WISCONSIN ACADEMIC ADVISING ASSOCIATION
BYLAWS
Proposed Recommendations
September, 2014
Section IV. Executive Committee (1)
Current:
Proposed:
Rationale:
The Executive Committee shall consist of ten voting officers:
Elected: President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President of
Programs, Vice President of Membership, NACADA Liaison, Faculty
Representative
Appointed: Graduate Student Representative
Ex officio: President, Past President
The Executive Committee shall consist of ten eleven voting officers:
Elected: President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President of
Programs, Vice President of Membership, NACADA Liaison, Faculty
Representative
Appointed: Graduate Student Representative, Conference Committee
Representative
Ex officio: President, Past President
The Conference Committee Representative position is proposed to allow an
individual from the upcoming conference planning committee to serve as a voting
member of the Executive Committee.
Section V. Officers (1)
Current:
Proposed:
Rationale:
There will be ten voting officers of WACADA: President, President-Elect, Past
President, Vice President of Programs, Vice President of Membership, Secretary,
Treasurer, NACADA Liaison, Faculty Representative, and Graduate Student
Representative.
There will be ten eleven voting officers of WACADA: President, President-Elect,
Past President, Vice President of Programs, Vice President of Membership,
Secretary, Treasurer, NACADA Liaison, Faculty Representative, and Graduate
Student Representative, and Conference Committee Representative.
If Section IV.1 is approved, this change would update the number and list of
voting officers on the Executive Committee.
Section V. Officers (2)
Current:
The President, President-Elect, and Past President will each serve a term of one
year for a total three-year commitment. Vice President of Programs, Vice
President of Membership, Treasurer, Secretary, NACADA Liaison, and Faculty
Representative will each serve a term of two years, with elections on a rotation
basis with alternating years. Graduate Student Representative will serve a term of
one year.
Proposed:
Rationale:
The President, President-Elect, and Past President will each serve a term of one
year for a total three-year commitment. Vice President of Programs, Vice
President of Membership, Treasurer, Secretary, NACADA Liaison, and Faculty
Representative will each serve a term of two years, with elections on a rotation
basis with alternating years. Graduate Student Representative and Conference
Committee Representative will each serve a term of one year.
The Conference Committee Representative would serve a term of one year,
aligning with the year they serve on the conference planning committee.
Section VI. Duties of Officers (3)
Current:
Proposed:
Rationale:
The Vice President of Programs serves as co-chair and/or member of the
Conference Planning Committee and as liaison between the Conference Planning
Committee and Executive Committee.
The Vice President of Programs serves as co-chair and/or member of the
Conference Planning Committee and as liaison between the Conference Planning
Committee and Executive Committee is responsible for the annual conference
evaluation in addition to developing, maintaining and evaluating other
professional development opportunities.
This proposed change is recommended because of the addition of a Conference
Committee Representative, who would assume many of the responsibilities of the
current Vice President of Programs position. The proposed Vice President of
Programs position would change to reflect current practice, as well as add
responsibilities previously unassigned, such as the conference evaluation and
serving as a liaison with host institutions for planning professional opportunities
aside from the annual conference (for example, the Winter Professional
Development workshops).
Section VI. Duties of Officers (11)
Proposed:
Rationale:
The Conference Committee Representative serves as a member of the annual
conference planning committee, and as a liaison between the conference
planning committee and the Executive Committee.
The Conference Committee Representative will assume many of the
responsibilities of the current Vice President of Programs position and asked to
share conference materials and serve as a resource for the succeeding conference
planning committee.