Isolations and Bylaw Voting

It's always interesting to see what people isolate from the items passed. We always seem to hold our breath to see what we're going to have to fight about discuss. 

Items isolated: From the meeting book - page 151 - Item No. 24 
Athletes Advisory Committee
Amend rule AACR 1.11 (pages 41-42, Rulebook) as follows:
AACR 1.11 The members of the Athletes Advisory Committee will be elected annually each spring as follows:
A. Athletes meeting the definition of Article XXII, Section 1, of the U.S. Figure Skating bylaws will elect those athletes meeting the definition of Article XXII, Section 2, of the U.S. Figure Skating bylaws to serve as members of the committee for a period of one year and will number no more than 50.
1. Those elected must be at least 18 years of age and must be equally divided among ladies, men, pairs, ice dance and synchronized skating.
2. Athletes elected must not have competed for another country within the prior two years.
3. Athletes elected to serve on the Athletes Advisory Committee will serve as delegates to the Governing Council held the year after the annual election.
4. The process and conduct of the annual elections of members of the Athletes Advisory Committee will be determined by U.S. Figure Skating headquarters in conjunction with the chair of the Athletes Advisory Committee and presented to the Athletes Advisory Committee for approval annually. The approved election procedures will be posted on www.usfsaonline.org by March 1 each year. Approved procedures will include, at minimum, the methods of notification, voting, tie breaking and audit, and the schedule.

From the Interim Report of Action #1
Item No. 202 regarding suspended member clubs
Item No. 456, section 5, rule # 1000 regarding the competition season for the new National Qualifying Series. 

From the Interim Report of Action #2 
Item No. 458 - Inactive status for technical panel members

Bylaw Discussion
All items were adopted with the exception of the change to the Nominating Committee structure. 
Exhibit F – Nominating Committee – which really should be called leadership development - was NOT adopted. Regional representation is a sticking point. Some think the members selected by the board will be controlled by the board. Those who argue for regional representation believe that we only know people in our regions and not in the section. I don’t believe it since there’s the Internet.
IMHO, fear of change still holds our organization back. 



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