Voting Members: Proposed Bylaw Changes for Annual Conference

During our 2026 Annual Conference Business Session, the NSRT Board of Directors will ask members to vote on the following bylaws change. This change has been proposed in order to align NSRT bylaw verbiage with the ASRT National Society Bylaws.
 
Current Bylaw
ARTICLE IV
MEMBERSHIP

SECTION 1:  Policy

  1. The NSRT shall be noncommercial, nonsectarian and nonpartisan.  No commercial enterprise or any candidate for public offices shall be endorsed by it.  The name of the NSRT or any officers or board of directors in their official capacities shall not be used in connection with a commercial company or with any partisan interest, for other than regular function of the NSRT. 

  2. The NSRT is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in all programs and activities. No one shall be denied opportunities or benefits on the basis of age, sex, color, race, creed, national origin, religious persuasion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, political belief or disability. 

 
 
Proposed Change
 
ARTICLE IV
MEMBERSHIP

SECTION 1:  Policy

  1. The NSRT shall be noncommercial, nonsectarian and nonpartisan.  No commercial enterprise or any candidate for public offices shall be endorsed by it.  The name of the NSRT or any officers or board of directors in their official capacities shall not be used in connection with a commercial company or with any partisan interest, for other than regular function of the NSRT. 

  2. The NSRT is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in all programs and activities.