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CRV Local Section Bylaws
ARTICLE I - NAME
The organization shall be known as the
Connecticut River Valley Local Section of the American Industrial Hygiene
Association, Inc. (CRV-AIHA, Inc.).
ARTICLE II - PURPOSE
The purpose of the Local Section shall be to
promote the purposes of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), as
set forth in its Articles of Incorporation, within the geographic boundaries of
the State of Connecticut, excluding Fairfield and Litchfield Counties.
In addition, the CRV-AIHA, Inc. endorses the
following objectives:
- To promote the study, evaluation, and control
of environmental stresses arising in or from the work place or its products,
in relation to the health or well-being of workers and the public.
- To increase the knowledge of industrial and
environmental health through interchange and dissemination of information and
to bring together persons interested in the various phases of industrial and
environmental health.
- To promote the profession through the
encouragement of interest within and cooperation with governmental,
industrial, educational, and other professional bodies.
ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP
- Any member of AIHA, residing within the
geographic boundaries of the Local Section, may become a member of the Local
Section upon payment of local dues. Subject to the approval of the Local
Section Executive Committee, any member of AIHA living outside the geographic
boundaries of the Local Section may become a member of the Local Section by
giving written notice to the Local Section and the Executive Director of AIHA.
A member of AIHA may be a member of more than one Local Section.
- On payment of local dues and the approval by a
majority vote of the Local Section Executive Committee, any person having a
professional interest in industrial hygiene may become an Associate Member of
the Local Section, entitled to the privileges of Local Section membership.
- Additional classes of membership in the Local
Section may be created with approval of the Board of Directors of AIHA.
Emeritus membership in Local Section may be extended to a member who has
retired from the practice of the industrial hygiene profession, with approval
of the Local Section Executive Committee. An Emeritus Member retains all
privileges of a member of the Local Section but will not be assessed local
dues.
ARTICLE IV - MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
- Meetings of the Local Section shall be held at
the time and place designated by the Executive Committee.
- An Annual Meeting shall be held at the annual
CRV-AIHA, Inc. All Day Conference.
- Special Meetings shall be called at the
discretion of the President, with the approval of the Executive Committee, or
in response to the written request of twenty percent (20%) of the members of
the Local Section in good standing.
- Notice of the time and place of any meeting
shall be delivered by mail not less than ten (10) days before the date of the
meeting.
- The presence of twenty percent (20%) of the
members of the Local Section in good standing shall be required to constitute
a quorum for any meeting.
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS
- The officers of the Local Section shall
consist of the President, President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer and three (3)
Directors. Only members of AIHA may be elected as officers. No person shall
serve as officer in more than one Local Section at the same time. An officer
need not reside or work in the geographic boundaries of the Local Section.
Officers shall be elected by the members of the Local Section in March/April
of each year, and the Local Section shall give notice of the names and
addresses of the newly elected officers to the Executive Director within
thirty (30) days of such election. The President and President-Elect shall
serve a one (1) year term, the Secretary and Treasurer two (2) year terms, and
Directors three (3) year terms, unless a successor is elected and installed at
a special election.
- The terms of the Secretary and Treasurer shall
be staggered such that these two positions are filled on alternating years.
The President-Elect automatically shall succeed the President in office upon
completion of the President's term of office.
- A vacancy in office because of the death,
resignation or removal of an officer may be filled by the Executive Committee
for the unexpired term. If the vacancy occurs in the office of the
President-Elect, the member appointed to fill the vacancy shall not
automatically succeed the President and the President for the following year
shall be elected at the next meeting of the Local Section.
- An officer may resign by oral tender of
resignation of any meeting of the Executive committee, or by giving written
notice thereof to the Executive Committee. Such resignation shall take effect
at the time specified and acceptance of such resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective.
- An officer may be removed, with or without
cause, at a meeting expressly called for that purpose, by a majority vote of
the Executive Committee.
- The President shall preside at all meetings of
the Local Section membership and of the Executive Committee and shall perform
such other duties as may be directed by the Executive Committee. The President
shall appoint a Program Committee, Nominating Committee and such other
committees as the Executive Committee may deem necessary for the orderly
function of the Local Section. The President shall appoint members of the
committees. All committee appointments shall be for a one year term. The
President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees.
- The President-Elect automatically shall
succeed the President in office upon completion of the President's term of
office. The President-Elect shall perform any duties delegated by the
Executive Committee or assigned by the President.
- The Treasurer shall receive, disburse and be
custodian of all funds of the Local Section. All disbursements shall be made
upon authorization of the President. The Treasurer shall prepare a preliminary
annual financial report and submit the accounts of the Local Section for audit
at the last meeting of the Executive Committee prior to the All-Day Meeting of
the Local Section. The Treasurer shall present a final annual financial report
to the Executive Committee at the Annual Meeting of the Local Section. After
the last meeting of the Local Section and prior to January 1, the Treasurer
shall transmit to his/her successor in office, all funds and property of the
Local Section.
