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26 Summer 2019 | wyoea.edu Proposed Change to WEA Constitution: Changing the Word "Student" to "Aspiring Educator" In an eff ort to align language used by the National Education Association, at the 2019 WEA Delegate Assembly, a Constitutional Amendment was proposed to change the language of the WEA Constitution describing a membership category to read "aspiring educator" instead of "student". Below, you will fi nd the exact language of the constitutional amendment approved by the delegates at the 2019 Delegate Assembly convening on March 29-31 in Casper, WY. This amendment will also be printed in our next edition of WEA News. At a minimum of 120 days from this initial publication, in November, the general membership body will vote on whether or not to approve the following amendment: WEA Constitution Changes 1 Constitution Amendment 1, Page 2 41, Right Column, Line 61, Article 3 III, Section 3 - Affi liation, amend by 4 substitution (submitted by Protocol 5 Committee) 6 Active, Reserve, Retired and 7 Student ASPIRING EDUCATOR 8 members of the WEA shall also be 9 members of the National Education 10 Association (NEA) and the appropriate 11 local affi liate if local membership is 12 open to them. Southeast Region Southeast Region Representative – for a two-year term: Heather Rutz Southwest Region Southwest Region President – for a two-year term: Lori Eggleston Southwest Region Vice President – for a two-year term: Angela Thatcher Central Region Cluster Delegate to NEA RA – (1 delegate) -- for a one-year term: no nominees Northeast Region Cluster Delegate to NEA RA – (1 delegate) -- for a one-year term: Annie Gripp Northwest Region Cluster Delegate to NEA RA – (4 delegates) -- for a one-year term: Wanita "Kay" Pingree Wendy Smith Jennifer Dare Necole Hanks Southeast Region Cluster Delegate to NEA RA – (1 delegate) -- for a one-year term: Brandi McCoid Southwest Region Cluster Delegate to NEA RA – (2 delegates) -- for a one-year term: no nominees NEA RA State ESP Cluster Delegate – (1 delegate) -- for a one-year term: no nominees WEA ESP Statewide Representative – for a one-year term: Christine Fitzgerald NEA RA State Delegate (Category 1) – 7 delegates -- for a two-year term: Amy Simpson Paige Gustafson Heather Rutz Lannette Lahey Danelle Moyte Judith Crow Lane Cheney Alternates Tracy Clement Jane Niemitalo NEA RA State Delegate (Category 2) – 1 delegate – for a one-year term: no nominees Region Results Central R egion Central Region President – for a two-year term: Rebecca Murray Central Region Vice President – for a two-year term: Toni Ori Northeast Region Northeast Region Representative – for a two-year term: Darlene Erickson Northwest Region Northwest Region Vice President – for a two-year term: Johnna Nunez Northwest Region Representative – for a two-year term: Lannette Lahey 60 Section 3 –Affi liation 61 Active, Reserve, Retired and Student 62 ASPIRING EDUCATOR members of the 63 WEA shall be members of the National 64 Education Association (NEA) and the 65 appropriate local affi liate if local membership 66 is open to them. No local affi liate of the 67 Association shall enroll active members 68 unless they also enroll as members of the 69 WEA and the NEA 70 Results of the WEA 2019 Election