The Constitution
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[Section] 4. The term of office of the President, the First Vice-President, and the Second Vice-President shall be one year. The terms of office of the Secretary and Treasurer shall be two years. The term of office of Councillors shall be three years. No Councillor shall normally serve more than two consecutive (full) terms. Article IV - Responsibilities of Officers and Council [Section] 1. The President shall be the chairman of the Executive Committee and the Council, shall make appointments to committees, and generally act as the representative for the Society. [Section] 2. The First Vice-President shall act for the President on any occasion when the latter is unable to carry on his normal duties and shall assume the office of President at the conclusion of the term of the President, or before if the office of the President becomes permanently vacant. The First and Second Vice-Presidents (and the immediate Past President) shall assist the President in the business of the Society. [Section] 3. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all Council and Executive Committee meetings, maintain the records of the Society, conduct the business of the election and carry on all correspondence for the Society as directed by the President or the Council. [Section] 4. The Treasurer shall act as custodian of all funds received by the the Society, shall maintain financial records for the Society and shall make disbursements as directed by the President or the Council. The Treasurer shall provide financial reports at the Council meetings and otherwise as requested by the President and shall perform such additional duties as are assigned by the President. [Section] 5. The Council shall have the responsibility for the direction of all affairs and activities of the Society. Council meetings shall be called by the President by notifying all Council members and providing an agenda at least two weeks in advance. A quorum for a Council meeting shall consist of seven voting members of the Council including at least two members of the Executive Committee. Article V - Meetings and Conferences [Section] 1. The Society shall sponsor conferences concerning subjects of interest to its members. [Section] 2. The conferences to be sponsored may originate within the Society or be brought to the Society for sponsorship by outside groups. [Section] 3. Conferences of the Society shall be organized and overseen by the Program Committee MRS BULLETIN, JULY/AUGUST 1984, PAGE 13
appointed by the President. The Committee shall include two members of the Council. [Section] 4. Conferences jointly sponsored shall include two members of the Council, or their delegates, on the organizing committee. [Section] 5. The Society shall disseminate technical information to its members and to the general materials community through a broad range of publication formats. Special issues of existing journals or monographs may be used to report the proceedings of its conferences. The Society [can] (may) establish official journals. Article VI - Finances [Section] 1. The ann
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