Reactor Physics Division

Professional Division

Bylaws and Rules

American Nuclear Society
Standard Bylaws & Rules for the
Reactor Physics Division - Adopted 6/11/2023

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Table of Contents


ARTICLE B1 - NAME
  1. Name Assigned

ARTICLE B2 - OBJECTIVES
  1. Objectives Defined
  2. Furtherance of Objectives

ARTICLE B3 - OBLIGATIONS TO THE SOCIETY
  1. Activities Governed by ANS Certificate and Bylaws
  2. Precedence of Society Bylaws, Rules, Procedures and Policies
  3. Restricted Activity
  4. Financial Stability Independent of Society
  5. Restrictions on Technical and Non-Technical Positions
  6. Filing of Meeting Minutes

ARTICLE B4 - MEMBERSHIP
  1. Member Composition and Standing
  2. Student Members
  3. Member Dues
  4. Member Resignation
  5. Technical Group Membership to Executive Director
  6. Division Participants

ARTICLE B5 - DUES, ASSESSMENTS, AND CONTRIBUTIONS
  1. Dues Established
  2. Right to Levy by Division (Technical Group)
  3. Restrictions on Financial Contributions
  4. Disbursement of Division Funds

ARTICLE B6 - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
  1. Responsibility for Management
  2. Executive Committee Composition, Term of Office and Chair
  3. Filling Vacancies
  4. Removal Policy
  5. Rules and Regulations
  6. Meetings
  7. Voting

ARTICLE B7 - OFFICERS
  1. Terms, Qualifications, and Duties
  2. Vice-Chair
  3. Secretary or Secretary-Treasurer
  4. Secretary-Treasurer for Divisions (Technical Groups) without Treasurers
  5. Treasurer
ARTICLE B8 - ELECTION AND ELIGIBILITY
  1. Officers to Be Elected
  2. Officer Member Grades
  3. Nominating Committee
  4. Number of Candidates on Ballot
  5. Ballot Return Date
  6. Voting Procedure
  7. Eligibility for Re-Election
  8. Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Qualifications
  9. Restrictions on Retiring Chair

ARTICLE B9 - STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
  1. Composition and Purpose
  2. Quorum for Committee Meetings

ARTICLE B10 - MEETINGS
  1. Time and Places, Number of Meetings, Annual Meeting Time and Notices
  2. Quorum for Division Meetings

ARTICLE B11 - AMENDMENTS
  1. Proposed Amendments
  2. Society Review and Approval of Amendments by Bylaws and Rules Committee
  3. Vote Required
  4. Effective Date of Amendment
  5. Notification to Members, Printing and Distribution

ARTICLE B12 - RULES OF CONDUCT
  1. Robert's Rules of Order

ARTICLE B13 - DISSOLUTION
  1. Division (Technical Group) Dissolution by Board of Directors
  2. Division (Technical Group) Approval of Dissolution
  3. Division (Technical Group) Petition to Professional Divisions Committee on Dissolution
  4. Disposition of Division (Technical Group) Assets
  5. Merging of Division (Technical Group) with Another Division (Technical Group)

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