ARTICLE I - NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Section 1. Nominations for the Offices of the Section shall be handled by a Nominating Committee to be appointed by the President at least five months prior to the annual meeting. Appointments to the Nominating Committee shall be made from available Past-Presidents of the Alabama Section. The Committee shall consist of at least three persons. The Committee shall obtain the consent of the persons nominated to serve if elected.
Section 2. Except for interim appointment, an individual shall be ineligible for more than one full term in each of the offices of President, President-Elect, and Vice-President.
Section 3. Nominations of officers shall be made as representative as possible of the entire section, and nominees should be chosen from varied parts of the Section in the following rotation cycle: Mobile, Tuscaloosa/Auburn, Montgomery, Huntsville, and Birmingham. The Board of Directors shall have the discretion to insert other areas of the state into the rotation cycle to enable an outstanding ASCE member, who may not be located in one of the listed geographical areas, to serve as President. In the event an elected Section President is relocated, the rotational cycle will not be affected.
Section 4. The nominating committee shall present its recommended slate of officers at the last duly constituted business meeting prior to the Annual Meeting. After presentation of the Nominating Committee's report, the President shall offer the opportunity for nominations from the floor for the offices of President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Directors in the order stated. However, if according to Article IV, Section 3, of the Constitution, the nominating committee has also made a special nomination for the office of President, the current President shall also offer the opportunity for nomination from the floor for the office of President prior to calling the nomination for the regular slate. The election shall be held at the business session of the Annual Meeting. The nominee for each office receiving a majority of votes cast by the Subscribing Members present shall be declared elected to that office effective beginning the next fiscal year of the Section.
Section 5. A Subscribing Member may be appointed by the Board of Directors to serve as Aide in the office of President and/or that of Secretary-Treasurer.
ARTICLE III - COMMITTEES
Section 1. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting and with the concurrence of the President, shall appoint the members, designate the chairman, and outline the duties of all committees, and such committees shall report to the Board of Directors through the President and shall perform their duties under his direction.
The Board of Directors may delegate its powers of appointment in whole or in part to the President, with an obligation to report back for the record.
The Board of Directors, at its discretion, may discontinue any of these committees and may appoint other committees from time to time from its own membership or from the Subscribing Members at large.
Section 2. Standing Committees. The following committees shall be appointed each year:
(a) The Public Relations Committee shall be charged with publishing and distributing a Section Newsletter, and by whatever media are appropriate shall acquaint the public with the engineers of the area.
The Committee shall consist of the President-Elect, who shall be Chairman ex-officio of the committee, and six members whose terms shall be for one year.
One member of the Public Relations Committee shall be designated as Editor of the Alabama Section Newsletter and he shall have the prime responsibility for its publication.
(b) The Program Committee shall be charged with bringing to culmination the meetings designated by the Board of Directors in accordance with Article V of the Constitution.
The Program Committee shall consist of the Vice-President and one Subscribing Member selected from each geographic area that has been designated as a meeting place for that particular fiscal year. The Vice-President shall be the Chairman of the Program Committee. The committee member from each area shall be the Meeting Chairman for the meeting held in his area. He shall have the authority to appoint sub-committees from the membership to assist in the preparations for his assigned meeting. The term of office for this committee shall be one year.
(c) The Membership Committee shall be charged with the responsibility of attracting qualified engineers into the Society, encouraging the present members to remain in the Society, encouraging former members to reinstate, and encouraging all Assigned Members of the Section to become Subscribing Members.
The Committee shall consist of the Secretary-Treasurer of the Section, who shall be Chairman ex-officio of the Membership Committee, and six members whose term shall be for one year.
(d) The Committee on Conditions of Practice shall have the responsibility of directing all activities concerning the general welfare of Civil Engineers, whether in private practice, or employees of public bodies, companies or corporations practicing engineering within the geographic limits of the Alabama Section. The Committee shall direct all activities leading to the acquisition of adequate compensation and satisfactory employment conditions. The Committee shall give attention to problems confronting engineers in the practice of their profession with particular reference to business, legal and administrative matters not specifically assigned to other committees of the Section. The Committee shall recommend to the Board of Directors methods and procedures calculated to be of assistance to the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers in their effort to administer engineering registration and licensing laws and protect the rights guaranteed registered engineers under such laws. The Committee shall consist of three Subscribing Members of the Alabama Section who are representative of the employment of civil engineers within the Section considering both type of employment and age group. The regular term of office for members of this committee shall be for three years. However, terms of one, two or three years may be designated upon appointment to assure that one senior committee member shall retire annually. The chairman shall be designated by the Board of Directors at the time when the retiring member is replaced.
