{"id":1719,"date":"2024-02-05T14:42:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T19:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2024-02-13T08:06:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:06:07","slug":"changes-to-nanas-constitution-and-bylaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/?p=1719","title":{"rendered":"ELECTION SEASON IS HERE!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Election season is upon us and we have&nbsp;<strong>two<\/strong>&nbsp;important votes &#8211; we need your participation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First<\/strong>, voting is now open to&nbsp;<strong>elect new members of the Governing Council<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 this year, four positions in the Governing Council are up for election: three candidates to serve as members-at-large on the Governing Council and one Institutional Representative. To learn about the excellent candidates standing for election, go to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/?page_id=1560\">NANAS Election 2024 page<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/concordia.yul1.qualtrics.com\/jfe7\/form\/SV_b8GSo935rHARh2u\">This link<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;will take you to the Governing Council ballot where you can vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Second<\/strong>, the&nbsp;NANAS Governing Council has been&nbsp;revisiting and revising two core documents to NANAS \u2013 its&nbsp;<strong>Constitution and Bylaws<\/strong>. As a result of these efforts, we propose some changes to both documents that more responsively reflect the current ways in which NANAS operates. We are asking members to consult the following two documents \u2013 the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NANAS-Constitution-2023-changes-approved-by-GC-for-voting-by-general-membership-8-Jan-202467.pdf\">NANAS Constitution<\/a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NANAS-Bylaws-2017-changes-approved-by-GC-for-voting-9-Jan-202428.pdf\">NANAS Bylaws<\/a>&nbsp;that detail and explain the suggested changes. We&nbsp;<strong>need at least two thirds of our membership to vote and approve constitutional changes<\/strong>, so please take the time to vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/concordia.yul1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_2cwXhGBB8dtpuoC\">This link<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;will take you to the proposed Bylaw and Constitution changes ballot where you can vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both ballets will remain open for&nbsp;<strong>voting through March 13, 2023<\/strong>.&nbsp; Please make sure your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/?page_id=283\">NANAS membership<\/a>&nbsp;is up-to-date in order for your vote to count.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for your participation and contribution to NANAS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Election season is upon us and we have&nbsp;two&nbsp;important votes &#8211; we need your participation.&nbsp; First, voting is now open to&nbsp;elect new members of the Governing Council&nbsp;\u2014 this year, four positions in the Governing Council are up for election: three candidates to serve as members-at-large on the Governing Council and one Institutional Representative. To learn about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/?p=1719\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ELECTION SEASON IS HERE!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Nicole Dalmer","author_link":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/?author=61"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/?cat=1\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorized<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Uncategorized<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on February 5, 2024","modified":"Updated on February 13, 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on February 5, 2024 2:42 pm","modified":"Updated on February 13, 2024 8:06 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1719"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1730,"href":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1719\/revisions\/1730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agingstudies.org\/NANAS\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}