Bylaws of The North American Mixing Forum, Inc.
An Affiliate of The American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Approved by The Executive Council of The North American Mixing Forum on June 24, 2024
Ratified by Members of The North American Mixing Forum on June 27, 2024
Effective on June 27, 2024, repealing the Bylaws of June 25, 2014
Article I. Preamble
Section 1. The official name of the organization is “The North American Mixing Forum”, hereinafter referred to as
the “Forum”. The abbreviation “NAMF” may be used in the course of the activities of the Forum.
Section 2. The Forum was founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York on January 24, 1990 as anintersocietal colloquium for members of The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (“AIChE”), The CanadianSociety for Chemical Engineering (“CSChE”), El Instituto Mexicano de Ingenieros Quimicos (“IMIQ”), and otherpractitioners in the field of industrial mixing. The Forum became an affiliate of AIChE in 1992.
Section 3. The Forum was incorporated as a domestic exempt non-profit corporation in The State of Delaware under
the legal name “North America Mixing Forum, Inc.” on May 7, 2001. The legal name was amended as “North
American Mixing Forum, Inc.” on September 11, 2006. The Forum was recognized by the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service as an exempt public charity under Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code in
July 2002.
Section 4. The purpose of the Forum is to promote education, scholarship, research, development, and applicationsin the field of industrial mixing. The Forum shall:a. Serve the international community of engineers, chemists, and scientists with broad interests in mixing andrelated disciplines (e.g., fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, reaction engineering, process engineering,etc.) by providing a platform to exchange knowledge through conferences, courses, seminars, workshops,
publications, and standards.
b. Sponsor activities to facilitate industrial and academic interactions, including:
1. Organizing meetings and developing associated technical programs that cover a variety of topics in thefield of industrial mixing and include a diverse range of speakers;
2. Providing engineering educators with resources to develop mixing-related curricula; and3. Holding competitions and issuing awards to recognize outstanding achievements by students,
academicians, and practitioners.
c. Coordinate activities with other professional organizations and entities that share a common interest in the fieldof industrial mixing;d. Foster inclusion and diversity in the leadership, membership, and activities of the Forum.
Article II. Relationship with The American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Section 1. As an affiliate of The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (“AIChE”), the Forum reports
administratively to AIChE through the Chemical Engineering Technology Operating Council (“CTOC”). The Forumshall submit an annual report of its activities to CTOC. The Forum shall admit a Liaison appointed by CTOC as an
ex officio member to the Forum to facilitate communication between the Forum and CTOC.
Section 2. Forum leadership, membership, and activities will abide by the AIChE Code of Ethics; Code of Conduct;and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Statement. If the actions of any person within Forum leadership or membershipis perceived to act counter to the best interests of the Forum or of AIChE, the Forum Officers’ Committee may, inassociation with the CTOC Executive Committee, initiate appropriate disciplinary action.
Section 3. Forum programming activities at the AIChE Spring and Annual Meetings shall be carried out incoordination with the AIChE Programming Committee. For other activities the Forum Executive Council and its
Committees shall seek to collaborate with other entities within AIChE where there is mutual interest. The Forummay, in agreement with CTOC, cooperate with allied external organizations and participate in joint programs.
1Section 4. The Forum shall not have the authority to act for, or in the name of, AIChE, or to incur any financial,
contractual, or legal obligation in the name of AIChE. The Forum is not liable for any financial, contractual, or legal
obligation of AIChE unless agreed upon in advance in writing between the Forum Executive Committee and AIChE.
Section 5. The affiliate relationship of the Forum with AIChE has been agreed upon by both the Forum and AIChE
without limit on duration. The sustainability of the Forum’s affiliate relationship with AIChE shall be monitored andassessed by the Forum Executive Council. Initiation of the termination of the affiliate relationship of the Forum with
AIChE shall require a four-fifths-majority approval by the fifteen voting members of the Executive Council.
