Chapter Delegate Information

Delegates for our Chapter are selected each year based on a point system. Delegates will be selected for the 2011 AORN Congress in the month of January 2011. A Willingness to Serve form is required and you can bring it to the January Chapter meeting. If you are interested in being a delegate, we urge you to read all the information on this page.

Potential delegates are urged to review the Chapter Bylaws Section IV concerning delegates and to review pages 11-15 in the Policy Manuel. A Delegate Willingness to Serve Form must be completed and returned to the board by January 2011 Chapter meeting.

Eligibility:
Delegates are allocated annually to each chapter based on the ratio of total chapter membership to total Association membership as of June 30. Each chapter will have a minimum of one delegate and one alternate.

Representation:
Chapter delegates and alternates to annual Congress must have current membership status and shall be selected utiliziting the Point system as outlined in the Chapter Delegate Eligibility Policy. Specialty assembly delegates may not serve as a chapter delegate.
The President and President –Elect assume delegate status to Congress each year.

Responsibilities:

  1. Points shall be accumulated by members from December 16 through December 15 of the following year. Points should be given, email or mailed to the board appointed points recorder prior to Dec. 16.

  2. A minimum of six (6) general or board meetings must be attended.

    1. If extenuating circumstances exist which will prevent them from meeting this criteria, the board of directors may waive this requirement, and accept their application.

  3. Delegates and alternates shall acquaint themselves with all the activities and business of the association and be present for all the issues presented to the voting body. They shall attend all business meetings of the House of Delegates.

AORN SD Delegate Points

CNOR/CRNFA-6 points
CH. Ballot-3 points
CH. Officer/BOD/NC-5 points
CH. COM. Chair-4 points
CH. Board Mtg-1 point
CH/TF Meeting-1 point
CH. Business MTG-2 points
CH. ED Presentor-5 points
CH. ED. Panel Member-3 points
CH. Speaker Bureau-3 points
ORNCC Ex. Council-5 points
ORNCC Association Member-1 point
ORNCC Meeting-2 points
AORN WKSH. Attend-3 points
AORNSKSH. Panel Mem-5 points
AORN Nat. Ballot-7 points
AORN Nat Officer/BOD/NC-10 points
AORN Nat COM-5 points
AORN Congress Presentor-7 points
AORN Congress Panel Mem-4 points
AORN Congress Other-3 points
AORN Congress Attendence

Full Week-5 points
Per Day-1 point

SA. GOV Council-5 points
SA Committee-3 points
SA Member 1 point
CBPN Committee-7 points
Recruit New Member-2 points
Published-10 points

We suggest you print the delegate point form and track your Chapter participation during the year. The deadline for turning in your delegate point sheet is December each year.-

If you have questions about the delegate point system process, please contact Peka for more information.