IOWA CHAPTER OF APCO BYLAWS

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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

Section 1 Distribution of Assets 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

member, and member.

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.

Section 2 DESCRIPTION

2.1 By meeting the requirements established here, and in accordance with
Article I of the bylaws, and in keeping with the requirements of APCO-INT, the

following are descriptions of the various categories and classifications of

membership in this chapter.

2.2 ACTIVE MEMBER

2.2.1 The following citizens of the United States of America and affiliated chartered

groups shall be eligible for active membership:

2.2.2 Personnel responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling

functions required in the design, construction, installation, maintenance,

command, and operation of public-safety systems. Such persons must be

employed by, retired from, or a volunteer of a governmental entity or a contractor

of a governmental entity providing the described services. Members must be

actively engaged in or retired from the performance of the described services for

the specific entity on a regular basis and may not have a conflicting commercial

interest which provides a significant portion of their income. Examples of

qualifying positions include but are not limited to engineers, technicians,

managers, supervisors, and telecommunicators.

2.2.3 Active members may vote in the annual quorum, may enjoy all benefits and

privileges and, except where otherwise limited, may serve in any capacity in the

APCO-INT and its chartered members.

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

Platinum: minimum of fifty members

2.4 MEMBER

2.4.1 Those non-administrative and non-supervisory personnel otherwise meeting the

requirements of 2.1, at the applicant’s discretion may select this category, and

those persons not meeting the requirements of any other category of

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:

- Member of the Iowa chapter for at least five years

- Served as chapter president for two years, secretary or treasurer for

four years, or frequency advisor for four years

- Member of chapter executive board for at least two years

- 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 LIFE MEMBER

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.

2.6.2 This honor may only be bestowed upon nomination by the APCO-INT executive

council, following recommendation by this chapter in accordance with the

requirements for this class as outlined in the APCO-INT constitution, and the

subsequent confirmation by a majority vote of the quorum of an annual APCO-

INT conference.

2.6.3 The title of life member, when bestowed, shall be in addition to the regular

membership title of the member, and this person shall enjoy all the privileges of

the regular membership classification and shall be exempt from the payment of

any dues at the state chapter or APCO-INT level.

2.6.4 This chapter shall recognize any member(s) within its chartered area so

designated by APCO-INT and shall welcome such member(s) into full

membership privileges in keeping with regular membership classification

of the member(s).

Section 3 OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

3.1 In addition to the classes of membership outlined in this article, this chapter shall

recognize any other membership classification(s) as may be provided by APCO-

INT in a manner keeping with the intent of APCO-INT for such classifications.

Section 4 CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS

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.

ARTICLE II

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.

Section 2 CLASSIFICATION

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.

Section 3 EFFECTIVE DATE OF MEMBERSHIP

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

dues. The secretary shall forward to the membership manager a check

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

3.1 The president shall serve no more than two (2) two-year terms consecutively.

3.2 The vice president, secretary, and treasurer may serve an unlimited number of terms.

Section 4 HOW FILLED

4.1 Nominations for elected positions may be submitted to the nominating

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.

Section 7 DATE OF TAKING OFFICE

7.1 Candidates elected at the fall meeting in even-numbered years shall take office

January 2 of the year following the election.

Section 8 VACANCY

8.1 Vacancies in offices of vice-president, secretary, treasurer shall be filled by

BYLAWS

IOWA CHAPTER

ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC-SAFETY

AS AMENDED BY THE QUORUM

OCTOBER 4, 2005

ARTICLE II