SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE DVI MEMBERSHIP
FROM THE DVI CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE
From time to time, the DVI Constitution and Bylaws need to be amended to keep up with
changes in our field. Since our annual general business meeting in April, 2013, several
amendments to the DVI Constitution and Bylaws have been submitted and approved by both
the Constitution and Bylaws committee and the DVI Executive Board.
As per our current constitution and bylaws, all amendments must be submitted to the general
"membership at least 30 days prior to the annual meeting" (Article XII, Section 1). Therefore,
this serves as notice to the membership of the proposed amendments that will be voted on by
all members in attendance at the annual general business meeting to be held on April 10,
2014 at 6:15pm at the CEC Convention and Expo in Philadelphia, PA. As per our current
constitution and bylaws, only those members in attendance at the convention are able to vote
(Article XII, Section 1).
You may see the full proposed DVI Constitution and Bylaws on the front page of our website
at www.cecdvi.org.
However, the Constitution and Bylaws Committee would like to provide you with a summary
of the amendments:
x Changing "Division on Visual Impairments" to "Division on Visual Impairments and
Deafblindness" throughout;
x Changing "DVI" to "DVIDB" throughout;
x Adding "and deafblindness" to all appropriate places where "visual impairment" is
located as a descriptor of professors of services related to the Division's mission and
goals;
x ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS, Section 1, #1-deleting the phrase: "the annual meeting";
x ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS, Section 2. Voting-adding the word "and/"or…
These changes are needed in order to better represent the membership and to provide more
flexibility in making decisions via multiple modes of voting (such as electronic). Any questions
regarding these changes need to be submitted to DVI President, Dr. Diane Pevsner at
dpevsner@uab.edu.
