1) Preamble: should read "Nothing in these bylaws is to be
construed as
to be contrary to the IEEE Bylaws, Constitution, Policy &
Procedures, or
the RAB Operations Manual."
- slight rewording
2) Article III, Section 2, "shall hold office for one year OR until
their
successors . . ."
- added
3) Article III, Section 3. According to the RAB Operations
Manual,
officers are not supposed to serve for more than two years.
Now, we all
know how hard it is to get volunteers, so of course many
do. But to state
it outright in the bylaws is awkward, as it is in
direct conflict with a
referenced document.
- rewording
4) Article III, Section 6. I'm a little confused. Is letter
b. or letter
e. referring to the annual officer and meeting reports that the
Secretary
is to submit to IEEE Headquarters? To my knowledge, there
are no direct
reporting requirements for the IEEE Secretary.
-
Dropped part b, requiring the secretary to reoprt to "the" IEEE secretary
5) Article VII, Section 4. The reference to the Section Junior
Past Chair
is a little confusing. This office is not described
anywhere else . . . is
there a Section Senior Past Chair?
- changed
to "previous Chair"
Later in the same paragraph and in the later Articles, there are references
to "Groups" and "Group Chapters". These references within the IEEE are
specific. Normally the units are referred to as "Society
Chapters." We
also have a (relatively) new unit you may be familiar
with called Affinity
Groups. These are groups for one of three
interests: Graduates of the
Last Decade (GOLD), Women in Engineering
(WIE), and Consultants' Networks.
Although you have no group(s) at this
time, you may wish to include
something about these groups in the event that
they begin forming in the
near future.
- Left the committee name
Group Chapters, but changed wording significantly to change other mentions of
"Group Chapters" to Society Chapters and Affinity Groups. To find
all changes, search for the text "Affinity"
6) Article IX, Section 6. You may want to note that insurance and
bonding
coverage is provided by the IEEE. Lest some future officer
think this is
something y'all have to go out and buy.
- added this
info
7) Article IX, Section 2. Add "and Regional Activities Board." to
the end
of this sentence.
- added this info
8) Article XI, Section 4. Subsections do not have their own
bylaws. They
must operate within the structure of the Section's
bylaws. You have done a
nice job of detailing the relationship and
responsibilities in your other
sections of this article.
-
significantly modified this paragraph.