| EXISTING Section 6.1 (Nomination and Election
of Officers) of the SSCS Bylaws: In odd-numbered years, the Nominations Committee shall prepare a slate of candidates for President and Vice President. Candidates shall be present or past members of the Society AdCom, and shall have expressed a willingness to serve if elected. OLD Article V, Section 3 of the SSCS Constitution: The Administrative Committee shall elect every two years a President and Vice-President. The President and Vice-President may not serve two consecutive terms, and must be past or sitting elected members of the Administrative Committee. REVISED Article V, Section 3 of the SSCS Constitution The Administrative Committee shall elect every two years a President and Vice-President. The President and Vice-President may not serve two consecutive terms, and must be past or sitting members of the Administrative Committee. |
The SSCS AdCom recently voted to change the SSCS constitution to make it consistent with the bylaws regarding eligibility of candidates for president and vice president. Now both the constitution and bylaws state that candidates for president and vice president shall be past or sitting members of AdCom.
Prior this correction, the constitution had allowed that only "elected" AdCom members were eligible for election as president or vice president.
According to SSCS President Bruce Wooley, who proposed the change, "adopting the criterion specified in the bylaws opens up the nominating pool for vice president and president to qualified candidates who may have served the Society long and well as members of the AdCom and have invaluable experience with respect to the Society's needs and operations. It also opens the candidacy to individuals with a demonstrated record of service and commitment to the Society who might not have the worldwide recognition often needed to win a closely contested AdCom election."
Approval by the AdCom means the change is pending: the change will take effect 60 days after circulation to all the membership of this issue of SSCS Newsletter. The decision would only go to a full membership ballot if 5% of the members object to the change.
For your reference, you can find the full text of the SSCS Constitution and Bylaws at the SSCS website: www.sscs.org/info . Select the button ABOUT to find the menu with links to the constitution and bylaws.