STANDING RULES
Revised and Printed August 2007

1. Officers and each committee chairman shall submit a written report at the annual meeting.

2. The Secretary shall send names and addresses of officers and directors and committee appointments to the AANA Executive Office; and shall give a copy of the Association bylaws to each new member.

3. Committee chairmen are responsible to the Board of Directors for duties assigned. They shall deliver Association property or records to the President or a successor within thirty days after the annual meeting.

4. The Publications Chairman shall send two copies of THE AIRWAY to the Secretary of the Association, one to the AANA Executive Director, one to each AANA State President in Region 4, one to each AANA Board of Directors member, and two to the Historian.

5. The Finance Committee shall determine allocation of moneys for each committee and educational district, for the Secretary’s petty cash, for flowers, for meetings, and photo expenses for publications and the archives.

6. There shall be a $500.00 contribution to the AANA Foundation annually IN MEMORY OF deceased members, regardless of whether any members have died that year.

7. Reimbursement regulations for members of the Board of Directors, Continuing Education chairmen, and delegates of the Association include:

a. Mileage allowance shall be coach airfare or private auto with per mile allowance to be consistent with current IRS guidelines, the total not to exceed coach airfare. In the event that more than one person travels in the same auto, only one member will be reimbursed.

b. Lodging expense allowed will be standard, non-deluxe room rate or convention non-deluxe rate, whichever is less.

c. A per diem of $75.00 per day will be allowed for all AANA meetings to cover expenses.

d. A per meeting $75.00 will be allowed for all MOANA meetings to cover expenses.

8. The necessary expenses of the President to the annual meeting of the Association and of the AANA shall be paid from the Treasury of the Association.

9. Students of all schools of nurse anesthesia in Missouri shall pay a registration fee of $50.00 per meeting, which will be refunded to the student upon attendance at the dinner meeting or workshop lecture.

10. There shall be a session of educational presentations in conjunction with each meeting of the Association.

11. Committee members and delegates shall be allowed travel expenses for meetings if the one-way distance is thirty miles or more. All members are allowed one moderate priced meal.

12. This Association will send the President, the President-Elect, and a Board Member Delegate to each national meeting. In addition, the Association will send the Federal Political Director and the Government Relations Chairman to the Mid-Year Assembly, the Public Relations Chairman to the Annual Meeting, and a delegate elected by the membership to the Fall Assembly. The Board of Directors has the discretionary power to appoint an at large delegate to any AANA meeting, concentrating on the Assembly of States and possibly the Government Relations Workshop. This delegate should be from another area of the state than those from which delegates to any particular meeting have already been elected or appointed.

13. A Certified Public Accountant shall be employed to audit the Treasurer’s records.

14. Smoking will not be permitted in the clinical sessions at the workshops.

15. Expenses incurred by committee members or delegates to meetings shall be submitted to the Treasurer within thirty days or reimbursement will be disallowed.

16. There will be a special column in THE AIRWAY newsletter to honor those CRNAs who lecture. This will include a brief biography and synopsis of professional and personal life.

17. If a committee chairman or member does not fulfill their duties, the President may remove them and appoint a member as a replacement.

18. Business meetings may be taped. Tapes will be destroyed immediately after transcription.

19. Potential candidates for vacancies on the Board of Directors must submit a nomination form, consent form, curriculum vitae, biographical sketch and a black and white photograph to the Nominations Committee by July 15 prior to the annual MOANA meeting to be considered for placement on the ballot.

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