ASCA Business Meeting

July 11, 2025, Long Beach, California

While attending the ASCA Business Meeting, each chartered Division selects two delegates to vote. Delegates must be current ASCA members at the time of the meeting. In addition, delegates must meet the requirements in ASCA Bylaws (Article IV) and policies.

SCAs may send as many participants as they wish to LDI and the Business Meeting.  There is no cost to attend this meeting, but all participants must be active ASCA members at the time of the event. 

The Business Meeting will only be in-person in Long Beach, California. Those designated as Voting Delegates must be in person in Long Beach.

ARTICLE IV, SECTION 1. Composition and Selection of the ASCA Business Meeting. 

IV-1a. The ASCA business meeting shall be composed of voting members of the ASCA Board of Directors and delegates of the chartered Divisions as described in ASCA policies and procedures that address Delegate Representation. 

IV-1b. Division delegates shall be selected in any manner that a Division chooses; however, delegates must be Professional or Retired members of ASCA. 

IV-1c. A Division shall submit to ASCA’s Corporate Treasurer the names and addresses of its delegates to the ASCA business meeting. 

ARTICLE IV, SECTION 2. Functions of the ASCA Business Meeting.

IV-2a. Attendees of the ASCA business meeting represent the ASCA membership. 

IV-2b. Delegates review and vote on proposed revisions to ASCA Bylaws. 

IV-2c. Delegates review and vote on newly proposed and revisions to existing ASCA position statements. 

IV-2d. The Delegate Assembly reviews and votes on proposed revisions to ASCA Bylaws. 

IV-2e. Delegates at the ASCA business meeting perform such other functions as may be in the best interest of ASCA, not in conflict with the Bylaws and specifically assigned to it by the Board of Directors. 

ARTICLE IV, SECTION 3. Meetings of the Delegate Assembly. 

IV-3a. Delegates shall meet annually for a business meeting. Additional meetings may be called by majority vote of the Board of Directors. 

IV-3b. Two-Thirds of the delegates must be present to constitute a quorum. 

IV-3c. Each delegate shall have one vote. Decisions shall be made by a simple majority vote except in cases involving issues that require a greater majority, as defined in ASCA Bylaws and policies and procedures that address Governance. 

IV-3d. Business meetings shall be conducted in accordance with standing rules adopted by the delegates.