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Article l Name and Purpose
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1. This organization shall be known as
Kansas Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (KATESOL).
Section
2, The purposes of KATESOL shall
be: (a)
to stimulate professional development in the field of TESOL; (b) to
collect and disseminate information about TESOL and about new developments in
related fields; (c) to provide
opportunities for discussion and group study of problems in TESOL; and (d) to promote and support ESOL programs
in the community.
Article ll. Membership
Anyone
residing in the State of Kansas, or in surrounding areas, who is interested in
the teaching of English to speakers of other languages, is eligible for
membership upon payment of the annual dues.
Article lll. Officers
Section
1. The officers of KATESOL shall be a
President, a First Vice President, a Second Vice President, and a
Secretary-Treasurer. Candidates for
these offices must be members in good standing of KATESOL and of the national
TESOL.
Section
2. The Executive Committee shall consist
of the officers and two Members-at-Large.
Section
3. The President shall preside at
meetings, shall appoint such committees as are authorized by the Executive
Committee, and shall have general responsibility for conducting the business of
the organization. The President shall
serve for one year, and shall then assume the office of Second Vice President
for one year.
Section
4. The First Vice President shall
perform the duties of the President in the absence of, or as directed by the
latter, and shall succeed the latter as President.
Section
5. The Secretary-Treasurer shall collect
and disburse the funds of the organization.
The term of the Secretary-Treasurer shall be two years, but the
incumbent may be re-elected.
Section
6. The term of the Members-at-Large
shall be two years, overlapping, one new Member-at-Large to be elected at each
annual meeting.
Section
7. The KATESOL NEWSLETTER editor shall
be appointed by the Executive Committee.
The term of the Editor shall be three years, but the incumbent may be
reappointed.
Article lV. Meetings
Meetings,
including the annual business meeting, shall be held at times and places decided
by the Executive Committee and announced in the KATESOL NEWSLETTER. Those members in good standing present at a
meeting shall constitute a quorum. There
shall be a minimum of two Executive Committee meetings annually, at times to be
determined by the President.
Article V. Amendments
Proposed
amendments to the Constitution must either (a) be approved by a majority of the
members of the Executive Committee or (b) be submitted to the President in a
petition signed by at least 10% of the members in good standing. Any proposed amendment shall be distributed
to all the members at least 60 days before the amendment is voted on. To be effective, amendments must be ratified
by a 2/3 majority of those members in good standing voting in person or by
proxy at the next business meeting.
Article Vl. Elections
Section
1. The Nominating Committee shall
consist of five members. The chairperson
of the Nominating Committee shall be chosen by the Executive Committee from the
four elected members of the retiring Nominating Committee. The remaining four members shall be elected
by the members at the annual business meeting.
The Nominating Committee shall provide the Secretary-Treasurer , by the
following December 31, with a slate for the following election consisting of
one or more candidates to replace those officers and members-at-large whose
terms are expiring.
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2. At least 60 days before the annual
business meeting, the Secretary-Treasurer shall present the slate of the
Nominating Committee to the membership.
Additional nominations may be made by any member; these additional nominations must be
submitted in writing to the Secretary-Treasurer at least 30 days before the annual
business meeting.
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3. Election shall be by secret
ballot. Ballots shall be mailed out to
members at least two weeks before the election.
When there are three or more candidates for an office, a plurality of
the votes is sufficient for election.
The ballots shall be counted by the President and the First Vice
President.
Article Vll. Membership and
Dues
Section
1. Membership shall be from January
through December.
Section
2. Dues shall be fixed by the Executive
Committee and ratified by a majority vote of the members in good standing
present at the annual meeting.
Article Vlll. Affiliation
KATESOL
shall abide by all applicable articles and by-laws of the national TESOL
constitution.
KATESOL BYLAWS
l. Membership
A. All interested individuals who apply for
membership and pay the duly assessed dues of the organization shall be
"members," and when duly recorded as a member in good standing shall
be entitled to one vote in any business meeting of KATESOL.
B. All members who are students in graduate or
undergraduate university or college study shall be "student members,"
and shall enjoy all the privileges of individual membership.
C. Any profit or non-profit institution or
organization that pays the duly assessed dues for that type of organization
shall be an "institutional member."
An institutional member shall have one designated representative to
KATESOL who shall have one vote in any business meeting of KATESOL.
ll.
Duties of
Officers
A. The President shall preside at all business
meetings of KATESOL and at all meetings of the Executive Committee. In the absence of the President, the
President's duties shall be assumed successively by the First and Second Vice
Presidents. The President shall appoint
the members of all committees.
B. The First Vice President shall be responsible
for the planning and program development for all conferences sponsored by
KATESOL. As successor to the President,
the First Vice President shall also undertake such other responsibilities as
the President may delegate.
C. The Second Vice President Shall be
responsible for membership development and shall act as KATESOL liaison with
TESOL.
D. The Secretary-treasurer shall maintain
financial and membership records and make an annual financial and membership
report to the Executive Committee and to the Annual Business meeting.
lll. The Executive Committee
A. The Executive Committee shall conduct the
business of KATESOL under general policies determined in KATESOL business
meetings. Four members of the Executive
Committee shall constitute a quorum.
B. The Executive Committee shall be responsible
for developing structures for close liaison with other Kansas professional
organizations having similar concerns.
C. Minutes of the Executive Committee and a
record of its actions shall be available to the members of KATESOL at the
Annual meeting.
lV. Other Committees
A. There shall be a Program Committee for each
conference sponsored by KATESOL. The
First Vice President shall be a member of the Program committee. Other members may be appointed by the
President upon the recommendation of the First Vice President.
B. The Executive Committee shall authorize all
standing committees of KATESOL, and the President shall appoint or re-appoint
the members of such committees immediately following the Annual Meeting. In addition, the President with the approval
of the Executive Committee shall be empowered to establish such ad hoc
committees as the President shall deem necessary or useful for the efficient
conduct of KATESOL.
V. Business Meetings
A. Any Paid-up member of KATESOL attending a
business meeting of the organization shall be eligible to vote as provided for
in the "membership" section of these bylaws.
B. Members of TESOL who are not members of
KATESOL shall be entitled to attend Business Meetings, but without the right to
vote.
Vl. Elections
A.
Elections of KATESOL officers shall be held as provided for in the KATESOL
Constitution.
B. The Secretary-Treasurer shall provide an
election ballot to each person who has met the requirements to vote in KATESOL
business meetings, as provided for in the "Membership" section of the
KATESOL bylaws, for any period during the twelve months immediately proceeding
the election. An institutional member
shall be provided with a maximum of one ballot which will be sent to its
designated representative at the time of the election.
C. Completed ballots shall be returned to the
President before the date and time set by the President for counting the
ballots. This date shall be no less than
five days, but no more than two weeks prior to the Annual Business
Meeting. The ballots shall be counted by
the President and First Vice President as provided for in the Constitution.
Vll. Amendments to the Bylaws
The
Bylaws may be amended by a majority vote at the Annual Meeting provided that
notice of the proposed change has been given to all members of KATESOL at least
thirty days before the Annual Meeting.
Vlll. Parliamentary Authority
The
rules contained in Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall govern the
organization in all cases not covered by the Constitution and Bylaws