Adopted 6/20/78

Amended 6/28/88

Article I

Name and Objectives

Section 1.  The name of the Division shall be the Electrical and Computer Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education.

Section 2.  The objectives of the Division are those of the parent Society but with special emphasis to those objectives which pertain to the field of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Article II

Membership

Section 1.  Membership shall consist of all individual members of the Society who designate Electrical Engineering as a divisional interest on the records of the Society.

Article III

Officers

Section 1.  The officers shall be (1) Chairman, (2) Vice Chairman and (3) Secretary-Treasurer, all of whom shall be members of ASEE.

Section 2.  The officers shall serve one-year terms, beginning immediately after the conclusion of each Annual Meeting, and shall hold office until their final annual program responsibilities are discharged.

Section 3.  The Vice Chairman shall become Chairman, and the Secretary-Treasurer shall become Vice Chairman at the end of their terms of office.

Section 4.  The Secretary-Treasurer shall be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Division by majority vote of those Division members who are present at the meeting.

Section 5.  Should an office of the Division become vacant, the highest ranking remaining officer may, at his or her discretion,

a.  leave the office unfilled until the next Annual Meeting of the Division, at which time, after the succession described in Article III, Section 3, the bacant office shall be filled by majority vote of those present; or

b.  upon recommendation by the Executive Committee, fill the vacancy until the time of the next election; or

c.  conduct an election by mail to fill the vacant office.  A majority vote of those voting shall be required for election.

Section 6.  The Chairman shall:

Have administrative responsibility for the conduct of all functions of the Division in accordance with these Bylaws and the policies and procedures established by the Executive Committee.

Schedule, organize, and preside over the Annual Meeting of the Division and all meetings of the Executive Committee.

Appoint committees in accordance with the Bylaws.

Compile an annual report of the activities of the Division as requested by the Secretary of the Society.

Section 7.  The Vice Chairman shall act for the Chairman in his or her absence, and be responsible for such administrative assignments as are given him or her by the Chairman.  The Vice Chairman shall also serve as Division Program Chairman and, in this capacity, be responsible for planning and organizing all sessions to be sponsored or cosponsored by the Division at the Annual Meeting of the parent Society.

Section 8.  The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep records of the activities of the Division, such as minutes of meetings, and also shall be the financial officer of the Division.  He or she shall make a financial accounting to the Division at the Annual Meeting.

Article IV

Executive Committee

Section 1.  The affairs of the Division shall be administered by an Executive Committee consisting of the elected officers of the Division and the immediate past chairman.  The Chairman of the Division shall serve as Chairman of the Executive Committee.

Article V

Meetings

Section 1.  A meeting to be designated the ANNUAL MEETING shall be held at the Annual Meeting of the parent Society.

Section 2.  Other meetings may be called by the Chairman with concurrence of the other officers.

Section 3.  A quorum shall consist of not less than twenty members.

Article VI

Committees

Section 1.  The Executive Committee shall establish such committees as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the Division.  Two standing committees, the Nominating Committee and the Awards Selection Committee, shall be maintained.

Section 2.  The Nominating Committee shall be composed of the immediate past Chairman of the Division as Chairman and two Division members appointed by the Division Chairman with the advice and consent of the Executive Committee.

Section 3.  The Awards Selection Committee shall be composed of three elected members and three members appointed by the Division Chairman, with the concurrence of the Executive Committee.  The three elected members and the three appointed members shall serve three staggered terms so that one elected member and one appointed member shall be replaced each year.  The Chairman of the Awards Selection Committee shall be appointed by the Division Chairman to serve for a one-year term and shall be chosen from the Committee membership and be without vote.

The Awards Selection Committee shall select recipients of Awards by the Division in accordance with the provisions of each Award and the procedures and policies established by the Executive Committee.

Article VII

Publications

Section 1.  The Division shall sponsor, produce, and circulate such publications as the Executive Committee may determine to be appropriate.

Article VIII

Amendments

Section 1.  Amendments to these Bylaws may be made at the Annual Meeting of the Division upon affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present.

Section 2.  Proposed amendments are to be prepared by a committee of three members appointed by the Chairman of the Division.  The amendments are to be sent to the members by letter or in the publication of the Division not later than thirty days before they are to be voted upon.

Article IX

Dissolution

Section 1. Upon the dissolution of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, the residual assets of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Division remaining thereafter shall be conveyed to such organization then existent, dedicated to the perpetuation of objectives similar to those of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, so long as whichever organization is selected by the governing body of the Division at the time of dissolution shall be exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) and 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or under such successor provision of the Code as may be in effect at the time of the Division's dissolution.