INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS
YOSEMITE DIVISION


BYLAWS
As Adopted October 28, 2004

ARTICLE I - NAME
Section 1. The Name of this organization shall be known as the Yosemite Division,
Sacramento Valley Chapter, Southwestern Section of the International
Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI).

ARTICLE II - PURPOSES
Section 1. The purposes and objectives of the Division shall be to promote within the
Division the purposes and objectives of the IAEI as set forth in Article II of the Articles of
Association of the IAEI.


ARTICLE III - NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
Section 1. The affairs of the Division shall not be conducted for profit.

ARTICLE IV - ORGANIZATION
Section 1. The Division shall consist of a Division Board of Directors and the members
as may be authorized by the Articles of Association of the IAEI and these Bylaws.

Section 2. Management - The management and control of the affairs and business of
the Division shall be vested in the Division Board of Directors as provided for herein.

ARTICLE V - MEMBERSHIP AND DUES

Section 1. Territory - Membership in the Division shall be targeted towards those
persons who reside or are employed in the Counties of Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Madera,
Merced, Mariposa, and Mono, all being located in the State of California, except for
additional memberships as provided for in the Bylaws of the IAEI.

Section 2. Applications - Applications for membership shall be submitted to the
International Office, and may be subject to the approval of the Chapter or Section Board of
Directors or that membership applications be submitted to the Membership chairperson,
who will record the new member on the Division’s records or database. The membership
Chairperson shall submit the application to the Division Secretary/Treasurer who will record
the new member in Division records that he/she maintains. The Division
Secretary/Treasurer shall forward the application to the International Office for processing.

Section 3. Classification - Membership shall be classified as provided in the Articles of
Association of the IAEI.

Section 4. Dues and Initiation Fees - There shall be no initiation fee for any class of
membership. Dues shall be prescribed in the Articles of Association of the IAEI. Dues or
assessments in addition to those levied by the IAEI and the Section may be levied by the
Division upon approval of the Chapter Board of Directors, the Section Board of Directors
and the IAEI Board of Directors.

Section 5. Honorary Membership - Honorary Membership may be conferred by the
Division upon members who have performed such meritorious service as the Division
wishes to recognize. A Division Honorary Member shall pay no dues; the Division shall
assume liability for payment of the Chapter, Section and International Office portions of the
dues unless the member is also accorded Chapter, Section and International Honorary
Membership. Honorary membership may be awarded posthumously.

Proposals for Division Honorary Membership shall be submitted in writing to the Division
Secretary and shall state the basis for proposing this honor. The proposal shall be
reviewed by the Division Board of Directors; upon endorsement of two thirds (2/3rds) of the
Board of Directors, the proposal shall be submitted to the Division membership for final
approval at any regular or special meeting.

ARTICLE VI – BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 1. Board of Directors - The Board of Directors shall consist of:
• the President,
• First Vice President,
• Second Vice President,
• Secretary-Treasurer (or Secretary, Treasurer),
• Past President,
• Inspector Members two (2), and
• Associate or Cooperating Member. Two (2)

Section 2. Officers - The officers of the Division shall consist of;
• President,
• 1st, 2nd (or more) Vice Presidents,
• Secretary-Treasurer (or a Secretary and a Treasurer).

All Officers shall serve without pay.

Section 3. Eligibility - The eligibility of Board of Director members and officers shall be
established as follows:

(a) Any member in good standing shall be eligible to be elected to the
Division Board of Directors.

(b) Only Inspector Members as defined in Section 302(A) of the IAEI
Bylaws, of the IAEI, in good standing, shall be eligible to be elected to the office of
President or Vice President.
(c) Any member in good standing shall be eligible to be elected to the
office of Secretary-Treasurer (or Secretary and Treasurer).

Section 4. Duties. - The Board of Directors shall have general charge of the affairs of
the Division, including the authority to direct expenditures and audit the accounts of the
Secretary-Treasurer, as provided for herein.

Should any emergency arise in the carrying out of these Bylaws where a strict compliance
with the letter of the same cannot be obtained or where other sections of the Bylaws do not
provide a means for meeting the emergency, the Board of Directors may take whatever
action it may deem advisable for the good of the Division, but such action shall be
consistent with the spirit of these Bylaws and shall be submitted for approval at the next
meeting of the Division.

The duties of all officers shall be such as usually pertain to their offices, or as may be
assigned by the Board of Directors. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the records of the
division and Board of Directors and have charge of the division’s funds. The Secretary-
Treasurer may be authorized to expend the funds under an approved budget. All accounts
shall be audited, at the Division expense if any is incurred, at the close of each fiscal year
and the audit shall be submitted to the Board of Directors and to the Division at the next
Division Meeting.

