Repository: UIHistories Project: SWE - October 2007 UIUC SWE Bylaws [PAGE 6]

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ARTICLE VI – COMMITTEES Section 1. Committees A. The section does not contain standing committees. B. The executive council may establish other committees as the need arises. Section 2. Appointment The members of the committees shall be appointed by the chair of the committee with the approval of the president. Section 3. Duties The executive council shall prepare a description of the duties of each committee and reporting relationships. Section 4. Reports Each committee chair shall present a status report to the membership when requested by the president. Each committee chair shall also prepare an annual report providing input to the section’s final report to the Society. ARTICLE VII – DISSOLUTION** In the event of dissolution, the assets of the section shall be first used to pay any remaining debts, after which any remaining funds shall be disbursed to SWE regions, SWE sections, the SWE members at large organization, the Society, or SWE endowment funds as recommended by the executive council and approved by the SWE board of directors. ARTICLE VIII – PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY** The rules contained in the tenth edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern this section in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any special rules of order the section may adopt. ARTICLE IX – AMENDMENT** A. These bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at a meeting or of the ballots received prior to the stated deadline. B. Amendments may be proposed by a majority of the executive council or five voting members of the section. All proposed amendments must be submitted to the secretary. C. Written notice, delivered either by mail or electronically, must be given to all members of the section at least fifteen days prior to the date of the meeting or the specified date for voting to be completed. D. Amendments adopted by the section shall be sent to the Society secretary according to established procedures, and shall become effective after approved by the Society secretary. E. Sections marked with a double asterisk (**) are identical to the collegiate section bylaws template approved by the Society Board of Directors on November 13, 2006.

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