Proposed Amendments to the
Bylaws of the Western Region Chapter,
American Music Therapy Association, Inc.
March 2017

The following proposed changes to the current WRAMTA Bylaws are presented to the membership for vote at the 2017 MWR-WRAMTA Regional Conference in Broomfield, CO in March 2017.    The current WRAMTA Bylaws can be found here:

https://www.wramta.org/links‐and‐forms/

1:  MOTION: Amend Article IV, Section 12.  Remove: “Sits on the Executive Committee.”

Rationale:  To correspond with Article VI, Section 4.  The Executive Committee no longer includes the Vice-President.    

Current:

Section 12. The Vice-President shall perform all duties of the President in case of the disability of both the President and the President- elect, and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions on, the President; shall act as a mentor to the Vice-President-elect assisting him or her as needed; shall serve as conference chairperson in the first year of their term, overseeing the program planning for the Annual Chapter Conference; and when so acting, shall have the power to appoint his or her own staff and committees with the exception of the local chair whose appointment must be approved by the Executive Board.  A written report shall be submitted for Executive Board meetings, three (3) times yearly and shall be published on the website.  Sits on the Executive Committee.

Proposed:

Remove underlined sentence above.