OMELC Constitution

Purpose of the Organization: To enhance and extend leadership in mathematics education in and for Ohio

schools.

Membership: Membership is open to all individuals interested in and committed to the purpose of the

organization

Affiliations: The Ohio Mathematics Education Leadership Council (OMELC) is an affiliate of the Ohio Council

of Teachers of Mathematics. OMELC may affiliate with other organizations, subject to the approval of a majority

of those OMELC members voting.

Officers:  The Board of Directors is constituted of nine individuals, six elected members, one treasurer, and two

ex officio members.

1. Terms of the elected directors and the treasurer are for three years duration. Two are elected each

year, and the treasurer every three years, by simple majority vote of the membership at the meeting in

conjunction with the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual meeting. One of the directors

elected each year must be from schools and the other from a college/university. A board member, other

than the treasurer, is not eligible for re-election to the board until a period of at least three years has

passed after services as a board member.

2. The two ex officio members of the Board will be the president of OCTM or the president's designated

representative & a mathematics educator from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.

Each year, when the elections are decided, the Board of Directors will select one elected member of the Board

to serve as the president of the Ohio Mathematics Education Leadership Council for the coming year.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Board:

1. Plan and conduct meetings including selection of themes, topics, speakers and activities and the

establishment of time necessary for the meetings.

2. Communicate with membership.

3. Serve as the nominating committee.

4. Take the initiative for improving mathematics education and mathematics education leadership in Ohio.

Meetings: The organization will meet each year in conjunction with the Ohio Council of Teachers of

Mathematics annual meeting. Other meetings may be held.

Quorum: A quorum shall be defined as those present at a meeting.

Amendments: This document may be amended by a two-thirds majority vote at the meeting held annually in

conjunction with the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics. All amendment proposals shall be submitted to

the membership by mail one month before the meeting at which the amendment is to be presented.

Lack of Formality: The organization assumes as a bylaw that organizational clap-trap shall be kept at a

minimum.

Approved March 19, 1987

Amended March 17,1988 

Amended April 30, 2011

Amended October 11, 2023