BYLAWS
OF THE
IDAHO SOCIETY OF
PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS
Adopted May, 1981
(Except as amended)
ARTICLE 1
MEMBERSHIP
Section
I. The members of the Society shall
be divided into voting and non-voting
members. The voting members shall
consist of the following classes of
membership: Regular, Fellow, Honorary
and Lifetime. The non-voting membership
shall consist of the following classes:
Associate, Student, Affiliate,
and Sustaining Memberships. (Amended
March 1, 2001 to add sustaining membership.)
Section II. The criteria of membership
classes are as follows:
1. Voting Members:
* A. Regular: Any person
who has attained professional qualification
by education and/or experience in
the field of surveying and has been
licensed as a registered professional
land surveyor, and upon recommendation
of the Committee on Admissions and
approval by the ISPLS Board of Governors,
said person may become a member of
ISPLS.
* B. Fellow: Any corporate
member in good standing who has belonged
to ISPLS for five (5) years may be
invited to apply for the grade of
Fellow. Persons with records of outstanding
service to the profession may be invited
to apply for membership in ISPLS at
the grade of Fellow.
* C. Honorary: Any person
who has attained state, national,
or international recognition by his
contribution to the surveying profession,
the criteria for which shall be determined
by the ISPLS Board of Governors and
administered by the Committee on Admissions,
may be chosen as an honorary member.
* D. Lifetime: Members
and associate members who have reached
the age of 62 years and have paid
dues since 1976 or at least twenty
(20) years shall be exempt for payment
of further dues. All other members
or associate members who have paid
dues for (30) years or more, regardless
of age, shall be exempt for payment
of further dues.
2.
Non-Voting Members:
A.
Associate: Any person with an associative
interest in the profession of surveying,
the criteria for which shall be determined
by the Board of Governors of ISPLS,
and administered by the Committee
on Admissions, may become an Associate
Member of ISPLS. An Associate Member
may hold the Section offices, except
Chairman and Vice Chairman, and may
vote in Section Meetings. (Amended
March 1, 2001 to allow Associate Members
to hold offices and vote in Section
Meetings).
B.
Student: Any person pursuing a course
of study as a graduate or undergraduate
student on a full-time basis (at least
9 semester hours) leading to a career
in the profession of surveying, or
who is employed as an apprentice or
technician in surveying, the criteria
for which shall be determined by the
ISPLS Board of Governors and administered
by the Committee on Admissions, may
become a Student Member of ISPLS.
C.
Affiliate Memberships:
* a. Individual Affiliate
Member: Members of other allied professions
or persons with a scientific acquirement
of technological experience in their
special pursuit to qualify them to
cooperate with Members of ISPLS in
the advancement of professional knowledge
and practice in surveying, who might
not otherwise qualify for corporate
membership in ISPLS.
* b. Institutional Affiliation:
Professional or technological organizations
with objective interests kindred to
ISPLS in advancing the profession
of surveying may affiliate with ISPLS.
D.
Sustaining Membership: Any person
or business desiring to support the
land surveying profession and particularly
the Idaho Society of Professional
Land Surveyors. (amended March 1,
2001 to add definition of Sustaining
Member)
Section
III. Admission
1. Election of Members: Any qualified
person or organization interested
in becoming a member of the Society
shall submit a written and signed
application in a form approved by
the Board of Governors, to the Secretary
of the Society. Such application shall
be accompanied by the written sponsorship
of a member in good standing. Applicants
whose applications are approved by
the Board of Governors or a Membership
Committee appointed by them, shall
become members of the Society, upon
payment of the required initiation
fee and dues. (Amended March 1, 2001
to eliminate the need for a person
to have a sponsor in order to become
a member.)
2. Until further action or cancellation
of this provision by the membership,
the Board of Governors shall serve
as a membership committee and shall
pass on the applications for membership
pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation.(Amended
March 1, 2001 to eliminate the need
for the Board of Governors to review
and pass on the applications for membership.)
3. Any applicant who has been disapproved
by the Membership Committee or any
sponsor of such applicant shall have
the privilege of review by the membership
at large, according to such procedure
as established by the Board of Governors.
