ACEI Constitution.

At the Annual Business Meeting on Tuesday, April 15, 2003, ACEI members
will be asked to vote on the following change to the ACEI Constitution.
Each member in good standing who is present shall be entitled to one
vote (Article IV, Section 1, ACEI Constitution).

            Original                         Proposed Revision
                                          (New Wording Underlined,
                                         Deleted Words Crossed Out)

      ARTICLE IV-OFFICERS:                  ARTICLE IV-OFFICERS:
         EXECUTIVE BOARD                      EXECUTIVE BOARD

Section 1--Officers. (a) The         Section 1--Officers. (a) The
officers of ACEI shall be a pre-     officers of ACEI shall be a
sident, a president-elect or an      president, a president-elect or an
immediate past-president, two        immediate past-president, two vice
vice presidents, a secretary /       presidents, a secretary
treasurer, two members-at-large      [begin strikethrough]/
(having no geographical or pro-      treasurer,[end strikethrough] two
fessional restrictions or desig-     members-at-large (having no
nations), and one student repre-     geographical or professional
sentative. Of the two vice pre-      restrictions or designations), and
sidents, one shall specifically      one student representative. Of the
represent Infancy / Early Child-     two vice presidents, one shall
hood, and one Intermediate /         specifically represent Infancy /
Middle Childhood. In order to        Early Childhood, and one
hold an office in ACEI, an indi-     Intermediate / Middle Childhood. In
vidual must be a member of ACEI.     order to hold an office in ACEI,
                                     an individual must be a member of
                                     ACEI.

(b) The two vice presidents, the     (b) The two vice presidents, the
secretary / treasurer and the two    secretary [begin strikethrough]/
members-at-large shall be elected    treasurer[end strikethrough] and
for three-year terms. The presi-     the two members-at-large shall be
dent and the student representa-     elected for three-year terms. The
tive shall serve for two-year        president and the student repre-
terms. The president-elect and       sentative shall serve for two-year
the immediate past-president         terms. The president-elect and the
shall serve for one-year terms.      immediate past-president shall
In order that terms shall be         serve for one-year terms. In order
staggered, the president-elect       that terms shall be staggered, the
and the student representative       president-elect and the student
shall be elected in alternate        representative shall be elected in
years. The two vice presidents,      alternate years. The two vice
the secretary / treasurer and the    presidents, the secretary
two members-at-large shall be        [begin strikethrough]/ treasurer
elected on three-year cycles. The    [end strikethrough] and the two
term of office shall begin at the    members-at-large shall be elected
close of the Annual Conference in    on three-year cycles. The term of
the year each is elected.            office shall begin at the close of
                                     the Annual Conference in the year
                                     each is elected.

              Rationale

The Executive Director has been
responsible for presenting the
Financial Report to the Executive
Board and to the ACEI membership at
the Annual Business Meeting.
Changing the title of the position in
question from Secretary / Treasurer to
Secretary is more consistent with the
division of responsibilities.