House of Delegates

HOUSE OF DELEGATES

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2025 MSSNY House of Delegates
Friday, April 4, 2025 – Sunday, April 6, 2025
Westchester Marriott Tarrytown – 670 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York – 10591

Friends and Colleagues:

We hope you had an outstanding summer. Your Speakers and HOD Staff are hard at work preparing for the 2025 House of Delegates and we want to share with you the following updates to assist your preparation. We will be sending out more updates over the next few months as more details become available. Please reach out to us with any questions you may have.

Best,

House of Delegates Schedule:

The 2025 MSSNY House of Delegates will be held virtually via Zoom and in person at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, NY. The House will open virtually via Zoom on the evening of Tuesday March 11^th (following the conclusion of MSSNY Lobby Day) to receive items of business; receive the reports from the nominating committee, officers, commissioners, and districts; initial extractions of items from the reaffirmation consent calendar; and practice electronic voting.

Virtual Reference Committee Hearings shall be held via Zoom on Sunday afternoons and evenings in late March. Each Virtual Reference Committee Hearing shall be preceded by an additional opportunity to extract items from the reaffirmation consent calendar that have been referred to that Reference Committee.

The Second Opening Session shall be held at the Westchester Marriott the morning of Friday April 4^th to consider acceptance of late resolutions and a final opportunity for extractions of items from the reaffirmation consent calendar.

In person Reference Committee Hearings shall begin after the conclusion of the Second Opening Session on Friday April 4^th and last throughout the morning.

Friday afternoon and evening are open for attendees to meet with our sponsors as well as delegation and other group meetings.

There shall be business sessions on Saturday and Sunday April 5^th and 6^th to hear reports of the Reference Committees.

The Ceremony of the Presidents and the Presidents Dinner Dance shall be held on Saturday evening.

The April 6^th business session will be preceded by the Election Session where any contested elections shall be conducted.

Convention Committees:

Your Speakers are actively soliciting Delegate volunteers to serve on the following Convention Committees:
Committee on Rules, Credentials, and Order of Business
Reference Committee on Governmental Affairs A
Reference Committee on Governmental Affairs B
Reference Committee on Public Health & Education
Reference Committee on Reports of Officers & Administrative Matters
Reference Committee on Socio-Medical Economics
House Committee on Bylaws

If you wish to volunteer, please fill out the following Google Form: https://forms.gle/ttCNpLx5KHoKCVP39 . You must be a credentialed delegate to serve. The deadline for volunteering is December 13, 2024. We strongly recommend all counties, districts, and sections submit their delegation rosters to the HOD office before this date.

Resolutions:

The HOD office is currently open for submission of resolutions to the 2025 House of Delegates. Resolutions may be submitted by e-mailing [email protected] . The deadline for receipt of on time resolutions shall be 5PM EST on Friday, February 7, 2025. The deadline for receipt of late resolutions shall be 5PM EST on Monday March 31, 2025. Any delegate can submit an emergency resolution up to the adjournment of the House of Delegates.

Elections:

The following positions are up for election at the 2025 House of Delegates:

• President-Elect
• Vice President
• Treasurer
• Assistant Treasurer
• Secretary
• Assistant Secretary
• Speaker
• Vice Speaker
• Trustee
• First District Councilor (Queens)
• Second District Councilor (Suffolk)
• Third District Councilor
• Ninth District Councilor
• Organized Medial Staff Section Councilor
• Medical Student Section Councilor
• Resident and Fellow Section Councilor
• Women Physician Section Councilor
• New York Delegation to the AMA
  • 10 Delegates
  • 10 Alternate Delegates
  • 1 Resident/Fellow Delegate
  • 1 Medical Student Alternate Delegate

The Nominating Committee will meet this fall to recommend candidates for election as per the recommendations submitted by the districts, counties, and sections.