4. The Society reserves the right
to expel any member if, in the opinion
of the Board of Governors, it is in
the best interests of the Society.
Thirty (30) days notice shall be given
to the offending member, in order
that they may be present at a hearing
on such action.
5. Transfer of Membership: Membership
in this Society is not transferable
or assignable to any other person,
however, any member in good standing
may request that his own membership
be transferred to another of the Society's
geographical sections by written application
to that section.
Section
IV. Dues
1. The Board of Governors) shall determine
from time to time determine the need
to revise the amount of initiation
fees, if any, and annual dues payable
to the corporation Society by
members of each class and give an
appropriate notice to the members.
The Board of Governors shall submit
the revised fees, and/or dues to the
membership for a vote in either the
annual election, special election
or at the annual meeting, and ,if
approved by a majority of members
voting in the annual election, special
election or at the annual meeting,
the revisions shall be in effect beginning
the first day of the next fiscal year.
(Amended March 1, 2001 to call for
a vote of the membership to revise
the dues structure.)
2. Payment of the
dues shall be payable in advance on
the first day of January April
in each calendar year. (Amended March
1, 2001 to change the beginning of
the fiscal year from January to April)
3. When any member of any class is
in default in the payment of dues
for a period of six (6) months, from
the beginning of the period in which
said dues became payable, his membership
may thereupon be terminated by the
Board of Governors.
4. Members shall, in a timely manner,
pay all fees and assessments levied
by the Society in such amount and
such intervals as may be prescribed
by the Board of Governors. Non-payment
in a timely manner of fees or assessments
shall be grounds for immediate termination
of membership.
5. New members joining the Society
after July November 1, shall be assessed
the normal initiation fee, but only
on-half (1/2) of the regular dues
for their membership category. (Amended
March 1, 2001 tochange the time when
only 1/2 the dues will be assessed)
Section
V. Certificate of Membership
1. The Board of Governors shall provide
for the issuance of certificates evidencing
membership in the Society, which certificates
shall be in such form as may be determined
by the Board. It shall be signed by
the President and attested by the
Secretary and shall be sealed with
the seal of the Society. If any certificate
is lost, mutilated or destroyed, a
new certificate may be issued therefore
on certain terms and conditions as
the Board of Governors may determine.
2. When an individual or institution
has been approved for membership,
and has paid the initiation fees and
dues required, together with such
charge for the certificate of memberships
as the Board of Governors shall determine,
a certificate shall formally be issued
and the same delivered to him by the
Secretary.
ARTICLE
II
ADMINISTRATION
Section
I. Board of Governors: The affairs of
the Society shall be managed by the
Board of Governors. The Board of Governors
shall consist of the Society President,
Vice President, Immediate Past President,
Secretary, Treasurer and one (1) Director
from each geographical section and any
ex-officio members as provided for in
these bylaws, except ex-officio members
shall be non-voting members.
1. The President must be a Registered
Professional Land Surveyor, voting member
and shall be elected by the membership-at-large
for a term of one (1) year to commence
at the annual meeting and shall be succeeded
by the elected Vice President.
2. The Vice President must be a Registered
Professional Land Surveyor, voting member
and shall be elected by the membership-at-large
for a term of two (2) years, the first
of which as Vice President, the second
year, he shall, without further election,
become President. The membership-at-large
shall elect a Vice President each year
whose term shall commence at the annual
meeting.
3. The Immediate Past President shall
serve one (1) year following his term
as President.
4. The Secretary must be a Registered
Professional Land Surveyor, voting member
and shall be appointed by the incoming
President, subject to the approval of
the Board of Governors, for a term of
one (1) year to commence at the annual
meeting.
5. The Treasurer must be a Registered
Professional Land Surveyor, voting member,
and shall be elected by the membership-at-large
for a term of one (1) year to commence
at the annual meeting.
6. The Director must be a Registered
Professional Land Surveyor, voting member,
and shall be elected by each geographical
section as defined under Article V,
Section IV of these Bylaws for a term
of three (3) years.
Section
II. Election of the President, Vice
President and Treasurer
At least sixty (60) days before the
annual meeting, the President, with
the consent of the Board of Governors,
shall appoint a nomination committee
consisting of three (3) members, two
(2) of whom shall be Directors on
the Board of Governors.
