Helping LMSCs Plan
2024 Annual Meeting

Eligibility and Who Should Go?

The annual meeting will be held virtually. All delegates will participate via Zoom. Please complete the 2024 LMSC Group Registration Form and send it to Jessica Reilly for the delegates representing your LMSC by August 15, 2024. 

LMSC’s Delegates - entitlements are determined from the LMSC’s higher number of members – 2023 year-end or 2024 as of June 15th.

LMSC Final Delegate Entitlements as of June 15, 2024

Automatic Delegates - The following national volunteer positions receive automatic delegate status, and do not count toward LMSC delegate entitlement:

• Members of the Board of Directors;

• Chairs of USMS standing, board, and ad hoc committees;

• Past Presidents;

• Zone chairs;

• National board of review chair;

• and all members of the Finance, Legislation, Long Distance, and Rules committees.

If you would like to know who from your LMSC is considered to be an automatic delegate, contact Jessica Reilly.

Delegate at Large requests - LMSCs have the opportunity to submit requests for delegate-at-large appointments no later than August 15, 2024. When submitting please include the reasons for requesting their appointment(s) as at-large delegate(s) (e.g. what are their contributions locally, what is their interest in the annual meeting, and why they were not appointed by their LMSC but will provide important perspectives or contributions to the USMS annual meeting).

Important Dates

So we can properly communicate to all those who will be in attendance we will be holding true to the following traditional dates for you to be aware of:

• May 1 - June 20
  • 2024 Election nomination period. Floor Nominations will be accepted at the town hall held in conjunction with the annual meeting (dates to be announced later).

• June 10

  • All proposed changes to the USMS code of regulations and rules of competition must be submitted by June 10, 2024 to be considered by the House of Delegates at the 2024 Annual Meeting. For more details, review the process overview of submitting proposed amendments.

• July 1

  • Volunteer Service Award Nominations Due

• July 31

  • All proposed rule or code changes from Rules, Long Distance, Legislation, and LMSC Development Committees are due to Jessica Reilly. 

• Aug. 1

  • Committee Chairs - send their annual reports to their Vice Presidents using the USMS committee report template. 

  • Zone Chairs - send their annual reports and meeting agendas to Jessica Reilly using the USMS committee report template.

  • Special Appointments - send their annual reports to Jessica Reilly.

• August 8

  • Members of the Executive Committee submit their annual reports and the reports from the committees they oversee to Jessica Reilly.

• August 15

  • Deadline for LMSCs to complete the 2024 LMSC Group Registration Form and send it to Jessica Reilly for the delegates representing your LMSC.

  • Deadline for requesting Delegate-at-Large appointments for Annual Meeting.

• August 19

  • President appoints Delegates-at-Large for Annual Meeting.