• THAT USNAAA encourage all candidates for elected office within the Association to publish in Shipmate and on the USNAAA website a biography and platform of his/her goals and objectives in seeking elected office and that the USNAAA Bylaws be revised to include this requirement.
• THAT minutes of USNAAA Board of Trustees meetings be published on the USNAAA website and in Shipmate immediately following the meeting and maintained on the website until the next meeting minutes are posted and that USNAAA Bylaws be revised to include this requirement.
• THAT the agenda for upcoming Board of Trustees meetings be published on the USNAAA website a month in advance of the meeting and that USNAAA Bylaws be revised to include this requirement.
• THAT Shipmate editorial policy be adjusted to accommodate all responsible viewpoints on important USNA and USNAAA matters.
• THAT USNAAA and Naval Academy Foundation (NAF) jointly develop and publish on their respective websites and in Shipmate a clear and unambiguous statement of intent for the use of all non-appropriated funds collected.
• THAT USNAAA and NAF jointly publish a detailed summary of the expenditures of non-appropriated funds in the previous calendar/fiscal year to be published on both websites and in Shipmate. The USNAAA and NAF Bylaws should be revised to include this requirement.
• THAT USNAAA and NAF develop separate and distinct webpage presences.
• THAT both USNAAA and NAF publish audited financial statements for their operations as of the end of each fiscal/calendar year. Statements should consist of a minimum of: Income and Expense Statement, Balance Sheet, Sources and Uses of Funds, and Cash Flow Summary. These should be published no later than 3 months after the completion of each fiscal/calendar year. The USNAAA and NAF Bylaws must be revised to include this requirement.
• THAT USNAAA conduct periodic surveys of the alumni-at-large on issues of importance to the Naval Academy and the naval services and publish the results of the survey in the form of a USNAAA position paper on the USNAAA website and in Shipmate. The USNAAA Bylaws should be revised to include this requirement.
• THAT USNAAA provide improved member services, including more detailed and more frequently updated alumni records, an annual free copy of the Alumni Register, and an improved database to further facilitate member access to historical and member information.
• THAT the Concerned Alumni develop and periodically publish position papers on topics of vital interest to the alumni, their association, the Academy, and the naval services
  

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