1. The Nominating Committee shall
prepare a ballot to be mailed to the
voting members at least thirty (30)
days before the annual meeting, listing
at least two (2) candidates for Vice
President and Treasurer, each candidate
shall be a Registered Professional
Land Surveyor and a voting member.
In the event that the Vice President
shall be unable to assume the office
of President the Nominating Committee
shall also list at least two (2) candidates
for the office of President.
2. Nothing in this Article shall preclude
the right of any voting member to
vote for a write in candidate.
3. All ballots shall be mailed to
the Secretary prior to the annual
meeting, at which meeting they shall
be counted by a Tellers Committee
consisting of the Secretary or his
assignee and at least two (2) other
members. The person receiving the
majority of the votes cast shall be
declared elected.
4. In the event that no person shall
receive a majority of the votes cast,
the voting members present at the
annual meeting shall ballot upon the
two (2) candidates receiving the highest
number of votes, and the person receiving
the majority of such votes shall be
declared elected.
5. In the event that the Vice President
resigns during the first nine months
of his term, special election shall
be held within thirty (30) days of
notification to the Board of Governors.
The Nomination Committee shall list
on the ballot at least two (2) candidates
for the office of Vice President.
Section
III. Board of Governors Duties and
Powers
1. The regular meeting of the Board
of Governors shall be held without
any other notice than these Bylaws,
concurrently and at the same place
as the annual meeting of the members.
The Board of Governors may provide,
by Resolution, the time and place
for holding additional regular meetings
without other notice or resolution.
2. Special meetings of the board of
Governors may be called by the President
or any two (2) Directors, and shall
be held at the principal office of
the Society or such place as the Directors
or President may determine. Notice
of any special meeting of the Board
of Governors shall be given at least
two (2) days prior thereto by written
notice to the members of the Board
of Governors. The attendance of a
Director at any meeting shall constitute
a waiver of notice of such meeting,
except where a director attends a
meeting for the express purpose of
affecting the transaction of business
because the meeting is not lawfully
called. The business to be transacted
at any meeting need not be specified
in the notice or waiver of notice.
3. A majority of the Board of Governors
shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at any meeting
of the Board.. The act of a majority
of the Directors present at a meeting
at which a quorum is present shall
be an official act of the Board of
Governors, unless the act of a greater
number is required by law or by these
Bylaws.
4. Any action required by law to be
taken by the Society, may be taken
without a formal meeting with the
consent, in writing, setting forth
the actions so taken, signed by a
majority of the Board of Governors.
5. The duties, power and functions
of the Board of Governors may be delegated
to an Executive Committee, consisting
of members of the Board of Governors
and elected by said Board of Governors.
The minimum numbers of that committee
shall be three (3), with total membership
to be an odd number.
Section
IV Compensation:
The members of the Board of Governors,
as such, shall not receive any stated
salaries for their services, but by
resolution of the Board of Governors,
a fixed sum for expenses in attendance,
if any, shall be allowed for the attendance
at any regular or special meeting
of the Board.
Section V. Contracts, Checks, Deposits
and Funds
1. Contracts: The Board of Governors
may authorize any officer or agent
of the Society to enter into any contract,
execute and deliver any instrument,
in the name of and on behalf of the
Society and such authority may be
general or confined to specific instances.
2. Checks, Drafts or Orders: On all
checks, drafts or orders pertaining
to money, notes or other evidences
of indebtedness issued in the name
of the Society, the Board of Governors
shall authorize the Executive Secretary,
the Treasurer of the Society and a
third member as signatories on checks.
Each check over one thousand dollars
($1,000.00) shall be signed by two
(2) of the individuals authorized.
3. Deposits: All funds of the Society
shall be deposited from time to time
to the credit of the Society in such
bank or trust company as a depository
as the Board of Governors may select.
4. The Board of Governors may accept,
on behalf of the Society, any contribution,
gift, bequest or device for any purpose
of the Society.
