Colorado Medical Society

Introduced by: Constitution & Bylaws Committee

Subject: Constitutional Amendment

Referred to: Reference Committee on Board of Directors/Constitution & Bylaws/Credentials

WHEREAS, the Constitution & Bylaws Committee has undertaken a review of the Constitution and the Bylaws, and

WHEREAS, the Constitution contains language that is no longer valid, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Constitution be amended as follows:

CONSTITUTION OF

COLORADO MEDICAL SOCIETY

(amended March 1989 SEPTEMBER 2005)

ARTICLE III

Membership

The members of this Society shall be classified as Active Members, Honorary Members, Associate Members, and such other classes of members as may be established by the Bylaws. Qualifications for each class of members and the procedures for obtaining such membership shall be provided in the Bylaws; provided that Active and Associate Members of this Society may gain such membership only through a component society of the Society, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE BYLAWS, and upon election to such memberships shall MAY also become members of this Society.

ARTICLE V

House of Delegates

There shall be a governing body of the Society to be known as the House of Delegates, which shall have the supreme policy-making authority of the Society, subject to such authority as may be granted by the Bylaws to the Board of Directors to establish policy for the Society between Meetings of the House of Delegates. It shall elect the officers of the Society, except as otherwise provided in the Bylaws, the Directors, the AMA Delegates and Alternates, the Judicial Councilors, the members of the Peer GRIEVANCE Review Committee, the members of the Councils, and other elected officials as provided in the Bylaws. It shall transact all general business of the Society not otherwise specifically provided for by the Constitution or Bylaws of the Society.

ARTICLE VIII

Meetings

In each year there shall be an Annual and Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates of the Society at such time and place as provided in the Bylaws. Special Meetings may be called and held as provided in the Bylaws.

ARTICLE IX

Funds, Dues and Property

Funds shall be raised by annual per capita dues and may be supplemented by special assessments upon each member, which dues or special assessments shall be equal for all persons within any one classification or subclassification of membership. Funds may also be raised from the Society's publications, by voluntary contributions, or in any manner approved by the Board of Directors OR THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

FISCAL IMPACT: None