Section 5. Terms of Office - Members of the Board of Directors and the officers shall be
elected and hold office for one (1) year or until their successors are elected and installed
commencing at the end of the annual meeting when elected.

Pro Tem Term – Officers elected to the Board of Directors as Pro Tem shall be elected for
a term of one year plus the remainder of the calendar year of the start of the Division. After
approval of the Division by the International Office of the IAEI in Richardson, Texas. The
Pro Tem Officers shall be given an Oath of Office as the dully elected Division officers and
they shall serve out the remainder of the new year as a member of the Board of Directors
in the capacity of which they were elected.

Term Limits – In order to stimulate active participation of the membership in the Board of
Directors and in the Division Officer positions a limitation of a term of office shall apply as
listed below:
President: No more than two (2) consecutive one (1) year terms.
First Vice President: No more than two (2) consecutive one (1) year terms.
Second Vice President: No more than two (2) consecutive one (1) year terms.
Secretary-Treasurer: No limit on (1) consecutive year terms.

Pro-Tem elected officers term: Officers elected to office as the Pro Tem official shall not be
considered as having served a full term. Once the Division is approved and the Pro Tem
officials become the Division’s Officers and Directors their term of official office shall
commence.

Severing on the Board of Directors as an Advisor – Ex-Official members of the Board of
Directors may serve as advisors to the Board of Directors on an As Needed Basis. This
appointment shall be made by the Board of Directors and is a non voting position. During
the startup of the Division members of the Sacramento Board of Directors and Ex-Official
members of the Sacramento Valley Chapter may serve as Division Board of Director
Advisors. Once the Division is approved by the IAEI International office and the complete
first year of operations is completed, Advisors to the Board of Director shall be members of
the Division.

Section 6. Vacancies - In the event of the death, resignation or inability to act of any
members of the Board of Director or officer, or when such member becomes ineligible to
membership in the class occupied when elected, the term of office automatically ceases
and it shall be the duty of the President, subject to approval by the Board of Directors, to
appoint a member of the same class to serve the unexpired term. A vacancy in the office
of President shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VII - ELECTIONS
Section 1. Time - The election of members of the Board of Directors and officers shall
take place at the Annual Meeting.

Section 2. Nominations - Prior to or soon after the opening of the Annual Meeting the
President shall appoint a Nominating Committee of three (3) Inspector Members and two
(2) Associate members who shall nominate candidates for all offices and members of the
Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee shall submit its report to the membership in
the last business session of the Annual Meeting.

Any members in good standing may nominate a candidate for any of the offices to be filled,
provided such nominations shall be in writing, bear the signatures of the members so
nominating, and be placed in the hands of the Division Secretary at a business session
prior to the election at the Annual Meeting. Nominations may also be done from
the floor during the nomination meeting. The nominee must be present at the meeting and
accept the nomination.

Section 3. Election Procedure - The names of all properly proposed candidates shall
be submitted to the members for election by ballot. Any member shall be elected who shall
receive a majority of the votes cast; provided, however, that when there is only one
candidate for an office, election may be declared by the unanimous consent of those
members in attendance who are eligible to vote. A vote may be written or verbal or show of
hands.

Section 4. Voting - Only Members in good standing shall be eligible to vote for
candidates for office.

ARTICLE VIII - MEETINGS

Section 1. Board of Directors Meetings - Meetings of the Board of Directors are to be
held as follows:

(a) An Annual Meeting shall be held each year at the call of the President
preceding the Division Annual Meeting. Robert's Rules are the rules of meeting decorum
and will be used at Board of Director Annual and Special meetings.

(b) Special meetings may be called at any time by the President or upon the
written request of a majority of the Inspector Members of the Board of Directors.

(c) The dates and location of all meetings shall be determined by the
President and the Secretary. Due notice of meetings shall be sent to all members. Notice
will be sent by e-mail to all members that wish to receive the notice electronically. E-mail is
the method of choice for communications for the Division. U.S. Postal Service shall be used
for all members that chose not to receive e-mail notification of events and Division
functions.
(d) The President, or in the event of his absence the ranking Vice
President, shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors.

(e) Five (5) members in good standing, of which at least three (3) of whom
must be Inspector Members, shall constitute a quorum.

Section 2. Division Meetings - Meetings of the Division are to be held as follows:

(a) The Division shall hold an Annual Meeting, the time and place to be
determined by the Board of Directors. Other regular or special meetings may be called by
the President or upon the written application of six (6) Inspector Members of the Division.
Due notice of meetings shall be sent to all members.

(b) Meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures
prescribed by the Bylaws of the IAEI.

