<p>CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS RESOLUTION SAMPLE (need 5 or more authors; and a 2/3rds+ vote to pass)</p><p>AMERICAN MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF DELEGATES 2004 RESOLUTION: D04</p><p>INTRODUCED BY: Michael Tomblyn, Sr Trustee-at-Large; Brian Palmer, National Treasurer; Leana Wen, Jr Trustee-at-Large; Duarte Machado, Region I Trustee; Nihar Desai, Region III Co-Trustee</p><p>SCHOOL: Rush Medical College; Mayo SOM; Washington Univ SOM; Univ of Connecticut SOM; Drexel SOM</p><p>SUBJECT: Calculation of Medical Chapter Seats in the HOD</p><p>TYPE: Resolution of Constitution & Bylaws</p><p>WHEREAS the House of Delegates (HOD) of the American Medical Student Association serves as the voice of our members, ratifies the Principles of the Association, and empowers the national leadership to work toward these goals; and WHEREAS the efficacy of the HOD in this process is directly related to its ability to represent the membership fairly and equitably, and to address all issues submitted by the members; and</p><p>WHEREAS the recent successes in recruitment has increased the number of voting delegates within the HOD by nearly 40 percent over the past few years; and</p><p>WHEREAS this sudden growth has (1) created great difficulties in finding rooms large enough to hold the HOD and also (2) created situations where quorum has been impossible to maintain, threatening the business of the House,</p><p>THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Constitution and Bylaws, Article IX, Section I, Subsection A, first paragraph (p. 22), be amended to read:</p><p>Each medical chapter of the Association that has received a charter, as described in Article IV of the Constitution and Bylaws, shall be entitled to representation in the House of Delegates of the basis of one (1) delegate for every two hundred fifty (250) medical student members, or majority fraction thereof. Each such delegate shall be an active member of the Association. In the absence of any such delegate, an alternate delegate shall be seated in his/her place.</p>