Summary of Amendments to the CAID By-Laws

Summary of Amendments to the CAID By-Laws Constitution/By-Laws General edits and revisions: 1. Changed "the deaf" to "deaf students," except in the title of the organization. 2. Changed "Executive Committee" to "Executive Board of Directors." Used "Executive Committee" to designate CAID elected officers, i.e., President, President-elect, Secretary, Treasurer and Past-president. 3. Fixed sexist language in pronoun references. Constitution 1. Article IV, Section 2c - added hearing status as criterion for nominees to the Board of Directors. 2. Article VII, Section 2 - added "News and Notes" By-Laws 1.1 - Membership-deleted honorary and affiliate member status 3.1 to 3.6 - Officers/Directors - added duties for Past-president, added terms of office for officers and directors 3.7c - Elections - changed return and count of ballots from the chair of the nominations committee to CAID headquarters (Office of the President) 7.0 - Committees - clarified and documented current practices of: 7.2.c - Resolutions Committee 7.2.f - Awards Committee 7.2.g - Time and Place Committee 7.2.Õ - SIG Committee - defined SIG Committee composition and dropped separate Constitution and By-Laws requirement. Added 7.2.i, 6-8. 8.0 - Joint Committees - added: 8.1 - CED Joint Committee 8.2 - Annals Joint Committee 9.3 - Clarified student membership and chapter benefits 12.2 - A process for timely notification of CAID membership of proposed amendments was established using News and Notes. Vol. 136, No. 4 AAD 367 Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS The Revised Constitution and By-Laws were submitted for approval April 1991. PREAMBLE We, the members of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, Incorporated, in order to secure the harmonious union of all persons actually engaged in educating deaf students in the United States and Canada, to utilize all means possible to provide such persons opportunities for the free interchange of views concerning the methods and means of educating deaf students, to promote the education and welfare of deaf students and to enhance the professional status of its members, do hereby adopt this Constitution. ARTICLE I. Name. Goals and Authorities of Governance Sec. 1. Name. The name of this organization shall be the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, Incorporated, hereinafter referred to as "CAID." Sec. 2. Goals. The goals of the CAID shall be as stated in the preamble. The CAID shall use all legally permissible power necessary and appropriate to take action for the attainment of these goals. Nothing in this Constitution nor in the By-Laws shall be construed to prevent the CAID from pursuing objectives which are consistent with its stated goals. Sec. 3. Governance. The CAID shall be governed by its articles of incorporation, this Constitution, the By-Laws, and such actions as the Executive Board of Directors may take consistent therewith. ARTICLEII. Membership. Membership in the CAID shall comprise a class of active members, and such other classes as may be provided in the By-Laws. Sec. 1. Membership eligibility: provisions and limitations a. Membership shall be open to individuals as provided in the By-Laws. b. An application for membership shall be subject to review as provided in the By-Laws. c. The CAID shall not deny membership to individuals on the basis of age, race, color, creed, national origin, disability, gender, or sexual orientation. Sec. 2. All rights, title, and interest, both legal and equitable, of members in and to the property of the CAID shall end upon termination of their membership. ARTICLE III. Officers. The officers of the CAID shall be the President, President-Elect, Past President, Secretary, and Treasurer. Collectively, the officers shall be known as the Executive Committee. Sec. 1. Qualifications for officers. All candidates for officers shall have been active members of the CAID for at least three (3) years immediately preceding election. All officers shall maintain active membership in the CAID. Sec. 2. Elections and terms of office. A President-Elect, a Secretary, and a Treasurer shall be elected during the year of and prior to the biennial meeting. These officers shall serve two-year terms, or until their successors take office effective immediately following the close of the Convention (biennial meeting). The...