Article I - Name
Article II - Purpose
Article III - Membership
Article IV - Membership Meetings
Article V. - Officers
Article VI - Committees
Article VII - Local Sections Council Representatives
Article VIII - Public Statements
Article IX - Dues
Article X - Mail Ballot
Article XI - Amendments
The organization shall be known as the Georgia Local Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (Local Section).
The purpose of the Local Section shall be to promote industrial hygiene activities and the purposes of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation, within the geographical boundaries of Georgia.
Any member of the AIHA residing within the geographical boundaries of the Local Section shall become a member of the Local Section upon payment of dues. Subject to the approval of the Local Section Executive Committee, any member of the AIHA living outside of the geographical 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.
On payment of dues and approval by a two-thirds 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 all 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 the Local Section may be extended to a member who has retired from the practice of the industrial hygiene profession, with the 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.
Meetings of the Local Section shall be held at the time and place designated by the Executive Committee.
An annual meeting, at which the installation of officers takes place, shall be held prior to the Annual Conference of AIHA.
Special meeting 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 in good standing shall be required to constitute a quorum for any meeting.
The officers of the Local Section shall consist of the President, President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer. Only members of AIHA may be elected as officers. Officers and other Local Section elected positions shall be elected by the members of the Local Section by mail ballot or at the Annual Meeting of the Local Section held prior to the Annual Conference of AIHA. The President, President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer shall serve a one-year term. Local Section Directors and Newsletter Editor shall serve a two-year term. The President-Elect shall automatically succeed the President in office upon completion of the President's term. Should a member's place on the Local Section Executive Committee become vacant, the remaining Executive Committee members will elect, by majority vote, a successor until the next annual meeting.
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 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 election of the Local Section.
An officer may resign by oral tender of resignation at any meeting of the Executive Committee, or by given 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 the purpose, by a majority vote of the Executive Committee.
The President shall preside at all meeting 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 committees shall be for a one-year term. The President shall be an ex-officio member of all committees, and should keep in contact with the developments in the field of industrial hygiene and guide the Local Section in the formulation of constructive activities.
The President-Elect shall chair the Program Committee and 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 Executive Committee. The Treasurer shall prepare a preliminary annual financial report and submit the accounts of the Local Section for audit to the Executive Committee at the end of the Treasurer's term. The Treasurer shall present a final annual financial report to the Executive Committee at the Annual Meeting of the Local Section. After the Annual Meeting of the Local Section, the Treasurer shall transmit to the 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 an accurate list of the members and their membership status; keep a record of business transactions that may come before such meetings; and be custodian of the records of the Local Section.
The Directors shall perform any duties delegated by the Executive Committee or assigned by the President.
The Newsletter Editor will be responsible for insuring that members in good standing receive a newsletter about the local section at least twice a year.
The Executive Committee shall consist of the officers, directors, Newsletter Editor, and immediate Past President of the Local Section. The Executive Committee shall be responsible for governance and management of the Local Section and approval of new members. The presence of a majority of the Executive Committee is necessary to constitute a quorum for a meeting. The act of the majority, present at a meeting 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 chairperson. 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 programs 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 meeting preceding the Annual Meeting. The immediate past president shall serve as chairperson. The Nominating Committee shall nominate persons for officers of the Local Section and it shall deliver its nominations for each office at the meeting preceding the Annual Meeting. In addition to nominations made by the Nominating Committee, nominations may be received from members at the meeting preceding the Annual meeting.
The President and President-Elect shall serve as representatives of the 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.
One representative 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.
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.
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 and approved in accordance with the procedure set forth in Article X.
Any member whose dues are unpaid on March 1st 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 1.
Any member terminated for nonpayment of dues may be reinstated at any time by payment of dues in arrears together with the dues for the current year.
Officers of the Local Section shall be elected by mail ballot of the voting members of the Local Section distributed no less than twenty (20) days prior the Annual Meeting of the Local Section. 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 an officer or in a 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 such a mail ballot, the tie shall be resolved by vote of the Executive Committee.
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.
Approved as amended by the Georgia Local Section,
AIHA on April 10, 2000. |