ARTICLE VII. THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
1. The officers named in Article V, together with the immediate available Past-Chair and five other members of the Section, one elected from each of the five Districts of the Section and designated as Trustees, shall constitute the Executive Board which shall be the governing body of the Section. The Past-Chair and the Trustees shall have voting rights equal to those of the elected officers. All newly elected officers and Trustees shall become members of the Executive Board at the first called meeting following the annual meeting. They shall serve for one year, or until a successor is chosen.

2. The Chair of the Section shall be Chair of the Executive Board, and the Chair-Elect, the Vice-Chair, the Secretary-Treasurer and the Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of the Section shall each likewise act in a similar capacity for the Executive Board.

3. Meetings of the Executive Board shall be called by the Chair on his own initiative or at the request of any three members of the Executive Board. The Executive Board shall hold at least three regular meetings during each calendar year.

4. A quorum of the Executive Board shall consist of a Chair and at least six members.

5. The Executive Board shall have general supervision over all of the affairs of the Section and shall be its legal representative in all matters except as this duty may be specifically delegated. The Executive Board shall prepare and promulgate as needed, and enforce for the conduct of the business of the Section, regulations not in conflict with the Section Bylaws or the Articles, Bylaws, and Governing Documents of the American Water Works Association, and shall amend the regulations as required.

6. Any unbudgeted expenditure proposed by a voting member, committee chair, or from the membership at the annual Section meeting business session shall receive prior approval of the Executive Board before being budgeted and/or paid.


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