Central
Pennsylvania Psychological Association Bylaws
Article I - Name of Organization
Section 1. The name of this organization shall
be the Central Pennsylvania Psychological
Association.
Section 2. The official acronym of this
organization shall be CPPA.
Article II - Purposes and Limitations
Section 1. The purposes of CPPA shall be as
follows:
A.
To provide opportunities for professional
fellowship and the exchange of professional ideas
among psychologists of the Central Pennsylvania
region.
B. To foster community awareness of
psychology as a distinct, helpful and professionally
responsible discipline.
C. To play an active role as an organization
in assisting in the resolution of issues of concern
to psychologists in Central Pennsylvania.
D. To promote high standards of ethical
practice among the psychologists within the
organization.
E. To promote membership in and cooperation
with the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and
the American Psychological Association.
Section 2. CPPA shall be nonprofit,
nonpartisan and nonsectarian in its activities and
endeavors. The officers of CPPA shall not be
salaried.
Article III - Membership
Section 1. There shall be three classes of
membership in CPPA as follows:
A.
Full membership shall be available to psychologists
who live or work in the Central Pennsylvania region
and who meet the requirements for membership in the
Pennsylvania Psychological Association or the
American Psychological Association.
i. Any member who serves as an officer
or as a member of a committee will be designated
as a "Fellow" of the Central Pennsylvania
Association at the conclusion of a year of service.
B. Associate membership shall be available
for individuals meeting one or more of the following
criteria:
i. Students enrolled in a graduate
program in psychology as certified by their advisor.
No student shall be eligible for associate
membership if employed more than twenty hours per
week as a psychologist.
ii. Non-student psychologists in
training acquiring supervised experience in
preparation for the psychology licensing
examination.
iii. Persons interested and/or
involved in promoting psychology in Central
Pennsylvania, such interest or involvement to be
judged by the Membership Committee of CPPA.
Associate members shall have voting privileges in
all CPPA matters except election of officers and
proposed amendments to these By-Laws.
C. Honorary membership shall be extended by
the Executive Board of CPPA to acknowledge persons
for their services to CPPA or for their efforts in
promoting psychology in the area. Honorary members
shall be exempt from dues and shall not have voting
privileges in any CPPA matter.
Section 2. Application for membership in CPPA
shall be made to the Membership Committee. The
Membership Committee shall review applications for
membership and shall notify applicants of the action
taken.
Section 3. Once accepted as a member of CPPA,
payment of dues each year will establish membership
for that year. Revocation of membership will be
automatic upon nonpayment of dues for two
consecutive years.
Section 4. Membership year shall be from
February to February.
Article IV – Officers
Section 1. A President, President-Elect,
Secretary, and Treasurer shall be elected to a one
year term of office by the full members of CPPA. All
candidates for office shall be full members of CPPA
in good standing.
Section 2. The President shall have the
following duties:
A.
Call and chair all meetings of the Executive
Committee and the membership.
B. Appoint chairpersons of standing and ad
hoc committees as outlined in Article VI if these
Bylaws.
C. Is an ex officio member of all
committees.
Section 3. The President-Elect shall have the
following duties:
A.
Perform all functions of the President in the
event of absence or resignation of the President
until the end of the President's term of office.
B. Serve as program chairperson.
C. Execute other duties as assigned by the
President.
Section 4. The Secretary shall perform the
following duties:
A.
Record the proceedings of each meeting of the
Executive Committee and the general meetings of
CPPA.
B. Present the record of proceedings from the
previous meeting at subsequent meetings.
C. Be responsible for maintaining a file of
correspondence of the Executive Committee and on
behalf of the membership.
D. Execute other duties as assigned by the
President.
Section 5. The Treasure shall have the
following duties:
A.
Be responsible for all CPPA financial matters
including receipt of funds and disbursement of
expenditures.
B. Present a current Treasurer's Report at
each meeting of the Executive Committee and the CPPA
membership as well as at the request of the
President or Executive Committee.
C. Prepare an annual statement of the
financial condition of CPPA for presentation to the
Executive Committee and the CPPA membership at the
annual February meeting.
D. Prepare accounts for an audit at
completion of the term of office.
E. Execute other duties as assigned by the
President.
Section 6. The Past President offers advice and
counsel to the Executive Committee and the general
membership.
Article V - Executive Committee
Section 1. There shall be an Executive Committee
of the organization consisting of the President,
President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Chairpersons
of all standing committees and the most recent past
president of the organization.
Section 2. The Executive Committee shall have
general supervision of the affairs of the
organization.
Section 3. The President shall serve as ex
officio Chairperson of the Executive Committee, and
the Secretary shall be Secretary of the committee.
