BylawsDownload Copy of SEAOSC BylawsFOREWORDThe Structural Engineers Association of Southern California was first conceived in 1927 by a small group of Southern California engineers engaged in the private practice of structural engineering. The purpose of the group was to promote the welfare of the structural engineer and to provide for the discussion of common problems: ethical, technical, and economic. The present Association was founded in 1929 with that group as a nucleus, and had a total of twelve charter members. It is believed that this was the first organization by and for structural engineers in the United States. Shortly after its formation, the Association expanded both its purpose and its scope of membership. Each year since has seen a substantial increase in membership and an increased activity of program and of service, both to its members and to the public. The Structural Engineers Association of Southern California (SEAOSC) is now a member organization of the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC). The other member organizations of the State Association are the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC), the Structural Engineers Association of Central California (SEAOCC) and the Structural Engineers Association of San Diego (SEAOSD). The individual members of each regional association are automatically members of the State Association. The Bylaws provide the rules under which the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California functions. CHARTER MEMBERS
BYLAWS OF THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA A Non-Profit California Corporation
ARTICLE IStatement of PurposeThis Association is established for the following purposes: Section 1. Section 2. Section 3. ARTICLE IIMembershipMembership in the Association shall consist of the following grades: Member SE, Member, Associate, Affiliate, Industry Member, Student, Corresponding Member, Business Forum Member, Fellow, Honorary Member, and Life (membership grade). Section 1. Section 2. a. A Civil Engineer registered in the State of California, regularly engaged in the practice of structural or related engineering or, b. A person who is conducting research in or holding a teaching position in structural or civil engineering at a university or college, and who in the opinion of a majority of the Board of Directors has established such achievements in structural engineering as to qualify for the grade of Member. c. A Member shall have all the privileges, duties and benefits of a Member SE except holding the office of President, President-Elect or Treasurer of this Association, or serving on the Board of Directors of the Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC), or chairing the SEAOC committees of Seismology, Code, Existing Buildings, Vision 2000, or Professional Activities. A Member may chair the above excepted SEAOC committees with the approval of a majority of the SEAOC Board of Directors. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. Section 7. Section 8. Section 9. Section 10. Section 11. Section 12. Section 13. Section 14. Section 15. ARTICLE IIIAdmissions, Transfers, Leaves of Absence, Resignations, and ExpulsionsSection 1. a. An application shall be submitted to the Board of Directors with the endorsement of at least 2 Voting Members except that applicants for the grade of Student shall require the endorsement of only 1 Voting Member. If the applicant is unable to obtain the required number of endorsements, the Board of Directors, at its discretion, may delete the requirement for endorsements if it substitutes in their place an interview of the applicant with one or more members of the Board of Directors. b. Notice of the application shall be sent to the Membership, who shall have 30 days from the date of mailing of the notice in which to file written objection to the election of the applicant. c. The Board of Directors shall vote upon the application giving due consideration to any objections that might be received. The applicant shall be duly elected upon receipt of a majority vote of the Board of Directors. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. ARTICLE IVDues, Assessments and ContributionsSection 1. Section 2. Association dues are those paid for support of, and use of, the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California and shall be set by the Board of Directors. SEAOC dues are those paid for the support of, and use of, the Structural Engineers Association of California and are set by the SEAOC Board of Directors. Payment of SEAOC dues is mandatory for all SEAOC member grades assessed by SEAOC in the amounts so assessed. Section 3. Annual dues and the amounts applying to each grade of membership shall be published annually. Annual dues shall be payable upon billing and any member more than four months in arrears shall, except as herein provided, cease to be a member of this Association. Any such person who wishes to be reinstated in this Association shall pay the full initiation fee. Section 4. Any members changing grade within this Association shall not be required to pay any additional dues during the fiscal year of the change. On application from any member, the Board of Directors may, at its discretion and for cause, remit part or all current dues and/or assessment of the member or extend the time of payment. Section 5. Section 6. Section 7. ARTICLE VOfficers and DirectorsSection 1. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. Section 7. Section 8. ARTICLE VINomination and Election of Officers and DirectorsSection 1. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. Section 7. ARTICLE VIIPower and Duties of Officers and Board of DirectorsSection 1. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. ARTICLE VIIIMeetingsSection 1. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. ARTICLE IXAmendmentsSection 1. Section 2. ARTICLE XDelegates to the Structural Engineers Association of CaliforniaSection 1. Section 2. ARTICLE XIStanding CommitteesSection 1.
Section 2. Section 3. ARTICLE XIIStudent ChaptersSection 1. Student chapters may organize activities consistent with the aims of this association including technical programs and social events. Section 2. Section 3. a. All members of the student chapter shall be Student or other grade Member of this Association and shall have all the usual privileges of those grades. b. Students may be Student Members of this Association without belonging to a Student Chapter. c. The President of this Association will appoint a contact member for each chapter, who shall be a member. The contact member shall act as liaison between the student chapter and the Board of Directors. d. This Association will provide support for student chapter activities in the form of speakers, tours, publications, etc., in so far as possible, as requested by the chapters and approved by the Board of Directors. Section 4. Section 5. |