ASCE Metropolitan Section Constitution

ARTICLE I: NAME AND OBJECT
Section 1. The name of this organization shall be the Metropolitan Section, American Society of Civil Engineers.
Section 2. The objective of the Section shall be the advancement of the science and profession of engineering in a manner consistent with the objective of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

ARTICLE II: MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. All members of the American Society of Civil Engineers of all grades, who subscribe to the Constitution and By-laws of the Section, who have paid the current dues of the Section, and have registered with the Secretary, shall be Subscribing Members of the Section. All other members of the American Society of Civil Engineers of all grades, whose addresses are within the boundaries of the Section, as defined by the Society, shall be Assigned Members of the Section.
Section 2. Only Subscribing members and Assigned Life members shall have the right to vote, to hold office, to serve on committees, or to represent the Section officially.

ARTICLE III: DUES
Section 1. There shall be no entrance fee.
Section 2. Annual dues shall be established by the Board of Directors and shall be payable by a date established by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Members exempt from payment of dues in the Society, such as Life Members and Honorary Members, shall be exempted from payment of dues in the Section.

ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS AND GOVERNING BODY
Section 1. The Board of Directors in which the government of the Section shall be vested shall be constituted as follows: (a) Officers — Consisting of the President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. (b) Elected Directors — Six elected Directors of which one shall be designated the Membership Director and another shall be designated the Recording Director. (c) Ex-officio Directors — The Senior Vice-President or the President-Elect of the Younger Member Forum and of each established Branch. (d) Past Presidents — The two immediate Past President of the Section.
Section 2. All members of the Board of Directors, other than President, shall be elected by secret ballot mailed to all Subscribing Members of the Section. The office of President shall be assumed by the President-Elect at the end of their respective terms, or as otherwise provided in the event of vacancy.
Section 3. Any member of the Board of Directors may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of a majority of all members of the Board, duly assembled at a meeting.

ARTICLE V: MEETINGS
Section 1. The Annual meeting shall be held on such date and at such place as the Board of Directors designate. Other meetings shall be called at the discretion of the Board of Directors, or by the President upon the written request of at least ten Subscribing Members.
Section 2. Regular meetings shall be held at such times and places as the Board of Directors shall announce in advance. Page

ARTICLE VI: SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATIONS
Section 1. Subsidiary organizations may be formed within the Section, to facilitate the carrying out of the objectives of the Section, to promote interest in the Society and to provide to members of the Section a better opportunity for participation in local section activities, in accordance with the provisions of the By-laws.

ARTICLE VII: BY-LAWS
Section 1. The Section shall adopt By-laws consistent with this Constitution for the guidance of Officers and members.

ARTICLE VIII: AMENDMENTS
Section 1. This Constitution may be amended only by the following procedures: (a) A proposed amendment to this constitution must be submitted to the Section Secretary in a written petition signed by not less than 30 Subscribing members of the Section or voted upon by a majority of the Board of Directors. (b) The proposed amendment shall be voted upon by ballot to all Subscribing members and to become effective it shall receive an affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the Subscribing Members voting, and approval of the National Committee on Local Sections and District Council.

ARTICLE IX: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 1. No part of the net earnings of the Section shall inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and no substantial part of the activities of the Section shall be carrying on propaganda, and the Section shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
Section 2. Upon dissolution of the Section the assets remaining after the payment of the debts of the Section shall be distributed to such corporation, community chest, fund or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary or educational purposes, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals, which would then qualify under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended, as the Board of Director shall have designated and in the absence of such designation they shall be conveyed to the American Society of Civil Engineers.

ASCE Metropolitan Section By-Laws

ARTICLE I: OFFICERS, TERMS AND VACANCIES
Section 1. The terms of office for each officer shall begin at the close of the Annual Meeting and continue until the successor takes place.
Section 2. A vacancy in the office of President shall be filled by the President-Elect. A vacancy in the office of President-Elect shall be filled by the Vice-President. Other vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the Board of Directors.
Section 3. The term of the office of the President, the President-Elect and the Vice-President shall be one year; Secretary, Treasurer and Elected Directors two years; either the Secretary or Treasurer and three Elected Directors shall be elected on alternate years. The Ex-Officio Directors shall serve one year and shall be the Senior Vice-President or President-Elect of a Branch and the Younger Member Forum. The term of each newly elected Officer or Director shall begin at the close of the Annual Meeting immediately following his election and shall continue for the period named or until a successor is duly elected. The President, President-Elect, Vice-President and Directors may not serve consecutive terms of the same office.

