2007-2008 Amendments

Article I: Name

The name of this special interest section of the American Association of Law Libraries (hereinafter referred to as the "Association" or “AALL”) shall be the Computing Services Special Interest Section (hereinafter referred to as the "Section"), abbreviated CS-SIS or CS SIS.

Article II: Object

[No changes]

Article III: Membership

[No changes]

Article IV: General Business Meetings

Section 1. There will be a general business meeting held annually at the annual convention of the Association. It shall be held at a time and place so that all business which needs to be conducted can be.

Section 2. At each annual meeting the budget a financial summary of the Section will be submitted to the membership for approval.

Section 3. For purposes of tabulating votes, only members in full standing of the Section may vote; a quorum shall consist of the members present at the meeting; and majority shall be based on the number of voting members who vote (i.e. do not abstain).

Article V: Officers and Elections

Section 1. Officers and Term.

The elected officers of the Section will include a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson, a Secretary/Treasurer, and two (2) Members-at-Large. The Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson shall each serve for a term of one year; however, the Vice-Chairperson shall assume the office of Chairperson at the end of their terms of office. The Secretary/Treasurer and Members-at-Large shall serve for two-year terms, with the terms of the Members-at-Large being staggered so that one new Member-at-Large assumes office each year. During the even-numbered years there will be an election for Vice-Chairperson and one Member-at-Large. During the odd-numbered years there will be an election for Vice-Chairperson, Secretary/Treasurer, and one Member-at-Large.

Section 2. Election Procedures.

(a.) The election of officers will be conducted every year by mail or electronic ballot, to be completed not later than two months prior to the annual meeting.

(b.) Nominations for office may be submitted in advance to a Nominating Committee appointed by the Chairperson as provided in Article VII. The nNominating cCommittee shall submit a slate of at least two candidates for each office and the slates shall appear on the ballot. Write-in votes will be permitted on the official ballot.

(c.) In the event paper ballots are used, the Secretary/Treasurer shall mail a copy of the ballot to each member of the Section. Marked ballots shall be returned to the Secretary/Treasurer by a specified deadline. The candidates for each office receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected.

(d.) In the event electronic ballots are used, the details of conducting the election shall first be approved by the Executive Committee. The Committee shall ensure that an election conducted by electronic balloting is fundamentally fair and preserves the right of secret ballot. The candidate for each office receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected. In case of a tie vote, a run off election shall be held at the annual business meeting. Run off elections shall be by secret ballot. The ballots shall be immediately counted, and the candidate with the largest number of votes declared elected.

Section 3. If a Chairperson leaves his office, the Vice-Chairperson will assume his duties.

Section 4. If a Vice-Chairperson, Secretary/Treasurer, or a Member-at-Large leaves his office, the Chairperson will appoint a member of the Section to assume that office until the next annual convention of the Association, whereupon an election will be held to fill the office for the remainder of the term.

Section 5. If a majority of the members present at the Annual Business Meeting determine that the current Vice-Chairperson has demonstrated either an inability or an unwillingness to assume the duties of the Chairperson, the newly-elected Vice-Chairperson automatically becomes the Chairperson, and a new Vice-Chairperson is to be elected by a majority of those present at the Business Meeting.

Article VI: Duties and Powers of the Officers

[No changes]

Article VII: Committees

Section 1. There shall be an Executive Committee consisting of the officers named above and the immediate past chair Chairperson.

Section 2. There shall be such standing or special committees as the Executive Committee, or the membership of the Section, shall create.

Section 3. The Chairperson may appoint a Nominating Committee in anticipation of coming elections. The Nominating Committee shall be a special committee, whose term will end with the election. No action of such Committee shall be presumed to preclude write-in votes on the official ballot.

Article VIII: Amendments to the Bylaws

[No changes]

Article IX: Parliamentary Procedure

Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure, in the latest edition, shall govern all deliberations of the Section, except as otherwise specified in these bylaws. When used throughout this document, terms of gender (for example, pronouns) shall be considered to be gender-neutral in intent.