The following proposed additions to the bylaws have been formally approved by
the Bylaws Committee of the DDA Committee. Additionally, an informal review by
the AAS Council met with no objections. The next step is for the DDA membership
to formally vote on these proposed amendments. If you are a DDA member, you
should have received your ballot via email. Please review these amendments
and mark your ballot "yes" (you approve) or "no" (you
disapprove) and return it by email to the DDA Secretary. A plain-text copy of
the ballot is here.
There are two proposed additions:
Limit Secretary and Treasurer to a maximum of two consecutive
(three-year) terms:
The following could be appended to paragraph VI.1:
Neither a Secretary nor a Treasurer may serve
more than two consecutive terms.
Authorize the Division Committee, at its discretion, to combine the posts
of Secretary and Treasurer:
A new paragraph to be inserted:
VI.2. At the discretion of the Committee, the
positions of Secretary and Treasurer may be combined to form
a Secretary-Treasurer position to be held by a single individual.
Similarly, the Committee may split the Secretary-Treasurer position
into separate Secretary and Treasurer positions.