It's time to step up and be heard as ASLA determines its future leadership.
The annual election for 2023-2024 ASLA President-Elect will be open May 3 through June 3, 2022. All Full, Associate, and International members in good professional standing will be eligible to vote and will receive a paper and/or email ballot to participate. Here is your chance to familiarize yourself with the candidates’ concepts, aims, and biographies. In addition, two constitutional amendments are on the ballot, see information below. All Full members are eligible to vote on constitutional amendments.
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In addition to the office of President-Elect, we have constitutional amendments on the ballot. The proposed changes to the Constitution were approved by the Board of Trustees in November 2021 and now require the vote of the full membership.
The first group of amendments in Article 5 expand the leadership and voting privileges of Associate Members to allow them to hold office on the chapter level and to vote on constitutional amendments.
The Michigan Chapter requested the amendment citing the following reasons:
- including and promoting our emerging professionals as equal partners in shaping the direction of the Society will help to grow our next generation of leaders in the profession;
- oftentimes, state chapters struggle with getting members to run for executive committee positions;
- and to capture the energy, passion, and excitement of newer members interest in leadership positions.
Section 505 also grants Student Members to the right to vote for the President of the Society.
The second group of amendments in Article 7 are updates to reflect the current nomenclature for the chief executive of the Society.
The amendments appear below in red:
FIRST GROUP OF AMENDMENTS:
Article 5. Voting and Leadership Privileges
501. Full Members shall have the right to vote on all matters requiring a vote by the membership. Full Members may hold national office in the Society or office in a chapter.
502. Associate Members shall have the right to vote for national officers of the Society, officers of a chapter, amendments to the Constitution, and on matters requiring a vote by Associate Members. Associate Members shall not hold national office or serve as a trustee but may hold office as a president, president-elect or vice president of a chapter.
504. Affiliate Members and Honorary Members shall not have the right to vote on any matter. Affiliate and Honorary Members shall not hold national office in the Society or office in a chapter.
505. Student Members shall have the right to vote for national president but shall not have the right to vote on any other matter. Student Members shall not hold national office in the Society or office in a chapter.
506. Other privileges accrue to members in accordance with the Bylaws.
SECOND GROUP OF AMENDMENTS
Article 7. Board of Trustees and National Officers
706. The Board of Trustees shall have an Executive Committee composed of the elected national officers of the Society and a nonvoting executive vice president chief executive officer, secretary, and treasurer. Unless otherwise specified in the Constitution or Bylaws, the Executive Committee shall exercise the powers of and act for the Board of Trustees between meetings of the board in accordance with the policies and directions of the board. Implementation of policy and administration of the Society is vested in the Executive Committee.
709. The executive vice president chief executive officer, secretary, and treasurer of the Society shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Executive Committee.