ORIGINAL: J_R
OK, I thought about it. The title of the thread is "SMALL changes in the AMA" and the first thing you come up with is a change to the by-laws. Hardly a SMALL change. Does the term oxymoron mean anything to you?
Many of the ideas that have been expressed in this thread do fit the title and deserve some discussion, IMHO... but not ones that necessitate a complete restructure of the organization.
It may require a by-laws change but I do not see it as a restructuring of the organization. The only thing I would look to change is HOW people are elected. Nothing more. No changes to the district make up, no changes to the EC make up, no changes anywhere but in the way individuals can qualify to be elected and maybe how the election is held, but the base and structure of the AMA as well as its mission would not change. To me this qualifies as a small change though it would require a change in the by-laws,