ARTICLE
III
GENERAL
MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
Section
I. The annual meting of the members
shall be held on the call of the Board
of Governors during the first quarter
of each calendar year for the purpose
of installing officers and for the
transaction of such other business
as may come before said meeting.
Section II. Special meetings of the
members may be called by the President,
the Board of Governors or of not less
than ten percent (10%) of the members
having voting rights, at such time
and place within the State of Idaho
as they may designate on the call
of said special meeting.
Section III. Written or printed notice,
stating the place, day and hour of
any meeting of members shall be delivered
to each member entitled to vote at
such meeting, not less than ten (10)
and not more than thirty (30) days
before the date of such meeting. In
case of a special meeting, the purpose
for which said meeting is called shall
be stated in the notice.
Section IV. Any action required by
law to be taken by any of the members,
may be taken without a formal meeting
with the consent, in writing, setting
forth the actions so taken, signed
by forty percent (40%) of all the
members entitled to vote with respect
to the subject matter thereof.
Section V. Ten percent (10%) of the
total voting members shall constitute
a quorum of such meetings. If a quorum
is not present at any meeting, the
majority of the members then present
may adjourn the meeting to a new time
without further notice.
Section VI. At any meeting, any member
or members entitled to vote by proxy,
may do so, so long as said proxy is
executed in writing.
Section
I. The Board of Governors, by resolution
adopted by a majority of the Governors,
may designate standing and special
committees. A committee, when formed,
shall organize itself and shall elect
from its members a chairman and secretary
and shall perform the functions and
discharge the duties as indicated
by the resolution of the Board of
Governors.
Section II. Standing Committees shall
consist of the following:
* Membership
* Convention
* Publications
* Education
* Public Relations and
Press
* Bylaws and Articles
of Incorporation
* Legislation
* Interprofessional Liaison
ARTICLE V
GEOGRAPHICAL
SECTIONS
Section
I. The recognized geographical Sections
of the Idaho Society of Professional
Land Surveyors shall be defined as
follows:
* NORTHERN - Boundary,
Bonner, Kootenai, Shoshone and Benewah
Counties.
* CLEARWATER - Latah,
Clearwater, Nez Perce, Lewis Counties
and that part of Idaho County lying
north of 45 30' of latitude.
* HIGH COUNTRY - Idaho south of 45°30’
latitude, Adams and Valley. (Amended
March 1, 2001 to change the makeup
of the HIGH COUNTRY AND SOUTHWEST
SECTIONS)
* SOUTHWEST - Washington,
Payette, Gem, Boise, Canyon, Ada,
Elmore and Owyhee Counties.
* MAGIC VALLEY - Camas,
Blaine, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln,
Twin Falls, Cassia and Minidoka Counties.
* EASTERN - Oneida, Franklin,
Bear Lake, Power, Bannock, Caribou,
Bingham, Bonneville, Teton, Madison,
Jefferson, Butte, Clark and Fremont
Counties.
* SAWTOOTH - Lemhi and
Custer Counties.
The
Board of Governors may organize local
sections of the Society covering geographical
areas such as cities, metropolitan
areas, counties or regions, upon receipt
of a petition signed by at least seven
(7) members residing in that geographic
section.
Section II. Each geographical section
of the Society shall elect one
(1) Director, who shall serve on the
board of Governors of the Society,
as provided in the Articles of Incorporation.
The President shall have authority
to appoint a Section Director with
approval of the Board of Governors
in the event that the membership of
an existing Section falls below four
(4) members.
Section
III. Each geographical section shall
elect a Chairman, a Vice Chairman,
a Secretary and a Treasurer or a Secretary-Treasurer.
The election shall take place prior
to the end of the calendar year.
Notification of the results shall
be given to the Board of Governors
prior to the annual meeting. All section
officers shall be elected by the section
voting members in the following manner:
1. The Director must be a Registered
Professional Land Surveyor voting
member and shall be elected by the
section voting members for a term
of three (3) years. The first Director
of the section may be elected for
a shorter or longer time period, in
order to rotate the election of said
Directors so that not more than two
(2) Directors within the Society are
elected per year.
2. The Chairman must be a Registered
Professional Land Surveyor voting
member and shall be elected by the
section voting members for a term
of one (1) year, and shall be succeeded
by the elected Vice Chairman.
