Missouri Section
Mathematical Association of America, Inc.

ARTICLE I
Name and Purpose

1. The name of this section shall be the Missouri Section of The Mathematical
Association of America, Inc.

2. The purpose of the Missouri Section shall be to assist in the improvement
of education in the mathematical sciences at the collegiate level by carrying
out the purposes of the national organization within the territory defined
below in Article II, Section 1.

ARTICLE II
Membership

1. The membership of the Missouri Section shall be as follows:

(a) The membership of the Mathematical Association of America, Inc.
resident in Missouri, unless a member has notified the Secretary otherwise;

(b) Members of the Mathematical Association of America, Inc., who reside
in territory not included in any Section and who notify the Secretary that they
wish to be members of this Section.

ARTICLE III
Officers

1. The officers of the Section shall be a Chair, Vice-Chair, Past-Chair,
Secretary-Treasurer, Newsletter Editor, and Coordinator of Student Chapters.

2. The officers shall be members of the Section.

3. The Executive Committee shall consist of the officers of the Section and
the Section Governor.

4. A Vice-Chair shall be elected annually at the annual meeting of the
Section. He will automatically become the Chair at the next annual meeting
and the Past-Chair at the following annual meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer
, the Newsletter Editor, and the Coordinator of Student Chapters shall serve
three year terms and be elected at consecutive annual meetings. Officers
elected during a meeting shall assume office upon the adjournment of that
meeting.

5. The officers may be nominated by a committee appointed by the Chair, but
this shall not prevent other nominations being made by any member at the time
of the annual election.

6. All officers shall be eligible for immediate re-election.

7. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Section and the Executive
Committee. He shall have general charge and shall execute the affairs of
the Section. He shall appoint all committees unless otherwise directed by
the members at a meeting and he shall be an ex-officio member of all
commmittees.

8. The Vice-Chair shall assume the duties of the Chair at Section meetings and
at meetings of the Executive Committee in the absence of the Chair.

9. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep all the books, accounts, and records of
the Section. The Secretary-Treasurer shall receive all monies paid into the
Section for any purpose and shall deposit such money in a bank to the account
of the Section, taking regular receipt of deposit thereof. The
Secretary-Treasurer shall pay all bills of the Section out of the Section funds
after the approval of the Chair. After each meeting of the Section the
Secretary-Treasurer shall prepare a summary of the meeting and submit it to
the Secretary of the Association.

10. The Executive Committee shall conduct the affairs of the Section between
meetings. It is empowered to fill any vacancy among the officers of the
Section until the next annual meeting.

ARTICLE IV
Meetings

1. The Section shall hold at least one meeting each year.

2. The time and place of meetings shall be decided by the Executive Committee
unless otherwise designated by a resolution by the members at a meeting.

3. Programs for all meetings shall be arranged by a committee appointed by the
Chair.

ARTICLE V
Dues

1. Members of the Section shall not be assessed dues. However, the Executive
Committee may set a registration fee at meetings of the Section provided this
fee is approved at the business meeting of the Section. Such fees shall be
used to help pay the expenses of conducting the business of the Section.

2. The assets of the Missouri Section shall be used exclusively to further the
purposes of the Section, and in the event of the dissolution of the Section,
the remaining assets will be returned to the national organization to be used
for a purpose consistent with the purposes of the national organization.

ARTICLE VI
Amendments

1. These By-laws may be amended by a majority of the votes cast by members at
any meeting of the Section, subject to the approval by the Board of Governors
of the Mathematical Association of America, Inc.

2. Amendments shall be submitted in writing by the Secretary-Treasurer to all
members of the Section at least fifteen days prior to the time of voting.

April 1993