WES Constitution and Bylaws
Constitution
(Revised
Article I
NAME
Section 1. This Society shall be known as the Wyoming Engineering
Society.
OBJECT
Section 2. To promote the prestige of the engineering profession in
Wyoming, to standardize engineering practice, and to facilitate cooperation and
promote good fellowship among the members.
Article II
MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. The Wyoming Engineering Society shall consist of Members,
Honorary Members, and Student Members.
Section 2. Membership in the
Society is open to all who have an appreciation for and are supportive of the
engineering profession.
STUDENT
MEMBERSHIP
Section 3. Student membership in the society is open to all who are
actively pursuing a higher education degree at a college or university.
Section 4. Members, Student Members, and Honorary Members shall be
entitled to vote.
ELECTION TO
MEMBERSHIP
Section 5. Anyone desirous of becoming a Member or a Student Member shall
complete and submit an Application For Membership to the Secretary-Treasurer of
the Society. The Application For
Membership shall be accompanied by dues for one year. The application shall be presented to the
membership convened at the Annual Meeting at which time the members shall vote
to either accept or reject the applicant for membership.
CHANGE OF
MEMBERSHIP
Section 6. When a Student Member is no longer pursuing a higher education
degree at a college or university, they shall notify the Secretary-Treasurer
and they will be changed to Member status.
DISQUALIFICATION
OF MEMBERSHIP
Section 7. Upon the written request of five members that for a cause
therein set forth a member be expelled, the
Executive Committee shall investigate the matter, and shall advise the
accused of the charges.
The accused shall be allowed sixty days in which to answer the charges,
after service has been had upon them, either in person, or by registered mail,
and should they not answer they will
stand expelled. If they answer the
charges, the Executive Committee shall consider the matter and refer it to a
vote of the Society. It shall take a
three-quarter vote of the members voting to expel. The vote shall be closed thirty days after
the Secretary sends out notice of the ballot.
CHARTER
MEMBERS
Section 8. Members joining the Society before May 1st, 1918, shall be
known as Charter Members.
HONORARY
MEMBERSHIP
Section 9. Any person may be
elected to Honorary Membership in the Society by the unanimous vote of
the Past Presidents convened at the
Annual Meeting. Honorary Members shall
be exempt from dues.
Article III
DUES
Section 1. The dues shall be set by a vote of the membership convened at
the Annual Meeting. Dues are to be paid
before the annual meeting of the Society in each year. Any member in arrears for two years shall be
deprived of the receipt of publications and suspended from the list of members.
Article IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President,
Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer.
PRESIDENT'S
DUTIES
Section 2. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society and
enforce a due observance of the Constitution and By-Laws and shall appoint all
officers and committees not otherwise provided for. The President shall announce the result of
all balloting and other votes of the Society, shall convene special meetings
when petitioned by ten members of the Society, and shall perform such other
duties as appertain to the office.
VICE-PRESIDENT'S
DUTIES
Section 3. The Vice-President shall assist the President of the Society
and shall perform the duties of the President during the absence of the
President.
SECRETARY-TREASURER'S
DUTIES
Section 4. The Secretary-Treasurer
shall keep a record of the minutes of Annual Meetings of the Society, develop
and maintain a roster of the names and addresses of all members, and perform
correspondence of the Society. The
Secretary-Treasurer shall collect membership dues, manage the financial affairs
of the Society, deliver a financial report to the Society at the Annual
Meeting, and deliver up to the successor at the end of the official term, all
books, papers, and other documents appertaining to the office as may be
required by the Society. The
Secretary-Treasurer shall deliver up, when legally called upon to do so, all
money, bonds, papers, books, and other documents belonging to the Society to
the successor in office or to whom the Society may specially appoint.
OFFICES
DECLARED VACANT
Section 5. Any office may be declared vacant by the Executive Committee
of the Society for inability or for non-attendance or for neglect of official
duties.
VACANCIES,
HOW FILLED
Section 6. All vacancies which may occur by death, resignation or
otherwise shall be filled by appointment by the Executive Committee and such
person shall hold office until the next annual election, unless removed from
office for cause given under Section 5.
TERM OF
OFFICE
Section 7. The term of the office of President, Vice-President,
Secretary-Treasurer and standing committees shall be one year, the official
term beginning at the close of business of the annual meeting and ending at the
close of business at the next annual meeting.
Article V
COMMITTEES
Section 1. There shall be an Executive Committee composed of the
President, Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer. The President shall appoint members to serve on the following committees:
Legislative, Site Selection, Dubissary, Resolutions, Transportation, Finance
and Audit, Scholarship, Presidential Project Award, and such other committees
as may be deemed necessary. The Finance and Audit, Scholarship, and
Presidential Project Award committees shall be standing committees of the
Society.
DUTIES OF
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to prepare the
program for meetings, and to discharge all other duties that may be required of
them by the Society. This Committee shall
be empowered to act on matters requiring prompt action between meetings of the
Society. It shall approve all bills if
correct, payable by the Society, and report as quickly as possible on any
business they may have on hand. Any
matters coming before the Society may be referred to this Committee, without
vote, provided no objection is made thereto.
Article VI
ELECTIONS
Section 1. The election of officers shall take place at the Annual
Meeting by a vote of the membership convened at the Annual Meeting. A slate of candidates shall be recommended
by the Nominating Committee which shall be chaired by the immediate Past
President of the Society. If the
immediate Past President is unable to chair the Committee the Committee shall
be chaired by the next immediate Past President able to serve as Chairman. The Chairman shall appoint two other Past
Presidents to serve on the Committee.
TIME AND
PLACE OF MEETING
Section 2. The time of the annual meetings shall be determined by the
Executive Committee. The place of
meetings shall be determined by vote of the membership convened at the Annual
Meeting.
Article VII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. The Articles of this Constitution may be amended at any Annual
Meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members voting; or the ballot may be by
mail. If the vote is to be conducted by
mail ballot the Secretary-Treasurer shall send a copy of the proposed
amendment, together with a ballot, to each member. After sixty days from the time when ballots
are sent out by the Secretary, the ballot shall be closed. The Secretary shall examine the ballot and
advise the President of the vote of the amendment.
By-Laws
(Revised February 4, 2005)
Article I
QUORUM
A quorum shall consist of
twenty of the Members.
Article II
PRINTING OF
THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
Copies of the Constitution and
By-Laws shall be printed and circulated. Each member shall be entitled to
one copy.
Article III
MANUAL
Roberts' Rules of order shall
be the manual governing parliamentary work.
Article IV
PROGRAM
At every annual or special
meeting of the Society a program shall be given; said program to consist of
original papers, discussions, or reviews of subjects pertaining to work and
problems connected with it.
Article V
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
The
Executive Committee will be required to prepare the program for the coming
meeting of the Society.
Article VI
USE OF DUES
All money paid into the
treasury shall be used as deemed expedient by the members of the Society.
Article VII
SALARY OF
SECRETARY
The Secretary-Treasurer shall receive
a salary set by vote of the members convened at the annual business meeting of
the Society.