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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education Am J Pharm Educ: Vol. 70 IIssue 5: p. 1



AACP REPORTS
Final Report of the 2005-2006 Bylaws and Policy Development Committee

John Pieper (Chair) ^a, Jeffrey Baldwin ^b, Rodney Carter ^c, Sudip Das ^d, Robert Drobitch ^e, Stephen Gross ^f, and Dan Robinson ^g
^aUniversity of New Mexico College of Pharmacy ^bUniversity of Nebraska College of Pharmacy ^cUniversity of Minnesota College of Pharmacy ^dButler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ^eCollege of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy ^fArnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ^gBouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University

INTRODUCTION

The AACP Bylaws direct the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee (BPDC) to ensure that resolutions, position papers, and similar proposals to the House of Delegates that seek to establish Association policy or action are appropriate and ready for consideration by the House. The Committee is also charged with responsibility for receiving suggestions for alteration of the Association's Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws from any source, preparing appropriate amendments in suitable wording that is consistent with the current Bylaws, and for presenting such proposals, together with the Committee's recommendations, to the House of Delegates for consideration.

In 2005-06, AACP President Beck also charged the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee with analyzing AACP's voluntary leadership structure and governance systems and to propose changes, as appropriate, such that those systems engaged members effectively and helped to advance accomplishment of the AACP strategic plan.

This report contains the recommendation of the Bylaws and Policy Development Committee for action on the business before the 2006 AACP House of Delegates.

A. RESOLUTIONS

The Bylaws and Policy Development Committee recommends adoption of all five membership resolutions.

Resolution 1:

WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Inc. provide for various levels of institutional membership for colleges and schools of pharmacy;

WHEREAS, the Lebanese American University School of Pharmacy has been recognized by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education; and

WHEREAS, the Lebanese American University School of Pharmacy has requested institutional membership in AACP;

RESOLVED that the Lebanese American University School of Pharmacy be received into the appropriate level of institutional membership in AACP.

Resolution 2:

WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Inc. provide for various levels of institutional membership for colleges and schools of pharmacy;

WHEREAS, the University of Charleston School of Pharmacy has been recognized by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education; and

WHEREAS, the University of Charleston School of Pharmacy has requested institutional membership in AACP;

RESOLVED that the University of Charleston School of Pharmacy be received into the appropriate level of institutional membership in AACP.

Resolution 3:

WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Inc. provide for various levels of institutional membership for colleges and schools of pharmacy;

WHEREAS, the University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy has been recognized by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education; and

WHEREAS, the University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy has requested institutional membership in AACP;

RESOLVED that the University of the Incarnate Word Feik School of Pharmacy be received into the appropriate level of institutional membership in AACP.

Resolution 4:

WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Inc. provide for various levels of institutional membership for colleges and schools of pharmacy;

WHEREAS, the University of Findlay School of Pharmacy has been recognized by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education; and

WHEREAS, the University of Findlay School of Pharmacy has requested institutional membership in AACP;

RESOLVED that the University of Findlay School of Pharmacy be received into the appropriate level of institutional membership in AACP.

Resolution 5:

WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Inc. provide for various levels of institutional membership for colleges and schools of pharmacy;

WHEREAS, the Pacific University School of Pharmacy has been recognized by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education; and

WHEREAS, the Pacific University School of Pharmacy has requested institutional membership in AACP;

RESOLVED that the Pacific University School of Pharmacy be received into the appropriate level of institutional membership in AACP.

Resolution 6: Metrics for Faculty Service Activities

The Bylaws and Policy Development Committee recommends adoption of both resolutions in this metrics resolution adopted by the Council of Faculties.

WHEREAS, faculty members in all colleges and schools of pharmacy are asked to contribute to the missions of their own institution through their scholarship, teaching, clinical service and other activities, and

WHEREAS, there are available metrics to document faculty performance and the impact of their scholarly activities related to research, teaching and clinical practice, and

WHEREAS, faculty members are being requested or required to invest more of their time in service activities to their department, college, university and other professional and clinical activities due to increased demands caused by larger student enrollments, reduced faculty size in colleges/schools and increased regulatory oversight and accreditation standards.

