GRMC Bylaws
Following is a version of the bylaws which reflects:
- the April 2, 2003, bylaws approved by the GRMC membership,
- as modified in accordance with comments from the AAMC Council of Deans;
- and adopted by the Executive Council on September 17, 2003
Approved by the GRMC membership on November 11, 2003.
Amended by the GRMC membership on November 8, 2005.
I. Name
AAMC Group on Regional Medical Campuses
II. Mission Statement
To provide a forum to explore and promote common interests of regional
campuses of medical schools.
III. Membership Eligibility
Chief academic official of geographically separate campuses of LCME-accredited
medical schools, who report directly to the dean of an AAMC member medical
school.
IV. Purpose
The AAMC Group on Regional Medical Campuses will:
- Promote regional campuses as sites for medical student, graduate and
continuing medical education and
- Provide
- A discussion forum for common regional campus issues
- Mentoring opportunities for regional campus executives
- Leadership in developing innovative models of medical education,
research and clinical care that are responsive to regional health
care needs
- Address
- Regional faculty issues
- Multidisciplinary education
- Disseminate research outcomes and information concerning the value
of regional medical campuses
- Promote career development of faculty and deans.
V. Officers
The Executive Committee shall consist of the chair, chair-elect, vice-chair,
secretary, secretary elect and past chairman. The term of each officer
is one year. This committee shall be designated to make interim meeting
decisions.
- Past Chair- responsible for identifying nominees for office
- Chair - responsible for oversight of organization and liaison with
other organizations
- Chair elect - server as liaison to other AAMC groups
- Vice Chair- responsible for organizing annual meeting
- Secretary- responsible for:
- Maintaining roster of regional medical deans
- Records of all meetings
- responsible for organizing Spring Meeting
- Secretary elect- responsible for:
- Studies related to regional medical campuses
- Responsible for updates and new resources on the AAMC GRMC Web site
- The AAMC staff member serving as the GRMC Executive Secretary is
an ex officio non-voting member of the Executive Committee
VI. Role of the Executive Committee
- Meets at least three times each year
- Recommends a slate of candidates to the membership-at-large
- Reviews and comments on budget for upcoming year
- Reviews and comments on plans for annual meeting
- Discusses key regional medical campus issues
VII. Finance
- On an annual basis, the Executive Committee will review and approve
a direct expenses budget for presentation at the Spring Meeting.
VIII. Elections
In order to maximize continuity among the leadership of the organization,
the five officers identified in Section V will each serve one year in
their position and advance to the next position in sequence from Secretary-elect
to Past Chair.
- There will be an election of a new secretary elect during the business
meeting of the annual meeting.
- In the event that an officer leaves his/her dean's position the remaining
officers will progress to the next higher position and an election for
the remaining open position, will occur.
- Nominating Committee: The committee will be chaired by the Group Past
Chair and include two additional members appointed by the Group Chair.
IX. Voting
The chief academic officer for each dues-paying regional medical campus
is the voting member. The vote may be delegated to a designee attending
a meeting in place of chief academic officer if he/she is not able to
attend meeting. Each member regional medical campus may cast only 1 vote.
X. Meetings
The GRMC will hold two meetings a year, an "Annual Meeting" to be
held in conjunction with the AAMC annual meeting, and a "Spring Meeting"
to be held approximately one half year later.
XI. Amendments
These bylaws may be altered, or amended, by the concurrence of 75 percent
of those active members voting at a regular, annual meeting with a quorum
of at least 10. All other matters shall be resolved by a simple majority
of those active members voting at a regular, annual meeting with a quorum
of at least 10.
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