The American Society for Nondestructive Testing

CONSTITUTION & BY LAWS OF THE AIR CAPITAL SECTION OF THE

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING

(Revised 9/2004)

 

ARTICLE I

NAME

 

The name of this section of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Incorporated, hereinafter known as ASNT, shall be the Air Capital Section of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing.

 

ARTICLE II

SCOPE

 

The Air Capital Section of ASNT is organized as a nonprofit technical society. It shall be operated without contemplation of pecunia1y gain or profit to the members thereof.

 

PURPOSE

 

The primary purpose of which this Section was organized is:

 

A.      To provide an opportunity for gathering socially with people whose professional interests and problems are related so that members may be encouraged to:

1.      Execute their responsibility more proficient

2.      Broaden their technical outlook

3.      Prepare for greater responsibilities

 

B.  To provide an opportunity to discuss with outstanding authorities subjects which are of    common interest and importance to all those engaged in nondestructive testing in the         fields of airframe, missile, propulsion, or related industries.

 

C.  To provide contacts for the mutual assistance of the members through the interchange of             technical information which does not fall into the classification of trade secrets.

 

D.  To promote a cooperative, fraternal association among its members.

 

E.   To increase the prestige of the Nondestructive Test Technician by fostering and             maintaining high professional standards and ethics.

 

F.   To encourage Engineering and Scientific Scholarship through educational programs in    the development and applications of nondestructive testing techniques.

 

ARTICLE III

MEMBERSHIP

 

1.      Membership in the Air Capital Section of ASNT shall consist of the following classes:

 

A.     Individual Member

B.     Sustaining Member

C.     Corporate Member

D.     Student Member

E.      Military Member

F.      Retired Member

 

2.   Individual Member

 

An individual member shall be engaged in or interested in furthering the purposes of nondestructive testing and enrolled as a member of the Air Capital Section. They may vote and hold offices in ASNT.

 

3.   Sustaining Member

 

      Sustaining members shall be individuals who desire to promote the welfare of the           ASNT, shall be engaged as a member of the Air Capital Section and may vote and hold       office in ASNT.

 

4.   Corporate Members

 

      Corporate Members shall be companies, organizations or individuals that desire to           promote the welfare of ASNT. They shall be enrolled as members of the Air Capital      Section. Corporate members may designate three (3) persons) as Individual members             and have the voting rights and privileges as an individual member.

 

5.   Student Members

 

      Student Members shall be either a full-time or part-time students interested in the           purposes of ASNT and shall be currently enrolled in a school, college or           university. They shall be enrolled as a member of the Air Capital Section. They          may not vote     nor hold an office in ASNT.

 

6.   Military Member

 

      A Military Member shall be a person interested in the purposes of ASNT and serve    full-time in the military with a grade up to and including E-5. They shall be enrolled           as a member of the Air Capital Section. Military Members may not vote nor hold an           office in ASNT.

 

7.   Retired Member

 

      A  Retired   Member shall be a person  who has paid the full membership for fifteen   (15) years, are at least sixty (60) years old, retired and not receiving remuneration of   any kind for nondestructive testing activity. They shall be enrolled as a member of the Air Capital Section and they may vote and hold an office in ASNT.

 

8.   Right and Privileges

 

      The rights and privileges of membership shall be as provided herein:

 

      A. All classes of members are eligible to attend all Section meetings.

B. All members except Student and Military Members are eligible to vote as provided by           the Section Bylaws.

 

9.   Application

 

      Application for membership in the Section shall be made in writing or by email to     ASNT headquarters. The application for membership can be made by contacting ASNT at 800-222-2768 or by obtaining the form on the internet at www.asnt.org.

 

10.   Use of Term "Member"

 

      As used in this Constitution, the term "Member" shall be construed to include all classes of membership, except as otherwise provided.

 

11.   Change of Grade of Membership

 

      Any Member who desires to change their class of membership shall make          application in writing or by email as described in section 9 above.

 

12.   Change of Section Affiliation

 

      A member of any class in good standing who desires to transfer affiliation from one        Section to another shall make application in writing or by email as described in             section 9 above.

 

13.   Rejection and Expulsion

 

      The Executive Committee may, by a two-thirds majority vote, refuse to accept      membership and may expel any member of the Section from ASNT, after hearing               and for due causes shown at any regular or special meeting duly called and held,                        provided that due notice of such meeting and the purpose of the meeting shall have               been given to the member to be expelled. Members who are delinquent thirty days          after final notice of non-payment of annual dues shall automatically be dropped   from the rolls and shall not receive publications of the Section.

 

14.   Reinstatement

 

      After 180 days, an expelled member may be reinstated by making application and          being accepted in the manner as a new member.

 

      The Chairman may not succeed himself after two full terms in office, but, may be           elected to any office after a lapse of not less than one year except that when the Chairman does not succeed himself for a consecutive te1m he shall be eligible for election to any office during the following year.

