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Draft Constitution DocumentsDraft constitution and proposed amendment documents are posted here as a courtesy to members. These documents will be available online until 21 December 2007, the end of the ballot period. Draft Constitution (PDF) [Corrected version posted 1 August 2007] SummaryThe proposed amendments to the AMS Constitution presented here were approved by the AMS Council at its 14 January 2007 meeting. As required by Article XIII of the Constitution, these proposed amendments are now provided to the AMS Membership in preparation for a vote of the membership in the fall of this year. Brief explanations for the proposed changes are provided below. The first change in the proposed amendments sets the Constitutionally stated objective of the AMS as being the same as the Society’s mission recently approved by the AMS Council (see the “Strategic Goals — 2007” in the March 2007 BAMS). Many of the textual changes being proposed here are intended to bring the AMS Constitution into the modern era by allowing Society business to be conducted through electronic balloting. The proposed changes would allow the annual election of the officers and Councilors, as well as any other ballot placed before the membership, to be carried out as either an e-mail ballot or through an online voting procedure. Similarly, it allows certain actions of the Council to be carried out through these types of electronic balloting where applicable. A few of the changes proposed here are necessary to bring the Constitution into compliance with current Massachusetts law, under which the AMS is incorporated. These changes are provided as item 13 in the list of amendments. The change indicated in item 15 of the proposed amendments simply corrects the list of certifications offered by the Society to include Certified Broadcast Meteorologist. The final change in the list of amendments, item 19, replaces the phrase used throughout the Constitution to describe the AMS community with the phrase used in the AMS Mission, which is intended to reflect more fully the broad and inclusive nature of the community served by the Society. The AMS Council has formally stated that in this new phrase “related sciences” is intended to be interpreted broadly and to include not just the physical sciences covering the components of the Earth system, such as oceanography and hydrology, but also the disciplines that further the technology and applications based on or supporting those sciences, as well as economics and other social sciences, and other disciplines that support policy, applications, and services related to the Earth system. A redline/strikeout version of the AMS Constitution showing the impact of the proposed amendments is available on the AMS Web site. If the AMS Constitution is amended as proposed, the AMS Council will vote to amend the Bylaws as needed for consistency. Proposed Amendments (PDF) Draft Constitution (PDF) |
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