2017 Proposed Bylaw Amendments

1.  Current Article I: Name of Organization: “The name of this organization shall be the Utah Student Nurses’ Association (USNA)”.

·         The abbreviation USNA is used as the stock trading symbol for USANA Health Sciences, Inc.
·         It is also used as the abbreviation of the United States Naval Academy.  Because of this, it is difficult to find the Utah State Nurses Association (USNA) online.  It is proposed that the abbreviation for the Utah Student Nurses Association be changed from USNA to UtSNA
·         And that Article I: Name of Organization will read: “The name of this organization shall be the Utah Student Nurses’ Association (UtSNA)” and that all USNA abbreviations throughout the bylaws will be changed to UtSNA

2.  Current wording and eligibility requirements to run for President of the USNA in the bylaws under Article V, Section 5 Letter A reads:  “In order to be eligible to run for president the individual must have served on the USNA Board of Directors in a previous term. However, if there is no Board Member that is willing or able to serve as the President, then individuals may be nominated off the floor.”

·         This was originally voted into place to try and have a continuity between past and future boards, however, it also gives the current Board Members unfair advantage because of the wording
·         Currently, if a Board Member runs for President, then no one else can run against them except another Board Member. 

·         If someone is running for President that has served on the previous Board, they already have the advantage of claiming their experience and understanding of how it is run

·         To remove the double advantage for the current Board members, it is proposed that Article V, Section 5 letter A be removed and that letter B become letter A and so forth.