Constitution Amendments Proposal Article VIII, Section 4, Sub-section B, Paragraphs 1-5 1. The President-Elect shall be elected by a simple majority of those voting members present at the annual business meeting. 2. The President-Elect must be in good standing as a State Licensed Athletic Trainer, NATA member, and 3. The term of office of the President-Elect shall be for two years, and he/she may not serve more than one concurrent term. 4. The term of office of the President-Elect shall begin at the time of the annual business meeting of the 5. In the event that the office of President-Elect becomes vacant, the President may call a special election of the membership to fill the office. 1. The President-Elect is required to serve the VATA for a minimum of one year prior to running to serve as the President-Elect. Service as an elected official or committee chair is preferred. 2. The President-Elect shall be elected by a simple majority of votes via an electronic election of a quorum of the members in May. 3. On July 1, the elected President-Elect will begin a six-month shadowing of the current presidentelect until he/she takes office. 4. The President-Elect must be in good standing as a State Licensed Athletic Trainer, NATA member, and 5. The term of office of the President-Elect shall be for two years, and he/she may not serve more than one concurrent term. 6. The term of office of the President-Elect shall begin at the time of the annual business meeting of the 7. In the event that the office of President-Elect becomes vacant, the President may call a special election of the membership to fill the office. Formatted: Highlight Formatted: Highlight Article VIII, Section 4, Sub-section C, Paragraph 1-5 1. The Secretary shall be elected by a simple majority of the voting members present at the annual business meeting. 2. The Secretary must be in good standing as a State Licensed Athletic Trainer, NATA member, and 3. The term of office of the Secretary shall be two years, and he/she may serve two concurrent terms. 4. The term of office of the Secretary shall begin at the time of the annual business meeting of the
5. In the event that the office of Secretary becomes vacant, the President may appoint an interim Secretary until the next annual business meeting. 1. The Secretary shall be elected by a simple majority of votes via an electronic election of a quorum of the members in May. 2. On July 1, the elected Secretary will begin a six-month shadowing of the current Secretary until he/she takes office. 3. The Secretary must be in good standing as a State Licensed Athletic Trainer, NATA member, and 4. The term of office of the Secretary shall be two years, and he/she may serve two concurrent terms. When the Secretary s term ends, he/she will serve as a liaison to the newly elected secretary from the Annual Meeting until June 30. 5. The term of office of the Secretary shall begin at the time of the annual business meeting of the 6. In the event that the office of Secretary becomes vacant, the President may appoint an interim Secretary until the next annual business meetingelection. Article VIII, Section 4, Sub-section D, Paragraph 1-5 1. The Treasurer shall be elected by a simply majority of the voting members present at the annual meeting. 2. The Treasurer must be in good standing as a State Licensed Athletic Trainer, NATA member, and 3. The term of office of the Treasurer shall be for two years, and he/she may serve two concurrent terms. 4. The term of office of the Treasurer shall begin at the time of the annual business meeting of the 5. In the event that the office of Treasurer becomes vacant, the President may appoint an interim Treasurer until the next annual business meeting. 1. The Treasurer will be elected by a simple majority of votes via an electronic election of a quorum of the members in May. 2. On July 1, the elected Treasurer will begin a six-month shadowing of the current Treasurer until he/she takes office. 3. The Treasurer must be in good standing as a State Licensed Athletic Trainer, NATA member, and 4. The term of office of the Treasurer shall be for two years, and he/she may serve two concurrent terms. When the Treasurer's term ends, he/she will serve as a liaison to the newly elected Treasurer's from the Annual Meeting until June 30.
5. The term of office of the Treasurer shall begin at the time of the annual business meeting of the 6. In the event that the office of Treasurer becomes vacant, the President may appoint an interim Treasurer until the next annual business meetingelection. Article VIII, Section 4, Sub-section E, Paragraph 1-5 1. Regional Representatives shall be elected by a simple majority of those voting members present at the annual business meeting. 2. The Regional Representatives must be State Licensed members of the VATA and in good standing with the NATA. 3. The term of office of the regional representative shall begin at the time of the annual business meeting of the 4. The term of office of the regional representative shall be two years. Regional Representatives may serve concurrent terms. 5. In the event that an office of regional representative becomes vacant, the President may appoint an interim regional representative until the next business meetingelection. 1. Regional Representatives shall be elected by a simple majority of the votes via an electronic election of a quorum of the membership of that region in May. Quorum for each region is defined as 1/20 th of the VATA voting members in that region. 2. On July 1, the elected region representative will begin a six-month shadowing of the current region representative until he/she takes office. 3. The Regional Representatives must be State Licensed members of the VATA and in good standing with the NATA. 4. The term of office of the regional representative shall begin at the time of the annual business meeting of the 5. The term of office of the regional representative shall be two years. Regional Representatives may serve concurrent terms. When the region representative s term ends, he/she will serve as a liaison to the newly elected region representative from the Annual Meeting until June 30. 6. In the event that an office of regional representative becomes vacant, the President may appoint an interim regional representative until the next business meetingelection. Article IX, Section 3 A quorum for a vote shall be considered 1/20th of the voting membership. A simple majority of the members present is required to pass measures brought to a vote by the VATA Executive Council.