ARTICLE II: NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Section 1. (a) Nominations, for candidates to appear on the annual Section election ballot, shall be made by a Nominating Committee of at least five Subscribing Members, including three recent Past Presidents and one representative from each Branch and YMF, appointed by the President. The President shall designate the chairman and announce the membership of the committee at the first regular meeting of the Section in the Fall of the year. (b) The Nominating Committee shall report to the Board of Directors and publicize to the membership not later than February 15, its list of one or more candidates, who are Subscribing Members, for each Section office to be filled for the term following the next Annual Meeting and shall secure the consent of the nominees to serve if elected. (c) The name of any Subscribing Member may be added as a candidate for any office on the printed ballot by the submission to the Secretary, before March 1, of a petition signed by fifty Subscribing Members.
Section 2. (a) During the first week in March, the Secretary shall send to each Subscribing member of the Section a mail ballot containing the list of official nominees and a space for a write-in vote for another Subscribing Member candidate for each Section office to be filled. To be eligible, a write-in candidate for each Section office to be filled. To be eligible, a write-in candidate must notify the Secretary in writing before the close of the polls of his willingness to serve if elected. (b) Mail ballots are to be returned to the Secretary not later than the first Monday in April, at which time the polls shall be closed. (c) The President shall appoint a committee of Tellers of the Subscribing Members and shall designate the chairman. The committee shall canvass the vote within seven days of the closing polls. The candidate receiving the highest vote cast for an office shall be declared elected. In the case of a tie vote, the names of the Subscribing Members who have tied for an office shall be placed on a piece of paper and folded and the member whose name is drawn blindly by the chairman of the Teller's Committee shall be declared elected when only one office is to be filled. Where offices for two or three Directors are to be filled, tie Subscribing Members may be declared elected to the extent of the vacancies to be filled. (d) The results of the election shall be announced at the April Meeting and in the May Newsletter.
Section 3. The President-Elect shall succeed to the office of President at the close of the Annual Meeting.

ARTICLE III: SELECTION OF RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES FOR NATIONAL OFFICE
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the Society Constitution and By-laws, a Committee, designated the Society Officer Candidate Committee, shall recommend candidates for any National ASCE office.
Section 2. The membership of the committee shall include the Past and Active Officers of the Society who were resident in the Section at the time of their election to Society office and who are resident in the Section at the time of their appointment to the Committee. The following Section officers shall also be members of the Committee: the President, the President-Elect, the immediate Past President, the Vice President, the Secretary and the Treasurer, plus the President, the First Vice President and Second Vice President of the Younger Member Forum, and the President, President-Elect and Vice President of each branch of the Section. The Committee shall be appointed in the Fall of each year by the President of the Section. The Committee shall elect its own chairman. Its members shall serve for one year.
Section 3. The Committee shall recommend to the Board for approval candidates for ASCE offices as defined in Section 1 and do all other things to implement its action such as participating in sessions with representatives of other Sections concerned with those same offices. It shall also publicize to the Section membership a short biography of each candidate it recommends, prior to the time ballots are mailed out.
Section 4. The Society Officer Candidate Committee shall similarly propose candidates to fill vacancies in ASCE offices, upon the request of the Board of Direction of the Society to the Section.

ARTICLE IV: MEETINGS
Section 1. In addition to the Annual Meeting, at least four meetings shall be held each year at regular intervals.
Section 2. All Business meetings of Section and Subsidiary organizations and meetings of the Board of Directors shall be governed by Robert's Rules of Order, Revised, except as otherwise provided in the Constitution and By-Laws.

