HOUSE OF DELEGATES MEETING AND VOTE

DECEMBER 21, 2009

NATIONAL BOD TERMS OF OFFICE

Bylaws changes submitted by the BOD changing terms of office for the national Board of Directors from January 1 to December 31 of each year to terms starting and ending at each annual convention have been ratified by the HOD with 30 votes yes, 2 votes no. This affects ONLY the national Board of Directors, does not affect components or HOD at all.  There will be no need to fill 3 new positions on the BOD by the end of 2010, as the currently seated directors will serve until the following ACE in 2011.  Thereafter, an election shall be held annually for 3 positions on the BOD. For Directors elected prior to December 2009, their term of office shall begin on January 1, 2010.  For Directors elected after January 2010, their term of office shall begin at each Q3 BOD meeting.

HOD LEAD TEAM TERM

Revision to the HOD-016 policy was approved by the HOD with 29 votes yes, 3 votes no, allowing a delegate to volunteer for more than one year on the lead team, but no more than 4 consecutive years.  This change was made in an effort to keep some consistency from year to year. With Delegates having 2-year terms, the Lead Team felt that it would be best to change this to 4 years so that we could maintain some consistency within the Lead Team.  The change is 2 years to the suggested 4 years.

This concludes the business from the HOD online vote.