EXECUTIVE BOARD

Section 1. Enumeration. The Executive Board shall consist of the President, the President-Elect, the Past-President, the Past Past President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Chairperson of the Membership Committee, and eight additional members (including a student member to the board). All members of the Executive Board must be members of the Society, or in the case of the student representative, a student member of the Society. The Executive Board shall have the powers of a Board of Directors.
Section 2 Historian. The Historian will maintain a record of all communications, conferences, and meetings held by the society. The Historian must be a member of the Society, and can either be an Executive board member or not. If the Historian is not an Executive board member, the Historian will be a non-voting member of the Executive board. The Historian’s term will be for 4 years.
Section 3 Student Member. The President will select a student for approval to the Executive board. Student member will be a voting member of the Executive board. Student board member’s term will be for 2 years.
Section 4. Election . All officers of the Society shall be elected as provided in Article VI, Section 2. Every year of the biennial conference four of the other members of the Executive Board shall be elected for a four-year term. This election shall ordinarily take place by mail ballot at a sufficient time before the biennial meeting to permit the report of the election to be recorded at that biennial meeting. The terms of office for members of the Executive Board will begin at the end of the biennial meeting.
Section 5. Vacancy . In the case of a vacancy in the Executive Board for any reason the remaining members of the Board shall elect a replacement from the membership of the Society to serve the remainder of the term.
Section 6. Quorum. A quorum of the Executive Board shall consist of a simple majority of its members. A simple majority of Board members present and voting is required for passage of a motion. The duties of chairman and secretary of meetings of the Board shall be fulfilled by the President and Secretary respectively. In the absence of either or both, pro tempore appointments will be made by the Executive Board from their number.
Section 7. Biennial Meeting. The Executive Board shall have at least one meeting prior to the biennial meeting of the Society. This meeting may be held immediately prior to the biennial meeting of the Society. No notice is required of the biennial meeting of the Executive Board provided that all the Board members are present or those not present have waived or thereafter waive notice thereof, or have been notified and failed to attend.
Section 8. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Executive Board shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by vote of the Board, and if so fixed, no notice thereof need be given.
Section 9. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Executive Board shall be held when called by the President or requested in writing by a majority of the members of the Board. Notice of the time and place of special meetings of the Executive Board shall be given by written notice mailed to each Board member at his or her last known post office address as entered in the records of the Society not later than three days prior to the date of the meeting; or shall be conveyed to each Board member personally, or by telephone or telegram or email not less than twenty-four hours before the time fixed for the meeting. No notice is required if all the Board members waive notice in writing before or after such meeting.
Section 10. Powers and Duties. The Executive Board shall exercise general supervision over the management of the property, business, and affairs of the Society and shall be the primary authority on matters of policy and procedure within the Society. It shall have the power to employ, fix the compensation of, and at its pleasure, remove such agents and employees as it may deem expedient to carry out the functions of the Society. It may exercise all such powers and do such things as it deems consistent with the Articles of Organization, these By-Laws, and the laws of the State of Illinois to effectuate the purposes of the Society. All committee chairpersons are immediately responsible to the Executive Board. The major actions of the Executive Board shall be reported to the membership at the biennial meeting.
Section 11. Action Without a Meeting. The Executive Board may act without a meeting by a writing or consent executed by all the Board members and such action shall have the same force and effect as action carried out at a meeting of the Board members at which a quorum was present and voting. The Secretary shall file such writings with the record of meetings of the Executive Board.
Section 12. Resignation. Any Board member may at any time resign by delivering his or her resignation in writing to the President or the Secretary of the Society. Resignation by the President must be delivered to the Secretary and resignation by the Secretary must be delivered to the President. Any resignation by a Board member shall be effective on receipt and acceptance thereof shall not be necessary unless it so states. Resignation with a specified effective date may be made upon approval by a majority of the Board members, such approval being obtained either at a meeting of the Board or through the procedures for obtaining action without a meeting.