better wake up before 's too late. Right now, as you read this letter, the anti-choice forc have mounted a massive nationwide fundraising c.nd organizing campai,; imed at defeating those Senators and Representatives who stand in the i,*. of their drive to make abortion illegal.

I wish you could see the frightening, vitriolic appeals our opponents are mailing to hundreds of thousands of our fellow citizens seeking their financial support and their votes. 00 On my desk right now I have a copy of a letter which Americans for Life has just mailed seeking financial support for their political action program called "Stop the Baby Killers." It's sickening. And it names NARAL as the leader. In it they ask for contributions to defeat men of courage and vision. People like Senator George McGovern, Congressman Morris Udall, Senator John Culver, Senator Birch Bayh.

We cannot let these zealots succeed. We cannot let our friends and leaders go down to defeat.

There are dozens of anti-abortion groups raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for political retaliation against those who defend the right to choose. Unless you and I act now to assist pro-choice candidates in their campaigns we will suffer an overwhelming and possibly irrevocable defeat in the 1980 elections. Irrevocable because they will have convinced all candidates that a pro-choice voting record signals defeat. -3-

This is the reason we have set forth an extraordinarily ambitious and vital plan for the NARAL Political Action Committee.

Here are the vital steps that NARAL PAC is taking in preparation for the 1980 elections. Here are the reasons why we need your extraordinarily generous support now.

-- NARAL PAC will give direct campaign contributions to pro- choice candidates in both primary and general races. The law permits us to give up to $10,000 per candidate. We plan to give as much money as possible early in the campaigns since "early money" is the most important and use- ful type of campaign contribution.

We will contribute funds to those candidates who have defended and supported a woman's right to choose -- incumbents marked for political execution by the anti- choice fanatics' Deadly Dozen hit list. Senators like Birch Bayh, George McGovern, Robert Packwood, Patrick Leahy, John Culver. Representatives like Joseph Fisher, Morris Udall, Robert Edgar and Harold Hollenbeck.

-- NARAL will pick a few key races where we will work to defeat those in Congress who have been the most forceful anti-choice legislators.

-- NARAL PAC will use strategic national political polling results on a national level to assist candidates in planning and organizing their campaigns.

NARAL PAC has begun a massive nationwide training and organizing project designed to acquaint thousands and thousands of volunteers with the techniques of getting out the vote for the 1980 elections. This program, called Impact '80, is being mounted in key, targetted states and is aimed at awakening the majority to the frightening and dangerous gains that have already been made by this small, but vocal and well-financed, minority.

The cost of conducting this crucial political action effort is $350,000. Never before in the history of the pro-choice movement has the are financial need been so great nor the plans so ambitious. But, if we to succeed we can stop at nothing less. Our opposition is simply too well- organized and too well-funded for us to do anything less. cv4 That's why I'm asking you to make an extraordinary contribution to sup- In NARAL PAC at this time. In the past, NARAL PAC has proven that your port can and will make an enormous difference.

to 49 candidates in the general election. In 1978 NARAL PAC contributed And in the S 71% of the candidates to whom we contributed were victorious! state of Oregon IARAL succeeded in defeating an anti-abortion ballot measure despite a strong campaign by anti-choice forces. This enormously skills Chigh success rate stands not only as a tribute to the professional of the staff of NARAL PAC, but destroys the claims of the anti-choice forces who loudly proclaim that pro-choice candidates are doomed at the cpolls because of the strength of anti-choice voter sentiment.

Right now, while this letter is before you, please write as generous a check as possible. The tasks we have taken on are of enormous proportions. And But in a time of crisis like this, we cannot hang back. We must act. that costs money.

Won't you pleaza help N"ARAL PAC YR.sending in your special contribution today? Whether it's $20, $30, $50, $100 or $1,000, we promise to put the money right to work to preserve the right to choose, today. Sincerely,

Karen Mulhauser

P.S. Federal law prohibits us from raising funds for political activity outside our membership. And so, it is up to you and the other loyal and generous NARAL members to defend our staunchest allies in Congress. But remember, a federal tax credit for campaign contributions up to $100 means a contribution of $50 will cost you only $25. , ., Wi * 4

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Dear Mr. Anderson: The following information is submitted in responses to the interrogatories mailed to NARAL in the above-referenced matter. I. What are the procedures used by NARAL to admit and maintain '. persons on its membership roll? (Please submit to the Commission any articles of incorporation or articles of organization and accompanying by-laws which describe NARAL's membership procedures).

Most NARAL members join in response to a direct mail campaign designed to educate citizens about the threat to abortion " rights and to encourage support for NARAL's program to combat this threat. Members are admitted upon their payment of -" dues and their names are placed on the membership roll. The source document or response device is forwarded to the computer company which maintains the membership records. Near the anniversary date of their joining, members are solicitea to renew their membership. Now, those who do not renew are automatically suspended; during some periods in the past, particularly since the transfer to the new computer form in the summer of 1979, the automatic suspension system was not implementeu. Current By-laws provide for suspension one year after the anniversary date; earlier By-laws provided for suspension two months after the anniversary date, but as discussed in Robert M. Smith's letter of March 7, 1980, previously submitted, the standard industry practice is to use the full year. Enclosed are copies of NARAL's Articles of Incorporation dated October 10, 1975 and amended September 16, 1977 and its original by-laws and those as amended April, 1980, December 1979, March 1979. Exhibits "A" and "B".

2. Does NARAL maintain records of responses to membership solicitations? If the answer to this question is yes, please submit a copy of the membership solicitations which Mary Page Zyromski returned to NARAL in 1977.

A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC. Lee Anderson, Esquire May 20, 1980 Page 2

NARAL maintains copies of responses to membership solicitations. Since its older records are poorly organized, NARAL proposes --- to submit the two types of membership solicitation which were mailed during the period in which Mary Page Zyromski responded. 'They are attached as Exhibits "C" and ''Din. ! 3. Does NARAL have any record of a membership request made by -.. Mary Page Zyromski in 1977? If the answer to this question is yes, please submit a copy of such request.

NARAL does have a copy of the membership request made by .... Mary Page Zyromski, but because the document is difficult to locate, proposes instead for purposes of this complaint to accept Mary Page Zyromski's allegations as to the facts ...... of her "membership request."

€" 4. Must a person expressly indicate an intention to become a membr'- of NARAL in order to be entered upon the membership --" roll of NARAL? If the answer to this question is yes, .. . please state the method provided prospective members for communicating such express intent.

In the past NARAL has considered people as members if they contributed money and did not explicitly say they did not wish to be members. Currently the membership solicitations provide the options of joining NARAL as a member or contributing to NARAL but not joining. If donors indicate that they do not wish to be considered "members" or that they wish to make only a contribution they are entered on the computer rolls as 'contributors."

As discussed above, people who contribute money and request additional information are generally considered members unless they indicate they prefer not to be members. Currently the minimal membership dues are $5.00. A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and isavailable for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC. ~67

Lee Anderson, Esquire May 20, 1980 Page 3

6. Upon what date did NARAL-PAC turn over their membership records to the recently hired computer firm?

June 1, 1979.

7. From January 1, 19 77, to the present, how many expired memberships were kept on NARALs membership roll due to computer error. The question is not strictly relevant to the FEC's inquiry because its legitimate interest concerns pac solicitation of non-members not internal matters such as whether or not expired members may have voted for the Board of Directors or been sent a fundraising appeal designed for members. In the spirit of good faith compliance, however, we will answer that the largest number of expired memberships which may have ever been carried is approximately 20,000.

8. From January 1, 19 77, to the present, how many NARAL-PAC solicitations were sent to members whose membership in NARAL had expired? From January 1, 1977 to the present, four sets of NARAL-PAC solicitations have been mailed. The numbers of expired members who were sent the solicitations are:

14 month standard 2 year standard

February 1978 3,000 approximate 3,000 approximate September 1978 1,500 " 1,500" September 1979 17,629 3,912 February 1980 20,000 approximate 14,500 approximate

A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC. L6

Lee Anderson, Esquire May 20, 1980 Page 4

The total dollar yield to NARAL-PAC of the September 1979 solicitation from non-members is calculated to be $15,866 using the 14 month standard and $3,520 using the 2 year standard.

:.. 10. In addition, please provide the Commission with a list of the names of all non-members of NARAL who contributed to .-. NARAL-PAC following their solicitation from January 1, 1977, to the present.

NARAL proposes not to answer this question at this time because it is premature and extraord inarily burdensome.

.. If the question is designed to serve as a double check " " on the figure provided to answer question #9, we are happy to explain the process used to obtain that figure: -" (1) the computer was asked to count those names with expire dates July 1, 1978 and earlier; (2) this number was multi- plied by an estimated average gift of $18.00 and an esti- f: mated return of 5%.

If the names are sought because the Commission might possibly order a return of the contributions, we believe this is premature and unwarranted. NARAL has quickly and in good faith entered into voluntary conciliation. Accordingly any fines should be relatively small and return should not be ordered. In what is probably the most egregious improper solicitation case, that of the National Right to Work Committee, the initial proposed conciliation agreement included no return of contributions and only a fine of $5,000.

To produce the names would be extremely burdensome. The pac contribution records have not been computerized so a person or persons would have to check each receipt against the donor base of 80,000 names, It would take a very long time to provide this information and would therefore interfere with the speedy conciliation of this matter.

A copy of our report isfiled with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC. Lee Anderson, Esquire May 20, 19 80 Page 5

If you need any further information contact our counsel, .... Gail M. Harmon.

' , Sincerely,

.... Karen Mulihauser Chair, NARAL-PAC

A copy of our report isfiled with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC. Lee Anderson, Esquire Office of General Counsel Federal Election Commission 1325 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20463 0 ' 4+' ' 1 +i + +/v+-<' ,%9t

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for the promotion of social welfare and education of_ the public onmteseae to abortion.. (This Amendment will replace e a e paragraph THIIRD of the original Articles of Incorporation)

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Wie, the undersigned natural persons of the age of twenty-one ears or more, acting as incorporators of a corporation adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for such corporation pursuant to .the District of Columbia Non-Profit Corporation Act:

FIRST: The name of the corporation is the National I hortion Rights Action League, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as '?4ARAL" ). SrCOND: The period of its duration shall be perpetual in [enqth. THIRD: This corporation is organized for the purpose of recognizing the basic human right of a woman to limit her own eproduction. NARAL is dedicated to the elimination of all laws and practices that would compel any woman to bear a child against

er will. To that end, it proposes to initiate and coordinate olitical, social, and legal action of indivicuals and groups :oncerned with providing safe ahortions by qualified physicians r all women seeking them regardless of economic status. F~tIR7II: .The corporation is to have individual, group and

rganizational members. The membership shall also consist of mtate affiliates. All members are free to carry out programs :onsistent with NARAL's purpose and program. FIFTH: The corporation is to be divided into six (6) [lasses of members. In addition, the Executive Coiimittee shall lave the power anc authority, in its discretion, to create

additional classes of members. The designation of each class of •embers, the qualifications and rights of the members of each Ilass and conferring, limiting or denying the right to vote

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(1) Limited. Income . (2) Regul1ar (3) Family (4) Organization (5) Sustaining

(6) Sponsor B. A person, group or organization shall qualify is a member of a specific class of membership upon receipt by the =orporation of annual dues as established by the Executive =onmittee. Membership in a specific class shall depend upon the mount of annual dues paid by such person, group, or organization.* Under special circumstances, the Fxecutive Committee may waive° the membership dues for an organization, group or individual. C. The rights of thd members are as follows: Cl) There shall be an Annual Meeting of 4embers to be held at such time and place as may be fixed by the Executive Committee. At least sixty (60) days written notice of th nnual Meeting shall be given each member. An agenda shall be )rovided twenty (20) days in advance of the meeting. Special meetings of the Membership may be called by the Board of Directors or Executive Committee at their discretion. (2) At the Annual Meeting of Members, the members shall have the right and the duty to elect the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee. In addition, the members may make recommendations, resulting from their consideration of timely and appropriate policy matters, to the SBoard of Directors or the Executive Committee.

