Subject: IFCSS Documents 1 (fwd)

From: Hongguang Zhou <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1993 22:30:15 -0400 (EDT)

The following is forwarded to those who have not yet have a copy of the
IFCSS Council documents for their reference.
Thank you for your attention.
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Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 10:52:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jinghong Li <[email-masked]>
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Subject: IFCSS Documents 1

        IFCSS Council Bylaws (C3002)

               Bylaws of the Council of IFCSS
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                      ARTICLE I
                Council and Its Members

  The Council is the standing legislative body of IFCSS. Members of
the Council are elected according to the Constitution of the
IFCSS. The term of the Council member is one year.  The conduct of the
Council shall be in accordance with, in order of precedence, the
Constitution of IFCSS, this bylaws, the special rules of order that
the Council may adopt, and the general rules of order defined in
Article V of this bylaws.

                      ARTICLE II
                 Officers of the Council

   Section 1.  Chairperson of the Council.  The Chairperson of the
Council shall be elected among the members of the Council.
Chairperson shall be in charge of calling for meetings of the
Council, and shall preside all meetings of the Council at which
he/she is present. The Chairperson  shall act as the spokesperson
of the Council. The Chairperson is subject to the supervision of
the Council. The Chairperson shall do and perform such other duties
and may exercise such other powers as prescribed by the Article V
Parliamentary Authority of this bylaws, and as from time to time
may be assigned to him/her by the Council.

   Section 2.  Co-Chairperson of the Council. A Co-chairperson of
the council shall be elected at the same meeting at which the
Chairperson of the Council is elected. At the request of the
Chairperson or in the event of his/her absence or disability, the
Co-chairperson shall perform all the duties of, and be subject to
the restrictions upon, the Chairperson of the Council. Only members
of the Council are eligible for Co-Chairperson of the Council.

   Section 3. Secretary of the Council. Secretary of the council
shall be nominated by the Chairperson of the Council and approved
by the Council. Only members of the Council are eligible for
Secretary. Co-Chairperson is not eligible for the nomination  of
Secretary of the Council. The  Secretary shall:
       a) record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Council
in a book or by other means to be kept for that purpose;
       b) be custodian of important documents ( including but not
limited to proposals, resolutions, bills, statements, committee
          reports );
       c) see that all books, reports, statements, proposals,
resolutions, bills, e-mail communications, and other documents and
records required to be kept or filed are properly kept and/or
filed;
       d) in general, perform all duties and have all powers
incident to the Secretary may perform such other duties and have
such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him/her
by the Council or the Chairperson of the Council;
       e) count and record vote of the Council;
       f) perform such other duties prescribed in the Article V
Parliamentary Authority of this bylaws.

   Section 4. No member of  the Council shall be eligible to serve
as Chairperson, Co-chairperson and Secretary for more than two
consecutive terms in the Council.

                      ARTICLE III
                 Meetings of the Council

     Section 1. The  Meetings of the Council can be conducted in
one of the following forms: meeting at specific place,
tele-conference Meeting, and meeting conducted via electronic-mail
network.

     Section 2. Regular Meetings.  A regular meeting of the Council
is held in the first week of each quarter of the year, without call
or formal notice in such forms, at such places, and at such times
as the Council may vote from time to time to determine. Regular
meeting shall not be conducted in electronic-mail network.

     Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Council
may be held in any of the forms described in Section 1, at any
places at any time when called by Chairperson or one-third or more
members of the Council. Notice of the form, time and place thereof
shall be given to each Council member at least seven days before if
by mail (including E-mail) or at least forty-eight hours if in
person or by telephone or telegraph or by FAX. A waiver of such
notice in writing (or in E-mail, or in FAX), signed by the person
or persons entitled to said notice, either before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to such notice. Notice
of any adjourned meeting of the Council need not be given.

     Section 4. Quorum. The presence, at any meetings, of
two-thirds of the total member of the Council shall be necessary
and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business.

     Section 5. Electronic Mail Meeting. Electronic mail meeting of
the Council shall be conducted only in a specific e-mail network
which is set up for the Council and is accessible by all members of
the council. The presence of a member in the meeting is defined as
the post of " Chairperson, I am in presence for the E-mail meeting
starting from___time___day___month___Year.  Name of the Member
(sign)" in the above mentioned network  in response to the  call of
the meeting before the announced meeting time.

     Section 6. Consent of Council Members in Lieu of Meeting.  Any
action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
Council or any committee of the Council thereof may be taken
without a meeting, if prior to such action a written consent
thereto is signed by all members of the Council or committee of the
meeting, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the Council or committee of the Council.

   Section 7.  Absence of the Council member from meeting: The
council may recommend resignation of a council member if
    a) he/she has been absent for any one of the council meetings
without proper reasons;
    or
    b) he/she has been absent for any two of the council meetings.
The council's recommendation shall  be sent to the absentee and
his/her constituents, the later will also receive a request of a
substitute from the council.

                      ARTICLE IV
               Committees in the Council

    The Council may, by resolution adopted by the Council,
designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two
or more of the members of the Council, which, to the extent
provided in the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers
of the Council in management of the business and affairs of the
Council. The name, chairperson and  members of each such committee
may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the
Council.

    The committees of the Council shall keep regular minutes of
their proceedings and report the same to the Council when required.

                      ARTICLE V
                  Parliamentary Authority

      Section 1. Adoption of A Motion. Motion shall be adopted by
vote of a majority of entire membership of the Council.

      Section 2. Robert's Rules of Order.  The rules contained in
the Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised ( 1990/9th Edition.
Author: H. M. Robert, Revised by S.C. Robert, Publisher:
HarperCollins,1990 ) shall govern the Council in all cases to which
they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with the
Constitution of IFCSS and this bylaws and any special rules of
order the Council may adopt.

                       ARTICLE VI
                       Amendments

      These bylaws may be amended at any regular meeting of the
Council by vote of a majority of entire membership of the Council.
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