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AMS Governance Committee Report

Camille Mumford

September 2021

I. AMS Director Nominees

The Board recommends the following slate of Director candidates for election by the Membership at the Annual Meeting:

  • Martin Budd (’60)   (second term)

  • Elizabeth Harmer Dionne (’92)   (first term)

  • Jim Eisenhower (’82)   (first term)

  • Martin Gilkes (’97)   (second term)

  • Bob Kyle (’77)   (second term)

  • Michael Li (’07)   (second term)

  • Dr. Julia Rafal-Baer (’06)   (first term)

  • Jessica Sebeok (’97)   (first term)

In addition, the Board of Directors has elected W. N. Harrell Smith (’60) to a second term as Chair of AMS Advisory Board and, in this role, to serve as a Non-Voting Honorary Director.

II. Proposed Amendments to the Bylaws

Pursuant to the Executive Committee’s August 2021 request that the non-voting Ex-Officio Director position created for the Managing Editor of the Marshall Newsletter be replaced by a non-voting Director position that the Board may elect at its sole discretion, the Board of Directors is requesting that the Membership approve two amendments to the Bylaws (below).

PROPOSED AMS BYLAWS AMENDMENTS

Proposed September 2021

FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Pursuant to the Executive Committee’s August 2021 request that the non-voting Ex-Officio Director position created for the Managing Editor of the Marshall Newsletter be replaced by a non-voting Director position that the Board may elect at its sole discretion, the following amendment is proposed.

Current Article III, Section 3.2(d)

DIRECTORS

3.2(d) In addition to the regular Directors described in (a) and (b) of this Section 3.2, the Board of Directors shall select one of the chairs of the respective Marshall Scholarship regional selection committees to be a voting Director for a two-year, once-renewable term. The chair of the AMS Advisory Board (if not an elected Director) shall be a non-voting Honorary Director, the Chairman of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (London) and H.M. Ambassador to the United States, or their respective designees, shall be non-voting Ex-Officio Directors, and the Managing Editor of the Marshall Newsletter shall be a non-voting Ex-Officio Director.

Proposed Amended Article III, Section 3.2(d)

DIRECTORS

3.2(d) In addition to the regular Directors described in (a) and (b) of this Section 3.2, the Board of Directors shall select one of the chairs of the respective Marshall Scholarship regional selection committees to be a voting Director for a two-year, once-renewable term. The chair of the AMS Advisory Board (if not an elected Director) shall be a non-voting Honorary Director, and the Chairman of the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission (London) and H.M. Ambassador to the United States, or their respective designees, shall be non-voting Ex-Officio Directors. At the discretion of the Board, the Managing Editor of the Marshall Newsletter may be elected as a non-voting Director for a two-year, renewable term.

SECOND PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Pursuant to the Executive Committee’s August 2021 request that the non-voting Ex-Officio Director position created for the Managing Editor of the Marshall Newsletter be replaced by a non-voting Director position that the Board may elect at its sole discretion, the following amendment is proposed.

Current Article III, Section 3.3

3.3 Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Organization or these Bylaws, each Director (other than as an Honorary Director or an Ex-Officio Director) shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. An Honorary Director or an Ex-Officio Director shall hold office until he or she respectively ceases to serve as a chair of a regional Marshall Scholarship selection committee, the Chairman of the Marshall Aid Commemorative Commission (London) or H.M. Ambassador to the United States, or Managing Editor of the Marshall Newsletter, as the case may be. A Director may resign by tendering his or her written resignation to the President, Treasurer or Clerk/Secretary of the Corporation, to a meeting of the Members or Directors or to the Corporation at its principal office. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt (unless specified to be effective at some other time) and acceptance thereof shall not be necessary

Proposed Amended Article III, Section 3.3

3.3 Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Organization or these Bylaws, each Director (other than as an Honorary Director or an Ex-Officio Director) shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. An Honorary Director or an Ex-Officio Director shall hold office until he or she respectively ceases to serve as a chair of a regional Marshall Scholarship selection committee, the Chairman of the Marshall Aid Commemorative Commission (London) or H.M. Ambassador to the United States, or Managing Editor of the Marshall Newsletter, as the case may be. A Director may resign by tendering his or her written resignation to the President, Treasurer or Clerk/Secretary of the Corporation, to a meeting of the Members or Directors or to the Corporation at its principal office. Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt (unless specified to be effective at some other time) and acceptance thereof shall not be necessary.