Nothing
in these Bylaws is to be construed as to be contrary to
the
IEEE Bylaws, Constitution and Policy and Procedures.
Article I
-- Name and Territory
Sec. 1
This organization shall be known as the Syracuse Section
of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
Inc.
Sec. 2 The territory of the Syracuse Section, as approved
by
the Regional Activities Board, includes the following US
Postal
Codes: l3020, l302l, l3022, l3023, l3024, l3025, l3026,
l3027,
l3028, l3029, l3030, l303l, l3032, l3033, l3034, l3035,
l3036,
l3037, l3038, l3039, l304l, l3042, l3043, l3044, l305l,
l3052,
l3057, l3058, l3059, l3060, l306l, l3063, l3064, l3065,
l3066,
l3069, l3070, l307l, l3072, l3074, l3075, l3076, l3078,
l3079,
l3080, l308l, l3082, l3083, l3084, l3085, l3088, l3089,
l3090,
l309l, l3092, l3093, l3094, l3l03, l3l04, l3l05, l3l06,
l3l07,
l3l08, l3l09, l3ll0, l3lll, l3ll2, l3ll3, l3ll4, l3ll5,
l3ll6,
l3ll7, l3ll8, l3ll9, l3l20, l3l2l, l3l22, l3l25, l3l26,
l3l30,
l3l3l, l3l32, l3l33, l3l34, l3l35, l3l37, l3l38, l3l39,
l3l40,
l3l42, l3l44, l3l45, l3l47, l3l48, l3l49, l3l50, l3l5l,
l3l52,
l3l53, l3l56, l3l59, l3l60, l3l6l, l3l63 through l326l,
l3302,
l33l0, l33l4, l3332, l3334, l3355, l3364, l3408, l3409,
l34l8,
l3426, l3432, l3434, l3437, l3465, l3484, l3493, l360l,
l3602,
l3603, l3604, l3605, l3606, l3607, l3608, l36ll, l36l2,
l36l5,
l36l6, l36l8, l36l9, l3622, l3624, l3628, l3632, l3634,
l3638,
l3640, l364l, l3643, l3644, l3650, l365l, l3653, l3656,
l3657,
l3659, l366l, l3665, l367l, l3673, l3674, l3675, l3679,
l3682,
l3685, l3686, l3688, l369l, l3692, l3693, l3698, l4465,
l450l,
l452l, l454l, l4588, l4847, l4860,
Article II
-- Officers
Sec. 1 The
elected officers of the Section shall be Chair,
Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Chapter Chairs.
Sec. 2 With the exception of the Secretary and Treasurer,
the
terms of office of the elected officers shall be for 1
year. The
terms of both Secretary and Treasurer shall be for 2
years, with
their terms starting in alternate years.
Sec. 3 Terms of office will begin on June 1, but in any
case
the outgoing officers will continue until their
successors are duly
elected and take office.
Sec. 4 Any vacancy occurring during the year shall be
filled by
a majority vote of the Section Executive Committee.
Sec. 5 The duties of the elected officers shall be as
described
in the IEEE Bylaws and in the Section Operations Guide.
Article
III -- Standing Committee
Sec. 1 The
Standing Committees of the Section will be:
Membership
Development
Professional Activities
Student Activities
Publications
Sec. 2 The
Chairs of each of the Standing Committees will be
appointed by the Section Chair with the approval of the
Section
Executive Committee, and their terms will expire on May
31.
Sec. 3 Each Committee Chair will appoint his/her
committee
members with the approval of the Section Executive
Committee, and
their terms will expire on May 31.
Sec. 4 Duties of the Standing Committees will be
generally as
described in the IEEE Section Operations Guide.
Article IV
-- Management
Sec. 1 The
management of the Section shall be by the Section
Executive Committee which shall consist of the elected
officers,
Junior Past Section Chair, Senior Past Section Chair, the
Chairs of
the Standing Committees.
Sec. 2 The Chair may appoint, subject to confirmation by
a
majority vote of the Section Executive Committee,
additional members to the Section Executive Committee
from the Section membership.
Sec. 3 A majority of the non-vacant Section Executive
Committee shall
constitute a quorum.
Sec. 4 A majority of the Section Executive Committee
present
shall be necessary in the conduct of its business.
Sec. 5 Meetings of the Section Executive Committee
ordinarily
will be held monthly and will be called by the Section
Chair or
by the request of any three members of the Section
Executive
Committee.
Sec. 6 The fiscal year of the Section shall be Jan 1 --
Dec 31.
Article V
-- Nomination and Election of Officers
Sec. 1 A
Nominating Committee consisting of at least 2 members,
not then officers of the Section, shall be appointed by
the Section
Chair with the approval of the Section Executive
Committee.
Sec. 2 The nominations of the Nominating Committee will
be
announced to the Section membership and, following this,
a minimum
of twenty-eight days allowed for additional nominations
by petition.
To be valid, the petition must be signed by at least 1%
of the
voting membership of the Section.
Sec. 3 If only one nomination is made for each office,
the
election will be made at the Annual Fellows Night
Meeting. If additional
nominations are made, election will be by ballot mailed
to the
membership with the vote counted by a Tellers Committee
appointed by
the Section Chair.
Sec. 4 The typical timetable for this procedure is as
follows:
Early
January -- Appointment of Nominating Committee
Early March -- Announcement of Nominations
Early April -- Close nominations by petition
Fellows Night -- hold election
A ballot,
if required, shall be mailed prior to May 10.
Sec. 5 A plurality of the votes cast shall be necessary
for
election.
Article VI
-- Business Meeting
Sec. 1 In
order to transact business at a Section meeting, at
least 10% of the membership must be present to constitute
a quorum.
Article
VII -- Finances
Sec. 1 All
expenditures of the Section funds must be approved
by the Section Executive Committee.
Sec. 2 Without prior authorization of the IEEE Executive
Committee, Section funds can be used only for normal
operations of
the Section.
Sec. 3 The Treasurer and Chair shall be authorized to
draw
funds as approved by the Section Executive Committee.
Article
VIII -- Amendments
Sec. 1
Proposals for amendments to these Bylaws may originate
in the Section Executive Committee or by a petition
signed by 10 or
more voting members.
Sec. 2 Amendments to or revocation of these Bylaws shall
be in
accordance with the IEEE Bylaws.
Article IX
-- Publications
Sec. 1 The
Section may publish a periodical which will be the
the major medium of communication with the Section
membership.
Sec. 2 This periodical may accept advertising.
Article X
-- Chapters
Sec. 1
Each Chapter membership shall elect their officers in
accordance to their own Bylaws or established operations
procedure.
Sec. 2 As indicated under Article II, the elected Chapter
Chairs are considered officers of the Section.
Article XI
-- Removal from Appointed Position
Sec. 1 Any
Section member appointed to the Executive Committee
may be removed prior to the end of their term, by a
two-thirds
majority vote of the entire voting membership of the
Executive
Committee. Prior to any vote (for removal) being taken,
the member
in question shall be notified.
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