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Texas Computer Education Association

ByLaws

ARTICLE XII.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1.  Authority and Responsibility

        The Board of Directors shall be the governing body of the Association.  The Board of Directors shall consist of the following:

                President

                Past-President

                President Elect

                Vice President-Member Services

                Vice President-Records and Finance

                Vice President-Convention

                Vice President Elect

                Area Directors

        The Board of Directors shall have supervision, control and direction over the affairs of the Association, its committees and publications, shall determine its policies or changes therein, shall actively prosecute its objectives and supervise the disbursement of its funds.  The Board may adopt such rules and regulations to conduct its business as deemed advisable.

Section 2.  Quorum of the Board

        At any meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of the voting members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

Section 3.  Meetings of the Board

        A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held no less than two (2) times during the administrative year at such time and place the Board may prescribe.  Notice of all such meetings shall be given to the Board not less than thirty (30) days before the meeting is held.  Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President or at the request of three (3) Board members, by notice to each member not less than five days before the meeting is held.

        A “meeting of the Board” will be defined as all those meetings set by the President for official Board business or to fulfill Board business.

Section 4.  Voting

        Voting rights of a Director shall not be delegated to another nor exercised by proxy.

Section 5.  Voting by Mail and Electronically

        Action taken by mail or electronically by the members of the Board of Directors shall be a valid action of the Board and shall be reported at the next regular meeting of the Board.

Section 6.  Absence

        Any elected Officer or Area Director who shall have been absent from two (2) consecutive regular meetings of the Board of Directors during a single administrative year shall automatically vacate the seat of the Board of Directors and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by these ByLaws.  However, the Board of Directors shall consider each absence of an Officer or Area Director as separate circumstance and may expressly excuse such absence by affirmative majority vote.

Section 7.  Vacancies and Removal

        Any vacancy occurring on the Board of Directors between Annual Meetings shall be filled by appointment of the President and approved by the Board of Directors.  The appointee shall serve the unexpired term of his/her predecessor.

        The Board of Directors may at its discretion, by affirmative vote of two-thirds of the board members, remove any Officer or Area Director for just cause, including, but not limited to, failure to submit required financial reports or failure to perform other listed responsibilities.

        In addition, members of the board must be employed by an educational entity in the TCEA Area that he/she represents for the duration of his/her term of office.  Any member of the Board not employed by an educational entity for more than a period of 90 days, shall automatically vacate the seat of the Board of Directors and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by these ByLaws.

Section 8.  Compensation

        Area Directors and Officers will not receive any compensation for their services.