AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
ARTICLE
I - NAME
Section 1. This
organization shall be known as the Baton Rouge Section of the American Chemical
Society, Inc., and hereinafter referred to as "the Section;"
provided, furthermore, that said American Chemical Society be hereinafter
referred to as "the SOCIETY."
ARTICLE
II - OBJECTS
Section 1. The objects of the Section shall be to
encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering in all the branches thereof; the promotion of research
in chemical science and industry; the improvement of the qualifications and
usefulness of chemists through high standards of professional ethics,
education, and attainments; the increase and diffusion of chemical knowledge;
and by its meetings, professional contacts, reports, papers, discussions, and
publications to promote scientific interest and inquiry, thereby fostering
public welfare and education, aiding the development of our country's industries,
and adding to the material prosperity and happiness of our people.
Section 2. Consistent with the objectives appearing in
Section 1 above, the Section may associate itself with the Baton Rouge Council
of Engineering and Scientific Societies provided that the said organization
shall have no jurisdiction other than in an advisory capacity, and that the
Section shall not be committed by any action of the said organization which is
in conflict with the Charter, Constitution, or Bylaws of the Section or of the
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY.
ARTICLE
III - HEADQUARTERS
Section 1. The Section shall
have its headquarters at
Section 2. The post office
address of this Section shall be the Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Section 1. The territory of the Section shall be that assigned to it by the Council of the SOCIETY.
ARTICLE V -
MEMBERS AND
AFFILIATES
Section 1. The rolls of the
Section shall include those MEMBERS, ASSOCIATE MEMBERS and National Affiliates
of the SOCIETY residing within the territory of the Section, provided that
exceptions to this rule shall be made in conformity with the Constitution and
Bylaws of the SOCIETY.
Section 2. The Section may
have Local Section Affiliates in accordance with the provisions of the
Constitution and Bylaws of the SOCIETY.
Section 3. MEMBERS,
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS, National Affiliates and Local Section Affiliates shall have
such rights and privileges as are accorded them by the Constitution and Bylaws
of the SOCIETY. National Affiliates and
Local Section Affiliates may not vote for
or hold an elective position of the Section, vote on articles of incorporation
and bylaws of the Section, or serve as voting members of the Executive
Committee.
ARTICLE VII -
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section
1. The complete management and corporate powers of the Local Section shall be
vested in a board of eight directors. The membership shall elect the following
eight officers as the Board of Directors for the terms listed:
Chairman 1
year
Chairman-Elect 1
year
Secretary 1
year
Treasurer 1
year
Executive Committeeman 3 years
Executive Committeeman 3 years
Executive Committeeman 3 years
Immediate Past Chairman 1 year
At first
meeting of the new Board of Directors, after January 1 they are required by the
membership to elect themselves to the same offices to which the membership
elected them. TheExecutive Committeemen shall be elected for 3-year terms and
their terms shall be staggered so that one will be elected each year. Any
member elected Chairman-Elect shall automatically be a member of the Board of
Directors for 3 years as Chairman-Elect, Chairman, and Immediate Past Chairman. The
above provisions will provide continuity as only four new members would
normally be elected to the Board of Directors each year. Only MEMBERS shall be eligible to hold
office. Officers shall assume duties on January 1. If the Chairman is unable to perform his duties in
the case of absence, death, or disability, the Chairman-Elect shall assume the
duties of the office.
Section 2. The number of Councilors designated by the SOCIETY, and a like number of Alternates shall be elected for a term of three years. The Alternates shall be ranked in accordance with the beginning dates of their current terms with the one having the earlier date being designated as the first Alternate. The initial terms of both Councilors and Alternates shall be set by the Board of Directors to produce rotation. The Councilors and Alternates shall assume duties on January 1.
Section . Prior to October 1 in each year, a
nominating committee comprising not less than three members, not officers of
the Section for the current year, shall be appointed by the Chairman to provide nominees
for those elective
positions in which a vacancy will occur as follows: not less than two (2) each
for the offices of Chairman-Elect, Councilor and Alternate Councilor, and at
least one (1) each for all other positions. The nominations for officers shall
be presented at the regular October meeting. Additional nominations may be made
from the floor. The election results will be announced at the regular November
meeting of the Section.
Section . The annual election of Board of Directors, Councilors, and Alternate Councilors shall take place by mail prior to the November meeting of the Section. The Chairman shall appoint a Tally Committee Chairman at the time that the Nominating Committee is appointed. The Chairman shall appoint at least two other members who are not officers to the Tally Committee. The Tally Committee Chairman shall transmit ballots listing the nominees to all members of the Section. At least 25 percent of the members of the Section must return their election ballots for the election to be considered valid. A person must receive at least a plurality of the returned votes to enable him to be elected. The Tally Committee shall make a full report of its returns at the next regular meeting. Tie votes shall be resolved by vote during the November meeting, of the members attending that meeting.
Section 5. The Board of Directors of the Section shall fill any vacancy in its body and any vacant office, other than that of Councilor or Alternate Councilor, by the appointment of any member of the Section qualified to hold office for the unexpired term. Vacancies in the positions of Councilor and Alternate Councilor shall be filled by the Board of Directors by interim appointment for the period up to the next annual election, at which time the Section shall choose a member to fill out the unexpired term, if any.
Section . Failure to elect directors annually shall not dissolve this incorporated Local Section nor impair its corporate existence or management. The directors in office at the end of the year shall remain in office until their successors shall be duly elected and installed.
Section 1. The duties of the several officers shall be such as
usually pertain to their offices together with those required by the Constitution
and Bylaws of the SOCIETY and such other duties as may be given them from time
to time by the Board of Directors.
Section . The Treasurer shall be bonded in a suitable
manner at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
Section . The Treasurer shall receive and deposit all
funds paid to the Section in the name of the Section, and he shall disburse
funds of the Section as directed by the Board of Directors.
