THE NAAA CONSTITUTION HAS NOT BEEN CONSTITUTIONALLY AMENDED ADOPTED

Constitutional Amendment Process

The authority to amend the Constitution of the NAAA  is derived from Article 52 of the Constitution.

After the General Council of the NAAA proposes an amendment. There must be a 2/3 majority, a debate, joint resolution, adoption, ratification. Implementation.

 The secretary is charged with of responsibility for Records administering the ratification process

These duties  and responsibilities  should be administered by  an independent agent.

The Constitution provides that an amendment may be proposed by the General Council   with a two-thirds majority vote by its bonafide members.

The General Council proposes an amendment in the form of a joint resolution of its members.  The President does not have a constitutional role in the amendment process. However, the statutory procedure for ratification requires the signature of both the President and the Secretary IF THE PRESIDENT IS NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING  HIS Representative and the secretary MUST AFFIX THEIR SIGNATURE TO THE ADOPTION PROCESS. This must be witnessed by all members present on the date of the proposed adoption.

Constitution of the National Association of Athletics Administrations

ARTICLE:52

 

This Constitution was not constitutionally amended and adopted at a Special General Meeting held on the Saturday 22^nd October 2016.

1.     The meeting was unconstitutional.

2.     There was no quorum 25 required 21 showed up.

3.     The President was not in attendance at the meeting held on the 22^nd November at the Radisson Hotel

4.     The President could not have signed the document on the day in question as required.

5.     The 1stVice President chaired the meeting; He chose not to sign the document as required.

6.      The purpose of the meeting was to fix a date in November for the Annual General Meeting as required.

7.     It was not the purpose of the meeting to adopt the constitution.

The voting club delegates should ask for the minutes of the meeting held on the 22^nd November 2016.

Examine the document carefully for the number of delegates present, their signature attesting to their presence .the number of delegates who voted on that day, Was the voting by secret ballot or “I” vote etc. Who chaired the meeting? Why is The President Signature on the Adoption document and he was not in the building. Why did the 1^st Vice President refused to sign the adoption Document as required by the constitution?

 

Dr.Cliff Bertrand

Olympian