3. The Vice Chairman must be a Registered
Professional Land Surveyor voting
member, and shall be elected by the
section voting members for a term
of two (2) years, the first year of
which will be served as Vice Chairman;
the second year, he shall, without
further election, become Chairman.
The section voting members shall elect
a Vice Chairman each year as per section
Bylaws.
4. The Secretary must be a Registered
Professional Land Surveyor voting
member may be a regular or associate
member and shall be elected by the
section voting members for a term
and shall be elected by the section
voting members for a term of one (1)
year as per section Bylaws.
5. The Treasurer must be a Registered
Professional Land Surveyor voting
member may be a regular or associate
member and shall be elected by the
section voting members for a term
and shall be elected by the section
voting members for a term of one (1)
year as per section Bylaws.
(amends Subsections 3, 4, and 5 to
allow associate and student members
to hold offices and vote in section
meetings)
6. A quorum for section meetings shall
consist of any two (2) of the officers
and ten percent (10%) of all voting
members.
Within
the framework of a chartered section,
the State Board of Governors may,
if the situation warrants, authorize
the formation of a Sub-section, to
be known officially as a Branch. Two
or more Registered Professional Land
Surveyors shall be required to form
said Branch. Each member shall hold
a full membership in the parent Section.
ARTICLE
VI
RULES
OF ORDER
All
membership meetings of the Society
and the Board of Governors shall be
conducted in accordance with Robert's
Rules of Order of Parliamentary Procedure.
The
fiscal year of the Society shall be
April 1 to March 31.
ARTICLE
VIII
WAIVER
OF NOTICE
Whenever
any notice is required to be given
under the provisions of the statutes
of the State of Idaho, the Articles
of Incorporation or the Bylaws of
the Society and waiver thereof in
writing, signed by the person or persons
entitled to such notice, whether before
or after the time stated therein,
shall be deemed equivalent to the
giving of such notice.
ARTICLE
IX
AMENDMENT
OF BYLAWS
These
Bylaws may be amended, altered or repealed
and new Bylaws adopted by a majority
of the voting members at any meeting,
special meeting or by special ballot,
and shall be in effect if at least ten
(10) days notice is given in writing
with the intention to alter, amend or
repeal, or adopt new Bylaws at such
meeting.
ARTICLE
X
BOOKS
AND RECORDS
The
Society shall keep books and records
of account and shall also keep minutes
of proceedings for its members and
Board of Governors. Such records and
minutes shall be kept at the principal
office of the Society. All books and
records of the Society may be inspected
by any member or his agent or any
attorney for any proper purpose at
any reasonable time.
ARTICLE
XI
REPRESENTATIVE
TO A.C.S.M. MEETINGS
The
Board of Governors shall appoint a
Representative to attend A.C.S.M.
meetings, and will to be an
ex-officio voting member of the Board
ARTICLE
XII
REPRESENTATIVES
TO W.F.P.L.S.
The
Board of Governors shall appoint delegates
to attend Western Federation of Professional
Land Surveyors board meetings, and
will to be an ex-officio voting
member of the Board. (as amended at
the February 1, 1986, ISPLS Annual
Meeting in Boise.)
ARTICLE
XIII
GEM
STATE SURVEYOR
The
editor of the Gem State Surveyor will
be an ex-officio member of the Board.
ARTICLE
XIV
NOMINATIONS
FOR MEMBER OF BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERS AND PROFESSIONAL LAND
SURVEYORS
Section
I. When a vacancy for the Board of
Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
is anticipated, The Board of Governors
will request the BPEPLS secretary
to furnish a list of persons qualified
in accordance with Section 54-1204
of the Idaho Code.
Section II. The Board of Governors,
acting as a nominating committee will
prepare a list of at least three nominees.
Those selected will provide a biographical
sketch and photo.
Section III. The candidates will be
presented to the general membership
on a written ballot. The nominee receiving
the most votes shall be the first
nominee and shall be presented to
the Governor for appointment. If the
Governor requests more than one nominee,
alternate nominees shall be presented
for appointment in order of preference
according to the number of votes received.
