Dear AKUAANA Members,
On behalf of the Executive Council of AKUAANA, I am soliciting your feedback/comments on proposals to make amendments to the current Constitution & Bylaws of AKUAANA.
These proposals were deliberated and sent to the Executive Council with unanimous recommendations of the Constitution and Bylaws (CABL) Committee. They have subsequently been approved unanimously by all members of the Executive Council. The newly formed Board of Trustees has also reviewed them and voted unanimously to proceed with these changes.
The process now requires a minimum 30-day period to solicit comments from the Active Membership on the proposed amendments.
The main objectives of the proposed changes are to:
- Change the authority and title of the Board of Trustees to a Board of Advisors. The purpose is to give primary authority to the elected Executive Council and to remove ambiguity in the role of the Board.
- Clarify the nomination and election criteria of the Board of Advisors to ensure a more diverse group of members.
- Clarify the mechanism to resolve any ethical issue or grievance addressed towards AKUAANA, its members or its Officers and to give the Board of Advisors an independent authority to approach directly the Active Membership of AKUAANA if such a need arises.
- There are also some clarifications and changes to the formation of committees, timeline of nomination/election process and timeline of the amendment process.
Please review the document and send your comments or concerns directly to my attention. The deadline to submit any comments is May 18th, 2016. Your participation is essential in building our Alumni Association. Please submit your comments to president@akuaana.org
Thank you,
Habib Chotani
President, AKUAANA