The participation and membership requirements stay the same as any other member (money, participation, Arc Sequence, etc.) If allowed by your local university or Panhellenic, chapters may recruit graduate students on their campus.The word “undergraduate” was removed from our National Bylaws. Our national bylaws previously included the word “undergraduate” to define a collegiate member. The main rationale from those who spoke on this resolution was that our mission as an organization is to development women – we should be lead by women.Ĭollegiate Membership - Graduate Students Only women may be hired as our National Executive Director.The resolutions committee proposed a bylaw change which would allow either a woman or a man to serve as our Executive Director.
So if you see things you’d like to change or you know women who have great vision, keep them in mind for a future National Officer or Executive Council position. The term limits were shortened to provide more opportunities for more women to serve on Executive Council.A term is considered a triennium (or the 3 years between Conventions). The term limits for Executive Council were removed from our National Bylaws in previous years and this Convention body voted to not only add them back into the National Bylaws but also reduce the number of years a woman can serve to 3 terms. National test and Arc Sequences will be updated.Instead, she is appointed by the National President and is invited to Council meetings as necessary. All collegiate concerns previously addressed by our Collegiate Vice President can be directed to the Director of Chapter Services (Lorin Phillips) or to our Executive Director (Marcia Cutter).Īs part of the Executive Council changes, the NPC Delegate will no longer be a member of Executive Council.National Test will change as will the information in the Arc Sequence.Instead, Executive Council includes National President, National Treasurer, and four Vice Presidents without specific departmental responsibilities. Therefore, there will no longer be a Collegiate Vice President, Alumnae Vice President, Publications Vice President, or Membership Development Vice President. collegiate, alumnae, publications, etc.) but rather collective focus on the strategic long-term planning of the National Organization – they are our visionaries. This means they will no longer focus on a specific department (i.e. The structure and focus of our Executive Council has changed from an operational board to a governance board.
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