Section 4. The Secretary and Treasurer, in cooperation
with the Executive Committee, shall write and transmit the Section's annual
report of its operation, including an itemized statement of receipts,
expenditures, and investment of funds to the Council Policy Committee through
the Executive Director
of the SOCIETY.
This report is to cover the Section's activities and business
from January 1 through December 31 of the preceding year.
ARTICLE
VIII - COMMITTEES AND THEIR
DUTIES
Section 1. The officers and Board of Directors shall form as many committees as are
needed to carry out the functions and objectives of the Section. The chairmen
of permanent committees as defined by the Board of Directors, the Councilors,
Alternate Councilors, and the Board of Directors, shall compose an Executive Committee with the Chairman of the Board being Chairman of the Executive
Committee. Members of this committee other than the
Board of Directors shall act in an advisory
capacity and have powers given them
by the Board of Directors.
Section
2. There shall be a Nominating Committee as provided for in Article VI, Section
4.
Section 3. All committees
not otherwise provided for in these bylaws shall be appointed from time
to time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE X
– MEETINGS
Section 1. So far as
possible, the Section shall meet regularly upon
due notice on
the third Thursday of each month, except June, July and
August, at such times and places as may be designated by the Board of
Directors. Should arrangements for
speakers before the Section so justify, regular meetings of the Section shall be
called by the Board of Directors on other days of the month than the third Thursday with time and place to be designated by the
Section 2. The Section shall
have special meetings upon the request of a majority of the Board of Directors or upon request
of 7% of the members of the Section. The
calls for special meetings shall recite the exact nature of the business
intended to be transacted and no other business shall transpire at such
meetings.
Section 3. A quorum for regular and special meetings
of the Section shall consist of 7% of the members of the Section. In the
absence of a quorum, regular and special meetings may adjourn to a date to be
decided by the Chairman of the Section.
Section 4. The Board of Directors shall meet upon due
notice at such times and places as may suit its convenience, upon call of the
Chairman or upon request of a majority of its members. The order of business
shall be such as the committee provides from time to time.
Section 5. A quorum for the Board of Directors meeting
shall consist of a majority of the members of the Board. In the absence of a
quorum the meeting shall adjourn to a date to be decided by the Chairman of the
Section.
Section 6. At regular meetings of the Section, the
order of business shall be as follows:
a. Reports of Officers
b.
Reports of committees
c.
Miscellaneous business
d.
Reading of papers
e.
Adjournment
Section 7. The regular order of business at a regular
meeting may be suspended by a majority vote of the members present.
Section . The parliamentary procedure for all Section
meetings, not specifically provided in these bylaws, shall be subject to
"Robert's Rules of Order."
ARTICLE
X - DUES, FUNDS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS
Section 1. All members, except MEMBERS in emeritus
status of the SOCIETY, and National Affiliates may annually be assessed such
voluntary local dues as the Section may determine.
Section 2. The incorporated Local Section reserves the
right to levy voluntary annual dues on National Affiliates and all members
except MEMBERS in emeritus status by the vote of two-thirds of the members and
National Affiliates at a regular meeting provided that written notice of such
an assessment was mailed to each member and National Affiliate five days before
the regular meeting.
Section 3. The raising and collecting of funds other
than dues may be provided by suitable resolution adopted at any regular meeting
of the Section by a majority vote of the members and National Affiliates
present, subject to the provisions of the Bylaws of the SOCIETY and providing
that written notice be given 5 days prior to the meeting.
Section . Donations or bequests of
funds or property may be accepted by suitable resolution adopted at a regular or
special meeting of the Section by a majority of the members and National
Affiliates present, subject to the provisions of the Bylaws of the SOCIETY.
ARTICLE XI –
DISSOLUTION
Section 1. Upon the
dissolution of the Section and the discharge of its debts and the settlement of
its affairs, any funds and property of the Section remaining thereafter shall
be conveyed to such organization then existent, within or without the territory
of the Local Section, as is indicated to the perpetuation of objects similar to
those of the AMERICAN
CHEMICAL
SOCIETY, or to the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY,
so long as whichever organization is selected by the governing body of the
Local Section at the time of dissolution shall be exempt under Section 501(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended or under such successor provision
of the Code as may be in effect at the time of the dissolution.
ARTICLE - AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS
Section 1. These bylaws may
be amended in the following manner:
a.
The proposed amendment shall be first submitted in writing to the Board
of Directors
for examination at least two
weeks before the meeting at which it is presented to the membership.
b. Proposed amendments to the bylaws shall be
presented in written form at a regular meeting for the membership to take and
study. Written notice announcing amendment presentation shall be mailed to each
member at least 5 days prior to the regular meeting at which it is presented.
Voting on the proposed amendment shall be conducted at the next regular
meeting. At least three-fourths of the membership present shall be required to
approve the amendment.
At least a quorum of the members (Article IX, Section 3) must be present at this regular
meeting to make the vote legal. Written notice announcing the voting on the
proposed amendment shall be mailed to each member at least 5 days prior to the
regular meeting at which the vote is conducted.
Section . These bylaws may
also be amended by action of the Board of Directors when such amendment becomes
necessary to conform to changes in the Constitution and Bylaws of the SOCIETY. A notice of such action by
the Board of
Directors shall be given in writing to members of the Section, and the amendment shall become
effective upon approval by the Council of the SOCIETY unless
a later date is specified.
ARTICLE
- EFFECTIVE DATE OF THESE BYLAWS
Section 1. These bylaws shall become effective at the time of their adoption and shall supersede all previous bylaws prior to adoption.
Section 2. Amendment to these bylaws shall become
effective upon approval by the Council unless a later date is specified.