NYSDA holds first delegates meeting in Chicago

Call to order: Dr. Robert Peskin, speaker of the NYSDA House of Delegates and author of its new constitution and bylaws, calls the meeting to order June 10.

The New York State Dental Association held the first meeting of its newly formed House of Delegates June 10-12 in Chicago.

In 2009, NYSDA members voted to replace its board of governors system with a house of delegates and board of trustees. All single constituent society trustee districts of the ADA now have a house of delegates and board of trustees.

Delegates: Members of the NYSDA House of Delegates, a 101-member governing body of the state association, listen to opening remarks last month.

NYSDA’s House is a 101-member governing body comprised of two delegates from each of the state’s 13 component societies, one American Student Dental Association representative from a New York dental school and 74 additional delegates allocated to components in proportion to their member populations.

The NYSDA Board of Trustees is the association’s new administrative body, composed of the trustees from each of the component societies plus president, president-elect, vice president and immediate past president. The treasurer, executive director and ADA 2nd District Trustee are nonvoting members of the Board.