,i*The current amounts necessary to become a member o ls ar as) fLilws: (i2) Regular -$10.00 Inoe-50

)Family - $15.00 (4 $502Organiain ()Sustaining -$25.0 to $100.00

(6)Sponsor - $100.00.,

______(3) There shall be one vote per indivi- lual, group or oraganizational member. Member organizations or groups shall designate an official representative to attend embership '• meetings, to vote, and to receive communications. I ach organization or group member may designate an alternate to serve in the absence of the official representative. Any member who is in arrears of dues for a period of sixty days will bineligible to vote and cannot serve on the board until such r rrears are fully paid. 1(4) Any member may-be suspended or, Jexpelled for cause by a majority vote of the Board of Directors rovided that notice in writing, stating the grounds of suspension O r removal, shall have been delivered to the member or mailed to" the member's last known address at least fifteen (15) days before such action is tairen. The member shall be given the opportunity tpresent a defense, to call witnesses, to be represented by IJounse, and to such other procedural rights as deemed fair and

FS X H The manner in which the corporation's directors are to be elected shall be provided in the bylaws. SFVFNTl: In the event of dissolution or final liquidation f this corporation, all the business, property and assets of the * orporation shall go and be distributed to such non-profit corporation of like purpose or purposes as set forth in6 Article Three Ferein, as the directors of this corporation may select and desig- 1nate; and in no event shall any of the said assets or property, in the event of dissoluation or final liquidation, thereof, go or be distributed to members, either for the reimbursement of any sum subscribed, donated or contributed by such members, or for any other purpose. Nothing stated in this Article is intended to conflict with 529-1048 or S29-1056 of the District of Columbia ode.

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Provisions for the regulation of other internal affairs of the corporation shall be provided in the bylaws. FEIGHTH: The address, of the corporation's initial registered office is 705 G Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003,

and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is Ms. Karen Mulhauser. NINTH: The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors is eighty-seven (87) and the names and addresses, including street and number of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors until the first annual meeting 0r until their successors be elected and qualified are:

Sarah Jane Stewart 454"South Goldthwaite Street Montgomery, Ala. 36104 Eileen Hopkins Ames 3474 East California Blvd. Pasadena, Ca. 91107 J. Hugh Anwyl 1321 Via Zumaya Palos Verdes Peninsula, Ca. 9027 Cheriel M. Jensen 13737 QUito Road Saratoga, Ca. 95070 Patricia T. Maginnis 16 G Street San Rafael, Ca. 94901 Helen E. Meik lejohn 1525 La Loma Ave. Berkeley, Ca. 94708 Lana Clarke Phelan 3430 Orange Ave. Lonq Beach, Ca. 90807 Ramona Ripston 633 South Shatto Place Los Angeles, Ca. 90005 Robert L. Webber Planned Parenthood/World Populat 785 Market, #1017 San Francisco, Ca. 94103 Bonnie Andrikopoulos 11880 West 30th Place Lakewood, Col. 60215 Richard M4. Eowers, Esq. A 156 Fifth Ave., Roca 619 Nie York, Nev York 10010 Jessma Blockwick Uinited Methodist Church 100 Maryland Ave., N.E. Washington, D. C. 20002

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Carol Burrns 1345 G Street, S.E. Washington, D. C. 20003

Margot Champagne 1830 R Street, N.W. *83 Washington, D. C. 20009 Dorothy Ferebee, M.D. 2960 13th Street, N.E. Washington,D. C. 20017 •Joseph Nellis, Esci. 1819 H Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20006 Milan M. Vuitch, M.D. 1712 Eye Street, Suite 304 Washington,D. C. 20006 Marge Watson .76l0 Biscayne Boulevard - Miami, Fla. 33138 Margie Pitts Hames 15 PeachTree Street *902. Atlanta, Ga. 30303 Robert A. Hatcher, M.D. 117D East Club Lane Atlanta, Ga. 30319 Lavonne Painter, M.D. Fulton County Health Department 99 Butler Street, S.E. Atlanta, Ga. 30303 Jane R. Shoup 7243 Olcott Hammond, Indiana 46323 Ralph E. Brown 104 South Michigan Ave. Chicago, Ill. 60603 Helen Smith 6839 North Kilpatrick Lincoinwood, Ill. 60646 George D. Aurand, M.D. Family Practice Clinic 1127 North Second St. Clinton, Iowa 52732 Barbara Madden Planned Parenthood of Iowa 851 19th Street Des Moines, Iowa 50314 Biddy Hurlbut Canaan Farm Tonganoxie, Kansas 66086 Susan Lomineka 2000 Louisiana ,. Lawrence, Kansas 60646

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P. 0. Box 102 Catherine P. Flynn Buckfield, Maine 04220

Ilse Darling Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights 100 Maryland Ave., N.E. Washington, D. C. 20002

Carolyn M. Schneider 116 Church Street Newton, Mass. 02158

Lynda Christian 23 Fredama Road Waban, Mass. 02168 .

Pamela Lowry 61 Centre Street Brookline. Mass. 02146 '

N. Lorraine Beebe 24424 Fairmont Drive Dearborn, Mich. 48124 Edgar B. Keermer, M.D. 1111 David Whitney Building Detr~oit, Mich. 48226 Jack Stack, M.D. 510 Prospect Alma, Mich. 48801 Betty Benjamin 5205 Duncraig Road Minneapolis, Minn. 55436 Robert W. McCoy 549 Turnpike Road Golden Valley, Minn. 55416 Dorothy C. Roudebush 2127 North Ballas Road St. Louis, Missouri 63131 Judith Widdicombe Reproductive Health Clinic 100 North Euclid Street St. Louis, Missouri 63108 Anita-Norman 18 Rayton Road Hanover, N.H. 03755 Lee Gidding 903 West 8th Street Plainfield, N.J. 07063 Robert Livingston, M.D. 17 Kim Hunter Road Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632

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572 Sunderland Road Rabbi Israel Marcyolies, Ph.D. Teaneck, N.J. 07666

Helen Southard 100 East Pal'sades Ave. Englewood, N.J. 07631

Nancy Ellef son 1408 Somervell N.E. Albuquerque, N.M. 87112

William Baird Parent's Aid Society 107 Main Street. Hempstead, N.Y. 11550 Rabi Balfour Brickner Ulnion of American Hebrew ' Congregations 838 Fifth Ave. New.York, N.Y. 10021

The Rev. Nicholas Cardell May Memorial Unitarian Church 3800 Fast Genesee Street Syracuse, N.Y. 13214

Lucinda Cisler 165 West 91 Street, 4E New York, N.Y. 10024 Betty Friedan 1 Lincoln Plaza, 40-K New York, N.Y. 10023 Hon. Carol Greitzer 59 West 12 Street New York, I4.Y. 10011

Richard Hausknecht, M.D. 18 East 82rnd Street New York, NI.Y. 10028

Lawrence Lader 51 Fifth Ave. New York, N.Y. 10003

Jesse Lyons The Riverside Church" 490 Riverside Drive New York, N.Y. 10027

Beatrice McClintock 860 Fifth Ave. New York, N.Y. 10021 Emily C. Moore 330 East 33 Street New York, N.Y. 10016

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1199 Park Ave. Prof. Cyril C. Means, Jr. New York, N.Y. 10028

Stewart R. Mot 800 Park Ave. New York, N.Y. 10021

Frances Nathan 14 East 90 Street New York, N.Y. 10028 Anna T. Rand, M.D. 320 West 86 Street New York, N.Y. 10024

Ruth P. Smith 1 W~est 72nd Street New York, N.Y. 10023 Hon. Percy Sutton ? unicoa1 P, uiling, Room 205p New York, N.Y. 10007 Helen Webber United Church of Christ 287"Park Ave. South New York, N.Y. 10010 Sheila Marrotte 123 Hillside Drive Shelby, N.C. 28150 Richard A. Schwartz, M.D. 2280 Demington Drive Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Sarah G. Allison, Ph.D. Marriage and Family Growth Cente 2813 East 51st Tulsa, Okia. 74105

Rebecca Hamilton 2308 S3outh Portland Oklahoma City, Okla. 73108

Beverly Ilealy" 2748 S.W. Talbot Road Portland, Oregon 97201 Medora F. sass 216 Glenn Road Ardinore, Penn. 19003 Ellen Bronstein 321 Thorpe Road Jekintown, Penn. 19046

Barbara J. McNeel 7101 Chew Ave. Philadelphia, Penn. 19119

Howard C. Maxwell * 90 Glendale Drive huntington Valley, Penn. 19006 It

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640 Carpenter Lane Mary Lou Theunissen Philadelphia, Penn. 19119. Dorothy Brown, M.D. 3109 Centennial Boulevard Nashville, Tenn. 37209 *Pallas Pidgeon 1478 Peabody Memphis, Tenn. 38104 Anne B. Pierson Planned Parenthood Suite 1700 Exchange Building 2nd at Madison Memphis, Tenn. 38103 -- Ruth McLean Bowers 202 Bushnell St. San Antonio, Texas 79212 Barbara Kaliff 207 Terrell Road San Antonio, Texas 78209 Hon. Sarah Weddington 709 West 14th Street Austin, Texas 78701 Virginia B. Whitehill 3629 Dartmo~ath Ave. Dallas, Texas 75205 L. Lynne Miller 303 Pearl Street *5 Burlington, Vermont 05401 Bette Chambers 416 Candlewood Drive, S.E. Lacey, Washington 98503 Anne Gaylor 726 Miami Pass Madison, Wis. 53711 Ray W. Taylor 633 South Hawley Milwaukee, Wis. 53214 Anne Treseder 2111 University Ave. Madison, Wis. 53705 2123 Sheridan Laramie, Wyoming

TENTH: The name and address of each incorporator is: Deborah Jacobs 2311 Connecticut Ave., N.W. .1 Washington, D. C. 20008

lm I I Carol erner601 D Street, S.E. Washington, D. C. 20003 Betsy Bretz 10733 Kinlock Road Silver Spring, 1'd. 20903

Incorporators

CT oF WASSiNGTON IDIBTRIT oF coLeUNDI

I, Wl/SdA,.. JdMMrd* , a Notary Public, hereby certify that on the _ day of C.W182, 1975, personally appeared before

signed the foregoing document as incorporators, and that the statements therein contained are true.

