The AAPG Headquarters has successfully integrated all membership information into one database, greatly facilitating updating contact information. Members can now update information for all AAPG activities and services with only one call or letter. And subsequently the House has immediate access to the most recent information on any Delegate, thus improving communications.

It is imperative that the Delegate (or any AAPG member) inform Headquarters of any change in contact information. It is very easy to forget to update the AAPG when changing an address, a phone or fax number, or most especially an e-mail address. This means Delegates cannot be reached or kept informed on important issues because the contact information is not current.

Please verify all your current contact information, including mailing address, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address, by checking it on the AAPG Web site (www.aapg.org) under “Member Directory” . If you are in doubt, forward your information to Donna Riggs through her e-mail address or through AAPG, P.O. Box 979, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74104-0979, USA.

Encourage the members you represent to keep their contact information current with the AAPG. We lose members each year because dues renewals do not reach them at outdated addresses. Frequently when this occurs, none of the contact information is correct, and the member can no longer be reached. But you may have the means through local meetings, organizations or publications to remind them.

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Survey Results    TOP  

Alternative: Nomination Process Revision

by Lowell Lischer, Chair

The results are in for the survey included in the June edition of The Delegates' Voice. First of all, thanks to all of you who participated in this survey -- it is a tremendous help to the House leadership.

The August 1st deadline was extended since many of the Delegates had not yet received their copy of the DV by the deadline. The results reflect all of the surveys received through August 31st in order to accommodate the distribution delay.

A total of 1024 surveys went out to Delegates, Alternates and “Other” members of the AAPG leadership. A total of 106 surveys of the 1024 mailed were returned for a response rate of 10.4%. Of those returned, 74 of 268 Delegates (27%), 12 of 151 Alternates (8%) and 20 of 605 (3%) Other responded. The response rate is sufficient to validate the survey -- particularly from the Delegates response.

The first question sought the “majority” of the Executive Committee vote to “change the order of names or reject any name referred by the Advisory Council.” Of the options offered, the results were:

Two surveys were received that either failed to mark or chose not to mark any of these preferences.

The second question asked if the Executive Committee should be required to provide a written explanation to the Advisory Council if the order of the list of candidates is changed by the Executive Committee. For this, the response was Yes = 68 and No = 37 with one survey left unmarked.

The Constitution and Bylaws Committee will now utilize these results in their consideration of the resolution approved in New Orleans: “Resolve that the Constitution & Bylaws Committee investigate the usefulness of requiring more than a simple majority by the Executive Committee in order to change the order of names or reject any name brought forward by the Advisory Council for potential officer candidates.”