Arizona Education Association

Spring 2017

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SPRING 2017 | ADVOCATE 35 Association Governance REPORT Based upon the January 15, 2017, membership figures, the AEA has 15,230 active members. The average number of members per regional director is 896. The AEA has 13 regions and 17 regional directors. There are 24 members on the AEA Board of Directors, which include 3 state officers, 1 NEA State Director, 1 Retired Director, and 2 Education Support Professional At-large Directors. The NEA requires that all voting members of the AEA Board of Directors comply with the principle of one person-one vote. The AEA Board of Directors uses a weighted vote which complies with the principle of one person-one vote. Each Regional Director has a vote equal to the percentage of deviation from the average of 896 members for that region. Directors elected at-large have a weighted vote of 100. Region Deviation Figures 01/15/17 Region Membership Weighted Vote Per Director Number of Directors 01 1007 112 1 02 1461 82 2 03 1415 79 2 04 2035 114 2 05 1590 89 2 06 1035 116 1 07 975 109 1 08 1047 117 1 09 939 105 1 10 889 99 1 11 878 98 1 12 801 89 1 13 1127 126 1 Regions between 11% and 19% Regions between 20% and 29% Regions 30% and over Range of members per regional director: 708-1127 Range of weighted vote: 79-126 Directors elected at-large have a weighted vote of 100 2017 Compliance Review Committee Report and Recommendation RECOMMENDATION The Compliance Review Committee recommends no change to AEA governance regions or local association assignments within the AEA Board of Directors governance regions. The weighted vote of each regional director has been adjusted to reflect the January 15, 2017 membership figures.

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