Section 4. The Executive Committee shall be
called for a physical meeting at the discretion of
the President. A majority of the Executive Committee
shall constitute a quorum. Any issue may be decided
by a mail ballot of the membership, provided that no
member of the Executive Committee requests that it
be referred to a physical meeting.
Section 5. All actions of the Executive
Committee shall be reported to the members of the
committee.
Section 6. The Executive Committee will fill
vacancies occurring in offices or committee chairs.
Article VI - Committees
Section
1. The standing committees appointed by the
President are as follows:
A.
The Program Committee shall consist of three
members with the purpose of planning programs for
the meetings of the Association. The president-elect
shall serve as chairperson of this committee.
B. The Membership Committee shall be composed of at
least two members of the Association. The purposes
of this committee are: i. To encourage
psychologists in the area to join the Association. ii.
To keep the membership lists updated.
iii. To
investigate and recommend action on applications for
full and associate membership.
C. The Publicity Committee shall be made up of three
members of the Association. The purposes of this
committee include:
i. Working toward public and
professional
awareness, understanding, recognition, and support
of the Association's goals and programs.
ii. Taking advantage of every medium of
communication to inform the
public and professional organizations and agencies
about psychological matters.
iii. Coordinating any
official publications of the Association.
D. The Professional Committee shall be comprised of
three members of the Association. The purposes of
this committee are: i.
To serve as a legislative
liaison by keeping the membership of the Association
informed on legislative developments at the various
governmental levels which deal with psychology.
ii. To present the Association's position on legislative
issues relative to the field of psychology
iii. To
attend to other matters relating to the professional
functioning of psychologists in Central Pennsylvania
as directed by the Executive Committee.
E. The Nomination Committee shall consist of three
members appointed by the Executive Committee with a
term of off ice of one year. The purpose of this
committee is to solicit nominations from the general
membership and present a slate of candidates as
outlined in Article VII, Section 1.
F. The Ethics Committee shall consist of three
members of the Association. The purpose of this
committee is to promote awareness of ethical
principles and the standards of the profession among
the members of CPPA and the community.
Section 2. The chairperson of each standing
committee shall appoint members of the committee.
Section 3. The Executive Committee may authorize
additional ad hoc committees to fulfill specific
tasks or functions as necessary. These ad hoc
committees may operate through the standing
committees specified under Section 1 as appropriate.
Chairpersons of ad hoc committees will appoint the
members of their committees.
Article VII - Election of Officers
Section 1. The Nominating Committee shall call for
nominations to establish one or several members for
off ice, and will present its slate of candidates to
the Association by February 15th of the year.
Ballots for election will be mailed to all members,
to be returned by February 15th of the year.
Section 2. The Nominating Committee shall receive
and count the votes and announce the elected
officers. Candidates receiving the most votes for
each office shall be elected. No member may be a
candidate for more than one off ice per year.
Section 3. The elected officers shall assume their
terms of office on March 1 and terminate their terms
on the last day of February of the following year.
Article VIII - Meetings
Section 1. The time and place of all general
membership meetings shall be determined by the
executive Committee of CPPA.
Section 2. There shall be at least two general
meetings of the membership annually, one of which
shall be in March. The Executive Committee shall
meet at least two times annually.
Section 3. Meetings will be conducted by Roberts
Rules of Order.
Article IX – Quorum
Section 1. A majority of the members is a quorum for
the Executive Committee and other committees.
Section 2. A quorum for the general membership
consists of not less than 15 members qualified to
vote.
Section 3. In the event that an insufficient number
of members attend a general membership meeting and a
quorum, therefore, is not met, the Executive
Committee, after a ten minute delay, is empowered to
call an on-the-spot Executive Committee meeting and
act on those items scheduled for the agenda of the
general membership meeting. Any action taken by the
Executive Committee under these circumstances will
require a two-thirds majority vote of the Executive
Committee for enactment rather than the regular
simple majority vote. CPPA members who are not
members of the Executive Committee have the right to
be heard and to recommend action to the Executive
Committee at this particular type of Executive
Committee meeting.
Article X – Dues
Section 1. Annual dues shall be set up by the
Executive Committee of CPPA with the approval by
vote of the general membership of CPPA.
Section 2. Procedures for payment of dues shall be
set forth by the Executive Committee and Treasurer
in a dues payment policy. This policy shall be
approved by the CPPA Executive Board.
Section 3. Dues shall be payable to the Treasurer of
CPPA in accordance with the current dues payment
policy. Payment of dues is the responsibility of
each member upon notification by the Treasurer or
designee stated in the dues payment policy in force
at that time.
Section 4. Those associate members who are graduate
students in a related area of psychology will be
eligible for a reduction of dues.
Article XI - Amendments to By-Laws
Section 1. Amendments to these By-Laws may be made
by a two-thirds vote of the entire general
membership to be conducted through the mail.
Last amended 6/97
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