Direct—aka buyer—members of the Global Business Travel Association voted earlier this week to grant allied—aka supplier—members full voting rights for bylaw changes. Second, direct members voted to redefine ‘indirect’ membership as non-voting ‘affiliate’ members to include press, students and honorary/retired members. Third, direct members also voted to shorten the number of days required for candidates to file for office. They also eased the requirements previously stipulated in the bylaws to qualify for office.
“These initial changes to the bylaws will allow all GBTA members to be heard and have a say in the future of the association,” said allied at large director Will Pinnell, who co-led the bylaw outreach and taskforce with direct at large director Rita Visser.
Visser added that the bylaw changes reflected above are just the first step in the effort. “We will shortly be seeking member votes on a further range of changes to the GBTA bylaws and to elect a new board of directors this summer.”
The additional bylaws change proposals were put to the expanded ‘all active member’ voter set, starting today. The voting is open through May 21 to decide whether to add regional Europe and Canada seats to the board of directors; add two allied at-large seats, which now will be put to an empowered group of allied members; remove the chairperson from the board of directors and add lifetime term limits to all board members. The expanded voter set also will decide whether to extend to direct members the right to vote for elected board seats. This is a significant change, especially now, with six board seats up for grabs—and potentially eight if two allied at-large seats are added to the mix.
Nominations for those board seats also begins today. Eligible members may nominate themselves or others for board and officer seats. The deadline for nominations is May 27, 2021.
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