2003 Mail Ballot To Amend the OAH Constitution

This is an electronic facsimile of the 2003 Mail Ballot that appeared in the May 2003 OAH Newsletter.

Members who did not receive a ballot may contact the OAH office.

Photocopies of this ballot will not be accepted. Ballot must include your OAH ID number (located above your address on the panel to the right) and be postmarked no later than 1 August 2003. Please detatch and mail this ballot to: OAH, 112 North Bryan Av., Bloomington IN 47408.

The Executive Board has approved and presents to OAH members for their consideration the following constitutional changes. The amendments would permit the use of electronic balloting in addition to the current practice of mail balloting. These amendments will be ratified if two thirds of OAH members voting approve. (The full OAH Constitution and Bylaws are available at http://www.oah.org/about/constitution.html.)

Currently, the OAH Constitution reads as follows:

Article V--Elections

Section 1. There shall be an annual election by mail ballot.

Section 3. Voting. The Executive Director shall prepare and mail the official ballot to the membership at least six weeks before the annual meeting. Ballots, to be valid, must be returned at least two weeks before the annual meeting to the "Chair, OAH Nominating Board" at the address of the Business Office of the Organization.

Amended, the OAH Constitution would read as follows (changes are underlined):

Article V--Elections

Section 1. There shall be an annual election by mail or e-mail ballot.

Section 3. Voting. The Executive Director shall prepare and mail by paper and e-mail the official ballot to the membership at least six weeks before the annual meeting. Ballots, to be valid, must be cast electronically or returned by regular mail at least two weeks before the annual meeting to the Nominating Board chair at the address of the OAH Executive Office.

VOTE: Should the constitution be amended to permit the use of electronic balloting of OAH members?