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from.qxp 9/23/99 3:59 PM Page 1252 From the AMS Bylaws of the ciety and delegate to such committees such powers as may be necessary or convenient for the proper exercise of American Mathematical those powers. Agents appointed, or members of commit- tees designated, by the Board of Trustees need not be Society members of the Board. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to em- Article I power the Board of Trustees to divest itself of responsi- bility for, or legal control of, the investments, properties, Officers and contracts of the Society. Section 1. There shall be a president, a president elect (during the even-numbered years only), an immediate past Article III president (during the odd-numbered years only), three vice Committees presidents, a secretary, four associate secretaries, a trea- Section 1. There shall be eight editorial committees as fol- surer, and an associate treasurer. Section 2. It shall be a duty of the president to deliver lows: committees for the Bulletin, for the Proceedings, for an address before the Society at the close of the term of the Colloquium Publications, for the Journal, for Mathe- office or within one year thereafter. matical Surveys and Monographs, for Mathematical Re- views; a joint committee for the Transactions and the Mem- Article II oirs; and a committee for Mathematics of Computation. Section 2. The size of each committee shall be deter- Board of Trustees mined by the Council. Section 1. There shall be a Board of Trustees consisting of eight trustees, five trustees elected by the Society in ac- Article IV cordance with Article VII, together with the president, the treasurer, and the associate treasurer of the Society ex of- Council ficio. The Board of Trustees shall designate its own presiding Section 1. The Council shall consist of fifteen members at officer and secretary. large and the following ex officio members: the officers of Section 2. The function of the Board of Trustees shall the Society specified in Article I, except that it shall include be to receive and administer the funds of the Society, to only one associate secretary, the chairman of each of the have full legal control of its investments and properties, editorial committees specified in Article III, any former sec- to make contracts, and, in general, to conduct all business retary for a period of two years following the terms of of- affairs of the Society. fice, and members of the Executive Committee (Article V) Section 3. The Board of Trustees shall have the power who remain on the Council by the operation of Article VII, to appoint such assistants and agents as may be necessary Section 4. or convenient to facilitate the conduct of the affairs of the The chairman of any committee designated as a Coun- Society and to fix the terms and conditions of their em- cil member may name a deputy from the committee as sub- ployment. The Board may delegate to the officers of the stitute. The associate secretary shall be the one charged Society duties and powers normally inhering in their re- with the scientific program of the meeting at which the spective corporative offices, subject to supervision by the Council meets except that at a meeting associated with no Board. The Board of Trustees may appoint committees to scientific meeting of the Society the secretary may desig- facilitate the conduct of the financial business of the So- nate the associate secretary. 1252 NOTICES OF THE AMS VOLUME 46, NUMBER 10 from.qxp 9/23/99 3:59 PM Page 1253 From the AMS Section 2. The Council shall formulate and administer secretary by the proposer of any such resolution not later the scientific policies of the Society and shall act in an ad- than one month prior to the Council meeting at which the visory capacity to the Board of Trustees. matter is to be presented, and the vote shall be taken not Section 3. In the absence of the secretary from any earlier than one month after the resolution has been dis- meeting of the Council, a member may be designated as cussed by the Council. acting secretary for the meeting, either by written autho- If, at a meeting of the Council, there are present twelve rization of the secretary, or, failing that, by the presiding members, then the prior notification to the secretary may officer. be waived by unanimous consent. In such a case, a unan- Section 4. All members of the Council shall be voting imous favorable vote by those present shall empower the members. Each member, including deputies and the des- Council to speak in the name of the Society. ignated associate secretary, shall have one vote. The method The Council may also refer the matter to a referendum for settling matters before the Council at any meeting shall by mail of the entire membership of the Society and shall be by majority vote of the members present. If the result make such reference if a referendum is requested, prior of a vote is challenged, it shall be the duty of the presid- to final action by the Council, by two hundred or more mem- ing officer to determine the true vote by a roll call. In a roll bers. The taking of a referendum shall act as a stay upon call vote, each Council member shall vote only once Council action until the votes have been canvassed, and (although possibly a member of the Council in several ca- thereafter no action may be taken by the Council except pacities). in accordance with a plurality of the votes cast in the ref- Section 5. Any five members of the Council shall con- erendum. stitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meet- ing of the Council. Article V Section 6. Between meetings of the Council, business may be transacted by a mail vote. Votes shall be counted as spec- Executive Committee ified in Section 4 of this Article, “members present” being Section 1. There shall be an Executive Committee of the replaced by “members voting”. An affirmative vote by mail Council, consisting of four elected members and the fol- on any proposal shall be declared if, and only if, (a) more lowing ex officio members: the president, the secretary, the than half of the total number of possible votes is received president elect (during even-numbered years), and the im- by the time announced for the closing of the polls, and (b) mediate past president (during odd-numbered years). at least three-quarters of the votes received by then are af- Section 2. The Executive Committee of the Council shall firmative. If five or more members request postponement be empowered to act for the Council on matters which have at the time of voting, action on the matter at issue shall be been delegated to the Executive Committee by the Coun- postponed until the next meeting of the Council, unless ei- cil. If three members of the Executive Committee request ther (1) at the discretion of the secretary, the question is that any matter be referred to the Council, the matter shall made the subject of a second vote by mail, in connection be so referred. The Executive Committee shall be respon- with which brief statements of reason, for and against, are sible to the Council and shall report its actions to the circulated; or (2) the Council places the matter at issue be- Council. It may consider the agenda for meetings of the fore the Executive Committee for action. Council and may make recommendations to the Council. Section 7. The Council may delegate to the Executive Section 3. Each member of the Executive Committee shall Committee certain of its duties and powers. Between meet- have one vote. An affirmative vote on any proposal before ings of the Council, the Executive Committee shall act for the Executive Committee shall be declared if, and only if, the Council on such matters and in such ways as the Coun- at least four affirmative votes are cast for the proposal. A cil may specify. Nothing herein contained shall be construed vote on any proposal may be determined at a meeting of as empowering the Council to divest itself of responsibil- the Executive Committee, but it shall not be necessary to ity for formulating and administering the scientific poli- hold a meeting to determine a vote. cies of the Society. Section 8. The Council shall also have power to speak Article VI in the name of the Society with respect to matters affect- ing the status of mathematics or mathematicians, such as Executive Director proposed or enacted federal or state legislation; condi- Section 1. There shall be an Executive Director who shall tions of employment in universities, colleges, or business, be a paid employee of the Society. The Executive Director research or industrial organizations; regulations, policies, shall have charge of the offices of the Society, except for or acts of governmental agencies or instrumentalities; and the office of the secretary, and shall be responsible for the other items which tend to affect the dignity and effective general administration of the affairs of the Society in ac- position of mathematics. cordance with the policies that are set by the Board of With the exception noted in the next paragraph, a fa- Trustees and by the Council. vorable vote of two-thirds of the entire membership of the Section 2. The Executive Director shall be appointed by Council shall be necessary to authorize any statement in the Board of Trustees with the consent of the Council. The the name of the Society with respect to such matters.