CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE

 
 
Revised 1/01

BYLAWS AND SOCIETY REGULATIONS:
The President shall appoint annually, the members of the Credentials committee from the professional or emeritus members of this Society necessary to complete the assignment of the committee and shall appoint the Chair.

This committee shall be responsible for the methods and procedures to certify and tally delegates and alternates for the Annual Meeting.  It shall perform such additional functions and duties as are defined or implied in the Bylaws and Society Regulations.

The Chair, with the Chair of the Membership Development Committee and the President, shall define procedures and transmit instructions necessary to constitute official lists of delegates to the meetings of the House of Delegates.  Such official lists shall include the name and address of:
    A. President and President-elect of each district society (or their alternates).
    B. Delegates designed by each district society, and their alternates.
    C. Members of the current Board of Directors.
    D. Past-presidents of this Society who exercise the privilege of sitting with their district society’s delegation as non-voting members of the House.

The lists shall further indicate the Chair and Co-Chair and their alternates from each district society.

From the official lists, the Credentials Committee shall certify the members of the House of Delegates, except in unusual circumstances, when the Credentials committee shall certify members when directed by the President of this Society.

DUTIES:

1. Verify the membership status of all persons admitted to the House of Delegates.
2. Maintain an exact count of the voting members present in the House of Delegates by district societies and as the Board of Directors, and be prepared to present the credentials report at the president’s request.