ComlssonExplreS. Sept. 30, 1979 if

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,! Passed by NARAL Board of Directors December 1, lJO

Article I: NAME The name of this corporation is NATIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE, hereinafter callIed NARAL. Article I I: PURPOSE NARAL has been organized as a non-profit corporation under the District of Columbia Non-Profit Corporation Act to operate on a non-profit basis for the promotion of social welfare and education of the public on matters related to abortion rights. -. Article III: MEMBERSHIP (Revised by NARAL Board of Directors, April, 1980) 1". Members of the organization shall be individuals and organizations contributing to NARAL. Membership shall commence with payment of contributions and shall extend for a maximum of two years if no further payment is received.

lw- 2. Membership amounts shall be set by the Board of Directors, but shall be at " least $5.00 per 24-month period. Categories of Membership shall be Regular, Supporting, and Complimentary. r 3. The annual Membership amounts are payable on the anniversary date of previous Membership payment. Members not making another single payment of at least S5.OO ..... within a 24-month period following initial payment date will be suspended from Membership in the organization. Any Member who has not made payment within said r- two-year period will be ineligible to vote by mail or ballot or at any meeting and cannot serve on the Board until such arrears are fully paid. c 4. Under special circumstances, the Executive Director may grant Complimentary Memberships. Such circumstances may include: financial need, need for information about abortion, willingness to do volunteer work in lieu of payment, or as a token of appreciation for long-term financial support. 5. There shall be an Annual Meeting of Members to be held at such time and place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors. -At least sixty (60) days written notice of the Annual Meeting shall be given each Member. Special meetings of the Membership may be called by the Board of Directors at its discretion. 6. It shall 'be the duty of the Membership to elect annually members of the Board of Directors and Nominating Committee. '1. There shall be one vote per Member.

8. Any Member may be suspended or expelled for cause. Procedures set forth in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised for such suspension or expulsion shall be follIowed. Article IV: CONTRIBUTORS 1. Those individuals or organizations who contribute more than $5.00 per twelve- month period but do not wish to be designated as Members shall be accorded Contributor status. They shall receive newsletters and other NARAL materials but shall not be allowed to vote for Board of Directors or Nominating Comittee.

Article V: AFFILIATES OF NARAL 1. State or regional affiliates of NARAL may be organized in order to promote the purpose of NARAL and to take action on state or local matters in accordance with that purpose. Affiliates shall be organized in conformity with standards formulated by the Board of Directors. The Affiliation Committee shall review affiliate status on an annual basis. 2. The Board of Directors is authorized to recognize affiliates conforming to such standards. -. 3. Affiliates.which have achieved full affiliate status shall be organized by the Board into eight. (8) Regional Councils comprised of the NARAL Coordinators from " each full affiliate. Each Regional Council of affiliates shall nominate one , person to serve on the NARAL Board of Directors.

-- Article VI: OFFICERS 1". The Officers of NARAL shall be a President, a Chair of the Board of Directors, .. a Vice Chair for Administration, a Vice Chair for Programs, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. 2. The Officers, except for the President, shall be elected by and from the Board .... of Directors for a term of one year, shall take office immediately upon election, and shall serve until their successors are elected. The President, who shall not ~be a Director, shall be elected for a term of one year by the Board, shall take office immediately upon election, and shall serve until her/his successor is " elected.

Except for the Treasurer, no Officer shall hold office for more than three (3) consecutive terms. Any Officer holding one office for three (3) consecutive terms may then be nominated and elected to a different office for a further term or terms of no longer than three (3) consecutive years. 3. The President shall preside at the Meetings of the Membership, shall serve as head of the Advisory Council, and shall represent NARAL to the media, to the public, to policy makers, and to funding sources. The President shall serve ex officio without a vote on the Board of Directors. 4. The Chair of the Board of Directors shall preside at meetings of the Board and the Executive Committee, act as liaison between the staff and the Board, and S perform such other duties as may be designated by the Board. In the absence of the President, the Chair shall preside at Membership meetings. 5. The Vice Chair for Administration shall serve ex officio without a vote on administrative committees, including but not limited to Nominating, Personnel, By-Laws, and Fundraising Committees, and shall serve as liaison with staff regarding support needs of the Board in administrative areas. (continued)

-2- Article VI: OFFICERS (continued) In the absence of the Chair, the Vice Chair for Administration shall preside at meetings of the Board and Executive Committee. 6. The Vice Chair for Programs shall serve ex officio without a vote on program committees, including but not limited to Affiliation and PAC Endorsement Committees, and shall serve as liaison with staff regarding support needs of the Board in program areas. In the absence of the Chair and the Vice Chair for Administration, the Vice Chair for Programs shall preside at meetings of the Board and Executive Committee. 7. The Secretary shall be responsible for the records of all meetings of the Mem- bership, the Board of Directors, and the Executive Committee. The Secretary shall cause notice of all such meetings to be given, shall notify all Officers : and Directors of their election, and shall perform such other duties as may be incident to this office. S 8. The Treasurer shall present an account of all receipts and disbursements at each regular meeting of the Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties as _ may be incident to this office. -The Treasurer, together with the Executive Director, shall present an annual budget for the approval of the Board of Directors. . 9. Vacancies in offices which occur between annual meetings of the Board of Directors shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Article VII: BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1. The governing and policy-making body of NARAL shall be a Board of Directors of r" thirty (30) Members. The duties of the Board shall include election of Officers and selection of the Executive Director. All non-officer Board Members must serve on at least one committee of the Board. 2. Eight (8) Members of the Board of Directors shall be representatives of the eight (8) Regional Councils of Affiliates. The remaining twenty-two (22) Members shall be representatives at large. 3. No Member of the Board of Directors may be compensated by NARAL. 4. The term of office of the Board Members representing Regional Councils shall be one (1) year, and such Members shall be eligible for reelection for not more than a total of six (6) consecutive terms. The term of office of at-large Board Members shall be two (2) years, and such Members shall be eligible for reelection for not more than a total of three (3) consecutive terms. Eleven (11) of the at- large Members shall be elected each year. 5, Vacancies in the Board positions which are representing Regional Councils shall be filled by the Board after receiving nominations from the appropriate Regional Council. Vacancies in the at-large seats shall be filled by the Board. 6. The Board shall hold regular meetings at least four (4) times a year. One meeting shall take place in conjunction with the annual Membership meeting. (continued)

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Other meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at the request of the Executive Committee or at least sixteen (16) Directors upon at least ten (10) days notice at a time and place to be fixed by the Executive Comnpittee, but shall be held within thirty (30) days of the call for a meeting.

7.One-half of the Members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum at either regular or special meetings. There shall be no proxy voting at any meeting of the Board. 8. If a Board Member is absent from two consecutive regular meetings of the Board, the Board may declare the position vacant. 9. Members of NARAL, as recognized by Members of the Board or NARAL staff, may be present at meetings of the Board of Directors without vote and may be allowed voice by majority vote of Board Members present, except that the Board may declare an executive session. Article VIII: COMMITTEES 1. Executive Committee: The Executive Committee shall be composed of all Officers. ' r The Executive Committee shall meet as needed. Two-thirds of the Officers shall _.. constitute a quorum of the EXecutive Committee. The Executive Committee shall be responsible to the Board of Directors with full power to act in the operations - and management of NARAL in emergency matters between meetings of the Board. Actions of the Executive Committee must be ratified by the Board at its next " meeting.

2. Nominating Committee: The Nominating Committee shall be composed of a Chair, - who shall be a Member of the Board of Directors, and six (6) additional NARAL Members, two (2) of whom shall be Members of the Board, all of whom shall be ~elected by the Membership for a one-year term. No committee member may serve more than three (3) consecutive terms. No more than one person from a given -- state may serve on the Nominating Committee at the same time. The duties of the Nominating Committee are to make nominations for the at-large Board Member positions, nominations for Officers, and nominations for the Nominating Committee. 3. Standing and Ad Hoc Committees: Committee chairs shall be appointed by and come 'fromn the Board' of Di'rectors'. Committee chairs'shall choose the membership of their committees, who shall be Members of NARAL and who shall include both Board and non-Board Members. NARAL standing committees include, but are not limited to: Personnel Committee, Affiliation Committee, and By-Laws Committee. 4. PAC Endorsement Committee: The chair and members of the PAC Endorsement Committee 'shall be'elected' by' the Board and shall include both Board and non-Board Members. 5. Advisory Council: The Advisory Council shall be composed of individuals who have made significant contributions to the abortion rights movement. Members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Board. Members of the Advisory Council shall provide their professional expertise and support to the Board of Directors and staff in furtherance of the goals of NARALo

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Article IX: ELECTIONS AND .VOTING PROCEDURES 1. Each of the eight (8) Regional Council of Affiliates shall nominate one person to the Board of Directors. The names of those nominated in this manner must be submitted to the Nominating Committee at a time of its choosing. 2. The Nominating Committee shall nominate persons for the twenty-two (22) at- large positions on the Board of Directors. State Coordinators are not precluded from being nominated in this manner if not already nominated by their Regional CouncilI. 3. Nominations for the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee may be made by petition signed by at least twenty-five (25) voting Members of NARAL. Such nominations, if any, shall be submitted to the Nominating Conumittee at a time of its choosing. 4. The Membership shall elect the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee. The ballot shall have two (2) categories for Board of Directors: the at-large ' Members and the Regional Council Members. The Membership may vote for a total _ of eleven (11) persons in the at-large category and for one person from each of the eight (8) Regional Councils. The election will be executed by mall ballot. ,, One-hundred (100) Members shall constitute a quorum. Decisions shall be made by a majority ballot. No cumulative-voting is allowed. 5. Nominees shall be listed on the ballots in alphbetical order, without title, with 'A indication of place of residence, whether a present incumbent, whether submitted -. by the Nominating Committee or by petition.

;" Descriptive material on the candidates submitted by the Nominating Committee or ...... by petitioners shall accompany the ballots and shall be presented in identical format and in alphabetical order for each category of nomination. (-. 6. The Board of Directors shall be responsible for ensuring secret ballots and -- voting by eligible voters only. S 7. In the election of the at-large Members of the Board of Directors, nominees receiving the highest number of votes to a number sufficient to fill the designated places on the Board shall be declared elected. If tie votes result in more than the designated number, decision among those tied with the lowest totals shall be made by the Chair drawing lots for the appropriate number of people to fill the Board. 8. In the election of the Nominating Committee, the six (6) persons receiving the highest total votes of those listed on the ballot shall be declared elected. The person receiving the highest total of those nominated as Chair of the Nominating Committee, shall be declared elected. Tie votes shall be resolved by the Chair of the Board drawing lots among those tied. "9. Candidates for Officers, except the President, shall be nominated by the Nominating Committee from Members of the newly elected Board of Directors. The President shall be nominated by the Nominating Committee and shall not be a Member of the Board of Directors. Officers shall be elected by the incoming Board by secret ballot at its first meeting. Nominations may be accepted from the floor.

