BY-LAWS OF THE KANSAS SECTION

OF

THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

revision approved June 14, 2005

 

ARTICLE I

Name and Purpose

 

1. The name of the Section shall be the Kansas Section of The Mathematical Association of America.

 

2. The purpose of the Kansas Section shall be to advance the mathematical sciences, especially at the collegiate level, by carrying out the purposes of the national organization within the territory defined below in Article II, Section I.

 

ARTICLE II

Membership

 

1. The membership of the Kansas Section shall be members of the Mathematical Association of America whose MAA mailing addresses are in Kansas, zip codes 66001-67999, except any MAA member who is a member of this section or another section as a result of requesting the national office for assignment to a particular section not determined by MAA mailing address.

 

ARTICLE III

Officers

 

1. The officers of the Section shall be a Chair, a Chair-Elect, an Associate Chair for Two-Year Colleges, and a Secretary-Treasurer.

 

2. The Executive Committee shall consist of the officers of the Section, the immediate past Chair, the Section Governor, an Information Coordinator, and a Liaison Coordinator. 

 

3. Each member of the Executive Committee must be a member of The Mathematical Association of America and of this Section.

 

4. The Chair-Elect shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Section. Officers for positions whose terms are ending will also be elected at that time. The new officers shall assume office upon adjournment of this meeting.

 

5. Candidates for all offices shall be nominated by a committee appointed by the Chair, but this shall not prevent other nominations being made by any member at the time of the annual election.

 

6. After a term of one year, the Chair-Elect shall become Chair  for a term of one year. The Chair shall not be eligible for immediate re-election as Chair-Elect.  The Associate Chair for Two-Year Colleges  shall have a term of two years and shall not be eligible for immediate re-election.  The Secretary-Treasurer shall have a term of three years and shall be eligible for immediate re-election.  The Information Coordinator and the Liaison Coordinator will be appointed by the Chair.  The Governor will be elected by the section membership as directed by the national office.

 

7. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Section and those of the Executive Committee, shall have general charge, and shall execute the affairs of the Section.  The Chair shall appoint all committees unless otherwise directed by the members at a meeting and shall be an ex-officio member of all committees.

  

8. The Chair-Elect shall, in the absence of the Chair, perform the duties of the Chair.  The major responsibility of the Chair-Elect shall be the organization of the annual meeting--both the program and the arrangements.

 

9. The Associate Chair for Two-Year Colleges shall assist the Chair in executing the affairs of the Section regarding two-year colleges and shall assist the Chair-Elect in plans regarding two-year colleges for the annual meeting.

 

10. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep all the books, accounts and records in the Section including archival materials such as minutes and programs of the annual meetings.  Archival materials are to be forwarded to the Section Archives at the end of the Secretary-Treasurer’s term.  The Secretary-Treasurer shall receive all monies paid into the Section for membership fees and all other purposes and shall deposit such money in a bank to the account of the Section, taking a regular receipt of deposit thereof.  The Secretary-Treasurer shall pay all bills of the Section out of the Section funds after approval by the Chair. The Secretary-Treasurer shall submit an annual financial report to the national office and an annual section report to the Committee on Sections.

 

11. The Executive Committee shall conduct the affairs of the Section between meetings.  It is empowered to fill any vacancy among the officers of the Section until the next annual meeting.  The Executive Committee shall annually review all operations of the Section and make recommendations to the Chair-Elect regarding the annual meeting of the Section.  This review, initiated by the Chair, may be completed in a formal gathering or electronically. 

 

12. The Information Coordinator shall manage the Section web site, posting items sent by the officers and items deemed appropriate by the Information Coordinator.  The Information Coordinator will set up and maintain links to other sites as appropriate.

 

13. The Liaison Coordinator shall work with the national office to recruit MAA Department Liaisons for each mathematics department in the Section.  The Liaison Coordinator shall disseminate bulletins about activities within the Section to the Liaisons within the Section.

 

ARTICLE IV

Meetings

 

1. The Section shall hold one annual meeting each year.  The time and place of this meeting shall be decided by the Executive Committee.  This meeting will normally be held in the spring. 

 

2. The program and arrangements for the annual meeting shall be handled by the Chair-Elect.  The business meeting shall be prepared by the Chair.             

 

3. The Section may hold special meetings, the time and place of which shall be determined by the Executive Committee, unless otherwise designated by a resolution by the members at a meeting.

 

4. The members present at any regular or special meeting shall constitute a quorum, provided the members of the Section have been notified in writing or electronically  of such meeting at least ten days in advance.             

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

Fees and Use of Assets

 

1. A registration fee as determined by the Chair-Elect in consultation with the Chair and Secretary-Treasurer shall be collected from those registering at each official meeting of the Section.

 

2. The assets of the Kansas Section shall be used exclusively to further the purposes of the Section, and in the event of the dissolution of the Section the remaining assets will be returned to the national organization to be used for a purpose consistent with the purposes of the national organization.

 

ARTICLE VI

Amendments

 

1. Amendments to the By-Laws may be proposed by the Executive Committee or by the written endorsement of at least three members of the Section to the Executive Committee.

 

2. The Secretary-Treasurer shall see that any proposed amendment is disseminated to every member of the Section at least fifteen days prior to the meeting at which the voting on the amendment will take place.

 

3. An amendment of the By-Laws receiving a majority of the votes cast by the members in attendance of a regular or special meeting of the Section is then submitted by the Chair to the MAA Committee on Sections for its recommendation to the Board of Governors. Final approval is given by the Board of Governors of The Mathematical Association of America.

 

4. A complete revision of this set of By-Laws will be subject to the same procedure as that of amending this set.