The officers of the Section shall be a President, a President-Elect, an Immediate Past President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Historian. The President and, President-Elect shall be elected for terms of one year at the Annual Meeting. The Secretary and the Treasurer shall be elected for terms of two years at the Annual Meeting, and the Historian for a term of three years. All candidates for these offices must be Active or Senior members, nominated according to the procedures prescribed in these Bylaws, and elected by a majority of the members present and voting at the Annual Meeting.

The Section shall be administered by a Board of Directors comprised of 13 members: the Section President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary, Treasurer, Treasure-elect or secretary-elect (alternating years) , 5 District Representatives and 2 members at large. One Board member shall be the representative or alternate to both the AUA and AUAER Board of Directors. Seven members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Board of Directors shall meet periodically upon call of the President or a majority of its members, and shall have responsibility for administration of the Section, including evaluation of all financial affairs of the Section, preparation of a yearly budget, and recommendations to the membership at the annual business meeting of the Section for approval of said budget. The Board of Directors shall also recommend applicants for membership in the Section, in accordance with these Bylaws. Finally, the Board of Directors shall comply with the conditions of the Section charter, as specified in Article II, Section 5, of the AUA Bylaws.

The Term of the office shall be one year. The term will coincide with the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association. The President shall arrange for and preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and at scientific and business sessions of the Section. He/she shall be responsible for arranging all educational meetings and gatherings of the section during the term of his presidency He/she shall call special meetings of the Board of Directors as necessary. He/she shall direct to the attention of and convene the Judicial & Peer Review Committee when any violation of the Bylaws or matters requiring discipline of members is raised. He/she shall receive reports of the standing and special committees and make recommendations to the Board. Immediately upon assuming office he/she shall appoint the committees specified in Article IV, Standing Committees. He/she shall appoint any other committees that are needed to carry out the business of the Section. He/she shall convene at least every five years an ad hoc by-laws committee who will review, receive and recommend changes in the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. He/she shall be responsible, with the approval of the Board of Directors, for appointing the Chairs, Co-Chairs and Judges for any and all meetings scheduled and produced during his or her Presidential year.

The President-Elect shall assist the President in the performance of his duties, and in the absence of the President, shall preside. In the event of the President's resignation or removal the President-Elect shall assume the office of the President for the unexpired term.

The Immediate Past President shall be a member of the Board of Directors, and shall be Chair of the Nominating committee. He/she shall be responsible for selecting candidates to be nominated for Honorary Membership.

The Secretary shall serve a term of two years, alternating in time with the term of office of the Treasurer. He/she shall receive and give prompt attention to correspondence and keep accurate records of the same. He/she shall obtain records of the proceedings of all committees so that he/she may have in his/her possession a record of all the activities of the Section. He/she shall keep an accurate list of (a) members, all categories, (b) applications for membership and (c) members suspended or expelled. He/she shall receive applications for membership and shall bring them, when complete, to the attention of the Board of Directors. He/she shall send notices of stated and special meetings of the Section to all members of all committees, standing and special. He/she shall keep the minutes and all records of the Executive and Scientific sessions of the Section. He/she shall keep a file of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. He/she shall annually obtain the reports and records of the activities of all committees, and bring them to the attention of the President. He/she shall prepare an application form for all categories of membership. This shall be approved by the Board of Directors. Upon completing the findings in any given case of disciplinary action by the Board of Directors, the Secretary of the Section will immediately forward the findings and verdict of the Board of Directors to the Secretary of AUA, in order that the records of the parent organization shall show proper correction. He/she shall officially notify the AUA Secretary prior to AUA’s Annual Meeting, the names of the candidates endorsed by the Board of Directors of the New York Section of the American Urological Association, Incorporated, for election to (a) the AUA Board of Directors, (b) the AUA Editorial Committee, (c) the AUA Nominating Committee, and (d) Active and Associate membership in AUA. (e) or any other such requests that he/she may receive. He/she shall publish and send newsletters to all members at such intervals as directed by the President of the Section. He/she shall reserve in advance the meeting places for the Board of Directors meetings and other regular meetings of the membership to be held through the year. The seal of the New York Section, AUA, Inc. will be kept in the office of the Section Secretary.

The duly elected Representative to the AUA Board of Directors will represent the New York Section on the Board of Directors of the American Urological Association, Incorporated. He/she will become liaison officer for the New York Section to the national organization. He/she shall attend all AUA Board of Directors meetings and will transmit to and report on instructions concerns and requests from the Section to the national Board of Directors. He/she shall render a report of the proceedings of each AUA Board of Directors meeting to the Section Board of Directors. He/she shall advise the President of the Section as to all transactions affecting the Section, which may transpire at intervals between stated meetings of the AUA Board of Directors. He/she shall be reimbursed by the Section for expenses incurred in attending any special meetings of AUA or its Board of Directors when not covered by the parent organization. He/she shall be elected for a term of two years and be eligible for re-election for one additional term. One alternate shall be separately elected for a term of two years and is eligible for re-election for one additional term. The alternate does not automatically assume the role of representative upon completion of the representative terms of office. He/she and the alternate must be a Past President of the Section.

Vacancies that occur, for any reason, in the various Offices, Board of Directors or Section Representatives on any AUA Committee may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term of office upon nomination and approval by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.

Vacancies in offices must be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired term except the office of the President. The President-Elect automatically becomes President when that office has been vacated. No member will hold two elected offices at the same time. If the office of the Secretary becomes vacant, that position will be filled by the Secretary-Elect. If the office of the Treasure becomes vacant, that position will be filled by the Treasurer-elect.

All officers shall hold office for one year or until their successors are elected, except as otherwise indicated herein. The Secretary and Treasurer will change office in alternate years. The terms of all offices will begin to coincide with the conclusion of the AUA Annual Meeting.

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