
BYLAWS
of the
(AACHE)
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Section
1.01 - Name of Corporation
Section
1.02 - Principal Office
Section
2.02 - Number, Election, Qualification, Term
c.
Campus Chapter Representatives
Section
2.03 - Voting and Voting Privileges
Section
2.07 - Transfer of Board of Director Membership
Section
2.08 - Responsibilities of Board Members
Section
2.10 - Annual Meetings
Section
2.13 - Time and Place of Meetings
Section
2.16 - Conduct of Meetings
ARTICLE
III MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section
3.01 - Executive Committee
Section
3.02 - The Chapter Represe
Section
4.01 - Designation and Duties
Section
4.02 - Nominating Committee:
a.
Articles and Bylaws Committee:
Section
4.02 - Other Committees
Section
4.03 - General Responsibilities of Committees
Section
4.05 - Notice of Committee Meetings
Section
4.06 - Quorum: Majority Vote
Section
5.02 - Membership Categories
Section
6.02 - Deposit of Funds
Section
8.03 - Service to Campus Chapters
Section
9.01 - Position Papers
ARTICLE
X INDEMNIFICATION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section
10.01 - Indemnification
Section
10.02 - Insurance and Other Indemnification
ARTICLE
XI AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS
ARTICLE
XII CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Section
12.01 - Conflict of Interest
BYLAWS of the
(AACHE)
Section
1.01 - Name of Corporation
The name of the corporation
is ARIZONA ASSOCIATION OF CHICANOS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, INC., (AACHE), (herein
after referred to as the "Association").
Section
1.02 - Principal Office
The principal office of the
Corporation shall be located in
The Association shall also
have offices at such other places within the State of
The corporate seal shall
have inscribed thereon the name of the Association and the year and place of
incorporation.
Such seal may be engraved,
lithographed, printed, stamped, impressed upon or affixed to any contract,
conveyance or other instrument executed by the Association.
The purpose of this
organization shall be to provide a forum for the discussion of issues related to
Chicanos in higher education and to cooperate in providing workable solutions to
these issues.
The official title for the
governing body of the Association shall be the Board of Directors.
The activities, affairs and property shall be managed, directed and
controlled, and its powers exercised by, and vested in, the Board of Directors.
The Board shall have all powers necessary to carry out the purposes of
the Association as specified in the Articles of Incorporation as amended, laws
of the State of
Section
2.02 - Number, Election, Qualification, Term
The Board of Directors shall
consist of not less than five (5) persons who-are elected at an annual meeting
of Directors. The Board of Directors
shall be comprised of the Executive Committee, Student Representative(s), and
Chapter Representatives. No Director may hold more than one (1) office. All
Board members must be active, paid members of the
The Executive Committee
shall consist of the President, Immediate Past President, President- Elect,
Secretary, Treasurer, Newsletter Editor, Membership Coordinator, and such other
officers as the Board may from time to time designate.
The Nominations Committee
shall submit to the general membership of the Association a slate of candidates
for the office of President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Newsletter Editor, and
Membership Coordinator at least one month prior to the Annual Meeting.
The report shall include a brief professional profile on each candidate
nominated for office. Nominations may be made from the floor at the Annual
Meeting, with the consent of the nominee. From the completed slate of
candidates, those receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected. The
vote shall be by email or paper ballot. Officers are elected for one (1) year.
New officers shall assume duties immediately after the Annual Meeting. An
elected member of the Board of Directors shall hold the same office more than
two consecutive years upon recommendation of the President.
From one (1) to three (3)
Student Representatives shall be elected by the student membership as follows:
one (1) from the Northern Region, one (1) from the Central Region, and one (1)
from the Southern Region.
Each AACHE Chapter will
elect a Chapter Representative to the Board of Directors with the option of
having a proxy vote. In a case where
there is no Chapter Representative who attends the AACHE Board Meetings, the
AACHE President may designate a Chapter Representative subject to the approval
of the Board of Directors.
Section
2.03 - Voting
and Voting Privileges
At each meeting of the
Directors of the Association for election of Directors, each Director of the
Association shall have the right to vote via e-mail or paper ballot for as many
nominees as there are vacancies on the Board of Directors.
Board of Directors will be listed on the AACHE website.
Election of the Executive
Committee shall be by secret ballot or e-mail voting and by simple majority.
If no candidate receives a simple majority of the whole number of votes
cast, the paid membership shall ballot a second time between the two candidates
receiving the highest number of votes on the first ballot. If the votes should
be evenly divided between the two-runoff candidates, balloting continues until
the one receiving the most votes shall be the winner.
The right to vote in the Association shall be determined by membership catego