Trustee Report Highlights of the Recent CDA Board of Trustees Meeting August 28-29, 2020
program and three councils, were intended to protect the immediate financial health of CDA. The Board intended to reconsider these decisions within one year. At this meeting, the Board voted to amend the prior decisions to “eliminate” programs with language to “suspend funding” for the programs in order to clarify the intention for an evaluative period prior to August 2021. This does not signify that the decisions will be reversed, but that there is an explicit intention to discuss these decisions and the financial condition of CDA next year. As a result, no conforming bylaws changes will be presented to the house for consideration until after the evaluation period.
On our August 28-29 meeting, the board of trustees made several decisions to respond to the wide variety of feedback received from our volunteer leadership. There was a majority sentiment that there be a pause on any further significant change until the effects of the 2020 pandemic has settled. The board decided the following: • Postpone consideration of the board composition recommendations until 2021. The Board Composition
Workgroup will resume their work next year and bring a recommendation to the board for consideration no later than August 2021.
• Amend financial decisions to clarify the intention for an evaluative period and postpone consideration of conforming bylaws changes.
Decisions made in June to reduce operational and governance spending, including eliminating the peer review
Wallace Bellamy, DMD & Adrian Carrington, DDS SDDS Trustees
is sensitivity to requiring members to spend more time than critically necessary away from practices and family during this extraordinary time. Therefore, the Board adopted an abridged House of Delegates agenda, which includes only the required business of the organization, which is to elect CDA Officers, select the Trustee representative to the CDA Holding Company, Inc. Board, and receive an informational presentation of the annual budget. Next CDA Board of Trustees Meeting: October 2-3, 2020
• Adopt a short agenda for the 2020 House of Delegates including only essential business. The significant
items of business slated for the 2020 House of Delegates agenda have been postponed. In addition, there
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