There shall be three duly-elected Officers of the Great Lakes Chapter which shall consist of a President, First Vice-President (President Elect) and Second Vice-President. Only an Accredited Airport Executive of the American Association of Airport Executives and an Executive member of the Chapter shall be eligible for election to any office.
The President shall be the principle Executive Officer of the Chapter and shall, in general, supervise all of its affairs and office appointments. The President shall preside at all meetings, and shall perform such other duties and shall assume and discharge such other responsibilities as the membership may, by Resolution, from time to time direct.
In the absence of the President from any meeting or conference or in the event of the President's inability or refusal to act in the performance of the President's official duties, the First Vice-President (President Elect) shall perform the duties of the President and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all restrictions upon the President.
In the absence of the President and First Vice-President, or in the event of their inability or refusal to act in the performance of their official duties of the President and when so acting, the Second Vice-President shall have all the powers of and be subject to all restrictions upon the President.
In the absence of the President, First Vice-President and Second Vice-President, or in the event of their inability or refusal to act in the performance of their official duties, the Secretary/Treasurer shall have all the powers of and be subject to all restrictions upon the President. The Secretary/Treasurer shall verify and sign minutes of the Membership and Executive Committee meetings, be responsible for all funds, and also perform all duties incident to the office of the Secretary/Treasurer, those duties directed by these By-Laws and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the President.
The Secretary/Treasurer shall:
The Executive Committee shall manage the business affairs of the Chapter in accordance with the provisions of the By-Laws. The three duly-elected Officers, as provided in Section 1 of this Article, along with the Secretary/Treasurer, Immediate Past President, state/provincial representatives and the members of the parent association Board of Directors representing the Chapter, will constitute the Executive Committee of the Great Lakes Chapter.
The Executive Committee members shall be chosen by a caucus of members present from each state/province at the annual meeting of the Chapter. The selection by each state/province shall be ratified by the membership. Each member so appointed shall serve a two year term or until a successor shall be appointed and qualified. In order to maintain continuity within the Executive Committee, the members representing the states of Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri (Region 1) and Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota (Region III), shall be appointed at the annual meeting of the Chapter held on the odd numbered years, while the members representing the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois (Region II), and Ohio Indiana, and Kentucky (Region IV) and Ontario and Manitoba, Canada (Region V), shall be appointed at the annual meeting held on even numbered years. Should any state/province not be represented at the Annual meeting to select a member of the Executive Committee as required herein, then the President shall appoint a representative from that state/province who shall be subject to ratification by the Executive Committee.
In addition to the Officers and Executive Committee, there shall be such standing committees, panels or representatives which shall be appointed by the President and subject to his or her supervision. They shall perform the duties enumerated for them by the Executive Committee and such additional duties as the President may require.
None of the Officers of the Chapter, nor any appointed member of a standing committee, panel or representative of the Chapter shall be paid any compensation for their regular services to the Chapter; however, the Executive Committee may vote to advance funds or reimburse the travel costs of any such person when representing the Chapter at meetings other than those sponsored by the Great Lakes Chapter.
The Executive Committee may employ an Executive Director upon such terms and conditions as may be approved by a majority vote of the Executive Committee at a duly constituted meeting of the Chapter.
The Executive Director shall perform the duties specified as duties of the Secretary/Treasurer in Article IV, Section 5, Items (a) through (h) and such additional duties, as specified in an agreement and as the President or the Executive Committee may from time to time assign.
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