Termination of the affiliate relationship of the Forum with AIChE shall be preceded by notification of such action
jointly by the Forum Executive Council and CTOC to all Forum members and all sponsors at least one year prior to
the effective date of termination. Upon termination of the affiliate relationship of the Forum with AIChE, unrestrictedfunds and tangible property received through AIChE shall be transferred back to AIChE. Restricted funds received
through AIChE shall be transferred back to AIChE to be returned to the respective donors.
Article III. Membership and Dues
Section 1. Membership in the Forum is by self-selection and is open to both members and non-members of AIChE.
Forum members who are non-members of AIChE are encouraged to become members of and active participants in
AIChE. Members of AIChE may apply to join the Forum through procedures established by the Member Services
Department of AIChE. Members and non-members of AIChE may also join the Forum by applying in writing directly
to the Secretary of the Forum or through procedures established by the Forum Membership Committee and approvedby the Forum Executive Council.
Section 2. Membership in the Forum shall be classified into three categories:
a. Full Members:
1. Fellows, Senior Members, and Members of AIChE; or
2. Equivalent-rank Fellows and full members of CSChE, of IMIQ, or of another allied engineering or
scientific society; or
3. Licensed professional chartered engineers.
b. Associate Members:
1. Holders of a baccalaureate degree in chemical engineering or another technical discipline that is relevantto the study and practice of industrial mixing, but who are not Full Members as defined in
Subsection III.2(a); or
2. Postdoctoral researchers and graduate students specializing in chemical engineering or another technicaldiscipline that is relevant to the study of industrial mixing.
c. Affiliate Members:
1. Undergraduate students who are pursuing a baccalaureate degree in chemical engineering or anothertechnical discipline that is relevant to the study of industrial mixing; or
2. Other professionals who have a general interest in industrial mixing but who do not hold a baccalaureate
degree in chemical engineering or another technical discipline that is relevant to the study and practice ofindustrial mixing.
Section 3. The schedule of membership dues for Full and Associate Members shall be set by a two-thirds majorityof the fifteen voting members of the Executive Council. Affiliate Members are exempt from membership dues. The
Executive Council may reduce or waive membership dues for Full and Associate Members who are retired,unemployed, on family or disability leave, called to active military duty, experiencing hardship, or who have otherextenuating circumstances.
Section 4. The cycle for renewal of membership in the Forum and remittance of dues shall by default align with thecycle defined in the AIChE Bylaws. For members who apply for or renew their membership directly with the Forum,
the Executive Council may provide multiyear and lifetime membership options with corresponding dues.
Section 5. Full Members of the Forum who have been elected to Fellow or Emeritus/Emerita rank of AIChE, CSChE,
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IMIQ, of another professional society, or of an academic institution shall be recognized as Fellows of the Forum.
Article IV. Organization
Section 1. The activities of the Forum shall be governed by an Executive Council, consisting ofa. Maximum of fifteen elected voting members, which include
1. Four Officers and
2. Maximum of eleven non-officers; andb. Non-elected, non-voting ex officio members, which include
1. Chairs of the Standing Committees and Ad Hoc Committees who are not among the fifteen elected voting
members of the Executive Council,
2. Past Presidents of the Forum who are no longer elected voting members of the Executive Council, and3. The CTOC Liaison.
Section 2. All fifteen elected voting members of the Executive Council shall be Full or Associate Members of theForum. The term of office for an elected voting member is six years. Normally five of the fifteen voting members
are elected each biennial election cycle in order to stagger their service. An elected Executive Council member may
serve a maximum of two consecutive terms for twelve consecutive years. There is no lifetime limit on service as anelected voting member of the Executive Council. No more than two elected Executive Council members shall beaffiliated with the same industrial or academic organization at the time of their election.
