I-ALEXANDRIA, VA - Kwintlanganiso yayo ebanjwe kwiveki edlulileyo eNew Orleans, iBhodi ye-ASTA yeBhodi yabaLawuli (BOD) ihlolisise imeko yemali ye-ASTA ngokumalunga neenjongo ezijoliswe kuyo kunye nolawulo ngeliso lokwenza umbutho usebenze ngakumbi kwi-2009. Ibhodi ivile kubasebenzi be-ASTA, ukuphononongwa kobulungu be-ASTA kunye neenjongo zeentlanganiso, kunye nokuhlaziywa kwesebe ngalinye.

Ngokubhekiselele kulawulo, iBhodi ivume ngamxhelo mnye utshintsho olucetyisiweyo kwimeko yokufaneleka kwabo banokunyulwa njengomongameli we-ASTA kunye ne-CEO ukwenzela ukuba ukuya phambili, abaviwa beofisi kufuneka babe namava onyaka omnye njengomlawuli kazwelonke ngaphambi kokukhonza kule nto. isikhundla. Ukongeza, iBhodi ivotele ngamxhelo mnye ukuba, ukuqala ngo-2009, umongameli kunye ne-CEO bayakunyulwa kwintlanganiso yokugqibela yeBhodi ephumayo yabalawuli phakathi kwabalawuli besizwe abaza kuqhubeka neofisi ixesha eliqala ekupheleni kweTHETRADESHOW unyaka wonyulo.

IBhodi iphinde yavota ngamxhelo-mnye ukuvumela ukudibanisa kwe-Oregon kunye ne-Pacific Northwest izahluko kunye nokuvumela iSahluko samaLwandle amakhulu njengegama elitsha lezahluko ezidibeneyo zaseMichigan kunye neWisconsin / UPM, ukudibanisa kwayo kuvunyiwe kwintlanganiso yeBhodi eLyon. Ukudibanisa kwezi zahluko zombini zilungelelanisa imisebenzi kunye nokunciphisa iindleko zokusebenza ngelixa kugcinwa iinkonzo kumalungu kuloo mimandla. Ibhodi iphinde yaxoxa ngezinye iindlela zokuqinisa inkqubo yesahluko se-ASTA.

Inkcazo ngembali ye-ARC kunye nobudlelwane bayo kunye nee-arhente zokuhamba zanikezelwa, kunye nembali yesicwangciso esitsha seshishini se-ASTA, isimo sayo sangoku kunye neendlela apho i-ASTA inokutsala amalungu amaninzi. Amalungu ebhodi nawo eva uhlaziyo lweshishini, apho iindlela zohambo lolonwabo, inani lee-arhente kunye neendawo ezikhoyo kwindawo yentengiso kunye namacandelo oshishino ahlukeneyo ahlalutywayo.

I-BOD iphinde yadibana namagosa okhenketho eNew Orleans ukuze afunde malunga nokubuyiswa kunye nendlela abathengisi abanokunceda ngayo kwaye bafumana uhlaziyo oluvela kwi-ASTA's charity Tourism Cares esemthethweni.

Umnqophiso weAmerican Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) kukulungiselela ishishini lokuthengisa uhambo ngokumelwa ngokufanelekileyo, ulwazi ekwabelwana ngalo kunye nophuculo lobungcali. I-ASTA ifuna indawo yentengiso yokuhamba enenzuzo kwaye ikhulayo kunye nentsimi enomvuzo oza kusebenza kuyo, yokutyala imali kunye nokwenza ushishino.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

Additionally, the Board unanimously voted that, beginning in 2009, the president and CEO shall be elected at the last regular meeting of the outgoing Board of Directors from among the national directors who will continue in office for the term beginning with the end of THETRADESHOW in the year of the election.
The Board also unanimously voted to allow the merger of the Oregon and Pacific Northwest chapters and to approve the Great Lakes Chapter as the new name for the merged Michigan and Wisconsin/UPM chapters, whose merger was approved at the Board meeting in Lyon.
With respect to governance, the Board unanimously approved suggested changes to the eligibility status of those who can be elected as ASTA president and CEO so that going forward, candidates for the office must have had one year’s experience as a national director prior to serving in this position.