California Constituent Veterinary Medical Associations

1)    CVMA’s Constitution and Bylaws allow for the formation of new geographic or non-geographic constituent VMAs.

2)    Forming a New Constituent Association

a)    Twenty-five CVMA members required to form a new constituent association.

i)       Petition CVMA Board of Governors in writing of intent to form new constituent association.

ii)     Twenty-five CVMA member signatures on letter(s) indicating desire to form new association.

3)    Twenty CVMA members required to continue a constituent association.

4)    House of Delegates Representation

a)    One Delegate and One Alternate Delegate for 150 CVMA members

(1)  Weighted Vote – One Vote per 15 CVMA members

b)    Two Year Terms – Three Term Maximum

5)    A CVMA member may join multiple constituent VMAs, but representation to the House of Delegates must be assigned to only one of these groups. Generally, a specific member’s vote is assigned to the local, geographic association representing the member’s address as listed in our database.

a)    CVMA members belonging to more than one constituent association must certify in writing, which association will represent them in the House of Delegates.

Note: If you wish to see a list of CVMA’s current constituent associations, please refer to the CVMA Bylaws constituent association section on our web site.