Section 3. The four Officers of the Forum are the President, the Vice President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer.
a. The President and the Vice President shall be elected voting members of the Executive Council and Full
Members of the Forum who are Fellows, Senior Members, or Members of AIChE. The term of office for the
President, the Vice President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer shall each be two years. The President and Past
Presidents shall not be re-elected for a second time to the sequential offices of Vice President and President.
b. The Secretary and the Treasurer shall be elected voting members of the Executive Council and Full Membersof the Forum who are Fellows, Senior Members, or Members of AIChE or the equivalent-rank Fellows or full
members of CSChE or of IMIQ. The Secretary and Treasurer may each serve a maximum of three consecutive
terms for six consecutive years in each office.
Section 4. There shall be an Officers’ Committee of the Forum consisting of the President, the Vice President, theSecretary, the Treasurer, and the most recent Past President. The Officers’ Committee shall act on behalf of the
Executive Council on items of business delegated to it by the Executive Council. When the Executive Council is inrecess, the Officers’ Committee shall manage the affairs of the Forum and take such actions as are consistent with
the Executive Council’s delegations. The Officers’ Committee shall represent the Forum at the AIChE Council of
Division & Forum Officers (“CDFO”), and shall, with the approval of the Executive Council, endorse project grant
proposals submitted by Forum members to CTOC or to the AIChE Foundation in support of Forum activities. The
Officers’ Committee may also represent the Executive Council in handling sensitive, confidential matters.
Section 5. The President is the chief officer of the Forum and is chair of the Executive Council and of the Officers’
Committee. The Vice President shall perform the duties of the President in the latter’s absence or inability to serve.
Section 6. The Secretary shall:a. Keep the records of the proceedings of the Forum, the Executive Council, and the Officers’ Committee;
b. Maintain the official membership rolls of the Forum with assistance from the Membership Committee;
c. Handle the general correspondence of the Forum and shall, at the direction of the President, issue notices of all
meetings; andd. Work with the President to prepare and to submit an annual report on the activities of the Forum to CTOC.
Section 7. The Treasurer shall:3

a. Handle and record the collection and disbursement of funds as authorized by the Executive Council;
b. Propose a budget for the upcoming year with input from Standing and Ad Hoc Committees;c. At the end of each year, submit a financial report to the Executive Council and provide records of the financialtransactions of the Forum to the Auditing Committee;
d. File the required federal and state tax returns for the Forum and maintain financial records to ensure that theForum complies with applicable laws to maintain status as an exempt non-profit organization; ande. Maintain an inventory of equipment and other tangible property owned by or in the possession of the Forum.
Section 8. The President and the Treasurer shall normally be the two Officers who hold legal signing authority on
behalf of the Forum.
a. If the President or the Treasurer is not a citizen or a legal permanent resident of the U.S., and his or her holdingof legal signing authority on financial accounts of the Forum may trigger international financial interest andfinancial transaction reporting requirements to the U.S. government or a foreign government, or cause
restrictions to be imposed on those accounts by financial institutions, then the Vice President and then the
Secretary, in that order, provided that the Vice President or the Secretary is a citizen or a legal permanent
resident of the U.S., shall assume legal signing authority on behalf of the Forum with a simple-majority approvalof the Executive Council.
b. If there are less than two citizens or legal permanent residents of the U.S. among the four Officers, then thefifteen voting members of the Executive Council with a two-thirds majority shall appoint one or two, as needed,of the eleven elected non-officer voting members of the Executive Council who are also citizens or legal
permanent residents of the U.S., and who are a member of AIChE, CSChE, or IMIQ to assume legal signingauthority on behalf of the Forum.
Section 9. In the event of a vacancy on the Executive Council, the Executive Council shall appoint a member to fill
the vacancy as follows:a. If a vacancy occurs in the office of the President that is longer than six months, the Vice President shall become
the President until the next election.
b. If a vacancy occurs in the position of the Vice President, the Executive Council shall appoint an elected nonofficer voting member on the Executive Council who is also a Fellow, Senior Member, or Member of AIChE
to fill the vacancy until the next election.
c. If a vacancy occurs in the position of the Secretary or the Treasurer, the Executive Council shall appoint anelected non-officer voting member on the Executive Council who is also a Fellow, Senior Member, or Memberof AIChE or the equivalent-rank Fellow or full member of CSChE or of IMIQ to fill the vacancy until the next
election.
d. If a vacancy occurs in any of the fifteen elected Executive Council Member seats, the Executive Council may
appoint a Full or Associate Member of the Forum to fill the unexpired term of that seat.
e. If any vacancy occurs within six months of an upcoming election, the Executive Council may elect not to makea formal appointment to fill that vacancy.
f. The Executive Council is expected to uphold all ethical standards when filling vacancies to avoid actual andperceived conflicts of interest that could negatively influence the operation of the Forum.
