Agenda for the business meeting of the NorCal Chapter in Reno, April 20, 2024
- Ratification of the the Bylaws.
The Bylaws were last ratified on February 6, 2010, and are in need of further ratifications.
As current President, I propose the following changes to the Bylaws:
- Officers and Terms of Office
I.2: Eliminate the confusing language about the vice president. There are only two non-student officers: the President and the Treasurer. I propose to replace “Vice-President” with “Treasurer and Secretary.”
I.3: eliminate language about “Secretary”: this is the Treasurer. I propose to call the Treasure “Treasurer Secretary.”
Also, modify the paragraph, “The Treasurer serves a two-year term which overlaps that of the President.” The two terms should be staggered in order to ease the new officer in by ensuring that one of the two officers has the institutional memory and the information to operate the website, the funds, the e-mail list, and communicate about what unfinished business remains to be completed.
- Elections
II.2: eliminate language about physical mail, considering that now all members have e-mail access (“The call, ballots, and results of the election shall be sent to all Chapter members via e-mail, with U.S. mail copies to those with no e-mail address“). Similarly, in II.3: eliminate language about physical mail communications.
III Meetings
Replace “The Chapter normally holds two meetings per calendar year, at times and places determined by the President” with “The Chapter normally holds at least one meeting per calendar year, at times and places determined by the President.”
- Call for nominations and self-nominations to the office of President: please communicate nominations in person at the Chapter meeting or via email to ppolzonetti@ucdavis.edu
III. Invitation to graduate students and their representatives to design remote or in-person initiatives geared toward graduate student participation, exchange of ideas, and professional development.
Pierpaolo Polzonetti, President of the AMS Chapter