SUGGESTED CHAPTER BYLAWS
(name)____________________________________________ Chapter
ARTICLE 1. Officers
SECTION 1. The officers of the chapter shall be President, Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer or Secretary and Treasurer, who shall hold office for two years or until their successors are elected. Faculty members of the chapter shall serve as officers with the exception that alumni, emeriti, or graduate studentsw are eligible for office at the discretion of the chapter.
SECTION 2. Officers shall be elected at an annual meeting, and hold office until their successors are elected.
SECTION 3. The duties and powers of the president shall be those usually pertaining to this office. The president shall call Faculty Committee meetings and special meetings.
SECTION 4. The duties and powers of the vice president shall be those usually pertaining to this office.
SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the secretary to make a correct record of all chapter transactions, to keep a register of the members, to conduct chapter correspondence, and to preserve the Charter, Bylaws, and other chapter records.
SECTION 6. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to collect all monies due the chapter, to keep a correct account of all transactions, and to report them at the annual meeting.
ARTICLE II. Membership
SECTION 1. The nomination and election of all candidates shall be the function of the Faculty Committee. Non-faculty members shall not vote in membership elections.
SECTION 2. The election to membership shall be in accordance with the policy set forth in the National Constitution in Article III, Section 1. Members of other chapters may transfer their membership to this chapter ( see National Constitution, Article III, Section 5) and shall be listed as "transfer" on the chapter records. A transfer retains the original key number and name of the chapter into which he or she was inducted.
ARTICLE III. Meetings
SECTION 1. The annual meeting shall be held at a time and place designated by the president. Induction of new members may take place at the annual meeting.
SECTION 2.____________________________ shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
ARTICLE IV. Faculty Committee
SECTION 1. The Faculty Committee shall consist of members of the music faculty who are members in good standing of the Society of Pi Kappa Lambda.
SECTION 2. The Faculty Committee shall have power to nominate and elect to membership undergraduates, post-graduates and faculty members. Nominations may be submitted to members by confidential mail ballot. Election should take place at least _______ weeks before the induction ceremony.
ARTICLE V. Distribution of Assets Upon Dissolution
SECTION 1. Upon dissolution of the _______ Chapter of the Society of Pi Kappa Lambda for any reason whatever, or should the Chapter become inactive for any reason whatever, the assets of the Chapter regardless of their nature or location, shall be irrevocably given to the educational institution with which the Chapter has been associated, upon the condition that the educational institution shall either devote the said assets, or the proceeds from the sale thereof, to the establishment of scholarships at the institution for the study of music as the members voting for the dissolution of the Chapter may designate; provided however, that if the said educational institution does not qualify as an exempt organization under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as amended or similar provisions in effect at the time of the proposed distribution, then and in that event, the assets shall be given to the National Society of Pi Kappa Lambda if it is determined that it is qualified under said section of the Internal Revenue Code or if not, then to any organization so qualifying that the said national society may designate.
ARTICLE VI. Amendments
SECTION 1. Amendments to these Bylaws, when not inconsistent with the Constitution of the national organization of the Society of Pi Kappa Lambda, may be adopted at any annual meeting of the chapter on a majority vote, provided such amendments have been approved by the Faculty Committee.
PLEASE NOTE: Article V is mandatory in order to comply with the regulations of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The other suggestions for chapter Bylaws are not to be construed as applicable in all details to all chapters. However, they represent procedures and definitions of authority consistent with the Constitution of the Society which been adopted "in principle" by the chapters.