- The Secretary shall give notice of all
meetings of the Local Section and the Executive Committee; maintain accurate
list of the members and their membership status; keep a record of the
transactions of business that may come before such meetings; and be custodian
of the records of the Local Section.
- Three (3) Directors shall be elected to serve
for a term of three (3) years. One (1) Director shall be elected and installed
each year.
ARTICLE VI - COMMITTEES
- The Executive Committee shall consist of the
Officers of the Local Section and the immediate Past President. The Executive
Committee shall be responsible for governance and management of the Local
Section and approval of new members. The President shall serve as Chairman of
the Executive Committee. The presence of a majority of the Executive Committee
is necessary to constitute a quorum for a meeting. The act of a majority
present at a meeting at which a quorum exists is the act of the Executive
Committee. Each member of the Executive Committee shall be entitled to one
vote. Meetings of the Executive Committee may be called at the discretion of
the President on not less than five (5) days notice.
- The Program Committee shall consist of not
less than three (3) members. The President-Elect shall serve as its chairman.
The Program Committee shall present a tentative schedule of programs for the
year to the Executive Committee for its approval. On approval of the Executive
Committee, the Program Committee will implement arrangements for the program
and provide the Secretary with information to be circulated to the members of
the Local Section.
- The Nominating Committee shall consist of two
(2) members appointed by the President at least thirty (30) days prior to the
Annual meeting of the Local Section of the Immediate Past President who shall
serve as its Chairman. The Nominating Committee shall nominate persons for
offices of the Local Section and it shall deliver its nominations for each
office in writing to the Secretary. In addition to the nominations made by the
Nominating Committee, nominations may be received from the members not less
than ten (10) days following the Annual meeting.
ARTICLE VII - LOCAL SECTIONS COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVES
- The President and the President-Elect shall
serve as representatives of the CRV-AIHA , Inc. Local Section on the Local
Sections Council of AIHA provided that neither is an officer or director of
AIHA, in which event, the Executive Committee shall appoint another member as
such representative.
- The representatives of the Local Section shall
report at the Annual Meeting of the Local Sections Council on the activities
of the Local Section and report back to the Local Section on the actions of
the Local Sections Council.
ARTICLE VIII - PUBLIC STATEMENTS
- The Local Section shall not issue or publish
any public statement which utilizes any form of the name of AIHA on a policy
or technical issue, other than issues which primarily affect the Local
Section, without prior consent of the Board of Directors of AIHA.
- No public statement on any matter, which
purports to represent the opinion of the Local Section, shall be issued or
published, unless that statement has been authorized by the Executive
Committee as expressing the opinion of a majority of the members of the Local
Section.
ARTICLE IX - DUES
- Annual dues for Local Section membership
become payable on the first day of January of each year. The dues per year
shall be set by the Executive Committee.
- Any member whose dues are unpaid on March 1 is
not in good standing, and shall have no vote or other privileges of membership
in the Local Section. If the dues of any member are not paid within one year
of the date due, the membership of the member in the Local Section shall be
terminated subject to reinstatement as provided in Section 3 (see below).
- Any member terminated for nonpayment of dues
may be reinstated at any time before January 31 of the year following
termination, by payment of dues in arrears together with the dues for the
current year.
ARTICLE X - MAIL BALLOT
- Officers of the Local Section shall be elected
by mail ballot of the voting members of the Local Section distributed not more
than thirty (30) days following the Annual Meeting of the Local Section, and
the ballots shall specify a deadline for return. The President shall promptly
report the results of the election to the Executive Director of AIHA.
- The Executive Committee, at any time, may
conduct by mail ballot, a referendum of the membership of the Local Section in
connection with an issue it may consider or action to be taken. Except as
provided in Article XI, a plurality of the mail ballots cast in an election of
any officer or in referendum on any issue to be considered or action to be
taken shall be effective to constitute the election of a person as an officer
of the Local Section and as a decision or act of the Local Section with
respect to any issue to be considered or any action to be taken. In the event
of a tie vote in any such mail ballot, the tie shall be resolved by vote of
the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS
- These Bylaws may be amended or new Bylaws
adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Local Section who respond
to a mail ballot conducted in accordance with the provisions of Article X.
- Such amended or new Bylaws shall become
effective upon approval by the Board of Directors of AIHA.
STANDING RULES
- Dues for the classifications of membership
shall be as follows;
Associate Member $15.00
Emeritus Member $ 0.00
- Dues are payable on January 1 for the covered
period of January 1 to December 31 of each year.
- The organization shall plan for six dinner
meetings throughout the year. In addition, an annual meeting consisting of an
all day conference shall be planned for March or April.
- The treasurer shall account on a cash basis.
The accounting period shall be January 1 to December 31 of each year.
These Standing Rules shall be modified from time
to time as the Executive Committee deems necessary. Standing Rules do not
require the vote of the full membership for approval
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