Get details on what to expect and how to prepare for the House of Delegates policymaking meeting.
The AOA House of Delegates will convene virtually for a special session on Nov. 7 to consider resolutions and enact policy. The following Frequently Asked Questions include the most recent updates on meeting processes and voting procedures. If you have a question that is not covered, please contact cbaggett@osteopathic.org.
Saturday, Nov. 7 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. CT
View the agenda on this page.
The award presentations can be viewed on the AOA Awards page.
Watch video highlights from the AOA’s July business meeting and October special session of the House of Delegates on the HOD Videos page.
Watch AOA President Thomas L. Ely, DO’s updates on presidential goals and reports on work under way to advance the profession on the President’s Address page.
The most up-to-date itinerary of all open meetings taking place, including the special session of the House of Delegates, is available on the Meeting Materials page.
Each AOA Affiliate that has a seat in the House of Delegates was asked to confirm their delegation. To request changes to your delegation email Jason Ouimette.
Include the name, AOA number and email address of the delegate that should be replaced with the name of the alternate delegate that will take their place.
To add new members to your delegation submit your request via email to Jason Ouimette.
Include the name, AOA number and email address of the delegate and/or alternate delegate.
No, but alternates may be seated in strict accordance as per the AOA Bylaws (Section 4-Seating of Delegates):
“A delegate having been seated shall remain the accredited delegate throughout the meeting. In the event that an accredited delegate has failed to qualify and assume his {her} seat when the House convenes on the second day of the meeting, his {her} accredited alternate may be seated. If a delegate, having been seated, finds himself {herself} unable to be present on account of physical disability or other cause acceptable to the House, his {her} alternate may be seated for that roll call period and shall continue as delegate until the previously seated delegate shall return for duty at a subsequent roll call. In that case the alternate delegate who has been seated may, by direction of the House, be dropped from the roll and the previously seated delegate shall return to his {her} seat in the House.”
The HOD Reference Committees convene in open session on Friday, Sept. 25 from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. CT. These meetings will run concurrently.
The HOD Reference Committee Roster is available on the HOD Resolutions page.
Yes. The open sessions of the HOD Reference Committee meetings are open to delegates, alternates delegates, state and specialty leadership, AOA Board of Trustees members, AOA Past Presidents and officers of the AOA.
The open sessions of the reference committees may be recorded for quality assurance purposes, but will not be available for distribution. The reports of each HOD Reference Committee will post to the Meeting Materials page and the HOD Resolutions page prior to the special session of the House of Delegates.
ElectionBuddy will be utilized for electronic voting.
Yes. There were two training sessions held for ElectionBuddy that took place Monday, Oct. 5 and Wednesday, Oct. 7 from 5-6 p.m. CT. The training session can be accessed here.
Executive Director/CEOs may access the recorded training session here.
Yes, there will be a help desk available to assist participants in logging in as well as for those who are in the meeting and need technical support. For assistance logging into Zoom, please contact the IT Help Desk at (312) 202-8357.
The Zoom meeting information will be sent out by email to those registered for the Oct. 13-14 session the week of Oct. 19.
When a Delegate would like to speak, they are to raise their hand using the Zoom hand raise feature.
During the Special Session, Voting/Technical Support: Requesting tech support is a one-step process: