PURDUE UNIVERSITY

VETERINARY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE I - NAME

This organization shall be known as The Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association.  It shall forever remain a non-profit organization in fact.

ARTICLE II - OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this Association shall be:

Section 1.          To serve as a liaison between the Alumni and the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine.

Section 2.          To extend and advance Veterinary Medicine at Purdue University.

Section 3.          To promote good fellowship among the Association members and among all members of the profession.

Section 4.          To enlighten and direct public opinion in regard to Veterinary Medicine.

ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP

Section 1.          Active membership shall be open to all graduates of the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, upon payment of dues to the Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association (PVAA).  Since the PVAA is organized as a constituent of the Purdue Alumni Association (PAA), and a share of PAA dues are provided to the PVAA, membership in PAA also is encouraged.

Section 2.          Associate membership shall be open to any graduate veterinarian associated with the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine.  Such members shall not have the right to vote or hold office.  Payment of dues is not required.

                        Members who have resigned in good standing may be readmitted by paying present dues.

ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS

Section 1.          The officers of this Association shall be the President, President-elect, and Secretary-Treasurer.

Section 2.          The term of office shall be one year.  The President may not succeed him/herself.  A Secretary-Treasurer may succeed him/herself without limit, subject to the provisions of Article V, Section 3.

Section 3.          No member may be an officer unless he has been an active member in good standing for one year.

Section 4.          The President-elect succeeds the President at the conclusion of the President's term, or sooner if necessary to fill out an unexpired term.  Other vacancies occurring shall be filled by the Executive Committee of the Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association Board of Directors from qualified members.

ARTICLE V - Purdue Veterinary ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD Of Directors AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Section 1.          The Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association Board of Directors serves as the volunteer board of the Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association and as an alumni advisory panel to the School of Veterinary Medicine.

Section 2.          The Executive Committee shall be comprised of the officers and the past two presidents of the Association.

Section 3.          The PVAA Board of Directors will consist of the Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association President, President-elect, Secretary-Treasurer, a member from each IVMA District, nominated by the District and at least two at large representatives appointed by the Executive Committee.  If the District does not nominate a representative, the Executive Committee may appoint a representative from that district.  Each appointed member shall serve a term of three years and may succeed him/herself once. 

Section 4.       A new representative shall be selected by the District or Executive Committee to fill the unexpired term of the President-Elect and Secretary-Treasurer.  Officers retain their membership on the Board for the duration of their term of service (including service as past-president).  At the conclusion of their term of service, they may be re-appointed as district or at-large representatives, subject to the provisions of Article IV, section 3 above.

Section 4.          The PVAA Board of Directors shall meet semi-annually with the Dean, Associate Deans, Department heads, and other School representatives to hear reports on the School and to provide advice and input.  The Board also shall have responsibility for administering Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association affairs.  The Board Executive Committee shall handle Association affairs between meetings of the Board,  shall prepare a slate of nominees for PVAA offices, and handle other matters as necessary on behalf of the Board and PVAA.

ARTICLE VI - MEETINGS

Section 1:          The annual meeting of the Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association shall be held in conjunction with the Purdue University Fall Conference for Veterinarians.  The Board of Directors shall meet semi-annually, in the fall and spring.  Additional meetings may be scheduled at the discretion of the Executive Committee.

Section 2:          A majority of the members of the Executive Committee (three) must be present to constitute a quorum for meetings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VII - AMENDMENTS

Proposed amendments must be submitted in written form.  The secretary shall notify all voting members by mail of the proposed amendments at least seven (7) days before the annual meeting.  An amendment shall require a three-fourths (3/4) vote of the members present.

BY-LAWS

ARTICLE I - MEMBERSHIP

Section 1.          Active membership is available to all graduates of the School of Veterinary Medicine upon payment of annual dues, in accordance with Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution.

Section 1 2.       Membership in the Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association may be terminated by any of the following:  any member convicted of a felony in a court of Law; any member whose license to practice has been revoked by the State in which he resides; any member violating the Code of Ethics of the AVMA according to the judgment of the Executive Committee and a three-fourths majority vote from the Association membership; any member who fails to pay dues within 18 months of the preceding payment.

ARTICLE II - ELECTIONS

Section 1           Candidates for President-Elect  and Secretary/Treasurer shall be selected by the Executive Committee from current active alumni members who have served at some time as members of the Liaison Committee and will be brought to the Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association Board of Directors for approval.  More than one candidate may be nominated.  In the event of a contested election, ballots will be mailed to all members in good standing in August, in time for the election results to be announced at the Annual Purdue Fall Conference for Veterinarians.  The new officers will assume their duties at the close of  that meeting.

ARTICLE III - DUTIES OF OFFICERS

Section 1.          The President is the chair of the Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association Board of Directors and shall preside at all meetings; shall serve as chairman of the Executive Committee; shall appoint all standing committees; and at the conclusion of his/her term of office, shall serve as a member of the Executive Committee  for two (2) years.  The SVM Director of Development shall conduct emergency business with the approval of the Executive Committee.

Section 2.          The President-Elect shall assume the duties of the President in his/her absence, or at his/her request and to fill an unexpired term.  The President-Elect succeeds the outgoing President at the conclusion of the President's  one year term of office.

Section 3.          The Secretary/Treasurer shall arrange for recording of minutes; shall arrange for appropriate meeting announcements not less than seven (7) days prior to each meeting date; shall secure secretarial service as required; and shall monitor the processing of all fees, dues, contributions, and other moneys due the Association.  Dues will be deposited by the Purdue Alumni Association in the designated Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association Account, along with the annual share of PAA dues.  The Treasurer shall review routine budget statements provided by the Purdue Alumni Association and give semi-annual reports at the meetings of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES

Section 1.          The President shall appoint committees at his discretion for nominations, planning or any other purposes he deems necessary.

ARTICLE V - ORDER OF BUSINESS

Section 1.          The order of business for meetings of the Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association Board of Directors shall, at the discretion of the president, be as follows:

1.         Call to Order

2.         Introduction of guests

3.         Special Announcements

4.         Approval of minutes

5.         Treasurer's report

6.         Reports from committees

7.         Unfinished business

8.         New business

9.         Reports from the SVM

10.        Other

11.        Adjournment

Section 2.          The order of business for the annual meeting shall be prescribed by the President in consultation with the SVM Director of Development, using the order in section 1 as a guide. 

ARTICLE VI - QUORUM

Thirty (30) active members shall constitute a quorum of this Association for the transaction of business at the annual meeting.

ARTICLE VII - PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY

The Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised, shall govern all meetings in matters not covered by the Constitution and By-Laws of the Purdue Veterinary Alumni Association.  The parliamentarian shall be appointed by the president.

Date adopted:    September 21, 1972                   Amended:         September 29, 1989

Date revised:     February 1, 1976                       Amended:         September 21, 1990

Amended:         September 15, 1978                   Amended:         September, 22 1995

Amended:         September 16, 1988

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