VIRGINIA ATHLETIC TRAINERS ASSOCIATION A quorum for a vote shall be considered 1/20 th of the membership with voting rights. A simply majority of the votes cast electronically is required to pass measures brought to a vote by the VATA Executive Council. Some changes typos cleaned up Article III, Section 1 Bylaws Amendments Proposal Officers of the VATA shall be elected by a simple majority of the voting members present at the annual business meeting. Officers of the VATA shall be elected by a simple majority of the voting members using an electronic vote in May. Elected officers will begin shadowing the current officer on July 1, and will officially take office at the conclusion of the annual business meeting in January. Article III, Section 3 Election shall be by secret ballot unless there is but one candidate for the office. In this instance, a voice vote may be called for. The nominee receiving the majority vote shall be declared elected. Reballoting shall be held in the event of a failure to obtain a majority vote. Remove current language Article V, Section 1, Sub-section B, Paragraph 9 The President may submit appropriate items of VATA business to the Executive Council or membership for a vote by mail, physical or electronic. For such voting purposes, the President shall first secure a "second" to the proposal and then submit the proposal to each member of the Executive Council by mail. Executive Council members will be requested to mail back a "yes" or "no" vote on the proposal by a definite date not sooner than ten days after the mailing of the proposal. Executive Council approval of the items thus submitted shall require a "yes" vote of at least five members.
The President may submit appropriate items of VATA business to the Executive Council or membership for a vote by mail, physical or electronic. For such voting purposes, the President shall first secure a "second" to the proposal and then submit the proposal to each member of the Executive Council electronically or by mail. Executive Council members will be requested to electronically or mail back a "yes" or "no" vote on the proposal by a definite date not sooner than ten days after the mailing of the proposal. Executive Council approval of the items thus submitted shall require a "yes" vote of at least five members. Article VI, Section 4, Sub-section F None Proposed Addition: F. Must have basic knowledge to work with spreadsheet software. Article VII, Sections 1-6 A. Region 1 - Northern Virginia area Counties - Fairfax, Loudoun, Clarke, Frederick, Warren, Fauquier, Shenandoah, Rappahannock, Stafford, Prince William, King George, Page B. Region 2 - Richmond/Central Virginia area Counties - Spotsylvania, Caroline, Hanover, King William, King and Queen, Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland, Henrico, New Kent, Charles City, Prince George, Chesterfield, Powhatan, Goochland, Northumberland, Lancaster, Middlesex, Matthews. C. Region 3 - Charlottesville/Shenandoah Valley area Counties - Culpepper, Orange, Louisa, Albemarle, Madison, Greene, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Fluvanna, Nelson, Amherst, Rockbridge, Bath. D. Region 4 - Norfolk/Tidewater area Counties - Gloucester, York, James City, Surry, Isle of Wight, Northampton, Accomack. E. Region 5 - Lynchburg/Southside area Counties -
Buckingham, Appomattox, Cumberland, Prince Edward, Amelia, Nottoway, Brunswick, Lunenburg, MecklenbergMecklenburg, Charlotte, Halifax, Pittsylvania, Campbell, Bedford, Dinwiddie, Sussex, SouthhamptonSouthampton. F. Region 6 - Roanoke/Far West area Counties - Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, Franklin, Henry, Patrick, Floyd, Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Bland, Wythe, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell, Buchannan, Russell, Washington, Dickenrson, Wise, Scott, Lee. Section 1 Capital Region- Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park, Prince William Section 2 Eastern Region- Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Colonial Heights, Essex, Fredericksburg, Gloucester, Hanover, Henrico, Hopewell, James City, King and Queen, King George, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northumberland, Prince George, Richmond City, Richmond Co., Spotsylvania, Stafford, Westmoreland Section 3 Tidewater Region- Accomack, Chesapeake, Emporia, Franklin City, Greensville, Hampton, Isle of Wight, Newport News, Norfolk, Northampton, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Southampton, Suffolk, Surry, Sussex, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, York Section 4 Central Region- Albemarle, Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Culpeper, Cumberland, Danville, Dinwiddie, Fauquier, Fluvanna, Goochland, Greene, Halifax, Louisa, Lunenburg, Lynchburg, Madison, Mecklenburg, Nelson, Nottoway, Orange, Pittsylvania, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Rappahannock Section 5 Western Region-
Alleghany, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Bristol, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Carroll, Covington, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd, Franklin Co., Galax, Giles, Grayson, Henry, Lee, Lexington, Martinsville, Montgomery, Norton, Patrick, Pulaski, Radford, Roanoke City, Roanoke Co., Rockbridge, Russell, Salem, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, Wythe Section 6 Shenandoah Valley Region- Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Harrisonburg, Highland, Loudoun, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Staunton, Warren, Waynesboro, Winchester