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PRESIDENT - The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Association and shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Association. He shall preside over all meetings of the members and of the Board. He shall have power to appoint all standing committees and shall be a ex-officio member of all standing committees and shall be Chairman of the Membership Committee.
VICE-PRESIDENT - In the absence of the President, the Vice-President shall assume the duties of the President. He shall function as Chairman of the Program Committee and shall be a ex-officio member of all standing committees.
SECRETARY - The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the members and of the Board, and shall preserve the minutes of the proceedings of all meetings and shall perform such other duties as may be delegated by the President.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY - this officer shall act as Assistant Secretary and supernumerary to the Treasurer and shall perform the duties of Treasurer in the absence of that individual.
TENURE OF OFFICE - Officers shall be elected for a term of one (1) year. If, for any reason, an office should become vacant during the fiscal year, the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Board of Directors for the expired term.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS - The Board of Directors shall function as an advisory committee to the officers of the Association, shall function as the nominating Committee, and shall have the power to bring any measure before any meeting of the membership for vote. The Board shall also review all proposals to amend the By-Laws of the Association and shall have the power to reject the proposals, or to bring these proposals before the membership for acceptance, as hereinafter provided in ARTICLE X. They shall also direct disbursement of Association funds by the Treasurer.
Any member may be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the Officers and Board of Directors. A Member so expelled may, if he chooses, defend himself in a private hearing before the aforesaid officers and directors acting as a committee. Grounds for expulsion may be any act uncomplimentary to the Pipeliners Association.
The Board of Directors of this Association, may upon its unanimous approval, bestow upon any member, who, in the opinion of the said Board, has performed special outstanding service to the Association, as Honorary Membership for such meritorious service and remit the annual dues of such member for life of this Association.
Upon approval of the Membership Committee, a member who may be transferred and by reason thereof is unable to participate in the Association activities, may transfer his membership in this Association to another employee of the same company or organization with whom he is employed by the following procedure: First; furnish the Association with his written consent authorizing the transfer of his membership transferred. Secondly; the person to whom the membership may be transferred shall submit to the Association an application for membership accompanied with the prevailing initiation fee. The Membership Committee reserves the right to elect of reject such application.
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