Greetings ASIH Members,

This posting is the same as that sent to the ASIH membership on 14 April 2006. You will find two documents associated with proposed constitutional changes for 2006. One is the ASIH current constitution. The second includes proposed changes to the constitution. According to the constitution and by-laws all proposed changes must be circulated to the membership 3 months before the Annual Business Meeting. The ABM will be held on 18 July 2006. I urge all of you to attend the New Orleans meeting and attend the Annual Business Meeting.

The following section describes the proposed changes to the constitution.

I look forward to seeing all of you in New Orleans.

Mo Donnelly
ASIH Secretary

 

The changes are highlighted in aqua. The horizontal lines indicate strike outs and the rest of the changes are insertions. The changes are summarized below:

1. Change of date
2. Article III, Section 2 a. The last line describes how the Life Membership works.
3. Article IV, Section 1. The change in the last sentence allows the number of Sectional Editors to vary so that the demands of the work load for the journal are met.
4. Article IV. Section 2. The change in the first sentence clarifies how we conduct business. The officers are elected by active members of the society at the Annual Business Meeting. The capitalization of the Annual Business Meeting (ABM) reflects the language of the Policy and Procedures manual adopted several years ago by the Board of Governors.
5. This change is the insertion of the word fifty.
6. Article VI. Section 1. Annual Business Meeting replaces "A general business session" reflect our current practice.
7. Article VIII. The changes add numerals or words as indicated.
8. Bylaws, Article I, Section 2. This deletion reflect practice.
9. Bylaws, Article II, Section 1. See item 4 above.
10. Bylaws, Article IV. Section 3. This addition reflects actual practice.
11. Bylaws, Article V. Section 1d. This reflects actual practice. The Publications Policy Committee no longer exists.
12. Bylaws, Article V. Section 1f. This addition reflects practice.
13. Bylaws, Article V. Section 2a. This deletion is to correct the redundancy. The sections are described at the end of the sentence.
14. Bylaws, Article V, Section 2d. Replacement of two with "multiple" allows the Editor to respond quickly and efficiently to changes in the editorial workload.
15. Bylaws, Article VI. This change from Divisional to Sectional follows previous sections of the constitution. This change deletes a specified number of Editorial Board members from the constitution. Coordination of this large a body is cumbersome and actual practice requires this change.
16. Bylaws, Article VII, Section 2. These changes reflect practice.
17. Bylaws, Article IX, Section 1. This is a correction.
18. Bylaws, Article IX, Section 2. This is an indentation; Article X, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 are indentations.
19. Bylaws, Article XI, Sections 2. This change (from one to two) reflects actual practice; the completion of the sentence is a correction.
20. Bylaws, Article XI, Section 3. This change reflects actual practice.
21. Bylaws, Article XI. Section 7. This change reflects practice and includes the main points of the deletion proposed for Article XII, Section 2g.
22. Bylaws, Article XII, Section 2a. See item 4. The President-Elect selects the Chair of STAC in the opposite discipline. The President-Elect and the STAC Chair assemble the judging panels for Stoye and Storer. The members of STAC are the Stoye and Storer Judges.
23. Bylaws, Article XII. Section 2b, 2c. Reflect actual practice. The change in 2c is a correction.
24. Bylaws, Article XII. Sections 2d, 2e. Reflect actual practice.
25. Bylaws. Article XII. Sections 2g. These deletions are required by actual practice.