I-308. Amendments to IEEE Constitution and Bylaws
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Constitutional Amendments.
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Review by Legal
Counsel. Before an
amendment to the Constitution is
submitted to the voting members,
it shall be reviewed by IEEE
legal counsel.
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Proposed Amendment
Petitions. Proponents
of petitions for Constitutional
Amendments shall submit in
writing to IEEE a copy of the
exact wording of the proposed
Constitutional Amendment
petition the proponent wishes to
circulate for signature. In order
to be effective, such submission
must be received at the office
of the IEEE Executive Director
no later than twelve noon on the
Friday preceding 15 December of
the preceding year in which the
petition, if qualified, will
appear on the ballot. The
wording of this proposed
amendment petition, once
reviewed and approved by legal
counsel, shall be considered the
official petition. If the
wording of a circulated petition
deviates from the official
petition as defined above, such
petition shall be disqualified.
Only signatures for the official
petition will be counted toward
qualification of a proposed
amendment to be placed on the
ballot. Petitions for
Constitutional Amendments may be
circulated and signed no earlier
than 1 June of the year
preceding the submission of
Constitutional Amendments to the
voting members.
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Schedule. Except as
described in Bylaw I-308.1,
or unless otherwise directed
by the Board of Directors,
the schedule for (i) receipt of
petitions for Constitutional
Amendments and statements of
petitioners in support of
petitions to accompany the
ballot, (ii) the submission
of all Constitutional
Amendments (including those
initiated by the Board of
Directors) to the voting
members, and (iii) the
counting of the ballots and
tallying of votes with
respect to proposed
Constitutional Amendments
shall conform to the
schedule relating to the
nomination and election of
officers elected by the voting
members set forth in Bylaw
I-307. Ballots for
Constitutional Amendments shall
carry a statement of the
final date for receipt of
ballots at IEEE Headquarters
or at a qualified
organization designated by the
Executive Director (the "final
referendum ballot receipt date").
Ballots will be valid
only when completed in
accordance with the
instructions accompanying
the ballot and when received at
IEEE Headquarters or by a
qualified organization
designated by the IEEE
Executive Director prior to
the final referendum ballot
receipt date. Ballots
shall be validated and votes
shall be tallied under the
actual or delegated
supervision of the Tellers
Committee not later than the
fifth working day following
the final referendum ballot
receipt date. As
provided in Bylaw I-305.21, the
Tellers Committee shall
announce the result of the tally
of the votes not later than
the eighth working day following
the final referendum ballot
receipt date in a report to the
Board of Directors signed by
the Chair of the Tellers
Committee. The known
principal proponents and
opponents of each such
proposed Constitutional
Amendment shall be advised
promptly of the Tellers
Committee tally of votes
applicable to their
respective Constitutional
Amendment proposals. Subject to
Bylaw I-307.18, the date of
adoption of a proposed
Constitutional Amendment that
has been voted upon
favorably by the membership
shall be the date of the
first meeting of the Board of
Directors taking place after the
date of the Tellers Committee
report and, as provided in
Article XIV, Section 3, of the
Constitution, such Amendment
shall take effect 30 days after adoption.
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Ballot Marking
Instructions. A ballot
that is marked neither for nor
against a proposed
Constitutional Amendment shall not
be counted either as a "vote" or
as a "ballot cast" for purposes
of Article XIV, Section 2, of
the Constitution, and the
instructions accompanying the
ballot shall so specify.
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Procedures to Change Bylaws.
As provided in the Constitution,
proposed Bylaw changes and the reasons
therefore shall be mailed to all Directors at
least 20 days before the stipulated meeting of
the Board of Directors at which the vote shall
be taken. Two-thirds of the votes of the
members present at the meeting shall be
required to approve any new Bylaw, amendment,
or revocation.
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History of Amendments.
A complete history of amendments
shall be kept in the files of the IEEE.
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