The Accounting Educator

The Newsletter of the Teaching and Curriculum Section
American Accounting Association

Vol. IX No. 3 - Spring 2000

Proposed Change to Section Bylaws

The following proposed change to the Teaching and Curriculum Section Bylaws will be voted on at the annual section business meeting to be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 14, 2000.

Section V1, C:
The Vice Chair- Practice shall be a member from practice elected for a two-year term.

Rationale:
The proposal is to change the term for the Vice Chair-Practice from the current one-year time period to a two-year time period. This change will make the term served by the Vice Chair-Practice consistent with terms served by other Executive Committee members. For example, each Chair serves two years, one year as Vice Chair and one year as Chair. The Secretary and Treasurer are both elected for one-year terms, but with the option of serving two additional years.

Changing the term for the Vice Chair-Practice also makes practical sense, since currently the person is leaving the position at a time when he or she is likely to be most familiar with issues facing the Section. A two-year term would therefore allow the Vice Chair-Practice sufficient time to make a significant contribution to the Section.


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