Pub. 2 2013 Issue 8

l e a d i n g a d v o c a t e f o r t h e b a n k i n g i n d u s t r y i n k a n s a s 6 Region 2 Region 3 Region 1 E VERY FIVE YEARS THE KBA UNDERGOES a review of the by-laws that govern the Association. The By-laws Taskforce met on January 10 and agreed upon a number of minor “housekeeping” changes they feel should be made. After those changes were discussed and agreed upon, the topic of the current size of the Board was brought up and discussed thoroughly. A couple of key questions came up during the discussion: • Is the KBA Board too large to be efficient and truly effective? • If we were starting from scratch, how large would we design the Board to be? • And how would we structure it?  Is geography the best way to determine bank representation? During the discussion some of the key topics included: • The feeling that a 3 year term is important in order to gain competency during the Board members’ term. • A certain amount of “historical” representation should be maintained. • Banks should continue to feel like they were adequately represented. The Taskforce also reviewed the Board make up of several other state bankers associations. In light of these discussion points, the Taskforce decided that they felt like the Board was too large for maximum effectiveness. They thought that 12 Board members was likely the best number of Board members. However, in order to address the other concerns regarding bank representation and historical representation, it was determined that the number of Board members would need to be larger than 12. They also determined that geography was still the best way to determine bank representation. The proposal from the Taskforce is that we reduce the number of KBA Regions from 6 to 3 thereby reducing the size of the Board from 29 to 20. (see map) These changes were approved at the KBAAnnual Meeting on August 10 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. The Board nomination and election process is unchanged and will be effective for the election beginning 2014. KBA By-Laws Review Process Results in Change in KBA Regions By Chuck Stones KBA LEADERS LEDGER