2025 Resolutions

AAFP’s Congress of Delegates (COD) is scheduled Oct. 4-6 in Anaheim, Calif. It is an annual conference that serves to direct the business and policies of our professional organization. Each chapter has a voice in the process of COD through their board-appointed Delegates and Alternate Delegates.

Our delegates are Doug Gruenbacher, MD (Quinter), Lynn Fisher, MD, FAAFP (Wichita), Jeremy Presley, MD, FAAFP (Dodge City), and Chad Johanning, MD, FAAFP (Lawrence). Delegates, alternates, and other leaders attend reference committee hearings to both provide testimony and hear others’ testimony on all resolutions. Following these reference committee hearings, the Kansas delegation will caucus to discuss and decide how to best represent our members when voting on these resolutions.

You are encouraged to submit a resolution if you have a topic you are interested in AAFP addressing by July 21. Delegates invite authors to provide testimony on submitted resolutions, discuss them and make recommendations to the KAFP Board for action.

Resolutions are the official means by which you as a member have input into the AAFP’s governance and political process. KAFP can help guide you through the process of writing your resolution. Authors will be invited to meet with the delegates to discuss their submissions and discuss next steps.

A resolution writing worksheet is available here and important deadlines are listed below.

Contact KAFP at info@kafponline.org or 913-214-1117 for resolution assistance.

2025 Resolutions are due by Monday, July 21, 2025

Please submit your resolution for consideration by Monday, July 21, 2025. You may send by e-mail to kafp@kafponline.org, by fax to 316-721-9044 or by U.S. mail to:

Kansas Academy of Family Physicians

7570 W 21st St N 1026C, #104

Wichita, KS 67205

Here is the official resolution process adopted by the KAFP Board of Directors. Please note important dates.

Action
2025 Timeline
  • KAFP members interested in submitting a resolution, and seeking input from Kansas delegates, should submit their draft resolution.
    • Staff will work to schedule meeting with author and delegates to work the resolution.

July 21

  • AAFP has two deadlines for resolutions
    • AAFP prepares background info for resolutions sent by 40 days prior to the opening of Congress of Delegates (COD)
    • AAFP does not prepare background info on resolutions received 30 – 39 days prior to opening
    • Resolutions received after 30 days prior is considered late and must have a 2/3 vote to be accepted for consideration

Aug 14: final deadline, resolutions will not include background info

After Aug. 14 resolutions are late

Oct. 4-6: Congress of Delegates, Anaheim, Calif.

  • AAFP uploads resolutions to its COD website as they are received and adds background information as it is available.
  • AAFP uploads all the resolutions and board reports to the COD website by 30 days prior to COD.

During the summer, up to the Aug. 14 deadline

  • Members of the Kansas Delegation provide input, highlighting 3 – 5 resolution topics that may be of particular interest

By Aug. 29

  • When resolutions and board reports are available on the COD website, KAFP notifies members via the e-news of the following:
    • Resolutions are posted on the COD website and are available for review
    • Specific resolutions are highlighted by members of the Kansas delegation
    • Contact information for members of the Kansas delegation
    • An invitation to members to share specific input directly with members of the Kansas delegation

By Sep. 1

Sept. 19: Deadline to send effective input to Kansas Delegation

  • Members of the Kansas delegation will hold a meeting approximately two weeks prior to COD to discuss positions on the resolutions and board reports, who is attending which Reference Committee and other COD business items.

Week of Sept. 22

  • Members of the Kansas delegation will meet while at COD after the Officers’ Forum to discuss who to support for office.

Oct. 5

  • Members of the Kansas delegation will meet while at COD before the business sessions at which action is taken on the floor, to determine which business items to extract from the consent agenda.

Oct. 4-6

The above Resolution Process shall remain the same year-over-year, but the dates will vary depending on the date of the KAFP annual meeting and AAFP Congress of Delegates.  If you have any questions about the resolution process, please contact the KAFP office: info@kafponline.org