BYLAW V

ORGANIZATION

Section 1. The officers of the Section shall be a Chairman, Chairman-Elect, and Secretary-Treasurer.

Section 2. The Section shall have Local Section Councilors and Local Section Alternate Councilors referred to as Councilors and Alternate Councilors, respectively, as provided in the Constitution and Bylaws of the SOCIETY.

Section 3. The Executive Committee shall consist of the officers of the Section, the immedi-ate Past Chairman, the Councilors, the Alternate Councilors, and up to three addi-tional Section members appointed by the Chairman with the approval of the elect-ed members of the Executive Committee.


BYLAW VI

MANNER OF ELECTION AND TERMS OF OFFICE

Section 1. Elected officers of the Section shall serve for a term of one year, beginning on January 1, or until their successors qualify. Upon completion of an elected term of office, the Chairman-Elect shall succeed to the office of Chairman.

Section 2. Councilors and Alternate Councilors shall serve for a term of three years begin-ning on January 1.

Section 3. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Chairman, the Chairman-Elect shall assume the added duties of the Chairman for the unexpired term. Except for the offices of Councilor or Alternate Councilor, other vacancies shall be filled by the Executive Committee from among the members by interim appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. Vacancies in the offices of Councilor or Alter-nate Councilor shall be filled from among the MEMBERS by special mail ballot election. In the event the office of Chairman-Elect is filled by such interim appointment, the Section shall elect both a Chairman and a Chairman-Elect at its annual election.

Section 4. The Executive Committee shall appoint a Nominations and Elections Committee consisting of a chairman, who shall be the Chairman-Elect of the Section, and two members not later than September 15th of each year. Except for the chair-man, the members of the Nominations and Elections Committee shall not be members of the Executive Committee.

Section 5. The Nominations and Elections Committee shall nominate one or more persons for each elective position for which a vacancy will occur, and shall report nomina-tions at a regular meeting of the Section held on or before October 31st of each year. With the exception of the Chairman and Chairman-Elect, the incumbent of any elective position may be renominated. Nominations from the floor or by petitions are in order, following the report of the Committee. Written petitions must be signed by three members of the Section and received by the Secretary on or before the seventh calendar day following the Committee's report. No nomi-nee's name shall be placed on the ballot unless the nominee has stated a willing-ness to serve if elected.

Section 6. The Nominations and Elections Committee shall conduct the election by mail ballot so that election results can be certified to the Executive Director of the SOCIETY by December 1st. There shall be at least a three week period between mailing the ballots and the date on which the ballots are due. Biographies and statements for each nominee shall be enclosed with the ballot materials if they are received at least one week before the ballot is mailed. A tie vote shall be resolved by vote of the elected members of the Executive Committee.



BYLAW VII

DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Section 1. The duties of the officers shall be those customarily performed by such officers, together with those responsibilities prescribed by the Constitution and Bylaws of the SOCIETY and by these bylaws and such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Executive Committee.

Section 2. The Chairman of the Section shall serve as Chairman of the Executive Committee and shall appoint all committees authorized in these bylaws. The Chairman of the Section shall be responsible for forwarding the Annual Report of the Section to the Executive Director of the SOCIETY.

Section 3. The Executive Committee shall be the governing body of the Section, and, as such, shall have full power to conduct, manage, and direct the business and affairs of the Section in accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws of the SOCIETY and these bylaws.


BYLAW VIII

COMMITTEES

Section 1. The Section shall have the following Standing Committees whose chairmanship and membership may be filled by members, National Affiliates or Local Section Affiliates for one year beginning each January 1st.

(a) Awards Committee: The duties of the Awards Committee shall be to study and make recommendations to the Executive Committee concerning nominations for Awards made in the name of the Section.

(b) Membership Committee: The duties of the Membership Committee shall be to review and process applications for affiliation and membership in the Section and the SOCIETY, to promote the goals of the Section and SOCIETY through membership and to perform such functions are normally associated with Section and SOCIETY membership.

(c) Program Committee: The duties of the Program Committee shall be to pre-pare and coordinate programs for meetings of the Section.

(d) Publicity Committee: The duties of the Publicity Committee shall be to advertise Section meetings and programs, to publicize information concerning member activities, to publish information of professional and technical interest to Section members, and to promote speaker programs.

Section 2. The Chairman of the Section, normally in consultation with the Executive Committee, shall establish other committees as necessary for the proper operation of the Section.



BYLAW IX

MEETINGS

Section 1. The Section shall hold regular meetings at places and times designated by the Executive Committee.

Section 2. The Section may hold special meetings at the call of the Executive Committee or at the written request of fifteen members of the Section. The notices of special meetings shall state the exact nature of the business to be considered and no other business shall be transacted at such meetings.

Section 3. Due notice of all meetings shall be sent to each member and affiliate of the Sec-tion. A quorum for transaction of business at a Section meeting shall consist of the larger of ten or 5% of the members of the Section. Business shall be transact-ed in the absence of a quorum.

Section 4. The Executive Committee shall meet upon due notice to its members at the call of the Chairman or at the request of a majority of the members of the Committee. In the absence of a quorum, which shall be a majority of the members of the Execu-tive Committee, called meetings of the Executive Committee shall adjourn to a date.