national convention: annual or biannual?

[OPhiAGinger]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Conventions cost A LOT of money, and I would guess you get diluted participation because they're so frequent… If you're ready with how many hours at what hourly rate it costs to plan a convention plus the other costs not recouped from attendance fees, and some will come around.

So, build a business case to convince the delegates that this is the right way to go? As you have correctly surmised, this change will require the approval of our convention voting delegates, as it will require numerous amendments to our constitution and by-laws. I like this approach, and after describing the huge amounts of time spent planning convention we could go on to outline all the ways in which that time could be redirected to provide more chapter support outside of convention.

Originally Posted by Xidelt

So officer terms would go from one year to two….

Our challenge is in the other direction. Currently our national exec board serves three year terms. They stagger so that only 1/3 of our NEB is elected each year. That has helped immensely with continuity among our leadership's shared vision. But moving to a two year election cycle makes it very difficult to maintain officer terms with staggered begin/end times. We either need to expand to 4 year terms (YUCK!! Who would run for that?) or face the possibility of our entire NEB turning over every two years. Does that make sense?

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by OPhiAGinger

So, build a business case to convince the delegates that this is the right way to go? As you have correctly surmised, this change will require the approval of our convention voting delegates, as it will require numerous amendments to our constitution and by-laws. I like this approach, and after describing the huge amounts of time spent planning convention we could go on to outline all the ways in which that time could be redirected to provide more chapter support outside of convention.

Our challenge is in the other direction. Currently our national exec board serves three year terms. They stagger so that only 1/3 of our NEB is elected each year. That has helped immensely with continuity among our leadership's shared vision. But moving to a two year election cycle makes it very difficult to maintain officer terms with staggered begin/end times. We either need to expand to 4 year terms (YUCK!! Who would run for that?) or face the possibility of our entire NEB turning over every two years. Does that make sense?

We use two-year terms, but most of the time, there are women who remain on the executive committee, though possibly in different roles. For example, the president almost always holds a different role before taking the top job.