Division Bylaws
The Division's governing bylaws were revised and adopted by members on August 15, 2025.
Amendments were made to:
- Comply with APA model bylaws and review requirements.
- Right-size Division’s leadership structure and approach in response to significant membership growth over the last 10 years.
- Position Executive Committee members as “team leads,” rather than individual agents responsible for all duties and responsibilities.
- Provide the Executive Committee with the support, capacity, and people-power required to fulfill the Division’s Mission and successfully carry out the Annual Work Plan.
- Resolve critical capacity, resource, and service gaps experienced by the Division’s elected leaders, volunteers, and members.
- Formalize and implement a succession strategy strengthening the Division’s leadership pipeline.
- Mitigate the difficulty of recruiting and retaining volunteer leaders by expanding leadership roles and mixing elected and appointed positions.
- Lower volunteers barriers to entry by providing more opportunities with less formal commitment.