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Proposals to the board of trustees

Number Proposal Result

2023

23-04 To appoint Howard Schmidt to the position of Archives Chair. PASSED
23-03 By-Laws Revision. PASSED
23-02 To create a Youth Board within the ACA. PASSED
23-01 Confirm Committee Chairs. PASSED

2022

22-04 To appoint Alan De Angelo and Daryl Hutchins to the ByLaws Committee for the purpose of rewriting the ACA ByLaws. PASSED
22-03 To accept the bid by the Madison Area Aquatic Hobbyists, for the 2023 ACA Convention to be held in Madison Wisconsin July 11-16. PASSED
22-02 Costa Rica stream study. PASSED
22-01 Request $4000 payable to Zoo Med for BB printing (this is half the cost), for BB numbers 312, 313, 314 and 315. PASSED

2021

21-01 To approve the appointment of Jan Benes as Convention Liaison. PASSED

2020

20-05 To approve the date change for the 2021 convention in Louisville, changing it from July 27-August 1, 2021 to July 27-31, 2022. PASSED
20-04 To approve Missouri Aquarium Society, Inc. to host the 2021 ACA convention. PASSED
20-03 To approve appointment of Alan De Angelo to chair an exploratory committee for expansion of ACA’s conservation activities. PASSED

2019

19-05 To appoint an Archives Chairman. PASSED
19-04 Participation in 2019 Aquatic Experience. PASSED
19-03 ACA Convention 2020 Bid. PASSED
19-02 To award Stephan Tanner the Ross Socolof Award. PASSED
19-01 That the ACA sign up as a strategic partner with Shoal. PASSED

2018

18-08 To compensate Mike Mull for expenses incurred in association with the 2018 Aquatic Experience cichlid show and manning of the booth. DESERTED
18-07 2021 ACA Convention. – ALREADY VOTED ON AND PASSED DESERTED
18-06 BB on USB drive. PASSED
18-05 To form a committee, chaired by Tim Hovanec, to review our website and Facebook presence. PASSED
18-04 To bestow the Jordan Retrospective Fellow award on Claudia Dickinson – 2nd vote. PASSED
18-03 To contribute $1000 for prize money and costs for the Aquatic Experience cichlid show in 2018, the Meadowlands, New Jersey. PASSED
18-02 To rescind Proposition 17-24, ACA-CRC Agreement Revision pending further discussion and formalization of agreement. REJECTED
18-01 ACA-CRC Agreement Revision. PASSED

2017

17-23 To accept the host proposal for the 2019 ACA convention. PASSED
17-22 To bestow Claudia Dickinson the Jordan Retrospective Fellow Award. PASSED
17-21 To fund Scott McLaughlin $250 for attending OCA on behalf of ACA. PASSED
17-20 To enroll the ACA as an associate member of PIJAC. PASSED
17-19 To donate 3,000 USD to the Rio Negro Sustainable Fish.eries Education Project. PASSED
17-18 To establish the ACA position statement on wild fish collection. PASSED
17-17 To enroll the ACA as an associate member of PIJAC. DESERTED
17-16 To appoint Jason Wilson as Publicity Chair. PASSED
17-15 New Membership/Donation Schedule. PASSED
17-14 Modifications to the Social Media Policy (proposal 17-11). PASSED
17-13 To appoint Bill Merkley as new Social Media Liason. PASSED
17-12 To allow new administrators on the ACA Facebook group. PASSED
17-11 New social media policy. PASSED
17-10 To give the Speakers Program an allowance of $600. PASSED
17-09 To copyright the ACA logo. PASSED
17-08 To appoint Tom Koba as ACA-CARES Liason. PASSED
17-07 To register the ACA Trademark/Name. PASSED
17-06 To create the position ACA-CARES Liason. PASSED
17-05 To allow the ACA to pay for articles and photographs submitted to the Editor for publication in BB. PASSED
17-04 To pay the Publisher of BB for services rendered. PASSED
17-03 To officially appoint Juan Miguel Artigas Azas as our Webmaster. PASSED
17-02 To appoint Peter George as our new Social Media Liason. PASSED
17-01 To create the position Social Media Liason. PASSED

2016

16-05 To compensate Daryl Hutchins for scanning back issues 21-204 of BB, rendering them high-quality, searchable pdfs, not to exceed $3000. PASSED
16-04 To spend $59 per year for cloud storage of Dr Loiselle’s library for ACA use. PASSED
16-03 To renew membership arrangements with Juan Miguel Artigas Azas. PASSED
16-02 To accept the bid for the 2017 ACA Convention by the chosen host club. PASSED
16-01 To extend through May 31, 2017, our agreement with Juan Miguel Artigas Azas for administration of ACA membership. PASSED

2015

15-28 To appoint Peter George as our new Membership Chair. PASSED
15-27
15-26 To approve Peter George as Membership Chair.
15-25 To approve Mary Finnstrom as Archives Chair. PASSED
15-24 To approve the Minutes from the 2015 BOT meeting. PASSED
15-23 To take out a full-page ad, half for ACA membership and half for the upcoming convention in the the Aquatic Experience show book. PASSED
15-22 To split the cost with Zoo Med to print a limited number of each electronic BB with a maximum of $2000. PASSED
15-21 To award the Guy Jordan Research Fund $1150 to Richard Oldham and $1350 to Layla Al-Shaer. PASSED
15-20 To fund two people to man the booth at the Aquatic Experience – Chicago. PASSED
15-19 To purchase two show booths not to exceed $2000. PASSED
15-18 To have a booth at the 2015 Aquatic Experience and to have a booth and Cichlid Show at the 2016 and 2017 Aquatic Experience. PASSED
15-17 To award an additional $3500 from the Paul V. Loiselle Conservation Fund to Guy Tam Hyok. PASSED
15-16 To approve Alan De Angelo and Daryl Hutchins as co-chairs of the Election Committee. PASSED
15-15 To approve the new By-Laws and distribute them to the membership for approval. PASSED
15-14 To give Mo Devlin $200 for advertising. PASSED
15-13 BB #283 & BB #284 will be made available free to the public. PASSED
15-12 To engage Juan Miguel Artigas Azas as Membership Administrator. PASSED
15-11 Mike Meyer for Secretary. PASSED
15-10 Chuck Rambo for Vice-Chair. PASSED
15-09
15-08
15-07
15-06
15-05
15-04 Allocating $250 to the Electronic Editor for a dedicated hard drive for publishing and storing BB. PASSED
15-03 Allocating $4,000 to Rusty Wessel (Back Issues Chair) to print issues of BB not printed due to change to electronic issues. PASSED
15-02 Reduce the number of BBs from 6 to 4 per year. PASSED
15-01 To appoint Daryl Hutchins Electronic BB Editor. PASSED

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