Executive Board Midwinter Meeting

Hello again, fellow SWATA Members. I hope that everyone had a safe, restful, and happy holidays.

The Executive Board is preparing for its Midwinter meeting, which will be held Saturday, January 31 and Sunday, February 1 in Lubbock (yes, SuperBowl weekend).

The main item on the agenda will be the report from the Constitutional Review Committee, who was tasked last year with evaluating our entire Constitution.

The current SWATA Constitution has been amended many times, but has not been fully evaluated and revised in about 25 years. SWATA's Constitution was revised/rewritten about every 10 or 15 years before that, so this evaluation is a bit past due.

The Committee is using the information that was gathered from several Member surveys over the past three years in their evaluation. The goal is to ensure that our Constitution reflects the opinions of the Membership about SWATA's governance structure and function, as well as to make sure we are consistent with the NATA, who recently revised their committee structure. So, if you participated in some or all of our Member surveys, YOU have directly affected how our Association will operate in the future!

Following the Midwinter meeting, you will be receiving a lot more information about this process. To amend or revise the Constitution requires a majority vote of the Membership at the Business Meeting, so you will again have opportunity to participate in improving your Association. Information will be posted on this blog, on the Web site, in e-blasts, and in the newsletter well in advance of this summer's meeting.

The Board is also hosting a reception for all Members on Saturday evening, 6 PM to 8 PM at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Lubbock, which is also the location of the Board meeting:
505 Avenue Q
Lubbock, TX 79401
Phone: 806-747-0171

If you are in or near Lubbock that evening, please stop by. Also, all Board meetings are open, so if you are in town that weekend feel free to stop by and watch us "in action."

Thank you for serving and supporting our professional association.