
OF THE
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICIALS - INTERNATIONAL
WITH CHANGES APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DECEMBER 8, 2005
Charter: #11
Chartered: April 24, 1945
Chartered Area: State of Iowa
Amended: October 4, 2005
IOWA CHAPTER OF APCO BYLAWS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I MEMBERSHIP 4
Section 1 Categories 4
Section 2 Description 4
Active
Member 4
Commercial
Member 5
Member 5
Chapter
Life Member 5
Life
Member 5
Section 3 Other Memberships 6
Section 4 Changes in Membership Qualifications 6
ARTICLE II MEMBERSHIP PROCEDURE 6
Section 1 Application 6
Section 2 Classification 6
Section 3 Effective Date of Membership 7
ARTICLE
III DUES 7
Section 1 Chapter Membership Dues 7
Section 2 APCO-INT Membership Dues 7
ARTICLE
IV CHAPTER ELECTIONS 7
Section 1 Eligibility 7
Section 2 Positions to be Filled 7
Section 3 Term Limits 7
Section 4 How Filled 8
Section 5 Voting for Elected Positions 8
Section 6 Local Agency Support 8
Section 7 Date of Taking Office 8
Section 8 Vacancy 8
ARTICLE
V OFFICERS – AUTHORITY
AND DUTIES
Section 1 Authority 8
Section 2 President 8
Section 3 Vice President 9
Section 4 Secretary 9
Section 5 Treasurer 9
ARTICLE
VI COMMITTEES
Section 1 Designation 10
Section 2 Standing Committees 10
Executive
Committee 10
Activities
and Membership Committee 11
Resolutions
and Bylaws Committee 11
Nominating
Committee 11
Training
Committee 11
Historical
Committee 11
Telecommunicator
of the Year Committee 11 Frequency Advisory Committee 12
Section 3 Special Committees 12
Iowa
Telecommunicator Training Board 12
Iowa
E911 Council 12
Section 4 Duties of Committees 12
ARTICLE
VII AMENDMENTS 13
Section
1 Authority for Amendments 13
Section
2 Normal Procedure
for Amendment 13
Section
3 Waiver of
Requirements of Section 2 13
Section
4 Effective Date of
Amendments and Resolutions 14
ARTICLE
VIII RESOLUTIONS 14
Section 1 Procedure 14
Section 2 Rules of Order 14
ARTICLE
IX EXPENSES 14
Section 1 Specified Expenses 14
Section 2 Unspecified Expenses 14
ARTICLE
X DISSOLUTION 15
BYLAWS
ARTICLE
I
MEMBERSHIP
Section 1 CATEGORIES
1.1 With the exception of the governmental
and corporate member
classifications,
APCO’s members are individuals. The
membership of this chapter shall be divided into the following categories:
active member, commercial
1.2 A designation of life or chapter life,
as defined herein and in the APCO-INT
constitution, may be added to a category.
1.3 Group memberships shall be divided into
the following: corporate group
membership and governmental group membership.
following
are descriptions of the various categories and classifications of
membership in this chapter.
2.2.1 The following citizens of the United States
of America and affiliated chartered
groups shall be eligible for active membership:
2.3 COMMERCIAL MEMBER
2.3.1 Those persons who receive compensation in
any form for services rendered in
business and industry and are eligible to be commercial members. Except
for the
corporate advisory committee member on the executive committee, voting
privileges
are as provided for in Article III, Section 5, of the APCO-INT
constitution. They may otherwise enjoy
all benefits and privileges of APCO-INT.
Corporate group membership classification
Bronze: 5 to
9 members
Silver: 10 to 19 members
Gold: 20 to 49
members
2.4 MEMBER
membership are eligible for this category.
2.4.2 Members may vote in the
biannual quorum at the spring and fall meetings and special meetings of APCO-IA only.
2.5 CHAPTER LIFE MEMBER
2.5.1 This honor shall be bestowed upon qualified
members of the active class by the
chapter
upon recommendation by the chapter executive committee and majority
approval of the chapter quorum.
In order to be nominated, a member must have
made a major
contribution to the advancement of the chapter and/or association, as well as
qualify for at least three of the following:
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Member of the Iowa chapter for at least five years
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Served as chapter president for two years, secretary or treasurer for
four years, or frequency advisor for four
years
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Member of chapter executive committee for at least four years
2.5.2 The privileges of a chapter life member
shall be determined by the class of
membership
for which the member would otherwise qualify.
2.5.3 The chapter shall notify APCO–INT of an
appointment to chapter life and shall
pay
membership dues.
2.6.1 Any member of APCO-IA who has made
significant contributions beyond the
normal
call of duty toward the successful attainment of the objectives of APCO-
INT
at the national or international level shall be eligible for life membership.
2.6.3 The title of life member, when bestowed,
shall be in addition to the regular
2.6.4 This chapter shall recognize any member(s)
within its chartered area so
membership
privileges in keeping with regular membership classification
of
the member(s).
3.1 In addition to the classes of membership
outlined in this article, this chapter shall
INT in a manner keeping with the intent of APCO-INT for such
classifications.
4.1 Should the status of any member change
so as to affect membership
qualifications,
this person shall automatically have the membership classification
changed
to conform to the new qualifications.
MEMBERSHIP
PROCEDURE
Section
1 APPLICATION
1.1 Application
for membership shall be made in writing and signed by the applicant
upon forms as provided
by APCO-INT. Completed applications
shall be
submitted to
the chapter secretary for processing.
1.2 Notwithstanding
the above normal procedure, the Iowa chapter may request
the APCO-INT office to
adopt other procedures.
2.1 Upon
receipt of an application for membership, the secretary shall determine
the qualifications and
eligibility of the applicant for membership.
When eligibility
has been
determined, the secretary shall notify the applicant of the appropriate
membership
category and dues structure for that class.
3.1 Upon
receipt of dues for membership, the applicant becomes a full member,
according to the category
selected.
ARTICLE
III
DUES
Section
1 CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP DUES
1.1
Dues for chapter membership for all categories, except
chapter honorary, shall
be in accord
with the APCO-INT dues structure.
1.2 Chapter
honorary members shall not pay any chapter or APCO-INT
in the amount of the
membership fee designated by the APCO-INT .
Section
2 APCO-INT MEMBERSHIP DUES
2.1 Membership
dues shall be designated by APCO-INT for each particular
category of membership.
2.2 An
application and a check in the amount of dues for each member’s
particular
classification shall be forwarded to the accounting department
at the time the
membership is reported.
ARTICLE
IV
CHAPTER
ELECTIONS
Section
1 ELIGIBILITY
1.1 Any
members who hold active membership status in this chapter may
be considered for any
elective position in this chapter.
Section
2 POSITIONS TO BE FILLED
2.1 The
offices of president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer shall be
elected for two-year terms.
Section
3 TERM LIMITS
committee prior to the
fall meeting in even-numbered years for presentation
at
the election of officers. Nominations
from the floor will also be accepted.
Section
5 VOTING FOR ELECTED POSITIONS
5.1 All
elected positions in this chapter shall be elected by ballot. This
requirement can be
waived and a voice vote is sufficient if a given
candidate for office is
unopposed.
Section
6 LOCAL AGENCY SUPPORT
6.1 Those
nominated for office must furnish a letter from their agency administrators,
supporting
their nomination, or appointment, to the chairman of the nominations
committee,
prior to the election. Nominees from
the floor must be able to provide
verification of
support within 30 days of their election.
7.1 Candidates
elected at the fall meeting in even-numbered years shall take office
January 2 of
the year following the election.
8.1 Vacancies
in offices of vice-president, secretary, treasurer shall be filled by