Change

Clarification of comments on proposed bylaws amendments 6 and 8. See also this post.

In the recent issue of Outlook, there are ten proposals to amend the AAUW bylaws. The votes will be taken online and via USMail with all of the members of AAUW entitled to a vote. [See the One Member/One Vote section at www.aauw.org.] Here’s my current thinking on how to vote on these amendments Vote [...]

We’re in a comment/collection period for amendments to the AAUW bylaws for vote at the 2011 annual meeting (and in paper/electronic ballots from those who can’t attend the meeting). It’s kind of a clunky application* but you can find all the submitted amendments read comments on those submissions make your own comments or amendments sign [...]

We’re about three weeks away from a historic vote that will change the structure of AAUW and update some of its practices. This week, we released a voter guide for the election of the board members who will give life to the new bylaws — see election2009.bbvx.org. Reading those comments makes me believe that the [...]

As you may be able to tell (!), I think that dropping the degree requirement is critcal to AAUW’s future. However, there are many members for whom that requirement is deeply embedded in their identity as AAUW members. It will not be an easy change, and I recognize that. The purpose of these posts is [...]