-5- Article X: AMENDMENTS These By-Laws may be amended by a majority vote of the Board, provided that the amendment has been submitted in writing to each Director at least thirty (30) days prior to the vote. The vote may be at a meeting of the Board or by mail ballot. Article XI: FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year. Article XII: PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY The rules contained in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the Coporation in all cases to Which they are applicable and 'in which they are not inconsistent with these By-Laws and any special rules of order which NARAL may adopt.

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IMPLEKENTING PROVIS IONS (to be eliminated from By-Laws when obsolete)

Article I

These By-Laws will become effective immediately upon adoption by the Board of Directors.

Article II

In the first year these By-Laws are in effect, the term of office of the Board of Directors shall begin at the 1980 Membership meeting. Eleven (11) of the at-large Members shall serve from the 1980 Membership meeting through December 1981, and eleven (11) shall serve from the 1980 Membership meeting through December 1982. All shali serve until their successors are elected. The Board Members representing Regional Councils shall serve from the 1980 Membership meeting through December 1981 or until their successors are elected.

?. Article III

...The newly elected Board will meet at the 1980 annual Membership meeting and will elect its Officers, who shall serve from that time until their successors are elected, most likely January 1981.

Article IV

The Nominating Committee elected in 1980 will serve through the next election of Board "of Directors and Officers or until their successors are elected.

Article V

The current Nominating Committee shall make nominations for the Board of Directors and SOfficers, and Nominating Commnittee to be elected in 1980 in accordance with the provi-

_sions of these By-Laws.

r Article VI

Years of service of current Officers and Board Members count toward the restrictions on terms contained in these By-Laws. Article VII

A vote by the Membership will cause the terms of all Officers and Board Members to expire at the 1980 annual Membership meeting.

-7- NATIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE 825 15th Street, NW, Washington D. C. 20005 (202) 347-7774 BY-LAWS (as amended, March 1979)

Article I: NM The name of this association is NATIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE, hereinafter called NARAL.

Article II: PURPOSE

NARAL has been organized as a non-profit corporation under the District of Columbia Non-profit Corporation Act to operate on a non-profit basis for the ..... promotion of social welfare and education of the public on matters related to abortion.

Article III: MEMBERSHIP

1. The Membership shall consist of individuals and autonomous organizations, free to carry out individual programs consistent with the purpose of NARAL, as set forth in Article II, as well as state-affiliates which shall adhere to NARAL's purpose, program and guidelines for affiliation status as set ~by the Executive Co-ittee.

2. Categories of membership shall be Limited Income, Regular, Family, Organi- r" zation, Sustaining, Sponsor, and such other categories as may be designated .- by the Executive Committee. Membership shall become effective ,upon receipt of dues as set by the Executive Committee.

3. The annual dues of Members are payable on the anniversary of .their previous dues payment. Renewal reminders will give each Member adequate nonce of what his/her renewal date is.\ Any Member who is in arrears of dues for a period of 60 days will be ineligible to vote by mail or ballot or at any meeting and cannot serve on the Board until such arrears are fully paid.

4. Under special circumstances, the Executive Committee may waive the membership dues for an organization or individual.

5. Member organizations shall designate an official representative to attend membership meetings, to vote, and to receive communications. They may designate an alternate to serve in the absence of the official representative. ?age 2

place as may be fixed by the Executive Coiittee. At. least sixty (60) days written notice of the Annual Meeting shall be given each Member. W6. AnThere agenda shall shall be anbe Annualprovided Meeting twenty of (20)Members days toin beadvance held atof suchthe timemeeting. and

Special meetings of the Membership may be called by the Board of Directors or Executive Committee at their discretion.

7. The duties of the Membership shall be to elect the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee at the Annual Membership Meeting, and to consider such policy matters as shall be timely and appropriate and make recumenda- tions to the Board of Directors or the Executive Committee.

8. There shall be one vote per individual Member and one vote per member organization or family.

9. Any Member may be suspended or expelled for cause by a majority vote of the Board of Directors provided that notice in writing, stating the grounds of suspension or removal, shall have been delivered to the Member or mailed to ~the Member's last known address at least fifteen (15) days before such action is taken. The Member shall be given the opportunity to present a defense, .-' to call witnesses, to be represented by counsel, and to such other procedural :j. rights as deemed fair and just.

__ Article IV: STATE AFFILIATES OF NARAL I1. Membership may be organized into state or regional Abortion Rights Action . Leagues (hereinafter referred to as affiliates) in order to promote the purpose of NARAL and to take action on state or local matters in accordance ,-. with that purpose. Affiliates shall be organized in conformity with stand- " ards formulated by the Executive Con-mittee. The Affiliation Committee will - review applications for affiliate status on an annual basis. " 2. The Executive Committee is authorized to recognize/'ffiliates conforming to such standards and to make equitable financial arrangements with such affiliates. 3. Coordinators of Affiliates she11 be named by the Executive Director in consultation with the member /aifiliate, with the approval of the Executive Committee at its next meeting.

Article V: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. The governing and policy-making body of NARAL shall be a Board of Directors of not more than 90 Members. The duties of the Board shall include the Selection of officers of NARAL.

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3. Vacancies occurring on the Board by reasons of death, resignation or removal shall be filled f or the remainder of the term of the retired Board Member at the next annual Membership meeting from nominations submitted by the Nominating Counnittee. Those serving out an unexpired term shall be eligible for re-election to one three-year term before rotating off. meeting 4. The Directors shall hold regular meetings at least once a year. One shall take place i-,nediately following the annual Membership meeting, at Board of which time election of Officers shall occur by the newly installed Directors. . of Other meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at the request (10) the President or of at least ten (10) Directors upon at least ten days notice at a time and place to be fixed by the Executive Committee, but shall be held within thirty (30) days of the call for a meeting. quorumn 5. One-fourth (23) Members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a included at either regular or special meetings, and proxy votes shall not be in a quorum count. of NARAL, as recognized by members of the Board or NARAL staff, may 6. Members be be present at meetings of the Board of Directors without vote and may allowed voice by majority vote of Board Members present, excejt that the President may declare an Executive session for specific purposes. 7. Any Member of the Board of Directors may be removed for cause by a majority of the Board Members at a regular meeting or at a special meeting called vote (15) by ten (10) Directors. The Board Member shall be given at least fifteen days notice of the grounds for his or her removal, shall be given the opportunity to present a defense, to call witnesses, to be represented by Counsel, and to such other procedural rights as are deemed fair and just.

Article VI: OFFICERS 1. The Officers of NARAL (all of whom shall be Director~s) shall be a President; a Chairperson of the Executive Committee; four (41 Vice-.Presidents representing eastern, southern, central and western regions as defined by the Executive other Committee; a Secretary; a Treasurer and an Assistant Treasurer; and such regular or honorary Officers as the Directors deem necessar~y, of the 2. The Officers shall be elected for a term of one year by a majority Board of Directors at their first meeting following the Annual Meeting, the first The Officers shall hold office until the election of Off icers at Board of Directors meeting following the next Annual Membership meeting. no Except for honorary Officers, the Treasurer, and the Assistant Treasurer, Officer shall hold office for more than three (3) consecutive terms, Any be nominat-' Officer holding one office for three (3) consecutive years may then ed and elected to a different office for a further term or terms of no longer than three (.3> consecutive years.

3179 O ?agO 3.The President shall preside at the Meetings of the Membership and the Board ~of Directors and of the Executive Committee in the absence of the Chairperson of the Executive Commttee. The President shall be ex officio a Member of all comnittees except the Nominating Committee and shall perform all the usual duties incidental to that office and such other duties as may be desig- hated by the Board.

4. The Chairperson of the Executive Committee shall preside at meetings of the Executive Committee, act as liaison between the staff and the Executive Committee, and perform such other duties as may be designated by the Execu- tive Committee. 5. The Vice Presidents shall be responsible for a coordination and liaison with respect to activities within their particular regions and shall assist with development and support of NARAL affiliates. They shall assist the President as called upon. In the absence of the President, the appropriate Vice-President shall preside at the meetings of the Membership or Board of Directors held in her/his -- region. In the absence of the Chairperson of the Executive Committee and of the President the appropriate Vice-President shall preside at meetings of the Executive Commnittee held in her/his region. 6. The Secretary shall be responsible for the records of all meetings of the .. _ Membership, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. The Secretary shall give notice of all such meetings, shall notify all Officers and Directors f of their election, and shall perform such other duties as may be incident to this office.

7. The Treasurer shall prepare an account of all receipts and disbursements with monthly reports to the Board, and an Annual Report to the Membership. The .... Treasurer or a duly elected assistant shall be custodian of all monies collected, shall deposit them in a bank or banks designated by the Executive Commit- tee, and shall disburse them under the authority granted by the Executive Committee. The Treasurer, together with the Executive Director, shall present an annual budget for the approval of the Board of Directors.

Article VII: COMMTTTEES 1. Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall be composed of all Officers, and, in addition, six (6) Members of the Board of Directors to be elected by the Board. All members of the-Executive Committee serve for a term of one year and are eligible for re-election. Committee chairpersons shall be ex officio Members of the Executive Committee without a vote.

The Committee shall meet at least four (4) times a year. One-third plus one voting Members shall constitute a quorum.

3/79 TeExecutive Coittee shall be responsible to Board of Directors Wg with full power to act in the operation, management and policy of tA between Meetings of the Board. It shall report its actions to the Board with full minutes of its Meetings.

2. Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall be composed of £ Chairperson, who shall be a Member of the Board of Directors, and sIx (6) additional NARAL Members, who need not be Members of the Board of Directors, elected for a one-year term by the Membership at the Annual Meeting. The duties of the Nominating Committee are to make nominations for the Board of Directors; nominations for the following year's Nominating Committee and Chairperson of the Nominating Committee; and nominations for Officers and the at-large Members of the Executive Committee.

3. Standing Committees and Ad Hoc Committees. Committee chairpersons shall be : appointed by the Executive Committee for such committees as shall be established by the vote of the Membership, Board of Directors, or Executive Commit- tee. Committee chairpersons shall choose the membership of their Committees who shall be voting Members of NAtAL, and the Executive Committee may recommend additional Committee Members to the Committee Chairpersons. Committee Chairpersons shall serve a one-year term and are eligible for reappointment. NARAL standing committees include, but are not limited to, Personnel Com- mittee, Affiliation Committee, and Planning and Policy Committee.

Article VIII: ELECTIONS AND VOTING PROCEDURES

Additional nominations for the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee may be made by petition signed by at least ten (10) voting Members. Addition- al nominations for Officers may be made by petition signed by at least ten (10) Members of the Board of Directors. Such additional nominations if any shall be submitted to the NARAL office at least 45 days prior to the Annual Meeting.

2. The list of nominees for the Board of Directors and the Nominating Committee shall be sent to the Membership by mail at least 30 days prior to the Annual Membership Meeting.