ARTICLE V: BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. The government of the Section shall be vested in the Board of Directors.
Section 2. The Board of Directors shall have control of the property and management of the Section.
Section 3. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

ARTICLE VI: SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATIONS
Section 1. Formation of subsidiary organizations shall be subject to the approval of the Section Board of Directors and such other requirements as may be established by the Society. By-laws of subsidiary organizations shall be approved by the Section Board before becoming effective.
Section 2. Subsidiary organization may be, but are not limited to, Branches and Technical Groups. Names of subsidiary organizations shall be as set forth in the Rules of Policy and Procedures of the Society.
Section 3. Branches of the Section shall be created in accordance with the following requirements: (a) Those proposing of a new Branch shall demonstrate in writing how it will be of advantage to members in the area to have a branch. (b) A petition containing a minimum of 50 signatures of Society members residing in the area shall be submitted through the local section to the Committee on Local Sections and District Councils. (c) A proposed branch area shall contain a minimum potential of 100 members of the Society. (d) A proposed branch must have distinct boundaries stated in the petition.
Section 4. Technical Groups shall be created in accordance with the following requirements:
(a) Those proposing a Technical Group shall submit a statement to the Board of Directors with the name, objective, officers and brief comments on how it will be of advantage too members in the area to have a group. (b) Approval must be obtained from the Section Board of Directors to activate the group.
Section 5. Each subsidiary organization shall submit an annual budget and financial statement to the Board of Directors for approval at a date designated by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Each subsidiary organization President or Chairman shall submit an annual written report to the Board of Directors on the activities and programs of the organization at a date designated by the Board of Directors.
Section 7. Each subsidiary organization shall hold a minimum of two events per year. Any subsidiary organization that does not maintain the minimum activity level for two successive years shall automatically be disbanded. Assets of a disbanded subsidiary organization shall be assumed by the Section.
Section 8. All fiscal matters shall be under the control of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VII: YOUNGER MEMBER FORUM
Section 1. The Younger Members of the Section may establish and operate a Younger Member Forum for the purpose of preparing themselves for active participation in the affairs of the Society and promoting professional and social fellowship among themselves. The policy of the Section shall be to cooperate with the Forum in all practicable ways requested, and to assist them financially to such extent as may be approved by the Board of Directors of the Section.
Section 2. The Younger Member Forum shall adopt and be governed solely by its own Constitution, which with all amendments thereto, must be approved by the Board of Directors of the Section before becoming effective.

ARTICLE VIII: COMMITTEES
Section 1. The President shall appoint appropriate committees and committee chairmen subject to affirmation by the Board of Directors for each year's operations.

ARTICLE IX: DUTIES OF OFFICERS
Section 1. The Board of Directors shall be the governing body of this Section as provided in the Constitution. In the absence of the President, the other officers of the Section in the order mentioned in the Constitution, shall perform his duties.
Section 2. The Secretary, under the direction of the President and the Board of Directors, shall be the executive officer of the Section. He shall be the custodian of the property of the Section, excepting funds invested or in banks. He shall keep the records of the Section and conduct its correspondence, and he shall perform such other duties pertaining to the business of the Section as may be assigned to him by the President or the Board of Directors.
Section 3. The Treasurer shall have charge of the funds of the Section and shall deposit them in the name of the Section in a depository to be approved by the Board of Directors. All checks and withdrawals shall be signed by any of the two of the officers designated by the Board. The Treasurer shall render statements of accounts to the Board of Directors at such times as it may designate. At the end of each fiscal year, and at his discretion at other times, the President shall appoint an auditor who shall audit the accounts of the Treasurer. The Board shall designate one of its officers to certify the correctness of all bills.
Section 4. The Membership Director shall collect all dues and maintain a current list of Subscribing Members.
Section 5. The Recording Director shall prepare and distribute agenda and minutes of all Board of Directors meetings.
Section 6. The duties of the various standing committees shall be as indicated by their respective titles, together with such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the President or by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE X: AMENDMENTS
Section 1. By-Laws may be adopted or amended only by the following procedures: (a) A proposed amendment to these By-laws must be submitted to the Section Secretary in a written petition signed by not less than 30 Subscribing Members of the Section or voted upon by a majority of the Board of Directors. (b) The proposed amendment shall be voted upon by ballot to all Subscribing Members and to become effective it shall receive an affirmative vote of a majority of the Subscribing Members voting and approval of the National Committee on Local Sections and District Councils.