Editor:
On March 11, 2010, the Bucks-Montgomery Optometric Society sent a formal proposal to amend the POA Constitution to our Executive Director, Charlie Stuckey, O.D. The resolution was then forwarded to the By-Laws Committee and the Board of Directors. The proposal will formally be presented to the House of Delegates for a vote at the Spring Conference at Seven Springs Resort.
Passage into law requires a 2/3 majority vote.
Pennsylvania has the fifth largest voting delegation (88 votes) at the AOA House of Delegates. The POA does not specify how these votes can be used. In the past, POA Presidents voted at their discretion, directing all or none or any division of votes as they felt necessary.
The BMOS represents ten percent of the POA, or 9 delegate votes. We strongly wanted these 9 votes to represent the feeling of our members. Unfortunately, even with two of our members sitting at the POA House of Delegates table at the AOA National Convention in Washington D.C., our voice was not heard.
The resolution presented will clarify the voting rights of a local society. Please inform your society leaders about your feelings on this issue.
Respectfully submitted,
Scott Goldberg, O.D.
President, Bucks-Montgomery Optometric Society
Conshohocken
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