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RFC 2135 ISOC By-Laws April 1997
The President shall serve ex-officio as a non-voting Trustee.
With the exception of the President, all Trustees shall be elected
by the Regular Individual Members of the Society or shall be
appointed by the Board to fill a vacancy which arises because an
elected Trustee has ceased to serve.
Any vacancy which arises because an elected or appointed Trustee
has ceased to serve may be fill by appointment by the Board until
a new Trustee is elected to fill this position for the remainder
of the term, in an election of Trustees by the Regular Individual
Members of the Society.
All Trustees appointed by the Board shall be by the affirmative
vote of at least four-fifths of the members of the Board of
Trustees then in office.
The Board shall seek to among the Trustees representative
individuals from industry, from educational and nonprofit
organisations and from government. The Board may also make such
arrangements as it deems appropriate for the terms of Trustees to
be staggered. A Trustee may serve additional terms provided that
the number of successive terms shall not exceed two, except that
service as an appointed Trustee prior to July 1995 shall not be
counted in this computation.
Section 3.
All actions taken by the Board pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of
this Article II shall require the affirmative vote of at least
four-fifths of the members of the Board of Trustees then in
office.
Section 4.
The Trustees shall not receive any compensation (apart from
reimbursement of expenses) for their services as Trustees, but
this shall not preclude reasonable compensation for services
rendered to the Society by a Trustee in some other capacity.
Section 5.
The affairs of the Society shall be directed by its Board of
Trustees. The President of the Society shall submit to the Board,
at least one month prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, a
budget for the Society's coming fiscal year, for the Board's
consideration and approval.
Section 6.
Meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be held at least annually
and at any place designated by the Board.
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