[19244] in APO-L
Re: Powers of the advisors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas W. Strong Jr.)
Mon Oct 5 13:08:17 1998
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 12:58:26 -0400
Reply-To: "Thomas W. Strong Jr." <strong@DEMENTIA.ORG>
From: "Thomas W. Strong Jr." <strong@DEMENTIA.ORG>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981005121822.22433A-100000@paladin.cc.emory.edu>
On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Francase wrote:
> I thought that advisors had to be re-appointed, or re-elected if you will,
> from time to time, like every year or every two years. If that were the
> case, then a power-hungry advisor like that couldn't exist.
>
> So is there some sort of national policy on re-appointing advisors? I have
> no idea personally if there is, so if someone could help out......
At least in theory, in order to be eligible to vote (or otherwise serve
as an official delegate) one must be listed on the chapter's most recent
AAMD form. The chapter listed everyone that they considered to be active
or advisory members at that time, and other than new members since the
form went in, it's treated as the final word on who is in the chapter.
If there's an inactive advisor that is likely to cause a problem as some
people hav mentioned, the chapter has to have sent their name in for them
to be eligible. If the chapter didn't send them in as currently an
advisor, what's the difference between them and some other alumni member
who graduated? Both used to be members, and neither is eligible.
Last year the Rules & Credentials committee looked up the AAMD forms for
several chapters to determine eligibility, and I'm sure that in the case
of somebody showing up without prior registration as a delegate (since
the chapter would have that form, after all) that the committee would
subject them to a similar degree of scrutiny.
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