Date Issued: 06/16/08
Bulletin #2008-06
www.ohioapco.org

APCO Strategic Governance Initiative Holds
Town Hall Meetings in Advance of Quorum Vote

At the 2008 conference in Kansas City, a quorum of the voting membership of APCO International will be considering two key resolutions to streamline the governance of the association. 

Resolution No. 1 involves both a major rewrite of the bylaws to minimize the association's legal exposure and a restructuring of the core decision-making body to tighten its span of control from 52 to 15 representatives for a more results accountable form of leadership.

Resolution No. 2 converts the tax exempt status of APCO International, currently a 501(c)(6) industry trade organization, to gain advantages unique to 501(c)(3) charitable, education and scientific organizations. The conversion will allow for the combining of the APCO Institute, APCO Automated Frequency Coordination and the Heritage Foundation into APCO International. This will not alter the distinct missions of the entities, but streamline the accounting and tax reporting to yield administrative savings.

More detailed information is available from the APCO web site at www.apcointl.org/governance 

These matters will come before the Executive Council and Membership Quorum being held in Kansas City, MO. On behalf of the SGI Task Force, we wanted to make you aware of several web conferences that are being convened specifically to allow everyone an opportunity to ask questions regarding the Resolutions. These forums will take place on

June Dates
Tuesday, June 17 @ 11 am EDT
Wednesday, June 18 @ 4 pm EDT
Thursday, June 19 @ 2 pm EDT

July Dates
Thursday, July 10 @ 2 pm EDT
Wednesday, July 16 @ 11 am EDT
Tuesday, July 22 @ 4 pm EDT

The courtesy of an RSVP (governance@apcointl.org) is requested.

CLICK HERE for instructions on how to access the web and phone conferences

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CLICK HERE to view a letter from Ohio Chapter Executive
 Council Representative Lynne Feller

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