Resolution 10(17) Chapter Bylaws Conformance Standards – Housekeeping Change
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Resolution 10(17) Chapter Bylaws Conformance Standards – Housekeeping Change
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Bylaws Amendment
RESOLUTION: 10(17)
SUBMITTED BY: Bylaws Committee
Board of Directors
SUBJECT: Chapter Bylaws Conformance Standards – Housekeeping Change
PURPOSE: Amends the Bylaws by removing the titles to specific chapter bylaws guidance documents, which may change in the future and necessitate additional amendments to the national ACEP Bylaws, and simply refers to “current approved chapter bylaws guidance documents.”
FISCAL IMPACT: Budgeted resources to update and distribute the Bylaws.
Resolution 10(17) Chapter Bylaws Conformance Standards – Housekeeping Change
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WHEREAS, Chapter bylaws are addressed in the ACEP Bylaws Article VI – Chapters, Section 2 – Chapter Bylaws; and
WHEREAS, The ACEP Board and Bylaws Committee have made concerted effort to provide chapters with clear and useful guidance in chapters’ review and revision of their bylaws; and
WHEREAS, Conformity to the ACEP Bylaws and guidance documents is an ongoing requirement of chapters; and
WHEREAS, Chapter bylaws guidance documents are referenced in the ACEP Bylaws by specific titles which may change; and
WHEREAS, Amendment of the ACEP Bylaws may be necessary to update references that are no longer technically accurate; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the ACEP Bylaws Article VI – Chapters, Section 2 – Chapter Bylaws, paragraph 1, be amended to read:
A petition for the chartering of a chapter shall be accompanied by the proposed bylaws of the chapter. No charter shall be issued until such bylaws are approved by the Board of Directors of the College. Chartered chapters must ensure that their bylaws conform to the College Bylaws and to the “Guidelines for Bylaws and Model Chapter Bylaws for Chapters of the American College of Emergency Physicians.”current approved chapter bylaws guidance documents. Proposed amendments to the bylaws of a chapter shall be submitted in a format and manner designated by the College not later than 30 days following the adoption of such proposed amendments by the chapter, pursuant to its bylaws and procedures. No proposed amendment shall have any force or effect until it has been approved by the Board of Directors of the College. A proposed amendment shall be considered approved if the Board of Directors or its designee fails to give written notice of any objection within 90 days of receipt as documented by the College.
Resolution 10(17) Chapter Bylaws Conformance Standards – Housekeeping Change
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Background
This resolution amends the Bylaws by removing the titles to specific chapter bylaws guidance documents, which may change in the future and necessitate additional amendments to the national ACEP Bylaws, and simply refers to current approved chapter bylaws guidance documents.”
The Bylaws Committee has the ongoing responsibility to provide guidance to chapters in the review and revision of chapter bylaws and to ensure compliance with the national ACEP Bylaws. The Whereas statements in the resolution explain that this housekeeping change deletes references to specific titles of chapter bylaws guidance documents that may change in the future. The current chapter bylaws guidance documents include the Bylaws Guide to Chapters, the Bylaws Committee Chapter Review Process, the Guidelines for Bylaws, and the Model Chapter Bylaws. The Board of Directors must approve any changes to these chapter bylaws guidance documents.
ACEP Strategic Plan Reference
None
Fiscal Impact
Budgeted resources to update and distribute the Bylaws.
Prior Council Action
Resolution 5(10) Chapter Bylaws Amendments adopted. Clarified the procedures for chapter bylaws proposed amendments and the response to such proposals.
Amended Resolution 6(97) Chapter Bylaws Compliance adopted. Defined the period of time within which chapters must amend their bylaws to resolve conflicts that may be caused by Council action to amend national ACEP’s Bylaws.
Amended Resolution 11(96) Chapter Charter adopted. Instituted the requirement that chapter bylaws must conform to the “Model Chapter Bylaws.”
Prior Board Action
June 2017, approved cosponsoring the Chapter Bylaws Conformance Standards resolution with the Bylaws Committee for submission to the 2017 Council.
Resolution 5(10) Chapter Bylaws Amendments adopted.
Amended Resolution 6(97) Chapter Bylaws Compliance adopted
Amended Resolution 11(96) Chapter Charter adopted.
Background Information Prepared by: Sonja Montgomery, CAE
Governance Operations Director
Reviewed by: James Cusick, MD, FACEP, Speaker
John McManus, MD, FACEP, Vice Speaker
Dean Wilkerson, JD, MBA, CAE, Council Secretary and Executive Director