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ARTICLE I -
NAME AND TERRITORY |
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Section 1: |
This organisation shall
be known as the Calcutta Section of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers, Inc. |
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Section 2: |
The territory of the
Calcutta Section includes postal codes 700000 through 720999 and
722000 through 859999, i.e. the states of West Bengal, Bihar. Orissa,
Jharkhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland,
Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, except the district, of Midnapore
(postal codes 721000 through 721999) in the state of West Bengal, in
the Republic of India. |
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Section 3: |
The Calcutta Section
shall have its principal offices in the city of Calcutta in the
state of West Bengal from which it shall carry out its management
and other administrative functions. |
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ARTICLE II
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OFFICERS |
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Section 1: |
The elected officers of
the Section shall be Chairman, Two Vice Chairman, Secretary and
Treasurer |
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Section 2: |
The term of office of the
Section Executive Committee shall be for one year. |
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Section 3: |
Terms of office will
begin on Is` January, but in any case, the outgoing Section
Executive Committee will continue until their successors are duly
elected and take office. |
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Section 4: |
Any vacancy occuring
during the year shall be filled by majority vote of the Section
Executive Committee (SEC). |
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Section 5: |
The duties of the elected
officers will be in accordance with the guideline
available in the RAB Operations Manual and IEEE Bylaws. |
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ARTICLE III
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STANDING COMMITTEES |
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Section 1: |
The Standing Committees
of the Section will be as follows:
1. Membership Development
Committee.
2. Professional
Activities Committee.
3. Student Activities
Committee.
4. Educational Activities
Committee.
5. Awards and Recognition
Committee.
6. Publication Committee. |
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Section 2: |
The Chairman of each of
the standing committees, will he appointed h\ the Section Executive
Committee, with the approval of majority 01 the Section Executive
Committee members and their term will expire the following December
every year. |
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Section 3: |
Each Committee Chairman
will appoint his Committee Members whose term will expire the
following December every year. |
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Section 4: |
The duties of the
Standing Committees will be available from RAD in the RAB Operations
Manual and IEEE Bylaws. |
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ARTICLE IV
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MANAGEMENT |
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Section 1: |
The Management of the
Section shall be by the Section Executive Committee which shall
consist of the elected' officers, nine elected members, immediate
past Chairman, Chairman of all the sub-sections as ex-officio
members, Vice Chairman and Chairman of all Group/Society chapters as
ex-officio committee members. More members, not exceeding four may
be co-opted by the Section Executive Committee. |
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Section 2: |
A majority of the Section
Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum. provided that
delegates elected by the Section membership are at least one greater
in number than delegates appointed to the Committee. |
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Section 3: |
A majority of the Section
Executive Committee present shall be necessary in the conduct of its
business. |
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Section 4: |
Meeting of the Section
Executive Committee will ordinarily he held monthly and will be
called by the Section Chairman/Secretary or by a request of any of
three members of the Section Executive Committee. |
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Section 5: |
The fiscal year of the
Section shall be 1st
January - 31st
December. |
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ARTICLE V
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NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS |
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Section 1: |
A
Nominating Committee consisting of three members other than the
acting officers of the Section shall be appointed by the Section
Chairman with the approval of the Section Executive Committee. |
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Section 2: |
The
nominations of the Nominating Committee will be announced to the
Section Membership and following this a minimum of 28 days allowed
for additional nominations by petition. To be valid, the petition
must be signed by 25 or more voting members other than students or
2% of the Section membership, whichever is fewer.
If only one nomination is made for each office, the elections will
he mule at the Annual General Meeting. If additional nominations
are made. elections will be made by ballot mailed to the membership
and the vote counted by an Election Committee appointed by the
Section Executive Committee. |
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Section 3: |
The
timetable for this procedure will be decided by the Section
Executive Committee. |
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Section 4: |
A plurality
of the votes cast shall be necessary for election. |
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ARTICLE VI
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BUSINESS MEETING |
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Section 1: |
In order to transact
business at a Section Membership Meeting at least twelve voting
members must be present to constitute a quorum. |
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ARTICLE VII
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FINANCES |
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Section 1: |
All expenditure of
Section funds must be approved by the Section Executive Committee. |
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Section 2: |
Without
prior authorisation of the IEEE Executive Committee, Section
funds can only be used for normal operations of the Section. |
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Section 3: |
The
Treasurer jointly with either the Chairman or the Secretary shall be
authorised to draw funds as approved by the Section Executive
Committee. |
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ARTICLE VIII
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AMENDMENTS |
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Section 1: |
Proposal for amendments to these Bylaws
may originate in the Section Executive Committee or by a petition
signed by 25 or more voting members other than students. |
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Section 2: |
Amendments to or revocation of these
Bylaws shall be in accordance with the IEEE Bylaws, RAB Bylaws and
RAB Operations Manual. |
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ARTICLE IX
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SUBSECTION |
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Section 1: |
Members of any town
within the Section territory may through a petition signed by 20 or
more members and approved by the Section Executive Committee form a
Sub-section for the purpose of organizing IEEE
activities in that town. |
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Section 2: |
A sub-section will be managed by a
Committee, elected annually. comprising of a Chairman, Vice
Chairman, Secretary-cum-Treasurer. Immediate Past Chairman and not
less than three or not more than five ordinary members. |
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Section 3: |
The Chairman of the sub-section shall be
an ex-officio Vice Chairman of the Section Executive Committee and
shall be responsible to the Section Executive Committee for liaison
and maintaining relations with Section Executive Committee. He/She
shall report to the Section Executive Committee the progress of the
subsection. |
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Section 4: |
The subsection shall report to the
Section Executive Committee on each meeting held by the subsection.
The subsection shall send to 'the Chairman, Vice Chairman and
Secretary of the Section Executive Committee every circular or
notification it sends to its members. |
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Section 5: |
Subsection shall be financed by the
Section Executive Committee such sums depending on its membership
and its meetings programme. |
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ARTICLE X
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GROUP/SOCIETY
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Group/Society chapters may be
established in accordance with IEEE Bylaws and shall operate within
the Section. |
