Article I - Responsibilities of the Section

The Section shall not be responsible for any personal views, theories, or statements advanced in authored papers, articles, or discussions presented at its meetings or set forth in any of its publications.

Article II - Membership

Section I: Application for Membership:

A. Application for membership in the Society as an Individual, Corporate, Sustaining, Student, Military, or Retired member shall be in writing in such form and detail as required by Headquarters; Shall be signed by the applicant; and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fees. Applications shall be submitted either to the Managing Director at Headquarters, or to the Secretary or Chairman of the Section with which the applicant desires to affiliate.

B. All applications and fees submitted to a Section shall be forwarded to the Managing Director at Headquarters within thirty (30) days.

Section II: Fees - Fees, and remission of fees to Sections, shall be as established by the Board of Directors (hereinafter called the Board) of the Society.

Article Ill - Officers

Section I: Officers - The officers of the Section shall be as stated in the Section Constitution, Article V.

Section II: Duties and Responsibilities Shall be as defined in the Guidelines for Section Operations.

Article IV - Board of Directors

Section I: Activity - A Board of Directors, chosen from its members, shall manage the affairs of the Section. The Board may appoint, remove, and fix duties of Officers or Committees not defined in the Constitution and Bylaws.

Section II: Composition - The Board of Directors shall consist of: a) The Chairman who shall be the Chairman of the Section, or in his absence, the Vice-Chairman of the Section appointed by the Chairman to act in his behalf. b) The remaining Officers of the Section. c) The immediate Past Chairman of the Section. d) Four (4) Directors elected from the Active Membership.

Section III: Terms of Office - Each officer shall serve a term of one (1) year beginning at the adjournment of the annual meeting at which he is elected. Each elected director shall serve a term of two (2) years beginning at the adjournment of the annual meeting at which he is elected. Two of the four elected directors shall be elected each year.

Section IV: Vacancies - Vacancies in the elected positions shall be filled by election based on candidate selection by, and balloting by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Board.

Section V: Board Meetings - At least six (6) meetings minimum of the Board shall be held in each fiscal year. The Board shall determine the times and places of its meetings. Meetings shall be announced by letter to the members of the Board at least six (6) days in advance. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman or by the Secretary upon a signed petition of three (3) Board members. Such special meetings shall be announced by letter as stated above.

Section VI: Regulation - The Board of Directors shall regulate its own proceedings, operation in accordance with Robert's "Rules of Order" (most current edition) when applicable and not inconsistent with the Constitution or Bylaws. The Board of Directors may by resolution, delegate powers to special committees.

Article V - Officers

Section I: The Officers of the Section elected from the membership shall consist of a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary. Each of the Officers shall perform the duties, legally or customarily attached to their respective offices under the laws of the State of Louisiana, and such other duties as may be required of them by the Bylaws.

Section II: A vacancy in the office of Chairman, either temporary or permanent, shall by filled in the following order:

a) By the Vice Chairman

b) By the Treasurer

c) By the Secretary

d) By any member of the Board of Directors, as determined by the Board of Directors.

Section III: The Board of Directors shall consist of:

a) The Section Officers

b) The Immediate Past Chairman

c) Four (4) Directors selected from the active Membership

Section IV: Five (5) members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum.

Section V: Vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors, or any elected office except the Chairmanship, shall be filled by appointment of an active member of the Section by the Board of Directors.

Article VI - Duties of Officers

Section I: The Chairman shall have general administration charge of the affairs of the Section and shall preside over meetings of the Section. He shall appoint the Chairmen of all committees.

Section II: The Vice-Chairman shall act for the Chairman in the latter's absence.

Section III: The Treasurer shall receive, disburse and account for all moneys belonging to the Section.

Section IV: The Secretary shall transcribe minutes of all meetings and attend to Section correspondence as required.

Article VII -Meetings

Section I: The Section shall hold an annual meeting as provided by the Bylaws.                                                               Section II: Technical meetings shall be held as provided by the Bylaws.                                                                           Section III: Special Section meetings may be called at any time by:

a) The Board of Directors, by notifying members in writing thirty (30) days in advance of the meeting.

b) The Secretary, upon petition signed by at least ten percent (10%) of the voting members, by notifying the members in writing ten (10) days in advance of the meeting.

Section IV: The Board of Directors shall meet at least six (6) times each year, as specified by the Bylaws.

Section V: The Section may hold educational, technical, engineering, or scientific meetings, symposia, or conferences at such times and such places as the board of Directors may determine subject to the policies of the Society.

Section IV: The Section may elect (for a one-year period) Honorary Section Members by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Section's Board of Directors. Dues to the Society shall be paid for such Honorary Members out of the Section's Treasury