Ammended ByLaw – 11/27/ 2009 For Ratification at the General Membership Meeting
The Ammendments to the ByLaws were approved at the last Board Member Meeting (December 12, 2009). Please review the changes. If you have any questions or concernt, please contact us!
Ammended ByLaw – 11/27/2009 for ratification at the general membership meeting
Article IV: MEMBERSHIP AND DUES
Section 1: Membership in the Association is priviledge and is contingent on compliance with requirements as specified in these Bylaws. Add: At least 50% of the members must be Nurses.
Section 2: Members shall be classified as Regular, Associate, Honorary, Lifetime.
ADD:
Section 2: Members shall be classified as Regular, Associate, Honorary, Lifetime, Lifetime Chartered (Reason – originally omitted)
A. Regular – Any professional registered nurse and nurse practitioner who are licensed to practice in the U.S. and/or any of their country of origin and has paid the required membership dues to the Association.
B. Associate – Any inactive or emeritus Professional Registered Nurse, any Licensed Practical Nurse, Nursing Students; and/or any healthcare worker(s), technicians who have paid the required membership dues to the Association.
DELETE:
B. Associate – Any inactive or emeritus Professional Registered Nurse … (Reason – just because you are retired, you can not become regular active member or run into office)
MUST BE READ AS:
B. Associate – Any physicians, allied health care and non-health care individuals who has paid the required membership dues to the Association (Reason – Individuals who support the mission and vision must not be discriminated on the membership)
C. Lifetime – All interested individual nurses who paid the required fees under membership
D. Lifetime Chartered – Any member who paid the initial $200.00 (two hundred dollars during the founding year of the association 2005).
ARTICLE V: OFFICERS AND DUTIES
Section 1: The elected officers of this Association shall be: President, President-elect, Secretary, Coressponding Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Business Manager, Assistant Business Manager, Public Relation Officer, and 8 Board Members.
DELETE: Assistant Business Manager, and 8 board members
MUST READ AS:
Section 1: The elected officers of this Association shall be: President, President-Elect, Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Business Manager, Public Relation Officer, and 7 Board Members (Reason – it has not been followed and total numbers should be odd)
Section 2: The appointed officers of this Association shall be: Assistant Business Manager, “Assistant Business Manager” must be deleted and replaced with “Parliamentarian” (Reason – never has an Assistant Business Manage rbeen appointed and followed, but under Article XVI: Parliamentary Authority, it was indicated “…Parliamentarian may be appointed by the President as deemed necessary).
MUST READ AS:
Section 2: The appointed officers of this Association shall be: Parliamentarian
By Laws Amendment Meeting – November 27, 2009 Tele-Conference
Chairman: Belinda Hernandez
Members: Van Ong, Lena Lauron, Yvone Bedia, Barbara Stoutermire, Angela Bedia