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Please spell your name as you have it in your myMESA account.
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Please use the email associated with your myMESA account.
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Nominating Committee Election
Select up to five candidates among the fellows, and one candidate among the students. The five fellows receiving the most votes and the one student receiving the most votes will serve on the 2025 Nominating Committee which will be responsible for identifying candidates for three positions on MESA's Board of Directors, one of them a Student Member.
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Fellows *
Vote for no more than five
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Students *
Vote for no more than one
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Referendum to MESA's Bylaws
The Board proposed a number of technical updates to MESA’s bylaws, which were approved at the 2024 Members Meeting to move forward to a membership vote by referendum. Bylaws amendments require a supermajority of two-thirds in favor to be approved.
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Bylaws Amendment #1: Add Personnel Committee to Article VI as a new Section 5. *
Proposed new committee text:
Section 5. Personnel Committee. The Personnel Committee shall consist of three persons: The MESA President as chair, and two senior Fellow Members from the Board of Directors—one of whom may be the Past President (if available)—appointed by the President in consultation with the Executive Director. The Committee shall conduct the annual review of the Executive Director, address any personnel issues that arise, and assess the staffing needs of the Association in collaboration with the Executive Director. The Committee shall submit its report and recommendations annually to the Board of Directors for approval.
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Bylaws Amendment #2: Update petition threshold to 75 *
Update number of members required for petitions in five places. Current number is 25, changing to 75.
Article III. Section 4. b. 1) seventy-five
Article IV. Section 7: seventy-five members (Fellows); seventy-five Student Members
Article V. Section 2: seventy-five fellows
Article VIII. seventy-five voting members
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Bylaws Amendment #3: Increase notice period for receipt of resolutions by an additional week. *
Update resolutions to be received three weeks in advance, currently two weeks before the Annual Meeting
Article III. Section 4. b. 1) three weeks
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Bylaws Amendment #4: Add a miscellaneous provision. *
Section 9. Virtual Meetings and Participation by Certain Electronic Means
Subject to the provisions of applicable statutes and these Bylaws, any meetings of the Members and meetings of the Directors, including Annual Meetings, may be held virtually or in a hybrid format approved by the Board of Directors through the use of any means of communication by which all Members and Directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting and have a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting. A Member or Director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
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