3/79 submitted by •e Nominating Coint- Descriptive material on the candidates the ballots and shall be presented by tee or by .petitioners shall accompany alphabetical order for each category the staff in identical format and in of nomination. Executive Committee, Director, under the direction of the 4. The Executive and voting by eligible be responsible for ensuring secret ballots shall person. Ballots for Officers only, whether voting is by mail or in voters of Directors is constituted at the shall not be counted until the new Board Annual Membership Meeting. of Directors, nominees receiving the highest 5. In the election for the Board places on the number sufficient to fill the designated number of votes to a more than the de- declared elected. If tie votes result in Board shall be lowest totals shall be number, decision among those tied with the signated appropriate number of people to made by the President drawing lots for the fill the Board. receiving the the Nominating Co-mittee: the six persons 6. In the election of shall be declared winners. total votes of those listed on the ballot ? highest nominated as Chairperson person receiving the highest total of those The votes shall be resolved by the President ' shall be declared elected. Tie drawing lots among those tied. the Executive Committee or com- by Members, the Board of Directors, consist -. 7. Voting may be authorized by proxy. This shall mittees on a specific issue or a designated properly signed written proxy to the Secretary " of giving a the issue for or Executive Committee Member, specifying Member, Director, may vote more than two proxies which the proxy is to be used. No one person "" more than one proxy at the Executive , at Membership or Board meetings or vote. ~Committee meetings on each recorded

Article IX: AENDMENTS Director of a proposed at least thirty (30) days notice to each 1. Upon by a Majority of the Board of -" Amendment, these by-laws may be amended : Directors. Mailed ballots are permitted. revisions of the by-laws become 2. Upon approval by the Board of Directors, effective as soon as applicable.

Article X: BANK SIGNATURES budget, are subject of NARAL, not exceeding 20%. of the current 1. Any funds etc., signed on behalf of withdrawal or charge upon checks, drafts, to Member of the Executive NARAL by the Executive Director or any authorized

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iL \ A, iNAIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE National Office: Washington Office: • 250 West 57th Street 705 G Street, S.E. .. New York, N.Y. 10019 Washinston, D.C. 20003 •21Z-265-5125 .202-546-0940

-BY-LAWS

Article I: NAME

.The name of this association is NATIONAL ABORTION RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE, hereinafter called NARAL.

Article II: PURPOSE .

,,IARAL, recognizing the basic human right of a woman to limit her own reproduction, is dedi- Scated to the elimuination of all laws and practices that would compel any woman to bear .._a child against her will. To that end, it.proposes to initiate and coordinate political, social and legal action of individuals and groups concerned with providing safe abortions by ' tualified physicians for-.all women seeking them regardless of economic status.

.r-.rticle III: MEMBERSHIP :. ;. , "

1o The membership, shall consist of individuals and autonomous organizations, free to carry out individual programs consistent with the purpose of NARAL, as set forth in Article II, as well as state affiliates which shall adhere to NARAL's purpose and program.

2. Categories of membership shall be Limited Income, Regular, Family, Organization, Sus- €* tamning, Sponsor, and such other categories as may .be designated by the Executive Commnittee. Membership shall become effective upon receipt of 'dues as set by the Executive Conmittee. "-• ,

3.-: -The annual dues of members are payable on the first of each calendar year, except for- members who have joined within the previous four months, in which case their dues shall be payable on the first of the following calendar year.

Any member who is in arrears of dues for a period of 60 days will be ineligible to vote by mail or ballot ar at any meeting and cannot serve on the Board until such arrears are fully paid.

14. Under special circumstances, the Executive Conrnittee may waive the membership dues for an organization or individual.

5. M~ember organizations- shall1 designate an official representative to attend rberibership meetings, to vote, and to reccive com unications. They may designate an alternate to serve in the absence of the official representative.

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6. There shall be an Annual Meeting of eMoibers to be held at such time and place as may be fixed by the Executive Conmittee. At least sixty (60) days written notice of the Annual Meeting shall be given each member. An agenda shall be provided twenty (20) days in advance of the meeting.

Special meetings of the Membership may be called by the Board of Directors or Executive Comnittee at their discretion. 7. The duties of the Membership shall be to elect the Board of Directors and the Nominating Comittee at the Annual Membership Meeting, and to consider such policy matters as shall be timely and appropriate and make recomendations to the Board of Directors or the Executive Commnittee.

8. There shall be one vote per individual Member and one vote per member organization or

family. ______

9. Any member may be suspended or expelled for cause by a m~ajority vote of the Board of Directors provided that notice in writing, stating the grounds of suspension or removal, !* shall have been delivered to the member or mailed to the member's last known address at :: least fifteen (15) days before such action is taken. The member shall be given the opportunity to present a defense, to call witnesses, to be represented by counsel, and U to such other procedural rights as deemed fair and just.

rticle IV: STATE AFFILIATES OF NARAL

I. Membership may be organized into state Abortion Rights Action Leagues (hereinafter referred to as affiliates) in order to promote the purpose of NARAL and to take action "-on state or local matters in accordance with that purpose. Affiliates shall be organized .. in conformity with standards formulated by the Executive Commuittee.

2; The Executive Committee is authorized to recognize affiliates conforming to such standards and to make equitable financial arrangements with such affiliates.

.. Coordinators of Affiliates shall be named by the Executive Director in consultation with with the member affiliate, with the approval of the Executive Conmittee at its next meeting.. . ..

Article V: BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1. The governing and policy-making body of NARAL shall be a Board of Directors of nbt more than 90 members. The duties of the Board shall include the election of the officers of NARAL. .14 2. Directors shall be elected for a term of three (3) years by the membership in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article VIII and are eligible for re-election for aI second term. Approximately one-third of the Directors shall be elected each year. Following one year's absence from the Board, an individual may again become eligible for election to the Board.

3. Vacancies occurring on the Board by reasons of death, resignation or removal shall be filled for the remainder of the term of the retired Board member at the next annual membership meeting from nominations submitted by the Nominating Commnittee. Those serving out an unexpired term shall be eligible for re-election to one three-year term before rotating off.

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J * The Directors shall hold regular meetings at least once a year. One meeting shall take place irtmediately following the annual membership meeting, at which time election of officers shall occur by the newly installed Board of Directors. Other meetings of the Board of Directors 'nay be called at .the request of the President or of at least (10) Directors upon at least ten (10) days notice at a time and place to be fixed by the Executive Committee, but shall be held within 30 days of the call for a meeting.

5; One-fourth (23) members of the Board of Directors shall consti|tute a quorum at either regular or special meetings, and proxy votes shall not be included in a quorum count. 6. Members of NARAL, as recognized by members of the Board or NARAL staff, may be present ... :.at meetings of the Board of-Directol;s without vote and may be allowed voice by majority vote of Board members present, except that the Puesident may declare an Executive session for specific purposes.

7. Any member of the Board. of Directors may be removed for cause by a majority vote of . Sthe',Board members at a regular meeting or at a special meeting called by ten (10) ,,. Directors. The Board members shall be given at least fifteen (15) days notice of the grounds for his or her removal, shall be given the opportunity to present a defense, '- to call witnesses, to be represented by Counsel, and to such other procedural rights as are deemed fair and .just.•

Article VI: OFFICERS 1. The officers of NARAL (all of whom shaH( be Directors) shall be a President; a Chair- "-person of.the Executive Corimittee; four (4) vice-presidents representing eastern, southern, central and western regions as defined by the Executive Con-rittee; a Secre-.- tary; a-Treasurer and an Assistant Treasurer, and such other regular or honorary - of ficers as the Directors deem necessary.

2% The off icel~s shall be elected for a term of one yeanby a'rtajority of the Board of Directors at their first meeting following the Annual Meeting.

The officers shall hold office until the election of of fi'aers at the-'first Board of Directors , meeting following the next Annual Membership meeting...... -. ~, . :......

Except for honorary- officers, 'the Treasurer, and' the Assistant Treasurer, no officer shall hold office for more than three (3) consecutive terms. Any officer holding one office for three (.3) cbonsecutive years may then be nominated and elected to a different office for a further term or terms of no longer than three (3) consecutive years. T1 '4: 3. The President shall preside at the Meetings of the Membership and the Board of Directors Tnd of the Executive Committee in the absence of the Chairperson of the Executive Corrnittee. The President shall be ex officio a Mlember of all cormitt~es except the " Nominating Corirnittee and shall perform all the usual duties incidental to that office and such other duties as may be designated by the Board.

4. .The Chairperson of the Executive Cor~nittee shall preside at Meetings of thc Executive Committee, act as liaison bet'.ieen the staff and the Executive Corrmlittee, and perform such other duties as may be designated by the Executive Comrrittee.

5. The Vice Presidents shall be responsible for a coor-dination and liaison with respect to Sactivities within their particular regions and shall assist with development and support of" NARAL affiliates. They shall assist the President as called upon.

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In the absence of the President, the appropriate vice-president shall preside at the rmeetings of the Membership or Board of Directors held in her/his region. In the absence of the Chair- : person of the Executive Conmittee and of the President the appropriate vice-president shall preside at meetings of the Executive Committee held in her/his region.

6. The Secretary shall be responsible for the records of all meetings of the Membership, the Board of Directors and the Executive Coirmittee. The Secretary shall give notice ...of all such meetings, shall notify all officers and directors of their election, and shall perform such other duties as may be incident to this office.

.7. The Treasurer shall prepare an account of all receipts and disbursements with monthly reports to the Board, and an Annual Report to the Membership. The Treasurer or a duly elected assistant shall be custodian of all monies collectcd, shall deposit them in a ... •bank or banks designated by the Executive Committee, and shall disburse them under the authority granted by the Executive Cormittee. The Treasurer, together with the Executive Director, shall present an annual budget for the approval of the Board of Directors.

8. Vacancies in offices which occur between annual meetings of the Board of Directors shall be filled by the Executive Committee at a regular meeting, or at a meeting specially P called for that purpose......

TAi-ticle VII: COMMITTEES ]* Executive Cormnittee. The Executive Comm~ittee shall be composed of all Officers, and, in addition, six (6) members of the Board of Directors to be elected by the Board. All members of the Executive Cormmittee serve for a term of one year and are eligible " for re-election. Comrmittee chairpersons shall be ex officio members of the Executive Comnit tee without a vote.

The Commnittee shall meet at least four (4) times a year. One-third plus one voting members shall constitute a quorum. ". -

rho Executive Cormmittee shall be responsible to the Board of Directors with full power to i-ct in the operation, management and policy of NARAL between Meetings of the Board. It hall report its actions to the Board with full minutes of its Meetings.

2. Nominating Corrrittee. The Nominating Connittee shall be composed of a Chairperson, who shall be a member of the Board of Directors, and six (6) additional NARAL members, who need not be members of the Board of Directors, elected for a one-year term by the - Membership at the Annual Meeting.

*he duties of the Nominating Cormiittee a,'e to make nominations for the Board of Directgrs; ,ominations for the following year's Nominating Cormiittee and chairperson of the Nominang Cormmittee; and nominations for Officers and the at-large members of the Executive Commijttee.

3. StnigCn~te and Ad Hoc Committees. ConmTmittee chairpersons shall be appointed by the Executive Corrrnttee for such corrnittees as shall be established by the vote of the Memnbership, Board of Directors, or Executive Cor, mittee. Corrnittee chairpersons shall choose the nicnbrship of their Committees iho shall be voting members of NARAL, and the Executive Committee may recommend additional Co'rittee Members to Corrrittee Chairpersons. Corrnittee Chairpersons shall serve a one-year term and are eligible for reappoi n tment.