(e) The Committee on Engineering Education shall study and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on matters pertaining to Engineering Education.
The Committee shall consist of three subscribing members of the Alabama Section. The regular term of office for members of this committee shall be for three years. However, terms of one, two or three years may be designated upon appointment to assure that one senior committee member shall retire annually. The chairman shall be designated by the Board of Directors at the time when the retiring member is replaced.
(f) The History and Heritage Committee shall have custody of the permanent records of the Section, shall update the Written History of the Section, and shall identify and take steps to preserve for posterity those Civil Engineering works in the geographical area of the Section that are deemed important to the history and heritage of the Civil Engineering profession.
The Committee shall consist of the Secretary-Treasurer, a penrianent Records Custodian appointed by the Board of Directors, who shall serve as a chairman, and three members whose regular terms of office shall be for three years. However, terms of one, two or three years for these members may be designated upon appointment to assure that one senior committee member shall retire annually.
(g) The Committee on Legislative Affairs shall be charged with monitoring suggested and pending local, state and federal legislative acts and regulations to detect items of interest or concern to the membership of the Alabama Section. This committee shall study such acts and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on such matters of concern.
(h) The Committee on Environmental Affairs shall keep the membership of the Alabama Section informed on all items of interest concerning improvement or injury, to the environment. Their responsibilities shall include the monitoring of regulations and legislation, in cooperation with the Committee on Legislative Affairs, as well as new technology, and developments in treatment or enhancement of the environment. They shall advise the membership of such items by articles in the Alabama Section Newsletter and by participating in programs during regular meetings of the Alabama Section.
The Committee shall consist of six subscribing members of the Alabama Section. The regular term of office for members of this committee shall be three years. However, terms of one, two or three years may be designated upon appointment to assure that two senior committee members shall retire annually. The chairman shall be designated by the Board of Directors at the time when the retiring members are replaced.
(i) The Committee on Technical Activities shall be charged with the responsibility of fostering and coordinating activities of a technical nature within the Alabama Section, with the aim of promoting the technical engineering competence of members of the Alabama Section. The term of office for this committee shall be one year.
Each member of the Committee shall deal with a single specialized field of the National ASCE Technical Activities Committee, and his duties shall include establishment of a liaison contact with the National Chairman of his own technical area. The Committee shall promote a better and more useful flow of technical information between the National and Section level and shall make recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding matters of concern.
The Board of Directors may, from time to time, name technical groups to work under the general coordination of the Technical Activities Committee.
ARTICLE IV - DISTRICT 14 COUNCIL
Section 1.The Section Board of Directors shall provide three voting representatives of any grade of the Society membership to the District 14 Council. In addition, the President of the Alabama Section shall automatically serve as an ex-officio member, in an advisory capacity without voting privileges other than by proxy. Each of the three regular representatives will notify the President in the event he is unable to attend any regular or called meeting of District 14 Council, and the President shall name an alternate or arrange a vote for that representative by proxy.
Section 2. Each representative to the District 14 Council shall serve a term of three years, with one term expiring each In the event that it is necessary to fill a vacancy, the Board of Directors may name a representative to complete the unexpired term. The ex-officio member shall serve a period of one year.
ARTICLE V - CHANGES IN BY-LAWS
Section 1. At any meeting of the Board of Directors, a quorum being present, the Board of Directors, by a two-thirds vote, may amend the By-laws in conformity with the Constitution, provided that the Secretary-Treasurer shall have mailed a copy of such proposed amendment to each Director at least thirty days in advance of the meeting at which action thereon is to be taken.
Section 2. Changes to the By-Laws shall be announced in the Alabama Section Newsletter.
ARTICLE VII - AWARDS
Section 1. The Board of Directors may, at its discretion, establish special awards to be given in recognition for outstanding achievement. Such awards shall consist of a wall plaque together with a certificate suitably inscribed with the name of the recipient and the circumstances of the award.
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