- Constitution and By-Laws
- By Laws, Article 1
- Article II: Board of Trustees
- Article III: Executive Director
- Article IV: Departments and Committees
- Article V: Membership
- Article VI: Fees, Dues and Expenses
- Article VII: Meetings
- Article VIII: Election
- Article IX: Local Optometric Societies
- Article X: Rules of Practice
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ARTICLE VII: Meetings
- Section 1. Annual Meetings.
- The annual meeting of this Association shall be held in May or June of each year, unless a State or National emergency exists. The convention site shall be selected four years in advance by a majority vote of the membership at the annual meeting.
- Section 2: Special Meetings.
- (a) The President may call a special meeting of the membership at any time provided that written notice of the time, place and object of such meeting is mailed to the membership, not less than seven days in advance of said meeting.
- (b) The President shall call a special meeting if demanded, in writing, by not less than twenty active members. These members shall state the object for which the meeting is desired and shall deposit with the President in connection therewith the sum of $100.00 in cash or certified check to defray the cost of notice to the members. Any unused portion thereof shall be returned to the person or persons presented the petition for the special meetings.
- (c) Proxies shall not be recognized at any annual or special meeting of the membership or at Board of Trustees meetings.
- Section 3. Quorum.
- Twenty active members in good standing shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business of an annual or special meeting of the membership. If at any annual or special meeting there shall not be a quorum of the membership present, the Board of Trustees shall have the power to transact any business for which the meeting was called provided that not less than eight members of the Board of Trustees shall be present.
- Section 4. Rules of Procedure.
- (a) Rules. All meetings of the membership, Board of Trustees, Departments or subordinate Committees of this Association shall be governed by Robert's Rules of Order, as may be revised, and publication at the time of the meeting, so long as in compliance with the Constitution and By-Laws of this Association.
- (b) Agenda. The President shall establish the agenda for any meeting of the membership of this Association provided that the first order of new business on the agenda of the annual meeting of the Association shall be the election of officers and members of the Board of Trustees.