SkillsUSA Massachusetts Constitution 2024–2025 SkillsUSA Massachusetts Advisors’ Handbook Chapter 2: SkillsUSA Massachusetts Administration • 26 c. Honorary Life Membership - Individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of SkillsUSA and vocational trade, industrial, technical, and health occupation education or school-to-work programs whose membership shall not require payment of state dues. The state association shall purchase National SkillsUSA services for state honorary members. d. Alumni Membership - Former active members who are no longer enrolled in vocational education of a school- to-work program. Alumni may participate at the district, state level as part of the approved alumni association for Massachusetts. They may also participate at the national level through the state alumni association or the Youth Development Foundation. Section 5: A membership year shall be from September 1st through August 31st, inclusive. Article V: Voting Delegate Section 1: The SkillsUSA member shall exercise his/her franchise through voting delegates at district, state, and national meetings. Section 2: Each chapter shall elect delegates who shall be considered voting delegates at the district, and State Lead- ership Conference House of Delegate Business Meetings and also serve as delegates at any other official state business meetings. The number of voting delegates shall be deter- mined as established in the bylaws. Section 3: The variable of voting delegates to the National Conference shall be variable with the directives of the National Constitution. The number of alternates shall be the same as the number of voting delegates. The Massachusetts SkillsUSA Voting Delegate Team will be comprised of the current State Executive Council, the State Executive Council elects, and selected SkillsUSA Massachusetts national voting delegates. Article VI: Meetings Section 1: A State Leadership Conference House of Delegates Business Meeting shall be held each year, and this shall be the official annual meeting of SkillsUSA Massachusetts High School Division. Section 2: The State Executive Council shall hold two (2) regular meetings in advance of the State Leadership Confer- ence. They shall be empowered to call special meetings with the approval of the Executive director. Section 3: In all meetings, “Robert’s Rule of Order, Newly Revised” shall serve as standard procedure. Section 4: The Massachusetts Association of SkillsUSA shall require a gathering of 95% of all registered voting delegates to qualify as a quorum at the annual meeting of the high school division. No official business shall be conducted if a quorum is not present. Article VII: Officers Section 1: SkillsUSA Massachusetts shall have a maximum of ten (10) elected state officers, all of which must be elected by a majority vote of the House of Delegates. The elected officers will, at the time specified in the bylaws, elect the following officer positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Reporter, Parliamentarian, Historian and District Vice President(s). District I, II, III. All state officers are an equal part of the State Executive Council and each officer carries the same rights, privileges and responsibilities. Section 2: Officers shall serve a term of one membership year, September 1st–August 31st. Section 3: It shall be the duty and function of the execu- tive council to conduct business pertaining to the students they serve. a. Advise the Board of Directors concerning the execution of the decisions of the House of Delegates. b. Preside over all state meetings and conferences. c. Call meetings and conferences, subject to the approval of the Executive director and Board of Directors. d. Propose and review proposed amendments to the consti- tution and bylaws, and recommend legislation to the House of Delegates. 5. Initiate and coordinate the state Program of Work. Section 4: Should the presidency be vacated, the Vice Presi- dent shall succeed the President and the Vice President filled by appointment by the new President with the approval of the executive council. Vacancies in any other of the offices shall be filled by appointment of the President with the approval of the executive council. Article VIII: Eligibility Section 1: Eligibility for holding a state office shall be: a. Active Membership status b. Shall have at least one full school year remaining in his/ her preparatory vocational program. c. Has the support of his/her local chapter. Section 2: All candidates for state office must file their candi- dacy with the Executive director prior to the last day of January Section 3: Each chapter is eligible to provide a State President for a maximum of two (2) consecutive years. No chapter is eligible to provide more than three candidates for state office. Section 4: All incumbent state officers shall refrain from participating in any SkillsUSA skill event at the local, district or state level during his/her tenure of office. Section 5: All candidates for State SkillsUSA office and State Officers must have a “C” average or GPA of 2.0 in each class, academic or trade, for each semester of the current school year. The candidate must also be eligible for promotion to the next grade level at the end of the school year and the officer must be eligible for promotion to the next grade level or graduation at the end of the school year.
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