Constitution and Bylaws of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association

Constitution and Bylaws25 Katharine M. Morsberger, Member-at-Large, "Monsters Are Made, Not Born." In translating Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, and Moby Dick to the screen, important ethical and metaphysical dimensions are lost. In each case, a complex "romance of evil" is reduced to a variation on the monster/mad-scientist cliché. CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION Article I—Name and Purpose Section A. Name This organization shall be known as the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Section B. Purpose The purpose of the Association shall be to stimulate consideration, evaluation , and cultivation of languages and literatures by holding annual meetings for the presentation of papers about language and literature, by holding sessions for the discussion of problems in teaching as a profession, by cooperation with other academic and cultural societies in order to enrich and strengthen the cultural life in the Rocky Mountain states, by regular publication of a bulletin , and by other similar activities as convenient and desirable. Article Il—Membership and Government Section A. Membership AU persons affiliated with the departments of languages and literatures in educational institutions of the Rocky Mountain region and others with similar interests may become members of this Association. Section B. Officers 1.The officers of the Association shall be a president, an honorary president, a vice-president, and an executive secretary. 2.The duties of the officers shall be those customarily associated with such offices. 3.The president and vice-president shall be elected at each annual regular meeting for terms of one year each. The vice-president shall assume the presidency in the event of the resignation, serious illness, or death of the president. The outgoing president shall become honorary president for one year. The executive secretary shall be appointed by the executive board for a term of five years. Section C. Executive Board 1. There shall be an executive board consisting of the president, the honorary president, vice-president, the executive secretary, and two members at large elected by the Association at its annual meetings. 26RMMLA Bulletin 2.The two elected members at large shall serve for two years, one member to be elected each year. 3.The executive secretary shall preside at meetings of the board but shall have no vote in its decisions. He shall act as treasurer of the Association with his affairs in this regard subject to annual audit to be made by two senior members of the Association not on the executive board, to be appointed annually by the executive board. 4.Officers shall be chosen with a view to representing a wide distribution of cultural interests and residential locations. 5.The executive board shall be responsible for all activities of the Association . It shall serve as a nominating committee to present the annual slate of new officers. It shall report at the regular annual meetings and make recommendations for the approval of the Association at the annual meetings and shall be responsible for the transaction of business between annual meetings. To its wisdom shall be left immediate decisions which deal with the welfare of the Association. Changes in general policy, expenditure of funds, levying of assessments or changes in dues, and other board actions are subject to review and approval or reversal by vote of the Association. Section D. General Committee There shall be a general committee consisting of individual representatives from all schools, colleges, and universities represented by members in the Association . The members of the general committee shall be appointed annually by the executive board for the purpose of representing the Association on local campuses, of collecting suggestions for improvement, and for reporting to the executive board. Section E. Dissolution In the event of the dissolution of the organization at any time on recommendation of the executive board and approval of the general membership, all funds remaining after payment of accounts due shall be given to the Modern Language Association of America or to such other non-profit professional organization as the executive board shall designate. Amendments Amendments to this constitution shall be made upon the affirmative vote of three-fourths of the members present in good standing at regular meetings of the Association. Before presentation...