BE IT RESOLVED that AACP and its member institutions be encouraged to develop metrics that can be employed to document and evaluate the impact of faculty citizenship and service scholarship, and

FURTHERMORE BE IT RESOLVED that AACP facilitate investigation and programming to provide information, implementation strategies, and shared experiences on metrics used to document and evaluate the impact of faculty citizenship and service scholarship.

Resolution 7: Preceptors and AACP structure and governance analysis

The Bylaws and Policy Development Committee referred this resolution to the 2006-07 BPDC for consideration as they continue the work of the 2005-06 committee.

WHEREAS the scope and responsibilities for experiential learning will increase with ACPE Standards 2007, and

WHEREAS excellent preceptors are key to successful experiential learning, and

WHEREAS most preceptors would benefit from development in educational methods and teaching, and

WHEREAS preceptors are a potential pool of candidates for future faculty positions, and

WHEREAS preceptors as practitioner educators have not been systematically affiliated within AACP, and

WHEREAS it is desirable to promote excellence in pharmacy experiential education by providing standardized preceptor training and development, networking and mentoring mechanisms for preceptors, and opportunities for participating in AACP processes,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that AACP include preceptors in AACP structure and governance revisions.

B. PROPOSED POLICY STATEMENTS Regarding the combined Standing Committees and Argus Commission report:

The Bylaws and Policy Development Committee recommends adoption of the policy recommendation to rescind the 1988 RGAC policy statement.

Policy Recommendation 1: Rescind the Policy Statement proposed by the 1988 RGAC which is as follows:

AACP recognizes and strongly supports the primary function of the colleges and schools of pharmacy as being professional education, and recognizes the graduate education should not compete with, but complement, professional education. AACP should take an active leadership role in promoting pharmaceutical graduate education and research.

The Bylaws and Policy Development Committee recommends adoption of an amended policy statement for Policy Recommendation 2.

Policy Recommendation 2: AACP should assume a leadership role in promoting pharmaceutical sciences graduate education and research and in integrating the goals of professional pharmacy education and graduate education and research.

Original Statement: Recognizing the importance of translational research in bridging the gap between emerging basic science discoveries and optimal pharmaceutical care, AACP should assume an active leadership role through its meetings and programs in integrating the goals of professional pharmacy education and pharmaceutical sciences graduate education and research, and to insure a strong future for pharmacy, an active leadership role in promoting graduate education and research.

C. RECOMMENDATIONS ON STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE

The Bylaws and Policy Development Committee recommends action only on the bylaws amendments associated with their original recommendations as presented in Section D of this report.

D. BYLAWS

The Bylaws and Policy Development Committee recommends adoption of the amended Bylaws language related to the Speaker of the House of Delegates.

ARTICLE VII. House of Delegates

SECTION 3. Speaker of the House of Delegates

The presiding officer of the House of Delegates shall be the Speaker whose term of office will be two years following one year as Speaker-elect. The Speaker-elect will be elected on alternate years by the delegates present and voting in the final session of the House. The Speaker will serve as a member of the Board of Directors. In the event the Speaker is unable to fulfill the duties of the office the Immediate Past Speaker will serve as Speaker for the conduct of the business of the House of Delegates. The speaker may vote in the House only in case of a tie vote.

Two candidates for Speaker-elect will be nominated on even numbered years by the House of Delegates Committee on Nominations appointed by the Speaker. Nominations from the floor will be accepted.

ARTICLE IX. Officers

The Bylaws and Policy Development Committee recommends adoption of the amended Bylaws language related to the Treasurer.

The officers of this Association shall be a President, an Immediate Past President, a President-elect, a Treasurer, and an Executive Vice President/Secretary (Executive Vice President).

D. Treasurer. A Treasurer shall be elected by the membership for a three-year term and shall chair the Finance Committee.

