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1. The annual meeting shall be held at a site selected by the
Executive Director with the approval of the Board of Directors.
This provision shall not take effect until the year 2001.

2. Special meetings may be called by the President or any two(2)
duly elected officers or by a majority of the Board of Directors.

3. The AAHP officers, the Chairman of the Board of Directors
and the Chairman of each Committeeshall,at the annual meeting, submit written reports of their activities of the past year, along with their recommendations and suggestions.A copy of said report shall
be sent to the Executive Director fifteen(15) days before the Annual meeting in the event of absence of the reporter from said meeting.
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1. Whereas frequent or peroidic general Board of Directors
meetings would be impractical due to geographically widespread AAHP membership, a procedure for "mail ballot" voting is incorporated in these By-Laws.

2. The Board of Directors may be sent a special mailing if information on an issue or issues to be voted upon with a ballot included.This mail ballot may be taken without an annual or special meeting.Passage of a proposed issue requires that a majority of the ballots received by the executive director within 30 days are marked as to indicate approval.

3. The completed ballot shall be sent to the Executive Director and a duplicate to the president.A majority vote of all members of the Board of Directors shall be necessary for passage of a motion by mail ballot.

4. The use of telephone conference calls for purposes of Board of Directors meeting is acceptable providing that a majority of members of the Board of Directors are present for such conference calls.
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The deliberations of this organization, it's Board of Directors and committies shall be governed by the parlimentary rules and usage contained in the current edition of Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised" when not in conflict with the Constitution and By-Laws of AAHP and APMA.
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The AAHP shall assure that the activities of the organization are undertaken without any discrimination with regard to race, color, or age, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status of sex.



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