By-Laws Adopted June 2005
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ARTICLE 1. Name and Area Served
ARTICLE 2. Purposes
2.1 Statement of Purposes
2.2 California Planning Foundation
2.3 Scholarship Fund
2.4 Non-Profit Nature of Chapter
ARTICLE 3. Membership
3.1 Membership Eligibility
3.2 Members of APA Residing in California
3.3 Members of APA Not Residing in California
3.4 Members of California Chapter-Only
ARTICLE 4. Chapter Officers
4.1 Chapter Officers
4.2 Term of Office
4.3 Non-Performance of Officers
4.4 Vacancies
4.5 Non-Voting Marketing Director
4.6 Non-Voting Workshop Director
4.7 Non-Voting Chapter Historian
4.8 Non-Voting Technology Director
4.9 Non-voting Continuing Education Coordinator
4.10 Non-Voting National Policy & Legislation Representative
ARTICLE 5. Chapter Board of Directors & Executive Committee
5.1 Members of the Chapter Board of Directors
5.2 Chapter Executive Committee
5.3 Division of Functions
5.4 President-Elect
5.5 Past President
ARTICLE 6. Duties Of Chapter Board Of Directors
6.1 Chapter Board of Directors
6.2 Chapter Committees
6.3 President
6.4 President-Elect and Past President
6.5 VP Pro Tem
6.6 VP Administration
6.7 VP Policy and Legislation
6.8 VP Public Information
6.9 VP Professional Development
6.10 Planning Commission Representative
6.11 California Planning Foundation President
6.12 Student Representative
6.13 Membership Director
6.14 Workshop Director
6.15 PEN President
6.16 Chapter Historian
6.17 Technology Director
6.18 Continuing Education Coordinator
6.19 National Policy & Legislation Representative
6.20 Executive Director
ARTICLE 7. Elections
7.1 Nominating Committee
7.2 Nominating Procedures
7.3 Nominating Criteria
7.4 Notice
7.5 Nominating Petitions
7.6 Eligibility to Vote
7.7 Voting Procedures for Chapter Officers
7.8 Election Schedule
7.9 Tallying Ballots
7.10 Results of Election
ARTICLE 8. Meetings
8.1 Annual Meetings
8.2 Other Meetings
8.3 Notice of Meetings
8.4 Executive Board, Quorum
8.5 Actions Taken at Chapter Meetings
ARTICLE 9. Initiative And Referendum
ARTICLE 10. Chapter Dues
10.1 Payment Requirements
10.2 Exemptions
10.3 Chapter-Only Dues
10.4 Student Dues
ARTICLE 11. Sections
11.1 Purposes and Functions of Sections
11.2 Names of Sections and Areas Served
11.3 Revision of Section Boundaries
11.4 Section Meetings
11.5 Section Authorization for Dues and Assessment
11.6 Section Member Dues Exemption
11.7 Section Bylaws
ARTICLE 12. Section Board
12.1 Section Board
12.2 Terms of Office for Section Directors and Officers
12.3 Section Board Vacancies
ARTICLE 13. Duties Of Section Board And Officers
13.1 Section Board
13.2 Section Director
13.3 Section Director Pro Tem
13.4 Section Secretary-Treasurer
13.5 Section Student Representative
ARTICLE 14. Section Elections
14.1 Nomination of Section Officers
14.2 Eligibility to Vote in Section Elections
14.3 Section Voting Procedure
14.4 Section Tally Committee
14.5 Results of Section Elections
ARTICLE 15. Formation Of Subsections, Section Departments, New Sections
15.1 Formation of Subsections and Section Departments
15.2 Formation of New Sections
ARTICLE 16. Bylaw Amendments
ARTICLE 17. Indemnification
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