2024-2025 Executive Committee Nominations and Proposed Bylaw Changes

CALL TO VOTE:  All members attending the Annual Business Meeting are requested to vote on the following motions. This communication serves as the required 30-day minimum notice of motions. Please direct any questions to President@RMWEA.org.  We hope to see you soon in Keystone!
 
2024-2025 Executive Committee Nominations
 
The Executive Committee serves as the Associations’ governing body, manages its affairs, establishes policies subject to the RMWEA Bylaws, and directs investment and care of funds. Each year, a new slate of officers are nominated and voted on by members at the Rocky Mountain Water Conference (RMWC) Annual Business Meeting.
 
Here are the nominations for the 2024-2025 Executive Committee: 

•    Clay Rahn – President
•    Kristin Johansen – Vice President
•    Kacie Allard – Treasurer
•    Leanne Hyatt – Secretary
•    Bill Peretti/Hannah Fodor – Co-Immediate Past Presidents
•    Manon Fisher – Trustee
•    Cole Sigmon – Trustee
•    Stephanie Segler – Delegate Elect

Other delegates and trustees remain as previously voted for their respective multi-year terms. This year's nominees will be confirmed at the RMWEA Business Luncheon at the Rocky Mountain Water Conference on Monday, August 26. If you'd like to participate in this meeting, be sure to add it as an option when registering for the Conference.
 
Proposed Changes to RMWEA Bylaws
 
The RMWEA Board and Committee Chairs are continuously evaluating strategies to help keep volunteers and leaders engaged. To help keep past presidents engaged as mentors and volunteers after their nearly decade (and sometimes longer) commitment to RMWEA, the Board is requesting members to approve two changes to the bylaws that will alleviate some of the volunteer commitment placed on immediate past presidents. 
 
  1. Redefine the Nominations Committee membership to continue including the three most recent and interested Past Presidents as possible, but allow the Vice President to replace one past president role in the event three past presidents are not identified.
  2. At President and immediate past president discretion, allow for the Past President role be shared with the next most recent and available past president. The co Past President would still represent only one vote.
 
The Board is also requesting members approve a few less impactful changes that were identified to implement the next time Bylaws are updated:
 
  1. The removal of the “Executive Director” role from the definition of the Executive Committee. The Bylaws do not define this member category and the use of this role should instead be included in the Policies & Procedures.
  2. Change “Active Members” to “members” in the Bylaws as this is not a formal role defined in the Bylaws.
 
Please see the PDF of the current RMWEA bylaws located here with proposed changes reflected as a redline with comments describing each change.