Section 10. The following Standing Committees are established to achieve the Forum’s goals as defined by the
Executive Council:
a. Annual and Spring Meetings Program Committee — To arrange technical programming for the Forum at the
AIChE Annual and Spring Meetings, and to represent the Forum in meetings of the AIChE Programming
Committee and the Executive Board of the Programming Committee (“EBPC”). The Chair of the Forum Annual
Meeting Programming Committee is an ex officio member of the AIChE Programming Committee.
b. Biennial Conference Committee — To organize the Biennial Conference and to select the incoming Chair forthe next Biennial Conference.
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c. NAMF Award Committee — To promote research and scholarship in mixing by recognizing members of theForum who have made outstanding contributions to the field by administering the “NAMF Award for
Excellence and Sustained Contributions to Mixing Research and Practice”, given at the AIChE Annual Meeting;to prepare and submit nominations of qualified award recipients for election as Fellows of AIChE. The Chairof the NAMF Award Committee is responsible for leading the award nomination, selection, and delivery
processes.
d. Early-Career Awards Committee — To recognize and promote the development of early-career professionals
specializing in the field of industrial mixing in academia industry.
e. Education and Student Awards Committee — To promote education in mixing at the university andpostgraduate levels and to select student award winners.
f. Finance Committee — To manage the financial resources and investments of the Forum, chaired by theTreasurer.
g. Auditing Committee — To annually review the financial procedures and expenditures.
h. Membership Committee — To manage, promote, and recruit membership for the Forum, and to work with theSecretary and the Members Services Department of AIChE to maintain the current membership rolls.
i. Nominations and Elections Committee — To nominate a slate of candidates for election to the Executive
Council and to administer Executive Council elections, chaired by the Vice President.
j. Communications Committee — To promote communications within the Forum and to liaise with externalorganizations; for examples, to publish the Forum’s newsletter and manage the Forum’s website and social
media activity.
k. Advisory Committee — To serve as counsel to the Executive Council, the Officers’ Committee, and thePresident, consisting of the Past Presidents as Ex Officio Members, plus other members appointed by the
President, chaired by the most recent Past President.
Section 11. Standing Committees shall be established and terminated by amendment of these Bylaws. Ad hoc
committees may be established and terminated by a simple majority of the Executive Council.
Section 12. Standing and Ad Hoc Committee Chairs shall be appointed by the Forum President with the approval of
the Executive Council. Each of the eleven non-officer members of the Executive Council shall serve on one or moreStanding or Ad Hoc Committee as committee chair or member. Standing and Ad Hoc Committee Chairs may be
appointed from the Executive Council or from Forum membership for a two-year term. Except for the Chairs of the
Biennial Conference Committee, the Nominations and Elections Committee, and the Advisory Committee,
committee Chairs may renew their appointments once for two consecutive terms of four years. If not one of the
fifteen elected members of the Executive Council, the Chair of a Standing or Ad Hoc Committee shall be a nonvoting ex officio member of the Executive Council. The Standing and Ad Hoc Committee Chairs shall deliver annual
reports to the Executive Council at the Annual Meeting. Committee members are selected by the Chairs of therespective committees from members of the Forum.
