2025
- Converted the tax-exempt status of the organization from 501(c)(6) to 501(c)(3) and updated the Articles of Incorporation
- Note that CSTE is in the process of filing the application for conversion with the Internal Revenue Service which is required for this change to be fully implemented
- Revised procedure for Executive Board elections to avoid run-off elections by specifying that ranked choice voting shall be used when more than two candidates are running for an open position
- Updated/clarified composition of Standing Committees; dissolved Nominating Subcommittee; updated/clarified processes to fill premature vacancies of Executive Board positions
2021
- Increased the size of the Executive Board from ten (10) members to up to thirteen (13) active members, including up to nine Executive Board members who do not represent topic-specific Steering Committees and are considered members-at-large
- Added three Executive Board Standing Committees: Program and Policy; Governance and Nominating; and Finance and Audit;
- Ad Hoc Committees, which now include Steering Committees, may be established or abolished by the Executive Board
- Clarified types of membership; defined CSTE and Council; updated/clarified grammatical errors and language out of legal compliance; and revised passages to align with organizational practice
2018
- Revised procedure for Executive Board run-off elections
2016
- Redefined Executive Board composition to two at-large members and one member representing surveillance and informatics policy and practice
2013
- Allowed all Active members to vote in Executive Board elections
- Expanded and defined Executive Board composition and geographic representation
2011
- Created a new Emeritus member category
2010
- Clarified membership definition for those who practice for a governmental public health authority but are not government employees to be an Active member (i.e. epidemiologist who receive their salary from a university but are performing work under a contract with a governmental public health authority)
- Created a new Student member category
- Clarified the Executive Director as an ex-officio member of the Board
- Require disclosure of employer, salary source(s) and potential conflict of interest by candidates for the Board
- Created a process for removal of an Executive Board member
- Require a Board members and Consultants to declare potential conflict of interest and recuse him/herself from participating in related activities
2008
- Combined Bylaws and Constitution into one unified document
- Separated voting section that clarifies the existing voting rights of the organization
- Changed the governing body name from Executive Committee to Executive Board
- Defined relationship of the Executive Director to the Executive Board
- Expanded and defined work of committee structure into Steering Committees and Sub-Committees
- Redefined Consultants and Liaisons
- Added language regarding notice of meetings, actions without a meeting and telephonic meetings
2006
- Established the addition of standing and special committees as authorized by the Executive Committee
- Allowed committees to select leadership as needed and develop operating procedure consistent with the Council and approved by the Executive Committee
1989
- Established process to fill the premature vacancy in the office of Vice-President
1988
- Reduced the term of office for the President from two years to one year
1986
- Changed the name of the organization from the Conference of State and Territorial Epidemiologists to the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
1985
- Extended the term office for the President of CSTE to two years
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