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VI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE—MEETINGS AND DUTIES 
A. Executive Committee 
1. The executive committee shall consist of the president, past-president, vice- 
president, secretary-treasurer, and editor. 
B. Meetings and Duties 
2. The executive committee shall meet preceding the annual meeting and at the 
call of the president may hold meetings when and where thought advisable, to 
conduct the affairs of the Society. A joint meeting of the outgoing and incoming 
executive committees shall be held immediately after the close of the annual 
Society business meeting. Members of the Executive committee may vote by 
proxy, mail or person on all matters which call for favorable or unanimous ac- 
tion. 
3. The executive committee shall consider all nominations for membership and pass 
on the qualifications of the applicants; shall have control and management of 
the affairs and funds of the Society; shall determine the manner of publication; 
and shall designate the place of the annual meeting. They are empowered to 
establish a business headquarters for the Society, and to employ such persons 
as are needed to conduct the business of the Society. They are empowered to 
make investments of both general and special funds of the Society. Trust funds 
may be created giving to the trustees appointed for such purpose such discre- 
tion as to investments as seems desirable to the executive committee to accom- 
plish any of its objects and purposes, but no such trust funds shall be created 
unless they are revocable upon ninety (go) days’ notice. Favorable action shall 
consist of a favoring three out of five votes. Comrhittee members may vote by 
person, proxy or in writing. 
VII 
A. Meetings 
1. The Society shall hold at least one stated meeting each year, which shall be the 
annual meeting. This meeting shall be held at a time and place designated by the 
executive committee. At this meeting the proceedings of the preceding meeting 
shall be read, Society business shall be transacted, scientific papers shall be read 
and discussed, and results announced of the mail ballot for officers for the en- 
suing year. 
VIII 
A. Amendments 
1. Amendments to this constitution may be proposed by a resolution of the execu- 
tive committee, by a constitutional committee appointed by the president, or in 
writing by any ten members of the Society. All such resolutions or proposals 
must be submitted at the annual meeting of the business committee of the Society 
as provided in the by-laws, and only the business committee shall make recom- 
mendations concerning proposed constitutional changes at the annual Society 
business meeting. If such recommendations by the business committee shall 
be favorably acted on at the annual Society business meeting, the secretary- 
treasurer shall arrange for a ballot of the membership by mail within thirty (30) 
days after said annual Society business meeting, and a majority vote of the 
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