7/75 AI lVI II: ELECTIONS AND VOTING PROCEDURES

1. The nominations made by the Nominating Coiimittee for the Board of Directors, the off icers of NARAL, the chairperson and members of the next year's Nominating Corrmittee shall be submitted to the NARAL office at least 75 days prior to the Annual Meeting and shall be scnt to the membership at least sixty (60) days prior to .the Annual Meeting.

Additional nominations for the Board of Directors and the Nominating Conimittee may be made by petition signed by at least ten (10) voting members. Additional nominations for officers may be made by petition signed by at least ten (10) members of the Board of Directors. Such additional nominations if any shall be submitted to the NARAL office at least 45 days prior to the Annual Meeting.

2. The list of nominees for the Board of Directors and the Nominating Corrmittee shall be sent to the membership by mail at least 30 days prior to the Annual Membership Meeting.

The list of nominations for officers shall be sent to the current members of the Board of q.rectors and to those nominated for membership on the Board of Directors at least 30 days prior to the Annual Membership Meeting.

..... i nees shall--be listed on-the ballots in alphabetical order, without title, with indication of place of residence, whether a present incumbent, whether submitted by the "" Nominating Committee or petition. The Ballots for the Board of Directors and the .. Nominating Comrmittee shall indicate the maximum number of nominees to be voted on out of the total listed.

I]scriptive material on the candidates submitted by the Nominating Commnittee or by petitioners shall accompany the ballots and shall be presented by the staff in identical format and in alphabetical order for each category of nomination.

EF The Executive Director, under the direction of the Executive Committee, shall be responsible for ensuring secret ballots and voting by eligible voters only, whether voting is -'by mail or in person. Ballots for officers shall not be counted until the new Board of :- Directors is constituted at the Annual Membership Meeting.

5. In the election for the Board of Directors, nomninees receiving the highest number of votes to a number sufficient to fill the designated places on the Board shall be •declared elected. If tie votes result in more than the designated number, decision among those tied with the lowest totals shall be made by the President drawing lots for the appropriate number of people to fill the Board.

6. In the election of the Nominating Cormittee: the six persons receiving the highest total votes of those listed on the ballot shall be declared the winners. The person recci vi ng the highest total of those nominated as chairperson shall be declared elected. Tie votcs shall be resolved by the President drawing lots among those tied.

7. Voting by members, the Board of Directors, the Executive Ccom,-ittee or committees on a specific issue may be authorized by proxy. This shall consist of giving a properly signed w.ritten proxy to the Secretary or a designated member, Director, or Executive Co Tnittce tlember, specifying the issue for w.hich the proxy is to be used. No one person may vote more than two proxies at Mcii;bership or Board meetings or more than one proxy at the Executive Corrniittce meetings on each recorded vote.

7/75 General proxies shall not" be accepted. Proxy votes shall not be included in a quorum count.

Proxy holders to the Executive Commnittee must be Members of the Executive Coriittee; proxy holders to the Board must be Members of the Board of Directors; and proxy holders to the General Meeting must be members of NARAL.

Article IX: AMENDMENTS

1. Upon at least thirty (30) days notice to each directorof a proposed Amiendment, these by-laws may be amended ?,/ a Majority of the Board of Directors. Mailed ballots are permitted.

2. Upon approval by the Board of Directors, revisions of the by-laws become effective as• soon as applicable.

Article X: BANK SIGNATURES • . Any funds of NARAL are'subject to withdrawal or charge upon checks, drafts, etc., signed fointly on behalf of NARAL by any two officers or one officer and the Executive Director.

Artide XI: FISCAL YEAR

TIe fiscal year of the Association shall be the calendar year.

Ar'ticle XII: PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY

The rules contained in Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the association i~.a11 cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these By-Laws and any special rule of order NARAL may adopt.

Upon adoption of Article V, Section 2, only the present term of current members of the Board of Directors shall be counted toward the tenure limit.

7/75 ,825 15th Stret, N.W. c~ '.f Washington, D.C. 20005

.... Many of your personal , freedoms may be lost ~if a frightening plan for a Constitutional ~Convention succeeds.

Details inside ~NARAL NATIONAL ABORION RIGHTS ACION LEAGUE 825 15th Street N.W, Washington, D.C. 20005

"...'Contraception' often turns out to be silent' (early) abortion induced by the pill or the I.U.D... Honorary Presiden t Fr. Paul Marx, O.S.B., Hon. Shirley Chisholm Bible and Liturgy Sunday Bulletin, Honorary Vice Presidents March 27, 1977 Hon. Maurine Neuberger Hen. Yvonne Burke "We are opposed to the continued funding of Betty Friedan the so-called 'family planning services and President population research act' .. ..both the I.U.D. Margie Pitts Haines, Esq. and one mode of action of the current pill are abortifacients." ... Chairpersonof Robert C. Marshall, Legislative Counsel, Executive Committee U.S. Coalition for Life, in his ,,.. Pamela Lowry February, 1977 Testimony before Congress on t Vice President East Extension of the Health Services Act of 1977 Frances Nathan "Vice President Central Rev. Dalton Downs Vice President West Mary Haberman Clark Dear Friend, Cf Vice President South Lavonne Painter, M.D. A few years ago, the opponents of safe, legal abortions treaded softly around the issue of contra- Chairperson, Legal cept ion. r" Advisory Committee Prof. Cyril C. Means, Jr. But lately, as the above quotes show, their attacks Secretary on contraception, calling it a form of abortion, have , Robert W.vMcCoy become open and outspoken.

Treasurer You can be sure that they would not now be raising Beatrice Blair the contraception issue unless they were supremely Assistant Treasurer confident, and they have good reason to be. Lee Gidding The anti-choice fanatics are well on their way to Executive Committee victory in their drive to outlaw 1eqai abortions and it Jessma Blockwick is Anne Gaylor frighteningly cl.ear that they arc determined to ban C. Stanley Lowell legal, contraception as well. Howard C. Maxwefl Sarah Weddington, Esq. They have already triumphed inl their efforts to Judith Widdicombe deny safe, legal abortions to Anerica's poorest women.

1 xewutive Director Recent actions in the U.S. Supreme Court and Karen Muihauser Congress have cut off Medicaid funds for abortions, l eav ing thousands of r ovorty stricke:n women no choice but to reosort t o (bli herous , often deedlly , back alley and se]I -induced abort ions.

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The most ominous sign of this impending threat is the anti-abortion lobby's headlong rush to call a Constitutional Convention whose stated goal is to strip all women of their right to abortion, but whose ultimate outcome could have devastating consequences for the freedomercitize, men as well as women.

The last time such a convention was convened was in 1787, when our present Constitution was written.

But the delegates to a new Constitutional Convention won't be the founding fathers. They'll be anti-choice zealots, many extreme right wingers, who may seize the opportunity to go far beyond passage of a "human life" amendment.

Using the same high-powered techniques employed by the legendary gun lobby, the anti-choice lobby has already rammed convention calls through nine state legislatures -- and by overwhelming majorities. If they continue to brow- beat 25 more state legislatures into calling for a Consti- tutional Convention, they will have won.

I fervently hope you realize that now is the time to do something to protect abortion rights. It has become the key issue in a momentous struggle which will determine the fate of many basic rights and liberties.

That's why I have written you on behalf of the National Abortion Rights Action League, and why I urge you to lend it your whole-hearted support today. Tomorrow may be too late.

XARAL -- THE ONLY NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION VIlGHTINC SOLELY FOR ABORTION RIGHTS

:NARAL is the only national membership organization which devotes I 00% of its resources to preserving the right to safe, I egai abortions.

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We're registered to lobby on Capitol Hill, and we are embarking on major new programs to expand our efforts in the critical battles being waged at the state and local levels.

Thousands of men and women have joined us in this important struggle, including such notable persons as Gloria Steinem, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm.

Our opposition is powerful, but with your help, we can launch an offensive that can stop the anti-choice forces in their tracks.

WHAT YOU CAN HELP NARAL ACCOMPLISH

~Every major opinion poll shows that a clear majority of the American public supports legal abortions. What the ~anti-choice advocates have done with a minority of votes, p you can help us do even better with our majority.

._ Although poor women have lost their right to federally funded abortions because of the Hyde Amendment, you can help ~us lobby to restore that right when Congress votes this year on a new appropriations bill for Medicaid.

~While maintaining a strong presence on Capitol Hill, NARAL also needs your support to organize a grass roots -- effort crucial to convincing vote-conscious lawmakers that we represent a serious political threat.

Right now we are bringing NARAL activists to Washington -- for intensive training in lobbying skills, election politics, public speaking and media techniques.

These new field representatives will be working with our local affiliates to establish political action networks in every state, and helping us to coordinate the efforts of other organizations that support legal abortion.

