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2023 Bylaws Notice
To: OPA Members
From: Bob Parsons, R.Ph., Chair, Resolutions and Bylaws Committee
Re: 2023 Proposed Bylaws Amendment
Date: February 27, 2023
The Resolutions & Bylaws Committee approved the following Bylaws amendment to be considered at the 2023 OPA House of Delegates meeting, April 15, 4:05 p.m. in Columbus, OH. Proposed changes are stricken through. The Committee voted to recommend adoption.
2023 Bylaws Amendment: Local Association Presidents
Article IX, Section 3, F. Resolutions and Bylaws. This committee is charged with reviewing all resolutions, revising and rewriting them as necessary to ensure their compliance with these Bylaws. Proposed resolutions shall be presented to this committee not later than sixty-five (65) days prior to the Annual Meeting. The results of the committee’s deliberations shall be communicated to the local association presidents, past presidents of the Association, and members of the Board of Trustees for the Association, not later than thirty (30) days prior to the Annual Meeting of the Association. A resolution submitted later than this sixty-five (65) day deadline may be considered by the House of Delegates only with the 2/3 approval of this committee in attendance at the Annual Meeting. Such proposed resolutions shall be presented to this committee no later than the close of business of the first day of the Annual Meeting if the meeting is scheduled for more than one day, and no later than noon if the meeting is scheduled for one day only. This committee shall present a report to the House of Delegates at the Annual Meeting.
This committee is charged with reviewing all proposed changes in the Bylaws and other governing documents of the Association and recommending adoption or rejection of such proposals. This committee shall be authorized to correct article and section designations, punctuation, and cross-references, and to make such technical and editorial changes as may be necessary to assure accuracy and readability of the Bylaws.
