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Proposal 1 – Makes the mission statement more inclusive.

Proposal 2 – Allows a member in a PSE office who is on leave longer than three months due to serving in the state legislature or in a state-elected office not to have to resign from their PSE office.

Proposal 3 – Creates an initiation fee for first time members of $25.00

Proposal 4 – Creates a zone for Higher Ed members.

Proposal 5 - Clarifies zones and the role of the zone director.

Proposal 6 – Places a term limit on zone directors of 6 years.

Proposal 7 – Changes Board responsibilities from “setting” the terms and conditions of employment for PSE employees to “approving” them.

Proposal 8 – Makes it a Board responsibility to uphold PSE goals and removes the responsibility of assisting staff in organizing.

Proposal 9 – Updates how members nominate candidates for PSE state offices.

Proposal 10 – Provides that a motion may be made at convention to approve candidates for office when there are uncontested races, instead of holding a formal election.

Proposal 11 – Updates language about annual reports.

Proposal 12 – Removes details about the operating budget not needed in bylaws.

Proposal 13 – Removes provision that rebate checks are not issued during the summer, so that checks will be issued year-round.

Proposal 14 – Clarifies size of standing committees.

Proposal 15 – Removes the Sponsorship Subcommittee and creates a special sponsorship fund overseen by a presidential appointee.

Proposal 16 – Adds the state vice president and secretary to the Financial Review Committee.

Proposal 17 – Adds more board oversight to the Scholarship Committee and a higher standard for potential conflicts of interest.

Proposal 18 – Adds the state secretary to the Policy Review Committee.

Proposal 19 – Removes the requirement to hold a candidate forum at convention if the races are not contested.

Floor Resolution 1 – Rescinds the 1993 floor resolution requiring a summary and rationale of all Board actions be published in the PSE newspaper.

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