Item Comment Yes No
1.1 Allow vendor employees
to serve on Research Committees 73 82
1.2 Do not allow vendor employees
to serve on Research Committees 67 88
2 Stipulate that Executive Board members may not be
vendor employees and must have been Associates
for at least 3 years before nomination 144 10
3 Change language in Bylaws so it is gender-neutral 151 5
4 Change "Board of Directors" to "Executive Board" 155 0
5 Change "core facilities" to "resource facilities and
resource laboratories" 152 3
6 Change "Associate members" to "Associates" 155 0
7 Redefine Article I "Purpose", Section 1, part A
to include any laboratories interested in methodology 152 2
8 Redefine Article I "Purpose", Section 1, part C
relating to educational objectives 152 3
9 Remove restriction on timing of annual meeting 153 2
10 Change "Subcommittees" to "Committees"
and formally define General Committees 154 0
11 Eliminate listing of individual technologies
to provide greater flexibility 154 0
12 Formally define "Voting Representative" 154 0
13 Provide additional mechanism
for initiating Bylaws changes 148 5
14 Change definition of quorum
from 50% to 40% of Associates 142 10
Because item 1 was not resolved by this membership ballot, the issue will be addressed and resolved by the Executive Board during the Fall. Until then, the interim policy on Research Committee membership (see ABRF News 6 (3), p. 2) will remain in place: members currently serving on Research Committees and previously confirmed by the Executive Board may continue their service, but the Executive Board will not confirm for service any additional employees of commercial firms that supply equipment or reagents to resource facilities, until they reach a decision on this matter.
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