Proposed Amendment to SCMS Bylaws

Delegate and Alternate Delegate Voting Privileges

In March 2022, the Nominating Committee consisting of Dr. Millie Willy, Past President as Chair, Dr. Tony Zacharek as President and Dr. Tiffany Kim as President-Elect, asked the SCMS Board to consider amending the Bylaws to allow all delegates and alternates to have a vote. It was the Nominating Committee’s opinion that if we have active and retired members giving of their time and serving the SCMS, they should be entitled to a vote. New members to the Board generally start as an alternate delegate as they learn the Board process. Past presidents serving as alternate delegates offer a wealth of history and experience on SCMS issues. Per the Bylaws, officers and directors have voting privileges. Each June, the officers and directors vote for three delegates who are not already serving in a voting position as an officer or director to be voting members of the Board. Any additional delegates and alternate delegates do not have a vote. Alternate delegates include past presidents who want to stay involved on the Board. SCMS quorum is one-third of voting Board members. After thoughtful consideration, the Board voted at the September 18, 2022, Meeting to approve an Amendment to the Bylaws. The relevant sections of the Bylaws follow, with text to be removed in red-strikethrough, and text to be added highlighted yellow:

CHAPTER XIII DUTIES OF OFFICERS

Section 6. DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DELEGATES. The delegates, and in their absence or disability, the alternate delegates, shall attend and faithfully represent the members of this Society in the House of Delegates of the Michigan State Medical Society, and shall make a report of the proceedings of the House of Delegates at the next following regular meeting of this Society. To be eligible for election as a delegate or an alternate, the member must have been an active member of this Society for at least two years.

CHAPTER XIV BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1. The Board of Directors shall consist of the president, president-elect, the immediate past president, the secretary, the treasurer, the editor of the Bulletin, six directors to be elected from among the membership, and three members which shall be elected from the pool of MSMS Delegates the duly elected delegates and alternate delegates. The current president shall act as chair of the Board. The secretary of this Society shall act as secretary of the Board. The Past President will remain on the SCMS Board whether s/ he retires or remains in active practice. The Board will appoint a retiree representative to the Board to serve a one (1) year term. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint resident representative(s) and medical student(s) for terms to be determined at their discretion to serve on the Board. The resident representative(s) and medical student(s) shall not be subject to Section 2 of Chapter XIV herein requiring attendance at fifty percent (50%) of Board meetings, but the resident representative(s) and medical student(s) shall make every effort to attend as many meetings as possible so as to effectively represent their peers. The retiree representative, resident representative(s) and medical student(s) will be non-voting members of the Board.

In accordance with the Bylaws and SCMS policy, the proposed Bylaws Amendment will be published in two issues of The Bulletin, and brought before the membership for a vote to approve at the next occurring Membership Meeting on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

If any member has questions or concerns about the proposed Bylaws Amendment, please email Joan Cramer at jmcramer@sbcglobal.net by December 31, 2022.

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Syed S. Akhtar MD Arshad Aqil MD Catherine M. Baase MD Nathanial Bartosek Student Kayla Bennett Student J.G. Marc Bertrand MD Wendy S. Biggs MD Marshall A. Brown MD Sarah Bunker Student Thomas M. Burkey MD Ana V. Camagay MD Arlene Chan Student Wing Lee Cheune Student John F. Cherry MD Virginia R. Dedicatoria MD Rosalinda A. Elazegui MD Frederick W. Foltz MD Jack E. Goodwin MD Halimah Hamidu-Egiebor Student Duane B. Heilbronn, Jr. MD Steven L. Jensen MD Robert V. Kasemodel MD Sambasiva R. Kottamasu MD Yanyu Long MD Emmanuel Luciano Lorenzo MD Carlotta M. Maresca MD Christina L. Maser MD Joanne E. Mathew MD B. Babu Paidipaty MD Che Song Park MD Christa M. Persyn MD Sundarachalam Pindicura MD Brianna C. Pitre DC Nivin A. Qudeimat MD Nathan M. Razbannia MD Lekha K. Richardson MD Aron M. Schneider DO James F. Shetlar MD Farhad K. Shokoohi MD Shipra Singh MD Gregory P. Sutton MD Tarek A. Taha MD Cindy Tantilert Student Andrew S. Wagner MD Julia M. Walter MD Larry Wang MD Liaqat Zaman MD Ugne Zekonyte Student