The Foreign Service Journal, December 2014

54 DECEMBER 2014 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL AFSA NEWS included in voting strength calculations. For example, the current voting strength of the State constituency is calculated by dividing the total number of constituency votes (11 + State Vice President = 12) by the size of the Board less the three at-large ožcers Proposed Bylaw Amendment • Continued from page 43 Call for Nominations • Continued from page 53 means and will publish the names of all elected candidates in the next issue of The Foreign Service Journal. The elected candi- dates will take ožce on July 15, 2015, as provided in the bylaws. The Committee on Election members and supporting sta’ members may be reached at election@afsa.org. Elections Committee Members Hon. Robert W. Farrand, Chair Jenna Bucha Mort Dworken Russell Knight Andrea Strano Sta‡ Members Ian Houston— Executive Director Sharon Papp— General Counsel Janet Hedrick— Director, Member Services n ANNOUNCEMENT REMI NDER : NOMI NAT I ONS FOR PERFORMANCE AWARDS AFSA is now accepting nominations for one of its five awards recognizing exemplary performance. The Nelson B. Delavan Award recognizes the work of a Foreign Service Ožce Management Specialist. The M. Juanita Guess Award is conferred on a Community Liaison Ožce Coordinator who has dem- onstrated outstanding leadership. The Avis Bohlen Award honors the volunteer accomplishments of a family member of a Foreign Service employee at post. The AFSAAchievement and Contributions to the Association Award is for active-duty and retired members of AFSA. The Post Rep of the Year Award is for theAFSA post representative who demonstrates sustained and successful engagement withAFSAmembership at post. Recipients are presented with a monetary prize and are honored at a ceremony in June in the Benja- min Franklin Diplomatic Reception Room at the State Department. Deadline for nominations is Feb. 28, 2015. For details on the awards and to submit an online nomination, go to www.afsa.org/performance. Contact Special Awards and Outreach Coordinator Perri Green, at green@afsa . org or (202) 719-9700, for more information. (29 – 3 = 26). Similarly, the voting strength of the State constituency under the new proposal would be calculated by dividing the total number of constituency votes (6 + State Vice President = 7) by the size of the Board less the three at-large ožcers (19 – 3 = 16). n Language for Changes on Board Size and Composition Article V The Governing Board Section 4. Manner of Election: Each constituency having a minimum of 100 members as of the end of the month prior to the issuance of the call for nominations shall be entitled to a constituency vice president. In addition, each constituency shall be entitled to one representative for every 2,000 each 1,000 members or fraction thereof, so long as the fraction is greater than half , as of the end of the month prior to the issuance of the call for nominations, provided that any constituency that for three consecutive months has a membership which would on that date have entitled it to an additional representative shall have an additional representative, who shall be appointed by the board. Every agency shall have at least a Vice President, or if the minimum is not reached, a representative on the Board. Agen- cies with only a Vice President shall elect an alternate represen- tative who may vote and participate in the absence of the Vice President as designated. Section 5. Meetings and Voting: (b) Voting: Each board member shall have one vote, with the exception of the alternate representatives described in Sec- tion 4, who may only vote and participate in the absence of the Vice President as designated. Amajority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum and must be present for any vote. Board members who will be outside theWash- ington area for a board meeting may leave a written proxy with another board member who shall vote that proxy in accordance with the wishes of the absent member or, absent indication of such preferences, in accordance with his or her own preference. Note: The language of the proposed amendment has been indicated in strikethrough text and italics.