1. Business Meetings: A Business Meeting will be held at the convention of the Society. The Society shall convene at least once each year at a time and place to be determined by the Board. Notice of the convention shall be published at least six weeks in advance.

2. Board Meetings:

A. Ordinary Meetings: The Board shall meet once a year in Ordinary Session

B. Extraordinary Meetings: Given timely notice, the Board shall meet at the call of the Chairman, or at the call of at least two members of the Board.

At all Ordinary and Extraordinary Meetings, a specified period of time shall be reserved for the input of any and all members of the Executive Committee in attendance. Appointed members of the Board may be asked to leave a Board Meeting when their performance is under discussion.

The agenda of each Board Meeting and Business Meeting shall be prepared by the Chairman of the Board. Any Board member may place an item on the agenda. An item must be placed on the agenda of a Board or Business Meeting if a petition is received by the Chairman of the Board, signed by seven members of the Society with voting privileges, three weeks before that meeting. The Chairman should inform the Board of the Agenda of all Board Meetings at least one week before that Meeting. A tentative agenda of the Business Meeting shall be posted on the Society Web site prior to the convention. A revised agenda should be provided to all members of the Society eligible to vote during the registration for the Annual Convention.