Maryland Nurse - August 2018

August, September, October 2018 The Maryland Nurse News and Journal • Page 17
The Retirement of
an Icon
My Final Words
Ed Suddath
Our chosen careers
take us on many journeys.
My first chosen career
was teaching. But then,
I was introduced to
association management
and fell in love with
my new career. It has
been a journey that has
lasted over 35 years.
I could think of no
better way to have spent
the last ten and a half
years of my life than
to serve the Maryland
Nurses Association as
its Executive Director.
Ed Suddath, Retiring
Chief Staff Officer
Maryland Nurses
Association
I will always cherish the friendships that I have
established with so many of you.
When the Gallup Poll reports that nursing is the
number one trusted profession in the United States
that is an understatement in my mind as I believe that
nursing is the number one loved profession in our
country! I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you
to everyone who has walked with me on this journey.
I will truly miss all of you.
Just waiting for the time we will meet again, you
will always be in my thoughts!
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2018 Proposed Amendments to the
October 2016 MNA Bylaws
Linda J. Stierle, Chair, MNA COB&P
At the November 01, 2018 MNA Annual
Membership Meeting, MNA members in attendance
will have an opportunity to adopt the 2018 proposed
amendments to the current MNA Bylaws (October
2016). There are eleven Articles in the MNA
Bylaws. There are fifteen (15) substantive proposed
amendments, as well as a number of non-substantive
editorial amendments that clarify language, in four
of the eleven Bylaws Articles. Some of the substantive
proposed amendments are necessary to maintain
harmony between the MNA Bylaws and the ANA
Bylaws, and others reflect MNA structure and
operations.
There is ANA Bylaws language that addresses
that Constituent/State Nurses Associations (C/SNAs)
have a responsibility to amend the state bylaws within
two years of when ANA amends its bylaws. ANA
most recently amended its bylaws in June 2017 which
necessitates MNA amending its bylaws in 2018. The
2018 proposed amendments will address the MNA
Bylaws ARTICLE III, MNA Membership Meeting;
ARTICLE IV, MNA Board of Directors; ARTICLE
V, MNA Committees; and ARTICLE VI, MNA
Nominations and Elections.
As MNA members, we have two fundamental
membership rights. One is to elect our MNA leaders
at both the state and district levels. And we also have a
right to adopt our governing documents which are the
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• Updates from OSHA
• Nurses and Politics:
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• AAOHN Opioid Position
• Wellness Programs:
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• Growing & Shifting Career
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This conference is offered by: Maryland Area, Metropolitan Washington, DC,
Seneca Valley Maryland, Associations of Occupational Health Nurses
MNA and District Bylaws. At the annual membership
meeting on November 01, 2018 being held at the
Martins West facility, you will have the opportunity to
exercise this fundamental membership right.
The proposed amendments to the current MNA
Bylaws will be made available to the MNA membership
no later than 60 days before the annual membership
meeting in accordance with the MNA Bylaws.
As MNA has done since 2013, the 2018 proposed
amendments to the MNA Bylaws will be available
on the MNA Members Only website. There will be
further information provided to all MNA members by
a combination of emails and letters before September
01, 2018. Once you have received the MNA Bylaws
information, please do not hesitate to contact the MNA
Staff if you have questions or concerns.
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