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Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
Constitution
(Continued)
ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS, BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND
STANDING COMMITTEES
Section 1. The Officers of this
Association shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a
Treasurer.
Section 2. The Board of Governors shall consist of
the aforesaid Officers together with six (6) other members of the
Association.
Section 3. The Membership Committee shall
comprise the President and two (2) other members who are not
members of the Board of Governors.
Section 4. The
Nominating Committee shall comprise a Chairman and four (4) other
members who are not members of the Board of
Governors.
Section 5. An annual meeting shall be held by the
Association for the election by a majority vote of the members
present and voting of a complete slate of Officers, Board of Governors
and Membership and Nominating Committees, all of whom shall serve
in their elected capacity, commencing the first day of September next
for a term of one (1) year or until their respective successors shall
have been elected and qualified.
Section 6. Any Active
Member of the Association shall be eligible for election to any office or
to membership on the Board of Governors or for membership on any
Committee of the Association. Any officer of the Association who no
longer qualifies as an Active Member will remain eligible for election to
any office or membership on the Board of
Governors.
ARTICLE V - ASSOCIATION PROPERTY
All
interest in the property of the Association is vested in the Association
only.
ARTICLE VI - INCORPORATION
The Association
shall be established as a corporation without capital stock under the
provisions of the General Statutes of the State of
Connecticut.
ARTICLE VII - AFFAIRS OF THE
ASSOCIATION
The affairs of the Association shall be
conducted and administered according to such By-Laws, as may be
adopted and from time to time amended. Insofar as such affairs
pertain to the corporate existence of the Association, they shall be
conducted and administered as provided therefore in the General
Statutes of the State of Connecticut, as revised.
ARTICLE
VIII - AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION OR BY-LAWS
The
Constitution or the By-Laws may be amended only by two-thirds vote
of the members present and voting at the annual meeting of the
Association or at a special meeting called in accordance with the
provisions of the By-Laws.
ARTICLE IX - TAKING EFFECT OF
THIS CONSTITUTION
This Constitution shall supersede in its
entirety the Constitution adopted at the organization meeting of June
4, 1946 and shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its
adoption.
Adopted May 20, 1947
Amended May 24,
1951
Amended October 30, 1951
Amended July 27,
1963
Amended December 3, 1964
Amended
December 5, 1966
Amended December 15, 2001
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