Voting at the 2022 annual meeting

At the Annual Meeting, the Members will be asked to vote on two items:

1.  To vote to Approve, Reject or Abstain from voting on the proposed amendments to the By-laws

2.  To vote to Approve, Reject or Abstain from voting on the proposed slate of Directors up for election in 2022 

Proposed By-law Amendments

During the Annual Meeting, the Members will have the opportunity to vote on proposed amendments to the By-laws.

The rationale for the amendments is that the By-laws currently require that 9 of the 18 Board members are up for election every 4 years, and the Directors can serve just two terms. This creates a situation where there is a large turnover of the Board in certain years of this cycle – for example, in 2023, 50% of the existing Board members would need to be replaced.

This creates a periodic loss of institutional memory on the Board based on this 4-year cycle, and the need to identify and select larger pools of new Directors in certain years.

The proposed amendments address these issues as follows:

-Creates 3 (rather than 2) cohorts of 6 Directors each, with terms expiring in

2022, 2023 and 2024

-Allows Directors to serve a maximum of 9 years (up to three consecutive 3-

year terms)

-Makes term limits for the regional selection committee representative the

same as other voting Directors

-Permits the re-election of a current Director who has served for no more

than 6 years at the time their designated cohort’s current term expires

During the Annual Meeting and in accordance with the newly modified Bylaws, the Membership will have the opportunity to approve or reject the following slate of Directors to be elected to the Board:

• Nathan Fagre (’77) (second term)

• Avery Willis Hoffman (’00) (first term)

• Parker Hudson (’68) (second term)

• Tom Lupfer (’79) (first term)

• Rebecca Peters (’14) (first term)

• Anna Quider (’07) (first term)

If elected, they will all be subject to a 3-year term of service beginning in September.