Article VI – Duties of Officers

March 18th, 2011

Section 1. The President shall preside at all meetings. He/She shall appoint all committees and be Chairman of the Executive Council and member ex officio of all other committees.

Section 2. The Vice-President shall assume the duties of the President in the latter’s absence.

Section 3. In case the President and the Vice-President are absent at a meeting, a temporary Chairman may be chosen by a simple majority vote.

Section 4. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the Society and of the Executive Council; shall give notice of the meetings of the Society; shall attend to all general correspondence; shall keep all records and files of the Society.

Section 5. The Assistant Secretary shall assume the duties of the Secretary in the latter’s absence.

Section 6. The Treasurer shall receive all monies for the Society and deposit them in the name of the Society in such banking institutions, as the Executive Council shall direct. He shall pay there from by draft or cheque all bills and obligations of the Society; he shall keep an account of all monetary transactions and shall exhibit a statement of them when called for by the President or by the Executive Council, and shall make a full report for the preceding calendar year at the annual meeting.

Section 7. At the expiration of his/her term of office, each officer shall deliver to his/her successor all books, papers, funds, and vouchers belonging to the Society.

Section 8. The Society shall not and may not make any dividend, gift, division, or bonus in money or other property to any of its members.