Upcoming Vote to Amend the AJL Constitution, Nov. 3-17, 2014 Members of AJL are asked to vote on 3 changes to our constitution. The vote will take place online; members in good standing as of Sept. 30, 2014 will receive an email message on November 3 with a link to an online ballot. If your email address has changed, please be sure to update it in your AJL profile. For assistance or questions about your membership status, please contact Sheryl Stahl at sst...@huc.edu. If you do not receive a link to the ballot on November 3, please contact Joy Kingsolver at joy.kingsol...@gmail.com. Voting will close at midnight, EST, on Nov. 17.
Explanation of the Proposed Changes Our constitution was written in 1972, and we have often needed to make adjustments to bring it up to date. Once again, this year we need to amend it to reflect the way AJL carries out its mission. The changes we are proposing fall into 3 categories: 1. The AJL Board and Council have traditionally met in December or January for midwinter business meetings. These are important mid-year meetings where updates are shared, progress on tasks is checked, and decisions are made relating to the annual meeting in June. But these meetings have always required expensive travel and hotel arrangements. We would like to take advantage of technology that allows us to meet by phone or online in virtual meetings. This would free up more of our resources to spend on our core mission. This would not affect our annual conferences; we are still committed to holding an annual meeting every year. We must authorize our Board, our Council, and our committees to hold virtual meetings between annual meetings, when needed. This requires changes to the Constitution, Article V (Administration) and in the Bylaws, Article II (Committees). 2. To give our leaders more flexibility in meeting their financial commitments, we need to increase the amount that they are able to spend above their budget lines, in an emergency. This change occurs in our Bylaws, Art. V (Fiscal Policy). 3. Due to an oversight, the word “or” was omitted from Article V, Section 2 of the Constitution. Special meetings of the Board are called by the president when needed, OR by petition of its members. This the the case for special meetings of Council and of the Association as well. The omission of the word “or” happened years ago, and wasn’t spotted until recently. This change corrects the error. Joy Kingsolver AJL Parliamentarian joy.kingsol...@gmail.com
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