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2024 Proposed Amendments Mar/Apr 2024 | Vol. 81 No. 2

24 ISR 4 | Finance Striking: 4.64 Delete
Section 4.6 Financial Accounting
Consent 4.64 Travel for Society Business
Members who incur expenses while
carrying out Society responsibilities
as assigned by the international
president will be reimbursed for
those expenses as approved by the
international president according to
the reimbursement policy approved
by the International Administrative
and Executive Boards.
Rationale: The travel policy is now part of GAPP. Fiscal Impact: None. Submitted by: Nancy Davis, TN, International Finance
Committee Chair. Administrative Board Recommendation: to adopt
25 ISR 5 | Forums Striking: 5.51 ISR 5 | Forums
5.51 Inserting a new: 5.51 5.51
Consent Annual planning meeting costs The Latin American Forum and The Latin American Forum and
and communication expenses for the Canadian Forum shall each the Canadian Forum shall each be
the Canadian, European, Latin be funded at three thousand funded at three thousand dollars
American, and United States forums dollars (U.S. $3,000) per year. (U.S. $3,000) per year. The
shall be funded in the Available The European Forum shall be European Forum shall be funded at
Fund budget. The Canadian, the funded at four hundred dollars four hundred dollars (U.S. $400)
European, and the Latin American (U.S. $400) per member country per member country per year
forums shall each be funded at three per year with a minimum with a minimum of $3,000 total.
thousand dollars (U.S. $3,000) of $3,000 total. Annual Annual planning meeting costs
per year. The United States Forum planning meeting costs and and communication expenses for
shall be funded at ten thousand communication expenses for the Canadian, European, Latin
dollars (U.S. $10,000) per year. the Canadian, European, Latin American, and United States
Annual budgets and accounting American, and United States Forums shall be funded in the
reports of funds shall be submitted Forums shall be funded in the Available Fund budget year. The
to the president and to the assigned Available Fund budget year. The United States Forum shall be
professional staff. United States Forum shall be funded at ten thousand dollars (U.S.
funded at ten thousand dollars $10,000) per year. Annual budgets
(U.S. $10,000) per year. Annual and accounting reports of funds
budgets and accounting reports shall be submitted to the president
of funds shall be submitted to and to the assigned professional
the president and to the assigned staff.
professional staff.

Rationale: The costs of the annual meetings in Europe are extremely high. When the fund is not raised or increased, we cannot meet
every year. Europe is working hard to expand and that is why we ask for money per country and not in total. Fiscal Impact: Increased
expense of $200 per year. Submitted by: Carola van Zanen-van Rijn, NLD, Treasurer; Marika Heimbach, DE, Chair on behalf of the
Europe Forum Committee. Administrative Board Recommendation: to adopt
26 Article V | Organization Striking: Article V | Organization
Section D.6.a Regions “including the following: Section D.6.a Regions
Consent (1) The state organizations shall (a) presenting international (1) The state organizations shall
be formed into regions for the conferences be formed into regions for the
purposes of rendering better (b) offering leadership purposes of rendering better
service to the membership development pre- service to the membership
including the following: conference training at the
(a) presenting international site of the international
conferences conferences

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