Does the amendment fundamentally change the roles and responsibilities of the national officer team?
It does not. The national officers will still hold the same offices that are currently in place–the method of selecting officers is the only element that will change. 5. Why do we need to change our current election process? A: The way our current election process works, TSA members don‟t benefit from the many qualified candidates who run for any of the six national offices in a given year. That‟s because currently, if a candidate is not elected to the office for which he/she ran, he/she is no longer in the running for any office. Through this bylaw amendment we‟re trying to get the most qualified candidates to serve you as your next national officers. While the current system has done so some of the time, we believe that this bylaw amendment will be more effective at achieving this end because every candidate will be judged purely on his/her merits instead of on whether or not his/her merits fit the position. In addition, you will no longer have to choose among well qualified candida
