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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF FRENCH

BY-LAWS of the North Carolina Chapter Adopted April 7, 1975, Amended December 15, 2005

Article I: Membership

1. Membership in the North Carolina Chapter shall be open, upon payment of dues, to teachers of French at all levels, to former teachers of French, administrators, students of French, and friends of the French language and culture.

2. Regular membership runs from January 1 to December 21. Student membership is on the academic year, and runs from September 1 to August 31 of the following year.

Article II: Officers

1. The officers of the North Carolina Chapter shall be a President, Vice-President, a Secretary-Treasurer, and a Recording Secretary. Only AATF members in good standing (dues paid up to date) may be nominated and serve as officers. The President and Vice-President are not immediately eligible for reelection.

2. The duties of the President shall be, in addition to calling and presiding over meetings of the chapter, to approve all orders drawn against funds of the chapter and to serve as custodian of the constitution and chapter records. The President shall appoint the Chairman of the French Contest, the NC-AATF Bulletin Editor, the Advocacy Coordinator, the Mentoring Coordinator, and any other member chosen to exercise a specific function for the chapter. The President's term shall be for two academic years. He/she shall succeed to office automatically from the position of Vice-President.

3. The Vice-President, whose term shall also be for two academic years, shall preside over meetings and act in the place of the President in the absence of the latter. If the President becomes unable for any reason to complete his/her term, the Vice-President shall succeed to the presidency and complete the President's term. Then he/she shall enter upon his /her own regular term as President. The Vice-President shall serve as the Program Chair.

4. The Secretary-Treasurer shall receive the relevant portion of the dues of the chapter members from the National Office, keep detailed financial accounts of receipts and disbursements, make a complete financial report at the fall and spring meetings of the chapter and yearly to National Headquarters. S/He will keep an up-to-date list of active members of the chapter from the Chapter Reimbursement Reports received from National Headquarters, and make the necessary mailings to members. The Secretary-Treasurer will serve as custodian of the By-Laws and Chapter records. The term of office of the Secretary-Treasurer shall be for two academic years, and he/she may be reelected.

5. The Recording Secretary shall keep the minutes of the business meetings and send reports of the meetings to the Regional Representative as desired by the Chapter. The term of the Recording Secretary shall be for two years, and he/she may be reelected.

Article III: Elections

1. The chapter shall hold regular elections. Each year in which there is to be an election, the Executive Board shall present a slate of nominees for the positions of Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Recording Secretary at the spring meeting. Nominees may also be proposed from the floor. The new officers shall begin their duties on August 1, and the Secretary-Treasurer shall immediately certify the results of the election to the National Headquarters and to the Regional Representative. Election shall be by a majority of the active members present and voting at the spring meeting.

2. An absence of an officer for a period of four months or more from the country shall automatically cause his office to be considered vacant. If an office becomes vacant through death, resignation, or absence of the incumbent, the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term by appointment of the Executive Board, except for an office where there is automatic succession.

Article IV: Meetings The chapter shall have at least two meetings a year, one in the fall in connection with the State Foreign Language Association meeting, and the second in the spring. Other special meetings may be called by the President in consultation with the Executive Board.

Article V: Executive Board The Executive Board shall consist of the four elected officers, the immediate Past-President, and any appointed members. It is authorized to conduct all important business between meetings and may be called into session or consulted by telephone, letter, or e-mail at the initiative of the President. Its decisions must be submitted to the general membership of the chapter for ratification at the following meeting. Appointed members of the Executive Board include the French Contest Administrator, the NC-AATF Bulletin Editor, the Advocacy Coordinator, the Mentoring Coordinator, and any other member appointed to exercise a specific function for the chapter. All members of the board, elected and appointed, have voting privileges.

Article VI: Amendments The By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at any regular or special meeting, providing that notice announcing the exact nature and wording of the proposed amendment shall have been sent in writing to each member of the chapter at least one month in advance, along with the time and place of the meeting.

Article VII: Applicability of the National Constitution All articles of the AATF National Constitution and By-Laws apply to the North Carolina Chapter, and nothing in these By-Laws is to be considered in contradiction to the National Constitution.

Article VIII: Dissolution The North Carolina Chapter may be dissolved by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at a regular or specially called meeting, or through the suspension of its charter by the national organization acting under the authority of National By-Law IV, 2 (c). In case of dissolution, all remaining funds in the chapter treasury and all chapter records shall be turned over to the AATF Executive Director under the terms of the aforementioned By-Law.