 

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

 

1.   Designation

 

      The officers of the Section shall consist of the following:

 

A.     Chairman

B.     Vice-Chairman

C.     Secretary

D.     Treasurer

E.      Three (3) Executive Committee members. (This shall be the minimum number for Section operation.)

F.      Senior National Delegate

G.     Junior National Delegate

 

2.   Qualification

 

      Any person who has been a member in good standing in ASNT for a period of at          least one year is eligible for election as a Section Officer. Any person who has been a           member in good standing in ASNT for a period of at least two years and has been a   "Section Officer" for at least one year is eligible for election as a National Delegate.

 

3.   Tenure of Office

 

            The Section Officers and the Junior National Delegate shall be elected by the members of          the Section at the annual meeting of the Section. They shall take office on the day        following the close of the annual meeting and shall hold office until the close of the      next succeeding  annual meeting of the Section and thereafter until their successors        are elected and take office. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Chairman, the         Vice-Chairman shall complete the unexpired term. In the event of a vacancy in any     other elected office, the Executive Committee shall elect a successor to complete the         unexpired term.

 

4.   Obligations

 

      Each of the officers shall perform the duties legally or as customarily attached to his        respective office and such other duties as may be required of them by the Executive         Committee. All Officers and Executive Committee Members are obligated to make        every effort to attend all Section meetings (regular and board meetings).In the event         that an Officer or an Executive Committee Member should be absent for two            consecutive board meetings or absences should total more than 50 percent of the meetings in one year without a valid excuse or without contacting the Chairman or               Vice-Chairman with an explanation, they would be subject to removal from office.           Such removal from office would require a majority vote of the Executive Board.

 

5.   Chairman

 

          The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Section and at all meetings of the      Executive Committee. He shall, in general, act as Chief Executive of the Section,         subject at all times to the approval of the Executive Committee and shall have such            other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Executive Committee.

 

    6.   Vice-Chairman

 

          The Vice-Chairman shall perform the duties of Officers the Chairman in the event          the Chairman is absent or unable to act, and shall have such other powers and duties           as may be prescribed by the Executive Committee.

 

7.   Secretary

 

      The Secretary shall keep full minutes of all meetings of the Section and of the Executive Committee, and shall have custody of all papers and records of the Section. Within ten days after an Executive Committee meeting he shall prepare and transmit a copy of the minutes of the meeting to each member of the Executive Committee. He shall perform such other duties as are imposed upon him by this Constitution, and, in addition, he shall have such other powers and duties as the Executive Committee may prescribe.

 

8.   Treasurer

     

      The Treasurer shall receive, hold, and disburse all funds of the Section. He shall deposit the funds of the Section in such bank or banks as may be designated by the Executive CommiL1ee. He shall make an annual report to the annual meeting of the Section which shall include, among other items, a detailed account of the funds received by the Section and their sources thereof, a detailed account of the funds expended by the Section and the purposes for which they were expended, and such other matters as the Executive Committee may require. He shall file a copy of such report with the Secretary of the Section within ten days following the annual meeting.  He shall prepare and file such reports as may be required by the National Office of ASNT, the district Director of Internal Revenue, and the State Director of lnternal Revenue. The Executive Committee may require that the Treasurer furnish bond, in such amount and with such sureties as it may determine to secure the faithful performance by him of his duties. The cost of such bond shall be paid from the funds of the Section.

 

9.   Combined Offices of Secretary-Treasurer

 

      The Executive Committee may elect to combine the offices of Secreta1y and Treasurer into one office designated Secretary-Treasurer. If this option is exercised, the nomination shall be for the combined office of Secretary-Treasurer and one person shall be elected to the office. He shall have all of the duties and responsibilities set forth in items 7 and 8 and such other powers and duties as the Executive Committee may designate.

 

10.    Executive Committeemen

 

         Executive Committeemen shall include a minimum of three members of the Section         who do not hold other elective offices on the Executive Committee. They shall represent the Section membership at large and each Executive Committeeman shall           have one vote on all items brought before the Executive Committee.

 

11.    Senior National Delegate

 

         The National Delegates are elected for two year terms, one being elected each year       as the Junior National Delegate. The second year of this term the Delegate shall      automatically become Senior National Delegate. His duties shall include        representing the Section at national meetings of ASNT and such other power and     duties as may be designated by the Executive Committee.

 

12.    Junior National Delegate

 

         The Junior National Delegate acts in the capacity during his first year of his two year term, being automatically elevated to Senior National Delegate during the second year. His duties as Junior National Delegate shall include representing the   Section at the National meetings of ASNT as the alternate to the Senior National          Delegate and   such other powers and duties as may be designated by the Executive    Committee.

 

ARTlCLE V

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

 

1.   Composition

     

      The Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Junior National Delegate and       Senior National Delegate shall be members of the Executive Committee by virtue of             their offices. At least three additional persons shall be selected from the Section   membership and shall be designated Executive Committeemen. All members of the          Executive Committee shall be elected by the members of the Section, except as provided by Items 4 and 5. The retiring Chairman of the Section automatically    becomes a member of the Executive Committee for a period of one year.

