At the board’s 06/07/2024 meeting, a proposal to amend the current (1/19/2024) bylaws was introduced. After discussion, the board approved the step of posting the following proposed bylaw change to allow for community comment and feedback. The amendment is a simple addition of a new section of the bylaws. No other edits or changes to the existing bylaws are required.
§ 2.2.19. “At Large” seats.
The Community Board shall reserve the right to reclassify existing (occupied) stakeholder or public interest seats into an interim “At Large” seat category designation, which is not associated with any specific member group or category. The board shall develop written policies describing the characteristics of “At Large” seats, and the conditions under which their creation may occur.
AMENDMENT APPROVED BY THE BOARD: 6/21/2024
At the board’s 06/21/2024 meeting, a proposal to amend the current bylaws was introduced. After discussion, the board approved the step of posting the following proposed bylaw change to allow for community comment and feedback.
Executive Director Voting Role
The proposal seeks to adjust the bylaws to change the voting role of the Academy’s Executive Director from a non-voting role on the board to a voting role, filling one (1) “Staff” designated stakeholder seat in an ex officio capacity.
Rationale
When the precursor to the Academy was founded as a nonprofit organization in 1995, the Executive Director (ED) of the college initially had full voting rights on the board. This voting status continued through January 2024. In the first iteration of the revised bylaws (January 2024) the voting status of the ED was adjusted to a “non-voting” status, primarily to reflect generally accepted nonprofit governance principles.
After further consideration, however, and taking into account the distinct nature of the new Community Board and in particular its strong stakeholder focus, the board has reconsidered this matter and a motion was made to re-implement the original voting status of the ED.
AMENDMENT APPROVED BY THE BOARD: 07/08/2024
A proposal to amend § 2.3.1. following internal board deliberations. This proposal would adjust the regular Community Board meeting schedule to the 3rd Wednesday of every month, instead of the 2nd Wednesday. This change allows improved coodination with finance dept reporting.
Proposed wording changes are as follows:
§ 2.3.1. Frequency and scheduling of meetings.
Meetings of the Community Board shall by default occur monthly, on the second third Wednesday of every month from 6:30pm-8:30pm (Florida timezone). (Revised 01/12/2024 01/15/2025)
At the discretion of the full board, occasional scheduled meetings may be postponed or cancelled.
AMENDMENT APPROVED BY THE BOARD: 1/15/2025
New Section to be added (§ 2.2.20)
The Community Board shall reserve the right to adjust, at its discretion, the numbers of voting seats in any voting category (stakeholder seats, public interest seats, or “at large” seats) if the best interests of the college are served by such a decision.
Proposed amendment approved on: 8/14/2025