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plexed a bit by curr..nt developments, clinics in New Jersey to keep records of 1 By MARTIN WALDRON "Every opinion poll s ~ows that the public complications which develop after abor- ______does not want anti-abo~rtion bills,'' she tions.'" said Mr. Smith. said. lie said that the anti-abortion move- TRI-NION Franl Avallone of' East Brunswick. the merit in New Jersey was attralcting new I IS. as the other side said, much like coordinator for the Right-to-Choose. the members and that its memlers were will- \ ater wearing away stone. Last state's most active pro-abortionists" ing to becomecinvolved. Nihnday. Right-to-life dernonstra- group. said she had no expectatiotn at all The crowds of' anti-abortionists who tors ...\ho are using songs and red roses that the Assembly would not pass the demonstrated in Washington the Saturday to \ teardow'n legislative resistance-sat abortion convention bill. after Jimmy Carter's inauguration as Pres- in thc g-rllery of the State Senate and It is a prospect. she said, that bothers ident included more than 5.(X) from New watched approvingly as their latest anti- her beyond the implications of outlawing Jersey, he said. abortion bill .slid through on a 27-to-6 abortion. On almost any issue, Right-to-Life can "+ vote. If the anti-abortionists succeed in get- turn out several hundred demonstrators. While pro-abortionis+ts fumed in anger. ting a national convention call, they will he said. "" the Senate adopted a bill asking Congtess end up rewriting the entire Constitution, In recent weeks, the organization has to call a convention to write an anti- she sai "I . turned its attention to colleges, and it now S abortion section into the United States tets mad onteSenatLor has chapters on a half-dozen campuses in Constitution. lat sc cnetincul be rcstrictW the state, he said. I)espite Senate rules, the anti-ahotb opsiga iaborto aedmenlt to" Mrs. Avalhone disputed thatl Right-to- ists clappecd and Lhccrcd,.j theCnttuinaecoiptl withou t life was growing. ..\ t'ight betweecn the antis and the rs Iudtin h ai.A uha conven+- '"The 're just getting loude,''" she has gon,,e mostly unno~ticed p)ublicly i, re in h dlgtswudbe. free to, re- ltid. " cent mouths w\hile the hill has we nd t rteayprto h Cosittion the The anti-abortionists are getting active r... wa\y through the Serrate Comn,+ittetc coet ikr ih h ad - po'litically because ''they have lost in the were .. oor.fo a vte ,.. . : uch Amer- courts every' time.'' she said. arid ... The abortion issue has become one of ican traditions as the First Amendment to unable to persuade Congress to pass an the? most controversial and enmtional oneOs the Constitution. which guarantees f'ree- anti-abortion bill. r'. facing the New, Jersey Lecgis+lature. And domn of speech and of religion. "'They know that local legislators are on e~er~x legislative day. pros and antis The bill that the New Jersey Senate more ,ubjct! to pressure.'' she added. ,,.demonstrate in the hall, and sometimes passed would seek to take advantage of a Although Congress would not pass an come close to conlr mtation. section of thle United States Constitution anti-ahortion hill. it did adopt an amend- .'"a. ssio o the Snte has been thatt permit. ' a national ment to the appropriation for the Federl and preceded by' clusters, of earnest anti- con . - lDepartment of Health. Education abortionists+standine in front oflthe Sen~ate f"he Con+gress., would be obligedcto 0 c We'lfare forbidding the use of any of its, chambers sincine '+Senator Feldmamj such a convention if 34 states,,adopt the unds to help pay f'or abortions. give life a chance.'' s'ame law thec New Jersey Senate passed. ' This, prohibition is now in abeyance on SMatthew. Fe:ldman of Teaneck is e~ Four states already have passed thee law+. order from a Federal judge. and the Pres ident of the Senate, and as sue nditis pending on a dozen o.r.sother question likely wrill be settled eventuallh m+akes umpthe Senate calendar. He put the .. ',cutivedirector ef_r- by the United States Supreme Court. anti-abotrtion hill on the calendar last sey Right-to-Life movemrent. Christop~her Mrs,. Avalhone said she also had a suit Nhondal\. Smith. a 23-y'ear-old who became in- pendine in Federal Court in+New Jersev The pr'o-atbortioni,,ts, wvho prefer to be terested in abortion lws while attending attacking the tax-exempt~ status of the kno\', n as represecnting ' the right to Trenton State College. said that the Senate Rig ht-to+-Life group. choosec.'' d1 not espect to he ahle to stop vte did not .ius'thappen. The Right-to-1.ife organization has he- inl she said. which the +inti -,ttrtion bill ifit come,, tt 'ole~t The 15 .O)0 members of Ri ght-to+-l.i fec ome involved politics, in the A.\,,,mhl\ . in Ne\\ Jlersey have been ver\ acti\x e in i,,a 'round fbr los+ing the tax- exempt 1)oro~th\' I). Sehi env ald oflthe Ameri- Iohhb inc the 4t) members of the State status,. and '\ hen the internal Revenue canttCi\ il libertie, U.nion. wvhich o~pposes Seteh to vote for the abortion aind c.onl- Ser\ ice woutl nlot mIove against Right- Iax,, to+ ottla\\ dhort ions bcause, they' vent ion bill, lie said, adding that the coal i- ti -Li fe she filed her suit. consider such laa s,to he an "'in asnion of t ion. \ hich has chapters in each oflNe\ It is scheduled tohe heard in February. pri ac} " ',sid that if the bill .cot out o~f JIerscy's 21Icounties, will no\ turn its, at- Nt dte~l hats been set in+the Assemhlx on the abortion convention the .-\ssmhl '\ Juid ic iar\ ('omm ittee it \ as tention to+ the Xt) members of the Ansm- fo~r hearings alnmst cerltin to pass,, given the current MvI. bill, and it may be?several weeks or even political c.litn~ate in Ne,. Jerse,c. ''We are also trying to get a bill liich months before it could come up for a vote U NIr,,. Sc h( in '~ ad said he v .as per- \ utlldrequiiire 11os Iitl a ard atbortmo o the flo~or. q~t')FIRST CLASS PERMIT No. 72209 ' WASHINGTON, D.C.

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WED. FINAL EDITION k/.,72 :(pzxd - ')MES Winz of.th bi'p.) S"Right To Lifers ann ire AJborionsa otiAeti sRigt n~ .....;, " // ..6 e"X/t..5 ! xrssed'aUC thiebelief Hyde that , AblW"ton Banned in US.A.life finagUimlemen taonf the ExceptWt Save Mother's a blo. fronm fnal mknt wa ..\Vith rrtll.+ tye wASHING'rTON ad-iat, -"' = which pro-cn(Ine to th~ lg .! +. .\nrendntit t ii ri.tile the"l.a+sh has, f, +hi hottii'lnsAAL Anfltli.. + ... t AA' encd Karen Mulhauser, theland. nced 2 dl passage of " The nesily Director, said personhoo e .. e:utt\C Amendmnent be,,tliws irrespecti' he A Abortion Amelnment.,umnbeinlgs or cond Elt" .. .hua fun,,ction, nt~al-trtttebe ti, all h thr Calley .. . : <:u in butchery from f ag . ha lt h ofr death and o ab~o •o ' or self induced he IhlleSpl Abortliols biologicaldeeomt their is 'to preY, that over exceptioln made Soeesiatpredicto seekil- ll ' only omees n l of the mother." the S0,0 thedeath nullifies coming year. Amendment ahotion.', in the The 1973rul anlng ,al roo~ms have al- Supreme Cour's ....e.g ncy US. of a wOlton Hospita upheld theright which safe ab!t to obtain a medically Ntional Abortion Rights Action League 825 15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005 p. YES, I want to join NARAL's campaign to stop the attack on our human rights. E-l I'm enclosing my membership dues of $15.

.,,, I want to do even more. Enclosed are my dues plus an additional contribution for a total ~of: r-I $25 L-I $50 [-] $100

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Honorary President Dear Friend, Hon. Shirley Chisholm 10 help decide Honorary Vice Presidents What you do in the next minutes will Hon. Maurine Neuberger whether or not the story on the envelope becomes a reality. Hon. Yvonne Burke Betty Friedan That story was made-up to show what may happen, but the I've enclosed here for you is real. It shows President news clipping that 1977 is the year when all who favor a woman's right to Margie Pitts Haines, Esq. an abortion must stand up and be counted -- or that right " Chairperson of will be lost forever. Executive Committee "" Pamela Lowry With fanatical zeal and backed by hundreds of thousands "" Vice President East of dollars, the so-called "right to life" forces have made on those women least Frances Nathan major advances in their current attack able to defend themselves -- the poor. Vice President Central ' Rev. Dalton Downs Many legislators have recently been swayed to support • .•Vice President West laws which would deny the use of federal funds to indigent Mary Haberman Clark women desiring abortions, and this is just the beginning of Vice President South an alarming trend among our Senators and Representatives. Lavonne Painter, M.D. Already this year over 40 constitutional amendments to Chairperson, Legal ban legal abortions have been introduced in the 95th Congress. SAdvisory Committee Prof. Cyril C. Means, Jr. Some of these proposed amendments would outlaw all Secretary abortions -- even when a woman's life is at stake! S Robert W.McCoy At this moment those opposed to legal abortion are Treasurer building a war chest which could have a disastrous influence Beatrice Blair on the outcome of next year's Congressional elections. If Assistant Treasurer they succeed, the days of legal, safe abortions are numbered. Lee Gidding few of the horrors you can expect to Executive Committee Here are just a Jes~na Blockwick witness if women are stripped of their right to abortions: Anne Gaylor G. Stanley Lowell IF WOMEN LOSE THEIR Howard C. Maxwell RIGHT TO ABORTIONS... Sarah Weddington, Esq. Judith Widdicomnbe 1. 70?Jo of the nearly 1,000,000 women who Executive Director want abortions each year would turn to dangerous Karen Mulhauser "home remedies" or, if no physician could be found to perform an illegal abortion, many would submit themselves to the incompetent, sometimes deadly hands of "kitchen-table" butchers.

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2. Tens of thousands of women would suffer serious medical complications, such as perfora- tion of the uterus from self-induced abortions, and as many as 250 women would die each year.

3. Over 300,000 women would resign themselves to having unwanted children, who are twice as likely as wanted children to end up abused, delinquent, on welfare or with serious emotional problems.

4. Unwanted pregnancies would force many women to abandon their jobs or educations and enter into pregnancy-related marriages that would have little chance of success. Teenagers, who now account for one-third of all legal ' abortions performed in this country, would be especially hurt.

5. The cost of medical care and public assistance for poor women denied abortions .- would skyrocket to over half a billion dollars a year - - 10 times what the now threatened • Medicaid payments for abortions cost taxpayers A, in 1976. ~Even now, while abortions are legal in the United States, uninformed women, mostly poor and mostly young, have ...... already begun to turn to illegal abortionists merely on the strength of rumors that the government has cut off their access to legal means.

-" If you support the 1973 U. S. Supreme Court decisions ~which legalized abortions, you can no longer afford apathy or inaction.

The opposition is strong, but concerned individuals like you now have a determined ally in the fight to protect safe, legal abortions for all women who wish them, rich or poor.

NARAL -- REAL COMPETITION FOR THE "RIGHT TO LIFERS"

NARAL, the National Abortion Rights Action League, is working to see that the horrors listed above never occur. It is the only national lobbying and membership organization in America devoted solely to maintaining legal, safe abortions.

I am proud to be actively involved in NARAL, and I hope, after you have read my letter, you will join me and

(Next page, please) -3- the thousands of other women and men who support this crucial work.

Gloria Steinem, Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm are just a few of the notable persons who have rallied together in support of NARAL's programs and goals.

WHAT NARAL DOES TO PROTECT WOMEN'S RIGHT TO ABORTIONS

NARAL and its members are dedicated to preventing a nightmarish return to the days of butchery, death and degra- dat ion.

The real issue is not whether abortions will be performed, but how they will be performed. Before the Supreme Court's 1973 decisions, illegal abortion was the leading cause of maternal death. Today the death rate from legal, first trimester abortions is 1.7 per 100,000 abortions, compared to 14.6 pregnancy deaths per 100,000 live births.

NARAL is also committed to educating Congress on the abortion issue through lobbying and encouraging supporters to let their Senators and Representatives know their pro- choice view through letter-writing campaigns.

Since 1973, NARAL has worked vigorously to defeat the dozens of anti-abortion bills which have been introduced in Congress. When necessary, we have also taken legal action to prevent the implementation of such repressive acts as the Hyde Amendment, whose purpose is to deny poor women Medicaid funds for abortions.

We are also fighting hard to increase the number of medical facilities which perform abortions. Because of a severe shortage of such facilities, 15,000 women resorted to illegal abortions in 1975.

WE CANNOT SUCCEED WITHOUT YOUR HELP

If you believe in the fundamental right of women to control their own bodies ... if you oppose the imposition of a minority's religious views on all ... if you believe we

(Over, please) 0 -4- have a moral duty to have only wanted children who can realize their full potential as human beings ... then I urge you to join in NARAL's struggle by sending as generous a contribution as you can today. Your check for $15 will make you a member of NARAL, and it will help us prepare lobbying packets for Members of Congress. Or it might go to help finance our educational programs or to support litigation to safeguard a woman's right to choose abortion. $25 will help us do even more.

Whatever amount you send, large or small, will come at a time when funds are desperately needed to stop the anti- abortionists from turning the clock back to a time of barbaric repression.

