Article I - Name and Territory |
- This organization shall be known as the Sendai
Section of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc., hereinafter called the IEEE Sendai
Section.
- The territory of
the IEEE Sendai Section, as approved by the Regional
Activities Board, shall be Tohoku Region of Japan
(Postal codes 010 through 039, and 960 through
999).
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Article II - Officers and Auditors |
- The elected officers of the Section shall be
the Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer,
hereinafter called the Section Officers. The offices
of the Secretary and Treasurer may be combined.
Two Auditors shall be elected by the Sendai Section
membership.
- The terms of office
of the elected officers and auditors shall be for
two (2) years.
- The terms of office
will begin on January 1, but in any case the outgoing
Officers and Auditors will continue until their
successors are duly elected and take office.
- Any vacancy occurring during the year shall be
filled for the remainder of the term by a majority
vote of the Section Executive Committee.
- The consecutive period of service in any one
office shall not exceed three years except when
the extension and written reasons therefore have
been approved by the Regional Director and the
Regional Activities Board.
- The duties of the Section Officers shall be
as described in the IEEE Bylaws and in the IEEE
Section Operations Guide.
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Article III - Standing Committee |
- The Standing Committees of the Section will be
as follows:
Fellow Nominations Committee
Membership Development Committee
Nominations Committee
Technical Program Committee
Publications Committee
Student Activities Committee
Chapter Promotion Committee
- The Chairs 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 the Section Chair's end-of- term
date.
- Each Standing Committee Chair will appoint his/her
Committee members, with approval from the Section
Executive Committee, and their terms will expire
on the Section Chair's end-of- term date.
- Duties of the Standing
Committees will be as generally described in the
IEEE Section Operations Guide.
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Article IV - Management |
- The management of the Section shall be conducted
by the Section Executive Committee which shall
consist of the Section Officers, Past Section Chair,
Chairs of the Standing Committees, such other members
appointed by the Section Executive Committee, and
such other members appointed by the Section Chair,
however, the number of the Section Executive Committee
members shall not exceed nineteen (19).
- A majority of the Section Executive Committee
shall constitute a quorum.
- A majority of the Section Executive Committee
present shall be necessary in the conduct of Section
business.
- Meetings of the Section Executive Committee will
be held at least two (2) times a year, and will
be called by the Chair or by a request of any three
(3) members of the Section Executive Committee.
- The fiscal year for the Section shall be the
calendar year.
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Article V - Nomination and Election of Officers
and Auditors |
- The Nominations Committee consisting of three
(3) or more members, not then Section Officers,
shall be appointed by the Section Chair with the
approval of the Section Executive Committee.
- The nominations by the Nominations Committee
will be announced to the Section membership and,
following this, a minimum of twenty-eight (28)
days allowed for additional nominations by petition.To
be valid, the petition must be signed by two percent(2%)
or more voting membership.
- If only one nomination is made for each office,
the election will be made at the Annual Meeting.
If additional nominations are made, election will
be by ballot mailed to the membership. The votes
will be counted by a Tellers Committee appointed
by the Section Chair.
- The timetable for this procedure is as follows: Announce of nominations by August 31
Close nominations by petition by September
30
Mail a ballot, if required by October 31
Hold elections by November 30
- A plurality of the votes cast shall be necessary
for election.
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Article VI - Business Meeting |
- 1. In order to transact business at a Section
meeting, at least three (3) Section Executive Committee
members must be present to constitute a quorum.
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Article VII - Finances |
- All expenditures of Section funds must be approved
by the Section Executive Committee.
- Without prior authorization
of the IEEE Executive Committee, Section funds
can only be used for normal operations of the Section.
- The Treasurer shall be authorized to draw funds
as approved by the Section Executive Committee.
- An assessment can
be charged to members of the Sendai Section in
accordance with the IEEE Bylaws.
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Article VIII - Amendments |
- Proposals for amendments to these Bylaws may
originate in the Section Executive Committee or
by a petition signed be twenty percent (20%) or
more voting members.
- Amendment to or revocation
of these Bylaws shall require a two third (2/3)
majority vote of the Section Executive Committee.
- In the event of a
conflict between these Bylaws and IEEE Bylaws,
the IEEE Bylaws will prevail.
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IEEE SENDAI SECTION
Tatsuo Higuchi, Interim Section Chair |