2019 Bylaws Changes Recommended by the Alumnae Association Board

The Board of Directors submits the following proposed changes to the membership for consideration in advance of the annual meeting in May. The changes to Article III clarify the timing for selection of Executive Committee members to reflect current practice since the implementation of the President-Elect role. The proposed Article IV changes are designed to be more inclusive by updating the nomenclature to reflect time since graduation as opposed to chronological age in reference to young alumnae.

Article III

OFFICERS

Section 2. Selection. The president-elect shall be elected during the Annual Meeting for a term of one year beginning with adjournment of the annual meeting during which she is elected. The president-elect becomes the president upon the adjournment of the next annual meeting to serve a term of three (3) years or until her successor is elected. The vice president, clerk, and treasurer shall be elected during the Annual Meeting to serve for terms of three (3) years or until their successors are elected.

CURRENT LANGUAGE:

1. Rotation. The president-elect and treasurer shall be elected in one year and the vice president and clerk shall be elected in the following year and the clerk and treasurer shall be elected in the third year.

PROPOSED LANGUAGE:

1. Rotation. When possible, the treasurer, vice president and clerk should be elected in separate years to balance Executive Committee term expirations. The President-Elect is slated for nomination in the second year of the sitting President’s term so that she can serve her President-Elect year in the sitting President’s third and final year.

Section 3. Duties.

CURRENT LANGUAGE:

3. Vice President. The vice president shall, subject to the control of the Board, identify and pursue opportunities to promote and maintain alumnae engagement with the Association and the College; shall mentor or designate a mentor for the young alumnae director(s) elected to serve on the Board; shall coordinate all ongoing alumnae engagement activities; shall assume the duties of president in the absence of the president; shall fill the office of president for the unexpired term in the event of a vacancy in that office; and shall perform such other duties as may be designated by the president or the Board including management of Bylaws review process.

PROPOSED LANGUAGE:

3. Vice President. The vice president shall, subject to the control of the Board, identify and pursue opportunities to promote and maintain alumnae engagement with the Association and the College; shall mentor or designate a mentor for the recent alumnae director(s) elected to serve on the Board; shall coordinate all ongoing alumnae engagement activities; shall assume the duties of president in the absence of the president; shall fill the office of president for the unexpired term in the event of a vacancy in that office; and shall perform such other duties as may be designated by the president or the Board including management of Bylaws review process.

Article IV

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CURRENT LANGUAGE:

Section 2. Membership.

1. Composition. The Board shall consist of:

a. Directors Elected by the Membership –Eleven (11) to thirteen (13) elected directors, including:
~ the officers of the Association;
~ the chairs of the Volunteer Stewardship, Classes and Reunion, Clubs, Communications, and Nominating Committees;
~ the alumnae trustee (during one year of her term as a trustee on the Board of Trustees of the College);
~ the newly elected alumnae trustee if requested by the Association president to serve during the period between the date of the alumnae trustee’s election by the Membership and the date when her service on the Board of Trustees commences; and
~ one (1) to two (2) young alumnae (within ten years of graduation).

PROPOSED LANGUAGE:

Section 2. Membership.

1. Composition. The Board shall consist of:

See the 2019 Slate of Nominees for Alumnae Association Board and Committee Positions.

April 11, 2019