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Revision Proposal</h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">After reviewing our governing documents, SOA Council recently approved an amendment to the SOA Constitution to align the Constitution with current
SOA Council meeting practices and Ohio’s Revised Code. The proposed language change, rationale, and information from the Ohio Revised Code can be found
</span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/1UQX6s778MN-i_jvzzfxlgANvRV1jaI9JKf5_8Q6F9J4/edit?usp=sharing__;!!KGKeukY!xCC6PcZNpX9p0W_NxML2CvTKEEjZ8zMt_HAAKfNea9cscDOwiK_I2k-NM-ET5KH90niV00BGMo0BZXpjXfv1XaY$" id="OWAda0adf7a-1fc0-00d9-dbd1-d467fe560120" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">here</a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">.
The amendment will be voted on by members during the business meeting at the SOA Conference (Friday, May 16th, 2025), with a majority vote in the affirmative being required for approval. If desired there will be time for discussion of the proposed amendment
during the business meeting. I also welcome all thoughts and questions by </span>
<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(33, 117, 155);"><a href="mailto:m-francis.1@onu.edu" id="OWA0504e341-ae56-8aa7-581f-98addedbd97f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(33, 117, 155); margin: 0px;">email</a></span><span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> prior
to the meeting.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Thank you everyone, and I look forward to seeing many of you at our annual meeting in just a few weeks.</span></p>
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Matt Francis</div>
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SOA President</div>
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