New England Section

                       A member of ACSM Council of Sections

 

      CONSTITUTION

 

 

 

ARTICLE I:  NAME, LOCATION AND OBJECTIVE

 

  1. The name of this organization shall be New England Section, A Member of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping-Council of Sections, hereafter referred to as NES.

 

2.      The headquarters shall be located at the place of business of the Secretary, and the meeting places shall be selected by the NES Executive Board.

 

  1. The NES is a non-profit organization whose objectives shall be:

 

    1. To advance the sciences and practices of surveying and mapping in their several branches in furtherance of the public welfare and in the interests of both those who use maps and surveys and those who make them and to establish a central source of reference and union for its members.

 

    1. To encourage the continuance and improvement of college curricula for the teaching of surveying, mapping, spatial information systems and all spatial data programs, including both technical and philosophical components.

 

    1. To contribute to public education in the use of maps, charts and other representations of spatial data.

 

ARTICLE II: MEMBERSHIP

 

  1. Any person who is involved in any of the professions of surveying and mapping or spatial information systems and who has fully paid their dues shall be a member of NES.
  2. Members joining after October 1st shall be considered members for the current year and the following year.

3.      NES may elect to honorary membership any person who in its judgment has rendered special service to NES or has especially promoted its aims and objectives.  Such an election shall be by two-thirds affirmative vote of NES members present at any regular meeting, after consideration and nomination by a member of the NES Executive Board.  Not more than two honorary members shall be elected in any one year.

 

ARTICLE III: SEPARATIONS

 

A member, Officer or Director may be expelled from NES for willful disregard of NES principles and purposes or for conduct detrimental to NES welfare or reputation.  Expulsion shall require a two-thirds affirmative vote of the entire NES Executive Board.  Thirty days notice shall be given said member in order that the member may be present and heard at a hearing on such action.  Whether the member is or is not present, the vote shall be called for by the President of the Executive Board and voted on by those present with absent Board members polled subsequently.

 

ARTICLE IV: DUES AND ASSESMENTS

 

1.    Any changes to NES annual dues that are collected and retained for use by NES shall be voted upon by ballot of the membership after recommendation by the Executive Board.  The details of such charges shall be determined at the time the matter is presented for consideration and shall be set forth in a letter to the membership.  A majority vote of the members voting shall be necessary to authorize levying of a change in dues assessment.

2.      Honorary and Life members shall not be required to pay NES dues.

3.      Annual NES dues shall be payable in advance by January 1.  A bill shall be mailed to each NES member before December 31 stating the amount of dues payable. 

4.      Members failing to pay by April 30 will not be qualified to vote until their dues are paid.

5.      Members more than one year in arrears will be dropped from the NES rolls.

 

ARTICLE V: OFFICER AND DIRECTORS

 

1.      The officers of NES shall consist of a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.

    1. The NES Executive Board shall consist of the elected Officers of NES, the Immediate Past President and the elected Directors.
    2. The duties and method of election of NES Executive Board will be in accordance with the NES Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE VI: MEETINGS

 

NES shall hold a minimum of two meetings per year.  The kind, time and place of meeting shall be as provided in the NES Bylaws.

 

ARTICLE VII: AMENDMENTS

 

Amendments or additions to this Constitution must be approved by a majority vote of the Executive Board and be ratified by a majority of NES members voting.

 

ARTICLE VIII:  BYLAWS

 

Bylaws are essential for the conduct of NES affairs and may be added at the discretion of the NES Executive Board.  These additional Bylaws will be in force until the next Annual Meeting of NES at which time they will be submitted to the NES membership.  A majority affirmative vote of the members present is required for adoption.