Models for Board Restructuring

Model I

Small Board with 15 voting members, no larger advisory body

President, elected as now, serving on the Board for four years (one as President- Elect, two as President, one as Past-President). The President serves as Chair of the Board.
Nine Directors, elected to three-year terms, with three Directors elected annually through a general election.
Additional members include a Secretary, Treasurer, and Associate Treasurer, with these members elected on a staggered basis by the Board to three-year terms.
With the exception of the President, who is limited to a single term, all other members of the Board may be elected to at most three consecutive terms.
The Board would elect an Associate Secretary to oversee the scientific program of MAA national meetings. As is currently the case, the Associate Secretary would be a voting member of the board.

Small Board with 8 voting members, and a larger advisory body (an Assembly) drawn from existing constituencies

President, elected as now, serving on the Board for four years (one as President- Elect, two as President, one as Past-President). The President serves as Chair of the Board.
Three Directors, elected to three-year terms, with one Director elected annually from the Assembly.
Additional members include a Secretary, Treasurer, and Associate Treasurer, with these members elected on a staggered basis by the Board to three-year term.
With the exception of the President, who is limited to a single term, all other members of the Board may be elected to at most three consecutive terms.
The Board would elect an Associate Secretary to oversee the scientific program of MAA national meetings. However, the Associate Secretary would not be a voting member of the board.

Members of the Assembly would be drawn primarily on ex officio basis from the volunteer leadership of SIGMAAs, Council chairs, chair of the Committee on Sections, regional representatives, and other identified constituencies.
The Assembly will convene at an annual meeting at least once a year.
The Assembly serves to train leaders, test policy ideas, articulate membership concerns, and respond to strategic proposals. The Assembly will be the primary source for task force leadership of the association.
The Assembly might take a role in selection of, e.g., the Board Secretary, as well as identifying members of particular constituencies to serve on the Assembly.

Small Board with 12 voting members, and a larger advisory body (an Assembly) elected by Sections

President, elected as now, serving on the Board for four years (one as President- Elect, two as President, one as Past-President). The President serves as Chair of the Board.
Three Directors, elected to three-year terms, with one Director elected annually through a general election.
Three council chairs, selected by the Board for staggered three-year terms.
Additional members include a Secretary, Treasurer, and Associate Treasurer, with these members elected on a staggered basis by the Board to three-year terms.
The Chair of the Assembly serves ex-officio.
With the exception of the President, who is limited to a single term, all other members of the Board may be elected to at most three consecutive terms.
The Board would elect an Associate Secretary to oversee the scientific program of MAA national meetings. However, the Associate Secretary would not be a voting member of the board.

The Assembly consists of 29 members, one elected from each section. It forms the primary mechanism for communication between the sections themselves and between sections and the Association.
The Assembly will convene at the two annual meetings of the Association.
The Assembly serves to train leaders, test policy ideas, articulate membership concerns, and respond to strategic proposals. The Assembly will be the primary source for task force leadership of the association.