July 2015 Newsletter

On July 20^th, the Executive Board of the Virginia Magistrates Association met in Richmond for its quarterly meeting.  The following events transpired during the course of the meeting

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• A $500 college scholarship was awarded to George L Betts, the son of Tamyra Whitehead.  George is currently attending Virginia State University.
• Nominations for the upcoming 2015 election were officially authenticated and closed.  The following candidates will be running for office in the upcoming election: Kevin Lacey, President; Kara Akins, 1^st Vice President; Kyle Schumacher, Treasurer.  The election will be held via survey monkey on September 1^st. 
• Tamyra Whitehead will now be chairing a welcoming committee for new members, and old members that have chosen to renew their membership with the Association. 
• The board voted to hire an external auditor to ensure that all taxes are paid, and to render a full accounting of the finances of the association. 
• A motion to re-organize the VMA as a chapter of the Virginia Government Employees Association through the whole sale replacement of the VMA’s bylaws was tabled after a formal discussion.  The discussion turned on whether the VMA was willing to sacrifice its independence in order to potentially work under a larger organization to improve the working conditions of all state employees.