Bylaws

Approved April 1975

Revised February 2008
Revised February 2012 (name change)

Article I Name

The Division of the American Society for Engineering Education shall be known as the Computing & Information Technology Division.

Article II Purpose

The Computing & Information Technology Division shall provide leadership and coordination within the ASEE to enhance the state of knowledge of information technologies.  These include, but are not limited to networking, database systems, web-based applications, human computer interaction, information assurance and security, multi-tier processing, visualization, simulation and artificial intelligence.

Article III Membership

The membership of the Division shall consist of members of the Society who affiliate with the Division by indicating their choice on their application for membership (or renewal) in the Society.  They may also affiliate by filing a written request to do so with the Executive Director of the Society.

Article IV Officers

The officers of the Division shall be a Chair, a Vice Chair for Programs, a Web-Master/Secretary and a Treasurer.  The Vice Chair for Programs shall be elected in alternate years for a two-year term of office and succeeding thereafter to a two-year term of office as Chair.  The Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected each year for one-year terms of office. 

Article V Executive Board

The affairs of the Division shall be administered by an Executive Board consisting of the officers, the immediate Past-Chair, and at least two Directors elected from the Division membership in alternate years for two-year terms.  The Chair of the Division shall serve as Chair of the Executive Board.

The Executive Board has the authority of appoint subcommittees, to fill Executive Board vacancies, to approve the Chair’s appointments to the Nominating Committee, and to administer the affairs of the Board during the year.

Article VI Election of Officers

The Chair of the Division shall retire at the end of a two-year term at the annual meeting.  At that time, all newly elected officers shall assume their responsibilities.  On appropriate years, the Vice Chair for Programs shall succeed the Chair.

The Nominating Committee, referred to in Article V, shall nominate one or more candidates for those positions on the Executive Division that will be vacated at the end of the next annual meeting.

The nominating Committee shall obtain the consent of each nominee prior to submitting his or her name for nomination.  The Nominating Division shall report their nominations to the Secretary before May 1, and the Secretary shall inform the membership of these nominations in a notice e-mailed 30 days before the Society’s Annual meeting.

In addition to those nominations made by the Nominating Division, additional names may be nominated for any open office upon presentation of such nominations at the Division’s annual business meeting at the national conference.

In the event of the resignation of death of one of the members of the Executive Division, the Executive Board has the authority (Article V) to select a successor who will serve until the end of the next annual meeting.  The Executive Board shall determine the logical specific procedures for re-election of the vacated office in each case.  In the event of the resignation or death of the Chair, that Vice Chair due to succeed to Chair shall automatically assume the duties of the Chair.  New officers and the newly elected member to the Executive Board shall take office upon conclusion of the Society’s Annual Conference.

Article VII Meetings

The Division shall hold an Annual Meeting at the Society’s Annual conference.  The Annual Meeting shall be open to the public.  Voting privileges, however, shall be extended only to members of the Division.  The business of the Annual Meeting shall include reports by the officers and chairs of standing and ad hoc subcommittees.  The Division shall elect officers and directors at this time.

The Secretary shall notify all members of the Division of the time and place of the Annual Meeting by e-mail at least thirty (30) days in advance of the meeting.  A majority of those voting shall be sufficient for any decisions unless otherwise specified in these Bylaws.

The Division may conduct its business by e-mail, providing all provisions of the Bylaws are observed and that such business is reported at the next Annual Meeting of the Division.  A minimum of thirty (30) days shall be allowed between the e-mailing of any ballot, motion, or resolution and the date required for its return.

The Division may adopt its own rules of procedure, but in the absence of such rules, ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER, latest edition, shall apply.

Article VIII Committees

The Executive Board shall establish such regular and special Committees as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the Division. 

The Nominating Committee shall be composed of the Immediate Past Chair of the Division as Chair and two Division members appointed by the Division Chair with the advice and consent of the Executive Board.

Article IX Amendments

Amendments to these bylaws may be proposed by the Executive Board or by a petition signed by five members of the Committee.  To be considered at the Annual Meeting, the proposed amendment must be received by the Secretary before May 1.  The Secretary shall notify the members of the proposed amendment in the notice of the meeting, and shall submit the proposed amendment to the Bylaws Division of the Society for review. 

Adoption of the amendment requires and affirmative vote of two-thirds of the votes cast, either at the Annual Meeting or by an e-mail ballot.

Article X Awards

Richard B. Wadsworth Multimedia Award

This award is bestowed annually (or bi-annually) upon a deserving member of ASEE for service to ASEE in the area of multimedia and for service to the Computing & Information Technology Division in its effort to enhance the use of multimedia at both the national ASEE level and at the local college/university level.

Recipients are nominated and selected by a majority vote by the Executive Board at the annual division business meeting

The award consists of a certificate of recognition and is presented at the annual Computing & Information Technology Division business meeting.

Article XI Adoption

These bylaws shall become effective upon affirmative two-thirds vote of members responding to an e-mail ballot and subsequent ratification by the ASEE Board of Directors.

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