ARTICLE XI. Board of Directors

The Bylaws and Policy Development Committee withdraws its recommendation and the amended Bylaws language related to adding public members to the AACP Board.

The Bylaws and Policy Development Committee recommends adoption of the amended Bylaws language related to the composition of the AACP Board of Directors and the nomination of the Treasurer.

SECTION 1. Membership

The number of directors of the Association shall be thirteen (13). The members of the Board of Directors (Board) shall be the President, who shall be Chair; the President-elect, who shall serve as Chair in the absence of the President; the Immediate Past President; the Treasurer, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the Chairs, Immediate Past Chairs, and Chairs-elect of the Council of Deans and the Council of Faculties; the Chair of the Academic Sections Coordinating Committee; and the Executive Vice President, who shall be Secretary of the Board and shall attend and participate in all Board meetings.

ARTICLE XIII. Nominations and Elections

The Nominating Committee shall nominate the President-elect as described in Article XVI, Section 1.H. In the year prior to the end of the term of the Treasurer, the Nominating Committee shall nominate two candidates for the office of Treasurer to be presented to the membership on the same ballot used for the election of the President-elect.

ARTICLE XVI. Association Committees

The Bylaws and Policy Development Committee recommends adoption of the amended Bylaws language related to the Standing Committee on Advocacy.

SECTION 1. Standing Committees

I. Advocacy Committee. The Advocacy Committee will be comprised of no fewer than five members who will advise the Board of Directors on the formation of positions on matters of public policy and on strategies to advance those positions to the public and private sectors on behalf of academic pharmacy.

Attachment A ASSOCIATION STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE RECOMMENDATIONS Governance Recommendation #1 �Modify the position of Speaker of the House of Delegates to AACP

The House of Delegates serves as the legislative body for AACP with voting representation from administrative and faculty delegates from each regular institutional member. The current AACP Bylaws stipulate the President-elect serves as the Speaker of the House. This individual also chairs the AACP Board Strategic Planning Committee and works to establish the overall agenda for the Association for the coming presidential year. A vital House is one where members turn to participate in debate and discussion on issues, both big and small, that are important to the Academy. Much input to the BPDC suggests the House isn't living up to that expectation and yet no one disputes that there are important issues we need to be discussing. The addition of a separate position of Speaker of the House provides an elected leader whose primary focus is on the identification of issues and development of policy for AACP. The position would be elected by delegates to the House for a term of two-years following a single year as Speaker-elect. The Speaker would concurrently serve for two years on the AACP Board of Directors.

Governance Recommendation #2 � Add the position of Treasurer of AACP

All organizations, whether nonprofit or for-profit, are subject to increased pressure for fiscal transparency and accountability. AACP currently operates with a Finance Committee comprised of the three presidential officers, two at-large members and the Executive Vice President ex officio. The Immediate Past President chairs the Finance Committee and concurrently chairs the AACP Nominations Committee. The BPDC proposes to add a position of Treasurer, elected by the full membership to serve for a three-year term on the Board. The Treasurer would work closely with the CFO and chair the Finance Committee which would continue to be comprised of the three presidential officers and two at-large members, in addition to the treasurer.

Governance Recommendation #3 � Add 2 public members to the AACP Board of Directors

Health professions education and health care delivery are complex enterprises and pharmacy education finds itself increasingly engaged with those outside our immediate sphere in all aspects of mission attainment. The BPDC recommends that 2 Board-appointed positions be added to the Board of Directors for 2-year staggered terms and that the individuals selected to serve would be identified from those categories of external stakeholders whose contributions might broaden the discussions on how AACP and academic pharmacy might best achieve our strategic priorities.

Governance Recommendation #4 � Create a standing committee on policy and advocacy

The Academy is more engaged than ever in policy and advocacy at all levels but the stakes have never been higher. AACP needs input from our most knowledgeable members whose work intersects local, state, and national policy development in both the public and private sectors. AACP should create a standing committee on policy and advocacy.