CWC to consolidate with CPA into one organization.The Composite Panel Assn. and Composite Wood Council ratified a plan to consolidate the CWC CWC Chemical Weapons Convention CWC Cricket World Cup CWC Central Wyoming College CWC Ceylon Workers' Congress (trade union; Sri Lanka) CWC Ceylon Workers Congress (Sri Lanka) into the CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. effective Jan. 1, 2006, creating a single association and board. The reorganization plan A scheme authorized by federal law and promulgated by the president whereby he or she alters the structure of federal agencies to promote government efficiency and economy through a transfer, consolidation, coordination, authorization, or abolition of functions. was announced at the CPA/CWC's joint annual fall meeting, held Sept. 26-28 in Ottawa, ON. Effective 2006, companies in the reorganized CPA will fall into one of two categories: general (panel producers) or associate (users and suppliers) member. Each general member will be guaranteed a seat on the board of directors. Associate members can be elected to the board for two-year, staggered terms staggered terms Membership terms for a firm's directors that expire in different years. A firm with 12 directors might have 4-year terms with 3 seats up for election each year. Staggered terms make it more difficult for a raider to gain control of a board. , with the number of associate members on the board not to exceed 25 percent of the board total. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Tom Julia, CPA president, the associate members will have full rights on the board except election to the executive committee or as an officer. As part of the reorganization plan, a new dues structure will be implemented in 2006. More than $100,000 in additional revenue is expected "as a result of the new dues structure and the addition of several members," Julia said. Dues from CPA panel producers were more than $2 million in 2004, while CWC member dues totaled approximately $190,000. |
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