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Kansas Association of Teachers of German |
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K A T G |
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The name of the chapter shall be the Kansas Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German.
The purpose of the chapter conforms to that of the national organization. It proposes to further and improve the teaching of German in Kansas and to promote a sense of joint effort and a spirit of mutual aid among its members.
1. Any teacher of German or anyone interested in the teaching of German may join the chapter and the national association upon payment of the annual dues as specified by the by-laws of the national organization. No one can be a member of the chapter alone. All chapter members belong firist to the national association. Membership will be retained by the continued payment of the annual dues.
2. The annual dues, which include subscription to The German Quarterly or Die Unterrichtspraxis are payable in September of the membership year for which they are intended. The membership year extends from September 1 to Auguest 31. Only members in good standing may exercise the privileges of membership.
3. Full-time undergraduate and graduate students, including teaching assistants, may become junior members upon payment of the annual dues for junior membership. No one may remain a junior member who is no longer a full-time student, and in no case may anyone be a junior member for more than a total of six years.
4. Members who become temporarily unemployed may change to junior membership for a period not to exceed two years.
5. Any teacher who has been a regular member of the association for at least fifteen consecutive years immediately preceding the time of retirement may become an emeritus member upon payment of the dues for emeritus membership.
1. The officers of the chapter are the president, the vice-president, the past president, the secretary and the treasurerer.
2. Each year the members shall elect an officer who will serve as vice-president for one year, become president during the following year, and be past president for another year, for a total of three years of service. The candidate for this office shall be chosen alternately from the primary or secondary school level and from the college or university level. The secretary and the treasurer shall be elected for a term of two years. None of these officers are elibigle for re-election for the immediately succeeding term.
The administration of the chapter shall be in the hands of the executive council which consists of the officers provided for in section IV. In addition the chapter representative to the Kansas Foreign Language Association, the chapter testing chairperson, and the editor of the chapter newsletter shall comprise the executive council. Thye are appointed by the president each year.
The chapter shall meet at least twice a year. The time and place of these meetings shall be determined by the president after due consultation with the executive council.
1. This constitution may be amended, or a new constitution may be adopted, by a majority of votes received in a mail ballot submitted to all chapter members.
2. Amendments to the constitution or a new constitution may be proposed by the executive council or by written notice to the executive council by at least four chapter members no later than four months in advance of the annual meeting at which action is to be taken.
3. At least one month prior to the time at which action is to be taken, the secretary shall publish the text of any proposed amendment or a proposed new constitution, together with a report of the executive council's recommendation.
4. Separate mail ballots for voting on any proposed amendment or on a new constitution shall be sent to all chapter members. The secretary shall designate a date by which all ballots must be received, and the ballots shall advise the members of said date. The secretary shall receive and tabulate the ballots and report the results to the executive council. The results shall also be announced at the annual meeting at which final action is to be taken.
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