(c) The President, or in the event of the President’s absence the ranking
Vice President, shall preside at Division Meetings.

(d) Five (5) Inspector Members and the President or a Vice President shall
constitute a quorum.

Section 3. Mail Ballots - When it is not possible or convenient to have a meeting with
the Board of Directors or the membership of the Division, the President may direct the
Secretary to prepare a letter or E-Mail ballot. To be counted, letter or E-Mail ballots must
be returned on or before the indicated date upon which the mail ballot or E-Mail ballot is
due, which shall be not less than twenty (20) days after the ballots are mailed to the
members.

Approval of actions by the Board of Directors shall require the favorable vote of a majority
of the members eligible to vote, unless otherwise required by these Bylaws.

Approval of actions by the membership of the Division shall require the favorable vote of a
majority of the members returning ballots, unless otherwise required by these Bylaws.

ARTICLE IX - COMMITTEES

Section 1. Standing Committees - The Standing Committees of this Division shall be
established by the Board of Directors and may include but not belimited to the following:

(a) Bylaws Committee
(b) Educational Committee
(c) Membership Committee
(d) Public Relations and Publicity Committee
(e) Electrical Fire and Accident Committee
(f) Code Clearing and Code Workshop Committee

Section 2. Committee Scopes Approval - The scopes of the Standing Committees
shall be as approved by the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Special Committees - Special committees may be appointed by the Division
President for a specific purpose as authorized by the Board of Directors. Special
committees shall continue and be reappointed each year at the discretion of the Board of
Directors until a final report is rendered.

Section 4. Term of Appointment - Standing Committees shall be appointed by the
Division President to serve from the time of their appointment until the close of the
President’s term of office. A new President may elect to continue the standing committee
assignment for Special Committees. Standing Committees are re-elected by approval of
the membership.


ARTICLE X - FISCAL YEAR

Section 1. The fiscal year of the Division shall be the calendar year January 1 through
December 31.

ARTICLE XI - RULES OF ORDER

Section 1. The latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the transaction of all
business, unless otherwise provided in these Bylaws.

ARTICLE XII - AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

Section 1. Proposed amendments to these Bylaws shall be approved by the Division
Board of Directors and by two-thirds (2/3rds) of the votes cast by the Members at any
meeting of the Board of Directors or by two-thirds (2/3rds) of the votes of all the Inspector
Members of the Board of Directors in the event of a United States mail or E-mail ballot.
Notice of proposed amendments shall be forwarded to each Member of the Board of
Directors at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the meeting or the indicated date
upon which a postal or E-Mail mail ballot is due.

Section 2. Amendments approved by the Board of Directors shall become effective
after approval by a two-thirds (2/3rds) vote of the Members voting at a Division meeting, or
by two-thirds (2/3rds) of the votes cast by Members in the event of a mail ballot, and upon
final approval by the IAEI Board of Directors. Notice of proposed amendments shall be
forwarded to each Member at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the meeting or the
indicated date upon which a mail ballot is due. Members wishing to receive the notice can
request that it be forward by U.S. Mail or by electronic e-mail.

Section 3. The provisions of the Bylaws of the Division in force immediately prior to
the approval of the amended Bylaws shall be superseded thereby. When changes to the
Bylaws are approved and become effective a copy of the complete bylaws as amended
shall be issue to each current member. When a person joins the Division he/she shall be
given a copy of the current bylaws that are in effect.

Section 4. Amendments to the Bylaws shall be marked in the margin adjacent to the
change by a vertical bar so that the Division member can clearly see what area of the
Division Bylaws was changed by the amendment. Upon approval and issuance of a new
amendment the previous margin amendment marking shall be removed and only the latest
amendment marking will appear in the new set of Bylaws that are approved, effective
issued to the membership.

Bylaws issued shall show the Bylaws Effective Issuance date in the Right side of the
Header.

Section 5. The record of the Bylaw Amendments shall be appended to the Bylaws so
that the documented changes are listed in every set of Bylaws issued to the Division
Membership. The listing of Amendments shall show the date of amendment, Article, Section
and brief description of the amendment authorized.

Note: The position titles used in this document refer to a title of the office and are to be
interpreted as meaning both genders.

This is to certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Bylaws of the IAEI
Yosemite Division named in the title thereto and that such Bylaws were duly adopted by the
board of directors of the division on the date set forth below.

Dated: October 28, 2004

Dan Kavarian, Yosemite Division
President

Scott Wungluck, Yosemite Division
Secretary-Treasurer

Paul L. Nadon, IAEI Sacramento Valley Chapter
New Division Organizing Coordinator and Advisor