 

2.   Tenure of Office

 

          The elected members of the Executive Committee shall serve thereon for one year,        except the National Delegates who shall serve for two years. At the annual meeting            of the Section in each year, the Section shall Executive Committee elect the successors to    the members of the Executive Committee. The members so elected           shall take office on the day following the close of the meeting at which they are elected, and shall hold office until the close of the next succeeding annual     meeting of the Section, and       thereafter until their successors are elected and take          office.

 

3.   Election of Additional Executive Committeemen

 

          If any elected committeeman is elected an officer of the Section for a term which is         concurrent with his term as Executive Committeeman, the Executive Committee     shall elect an additional Committeeman to serve thereon, in order that there is   always at least three Executive Committeemen on the Committee. Such additional           Committeeman shall hold office until the close of the next succeeding     annual   meeting of the Section.

 

4.   Vacancies

 

      Vacancies occurring in the Executive Committee, or in any elective office except            the Chairmanship, through detach, resignation, or any other cause, shall be filled   by election of a member of the Society by the said Committee. Members elected by       the Executive Committee to fill such vacancies shall serve until next annual            election. In the event that the office of the Chairman is vacated, the Vice-           Chairman shall automatically assume the office unti l the next annual election.

 

5.   Bylaws

 

      Each Executive Committee may establish Bylaws regulating the calling of           meetings of the Executive Committee and the conduct of business at such           meetings. Such Bylaws shall be consistent with these Articles and with the    Constitution and Bylaws of ASNT.

 

6.   Meetings

 

      Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held at such times and places as it            may designate, and upon such notice, if any as it may prescribe. A majority of the members of the Executive Committee and include at least one of the Executive    Committeemen, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Committee. The           act of a majority of the members of the Executive Committee in attendance at any          meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute the act of the Executive           Committee, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution . 1l1e Secretary       shall      cause the minutes of all Executive Committee meetings to be published    and copies of the said minutes to be placed in the hands of each member of the                    Executive Committee within ten days after each meeting.

 

7.   Committee

 

      The Committee hereinafter named shall constitute standing committees of the     Section. The Executive Committee may create such other committees as it may           deem advisable, and may determine the number of members and define the powers          and duties of any committee as created. The Chaim1an of each committee shall be

      appointed by the Section Chairman, subject to confirmation by the Executive     Committee. TI1ey shall take office immediately upon their appointment and shall      hold office until the close of the next succeeding annual meeting of the Section,            or for such shorter period of time as the Executive Committee may prescribe at the time of creating the committee. The Chairman and the Secretary shall be          member ex-official of each committee.

 

A.     Program Committee

 

The Program Committee shall consist of the Vice Chairman and such additional members as the Executive Committee may designate. lt shall arrange for a suitable techn ical program to be presented at each regular meeting of the Society.

 

B.   Education Committee

 

      The Education Committee shall consist of the Chairman and such additional members as the Executive Committee may designate. It shall arrange for the education program including the marketing, scheduling and location selection.

 

C.  Presidents Points Committee

 

      The Presidents Points shall consist of the Chaimian and such additional members as the Executive Committee may designate. It is in charge of monitoring the status of the Presidents Points Program, including making notification to ASNT National. The committee shall also be responsible notifying ASNT National of "Section News" events in behalf of the Air Capital Section.

 

D.  Year Book Committee

 

      The Yearbook Committee shall consist of the Chairman and such additional members as the Executive Committee may designate. It is in charge of solicitation of sponsors and the compilation of the yearbook including the publication and distribution.

 

E.   Membership Committee

 

      The Mem bership Committee shall consist of the Chairman and such additional members as tl1e Executive Committee may designate. It shall be responsible for all efforts to secure new members and to encourage membership growth, both in the Section and in the interest of ASNT. Itshall be in charge of greeting and welcoming guests at the regular meetings of the Section.

 

F.   Constitution and Bylaws Committee

 

                             The Constitution and Bylaws Committee shall consist of the Chairman and                      such additional members as the Executive Comm ittee may designate. It is               charged with the responsibility to interpret the Section Constitution and By-                   Laws to ensure operation of the Section in harmony with the precepts of                             ASNT. The Constitution and Bylaws Committee shall be responsible for                                  phrasing amendments and additions to the Constitution and Bylaws.

 

G.  Audit Committee

 

      Not less than thirty days prior to the annual meeting each year, the Section Chaim1an, subject to conformation by the Executive Committee, shall appoint a Chairman and two members from the Section to serve as the Audit Comm ittee. No member of the Executive Committee or the Finance

                      Committee, if such exists, may be appointed to the Audit Committee. lt             shall audit the records and  accounts of the Secretary and the Treasurer,                    verify the Section 's bank balances, make a physical count of the Section's                            properties and investments, and render a repo1t of its findings to the annual                       meeting of the Section.

 

H.  Nominating Committee

 

Not less than sixty days prior to the annual meeting each year, the Executive Committee shall appoint a Chairman and two members from the Section to serve on the Nominating Committee. No Section Member may be a member of the nomination Committee. Not less than sixty days prior to the annual meeting each year, the Nominating