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APA FOOD Bylaws Update

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The Executive Committee of the American Planning Association Food Systems Division (APA FOOD) has drafted updates to our Division bylaws. The updated bylaws are open to review by members for the next 30 days (through September 25, 2025).

APA FOOD will postpone its summer member meeting to September 25, 2025 at 6pm ET / 3pm PT to conduct a member vote on the proposed changes.

Proposed changes include:

  1. General reorganization and alignment with the model bylaws provided by APA.
  2. The addition of a Vice Chair position to the Executive Committee, creating a pipeline for Division leadership.
  3. Formalizing the Division’s decision to hold our business meeting (a mandatory requirement of APA) in the third quarter of each year (as opposed to at the National Planning Conference).
  4. An updated Division Executive Committee election schedule, clustering elections for all elected positions into the same year (odd years, starting with 2025).

View the updated bylaws here.

Vote to approve or disapprove of the bylaws here.

Questions? Email foodsystemsplanning@gmail.com

Signatures needed for a petition to become an APA Division

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In October and November, 173 APA-FIG members completed our online survey to gauge interest in pursuing Division status. About 94% of respondents think APA-FIG should become an official Division of the APA.

Based on this feedback, the APA-FIG Leadership Committee is pursuing status as an APA Division. The next step to making this happen is completing APA’s official petition: https://planning.org/divisions/groups/food/petition/.

To support this effort, please indicate your commitment to joining the proposed Division by signing this petition (note: you must be an APA member to sign the petition). We will need 300 signatures.

Please spread the word and help us make this happen.

Thanks,

APA-FIG Leadership Committee

 

APA-FIG Survey 2017 – Interest in Pursuing APA Division Status

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The APA-FIG Leadership Committee is interested in pursuing Division status. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey (https://goo.gl/forms/PVVaEISMJZWIhhqz2) and let us know your thoughts.

As a Division of the American Planning Association, APA-FIG would become 1 of 22 APA Divisions representing a community of professionals. APA Divisions have 501(c)3 status, have a seat on the Divisions Council, are governed by individual bylaws, prepare an annual work plan and budget, and have both elected and appointed leadership positions.

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By becoming an official APA Division, APA-FIG could improve its visibility within the APA and increase awareness of food systems planning among the broader planning community, and have a greater connection to APA networking and professional development opportunities.