NARAL simply cannot continue without the support of individuals like you. Please send your contribution in the enclosed envelope today. The health and lives of thousands of women in America are at stake.

Sincere ly,

Karen Mulhauser Executive Director

P.S. When your contribution arrives, I will see to it that you begin receiving NARAL's bimonthly newsletter to keep you up to date on our progress and to make you a better informed spokesperson for the pro-choice view. But please send your check today. The need is urgent. money raed by the ann-,aborton movement This monitoring program hasi tion--The National Colh o.a Human Ufe Amendment-has raised otO 1977 alone. A number of othier anti-abortion groups have also raised large sums over h, last year in an effort to make abortions illegal onve again.;:" ' The National Committee for Human Ufe Amendment reported the following contrbut:ions of $500 or more, as required by law. Itaie Contdbutin Diocese of Little Rock, AR 1,10 January 1, 1976 through March 31, 1977 Archdiocese of Los Angeles, CA 10,000 3,875 (figures rounded to doflars) Archdiocese of Louisville, KY Diocese of Madison, WI 1,850 Diocese of Albany, N $ 1,500 5,263 Diocese of Alexandria, LA 1,485 Diocese of Manchester, NHl of Altoona.-Johnstown, PA 3,000 Diocese of Marquette, Ml 1,944 Diocese 5,00 Diocese of Arlington, VA 1,535 Archdiocese of Miami, FL Archdiocese of Baltimore, MD 4,000 Diocese of Milwaukee, W! 7,000 Diocese of Baton Rouge, LA 1,525 Diocese of Nashville, T 1,127 Diocese of Beaumont, TX 1,000 Diocese of Natchez-Jackson, MS 840 Diocese of Bellevlle, IL 1,100 Archdiocese of New Orleans, LA 11,600 20,000 Diocese of Bismarck, ND 1,510 Archdiocese of of New York, NY Diocese of Boise, ID 1,200 Diocese of Norwich, CT 4,000 Archdiocese of Boston, M 15,000 Diocese of Oakland, CA 5,000 Diocese of Bridgeport, CT 5,000 Diocese of Ogdenburg, N 750 Diocese of Brooklyn, N 10,000 Archdiocese of Olahoma Cit, OK 1,220 Diocese of Brownsville, TX Archdiocese of Omha, NE 2,000 Diocese of Buffalo, NY 12,000 Diocese of Orlando, FL 1,630 t iocese of Burlington, VT 1,500 Diocese of Owensbro, K 500 Diocese of Camden, IN,. 6,610 Diocese of Peoria, IL 2,200 AZ 1,000 -" Diocese of Charleston, SC 500 Diocese of Phoenix, Diocese of Cheyenne, WY 1,000 Diocese of Pittsburgh, PA 9,000 ME 1,100 *' Archdiocese of Cincinnati, OH 5.070 Diocese of Portland, Diocese of Cleveland, OH 13,500 Archdiocese of Portland, OR 1,700 12,000 " Diocese of Columbus, OH 4,055 Diocese of Providence, RI Diocese of Corpus Chrlst, TX 1,500 Diocese of Pueblo, CO 500 C Diocese of Covngton, K 2,085 Diocese of Reno, NV 500 2,265 Diocese of Davenport, IA 2,055 Diocese of Richmond, VA Archdiocese of Denver, CO 6,000 Diocese of Rochester, NY 1,500 10,040 Diocese of Des Moines, IA 1,600 Diocese of Rockville Center, NY 7,500 Diocese of Sacramento, CA 3,224 S Archdiocese of Detroit, M! 1,754 Archdiocese of Dubuque, IA 4,600 Diocese of Saginaw, MI 1,000 Diocese of Salt Lake City, U.T 500 S Diocese of Duluth, MN 2,000 Diocese of Erie, PA 2,000 Diocese of San Antonio, TX 10,673 t Diocese of Evansville, IN 900 Diocese of San Diego, CA 4,000 Fairbanks, AK 500 Archdiocese of San Francisco, CA Diocese of 1,100 Diocese of Fall River,/VMA 7,000 Diocese of Santa Rosa, CA 3,000 Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM 1,000 Diocese of Fargo, ND 7,200 Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN 1,510 Diocese of Scranton, PA 500 Archdiocese of Seattle, WA 6,849 Diocese of Fort Worth, TX 1,100 of Fresno, CA 2,500 Diocese of Sioux City, IA Diocese 700 Diocese of Gary, IN 2.000 Diocese of Spokane, WA 1,815 Diocese of Gaylord, Ml 720 Diocese of Springfield, IL 2,970 Diocese of Grand Island, NE 1,000 Diocese of St. Cloud, MN Diocese of Great Falls, MT 500 Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO 5,000 Diocese of Green Bay, WI 5.000 Archdiocese of St. Paul, MN 10,000 3,950 LDioc.ese of Greensburg, PA 2.270 Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL Diocese of Harrisburg, PA 2.900 Diocese of Steubenville, OH 1,300 I iocese of Hartford, CT 16.000 Diocese of Stockton, CA 2,000 1,700 Diocese of Helena, MT 1.470 Diocese of Superior, WI 3,316 Diocese of Honolulu, HI 3.000 Diocese of Syracuse, NY 3,380 I )ic)cese of Houston, TIX 7.250 Diocese of Toledo, OH 5.000 Diocese of Trenton, NJ 8,018 ',,hdiocese of Indianapolis, IN 4,000 i )-cese of Jackson, MS 840 Archdiocese of Washington, DC i )incese of of Jefferson City, MO 750 Diocese of Wheeling, WVA 20,000 1,900 ! )(ese of Joliet, IL 5.000 Diocese of Wichita, KS 900 Diocese of Wilmington, DE 2,000 Diocese of Kalamazoo, Ml 2,000 Archdiocese of Kansas City, KS 2,900 Diocese of Winona, MN Diocese of Kansas City, MO 2.750 Diocese of Worcester,/VMA 6,800 500 Diocese of Lafayette, IN 850 Diocese of Yakima, WA Diocese of Lansing, M 4,101 Diocese of Youngstown, OHl 3,035 Diocese of Lincoln. NE 1,200 Total Contributlons of $500 and more $459,403 l~ haes coniedr hi~ n.tte d clans resor.. 40,000 Mardi inAbrO~ but now _heY evlan Protestever fight evil can't is evil.". thM death abortionl ason opposed Asked if she "on the said she was penaltY, ?4LcboI up the death penaltY fence. As 1 grew as was Goked upon practiced srod lust was crime. "1 can't a way to ,,handle years ago I but a few penla- do an abolitfaCe, for the death was completely I'm not sure." ty," she said. ,Now march up Pennsylvania S Before their of protestors the thousands S Avenue, steps of the todbnath the west signs andptgra'hsiichl d Capitol, theilr fetuses--~ 4la •n ofaoted describ .. tstYosome ,e,"athey is ey listened their Irin the se nators pay in thesmennd the cause. respects to an epidemic call this (abortion) 110W.' "I be stanped out an ihas to for abortion make Fean l patyhents pr.msa for gNialiinNaiGemaY. it "possiblepracticed told the o~ were G. Hatch (R.Utah) rch Sen. Orrin LVIfli.J1 o zT~shln~ton 'Mial P Robert K. Dornan groundsi in annual reshma Rep. of Capitol wo c hng atededth on wvest terirace Wlht spoke of for Joi)s gather e n 'Joep (li.Calif.) on Washington end of ft..nnne'ntS of abortion ,iU' 96 March at the opposite bor and Freedom cai the Mail.• ue writt t I five neighborS. Stop Al ing the. antbton dren Compar ih for equl ~ and Killingl" in a. )old bltacks' issue BY B. D. Colen tion note. written ine- to American "The civii rights post staff Wrater A nother tV Dornan said, between re- Washington~ banners that Lon-i island Railroad tape the difference signs and a, dion-a with celoPhane IlP here is of free people Carrying "Pick on the movement Is Murdr" tabi eadstuck of Sen., Daf.i. paa titi said ",Abortion and ",Stop chelok' door wt innocent peop~ep Your Own Size" read: 'It slaughter of somebody for on Ime.hail 'DN.y. -wrh a life.1Lgned srclgle.'and the to Nazi punishment trin hut,,_ saZIe analogY • t's Capital people Mlo: tWSs Using the of the speak- Abrin about 40 000 oeth~e ur horn babies." made ,bymany Ath. Ioen, Y ol BaY. Con- Germany know in this . in...... say DV Ivan of Oyster said, "We a cold, bitte gpapenatylvani Elie knoWn to the ers, Dornani of the braved march Yr I came to nlake flan, Is going on. Some afternoon to the leaiatoo Mrs. De coutrYti what weren't to protest pro'iife stand:' • bus excuse they Avenue ess mY thi Germans had the~ in r a repoWter. "I missed itwas be no happiness re- abortion.asteat four yer teati told but i • • There'iU life, life is For the past their 28 to take a train, sure country until life, have staged a Id decided and it this day abortion iorces of thce mY time. country from the on the anniversary orth spected inbthis a rei carried two children, ryper- existence." doue-, cst cdaias "have a ver ordains it into vic- O, abortion) is tlhose God of the nameless supreme d.etCrdaY, as opposit-ion to feel the memnory ea abr- ( thing. 1 don't ;retwo "in our efforts to abortiono thY: plde th.m.elves onal. moral us redouble yecars past, fundingofbr s me. They we turs let yet to to end federal the pas- children were e" she lives of the children work poor and to seek wo a life thern protect the Sen. tions for the amendmen~t There's has the former New york of a constitutional individuals. anybody be conceived," sag "and I don't feel punish- ure the crowd'. abortion•adciltf said. Capital James Buckley of pro- prohihitln women adcdr tI) take a life. shoot a A thre-membr delgationl 'The men, th~e cor' ritzht wrong to wlking office wrong. lt's the march spent the morning s enate ment is met before ( helo they War is wrong." test leaders Watson. (jors ngo the men criminal. Phihadtiophbe, aide Jack (, h hOUe tngfro Cou 6Z, of with White House march, said ji . ColtO Claire Nichol. aboribortions leader of the buoildl \Vasftnm fro she came to oppose Nellie Gray, to Us." hati sert to N.Y said tontiue Iife "wili ",listened Oyster BaY, she believes , Watson to tat~on, N.J., and c.ause to cone Abortionl the group their repre- are permitted said Watson told did not find in 40) years.•• Gray in the Cal- When they roonin.., he fiereot ' rating hiumanflOie him theior contact aaturdaYca,',is, ha,,d""0lt dii a fdterio :ussinof (onsider ," °0 .,I ,, there's disc 50eltatl, stickers affb.Cd Already marchers saS their callI," over-all. 4 0 0 00 leader.s they left ~ euthaniasla r Administratonof.ice MSarch eewr (~tca.d"h aspectS of eth"e he estimate pone0 toe 'It affects all societY- m.ae by D.C. th.r we..e it's affe kcing,dwe -icipatin~t that he sa1id" ,'\headY thos .-1 ;.)0,00 marce....iS it's brealking phsolwn i of tase ii- we.... iha I,nfesslin am- phys5~ l"°dtl.sexcess ,,t Sen. 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