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6S VS Executive Board Society leadership figures reflect on roles ahead of next round of SVS elections for vice president and secretary
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A NEW SOCIETY FOR Vascular Surgery (SVS) bylaw referendum proposes changing the name attached to the membership status of Senior members as part of an effort to help distinguish the category from involvement in the Society’s recently launched Senior Section. The proposal also aims to help the SVS meet the realities of shifting demographics. The bylaw amendment would see the membership designation shift from “Senior” to “Legacy” member, the status that defines benefits and privileges within the SVS. Any subsequent participation in the Senior Section, on the other hand, would be elective and involve engagement with the activities of fellow interested Senior members in this specific community within the organization. Under the direction of the SVS Executive Board, the Society has conducted a series of strategic discussions about Senior membership, driven by growing interest, need and challenges to sustain value and engagement of Senior members. The SVS has been in an ongoing cycle of adaptation to its members’ changing and increasingly variable clinical and cultural needs. This has led to numerous proposed and ratified changes to the bylaws regarding the election of officers, the composition of the Nominating Committee and Executive Board, the establishment of a separate Executive Board and Strategic Board, and updating requirements and the structure of early-career membership, to name a few. Building on the evolution and
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