Article V. Meetings and Decision Making
Section 1. There shall be a General Business Meeting of the Forum, open to both members and non-members of theForum, convened at each AIChE Annual Meeting and at each Biennial Conference of the Forum.
a. The purpose of the General Business Meeting is to provide a venue for the Executive Council to engage Forum
members at large, to promote Forum activities, and to recruit volunteers and new members.
b. The President and the Chair of the Annual Meeting Programming Committee or of the Biennial Conference
Committee shall coordinate the scheduling of the General Business Meeting. The Secretary shall send noticeof a General Business Meeting to all Forum members at least three weeks in advance.
c. The agenda for the General Business Meetings of the Forum shall be set by the presiding officer.
Section 2. The Executive Council shall convene at least four times each calendar year. Executive Council Meetings
shall be called by the President and may also be called at the request of members of the Executive Council made to
the President. On advice of the President, the Secretary shall notify all Executive Council members, including all ex5officio members, of all meetings at least two weeks in advance.
a. One of the four Executive Council meetings annually shall be convened at the AIChE Annual Meeting, andduring a year where a Biennial Conference is held a second Executive Council meeting shall be convened at
the Biennial Conference.
b. The President of the Forum shall preside at all meetings of the Executive Council and of the Officers’
Committee, and at the General Business Meetings of the Forum. The President, the Vice President, the Secretary,and the Treasurer shall normally be present at all meetings. In the absence of the President, the Vice President,
the Secretary, or the Treasurer, in that order, shall preside.
c. The presence of a simple majority of the fifteen elected voting members of the Executive Council shallconstitute quorum.
d. Except where otherwise stated in these Bylaws, all decisions and resolutions of the Executive Council shall be
by a simple-majority vote of quorum. If a tied vote results, the decision shall take the course voted by thepresiding officer.
Section 3. Any member of the Forum Executive Council who fails to attend three consecutive regular Executive
Council meetings or who fails to fulfill the assigned Executive Council or committee duty shall be considered to havetendered resignation from the Executive Council. Such a resignation shall be effective only upon ratification by twothirds of the fifteen voting members of the Executive Council, which shall have taken into consideration any
extenuating circumstance.
Article VI. Elections
Section 1. The election of the Forum Officers and Executive Council Members shall occur biennially in evennumbered years. During each election, each of the four Officers shall be elected for a two-year term, and normally
five of the fifteen voting members of the Executive Council shall be elected for a six-year term.
Section 2. For the purposes of elections and referenda, Forum members shall enjoy voting privileges as follows:a. All Full Members and Associate Members in good standing who have remitted the required membership dues
are Voting Members of the Forum and shall enjoy voting privileges in elections.
b. Affiliate Members are non-voting members of the Forum.
c. The voting privileges of a Full Member or an Associate Member of the Forum shall not be diminished as aresult of entitlement to membership dues reduction or waiver.
d. Full Members and Associate Members who are delinquent in remitting membership dues shall have their voting
privileges suspended until the required dues are remitted.
Section 3. Eligibility requirements for candidates in an election are as follows:a. Candidates for the open seats on the Executive Council shall be Full or Associate Members of the Forum.
b. Candidates for the President and the Vice President shall be Full Members of the Forum who are also Fellows,
Senior Members, or Members of AIChE. Candidates for the Secretary and the Treasurer shall be Full Membersof the Forum who are also Fellows, Senior Members, or Members of AIChE or the equivalent-rank Fellows orfull members of CSChE or of IMIQ. Candidates for the four Officer positions shall have been elected as one of
the fifteen voting members of the Executive Council by the start of their respective terms as Officers.
Section 4. The Executive Council shall set the balloting period for an election to be at least two weeks long. The
results of an election shall be announced at the first General Business Meeting following the closing of the balloting
period.
a. Where the Biennial Conference is held in the same year as the Forum election, the balloting period of theelection shall close no later than the day of the Forum General Business Meeting at the Biennial Conference.
b. Where no Biennial Conference is held during the election year, the Executive Council shall set the closing dateof the balloting period to be no later than the date of the Forum General Business Meeting at the AIChE Annual
Meeting.
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Section 5. A Nominations and Elections Committee shall be formed at least sixteen weeks prior to the closing of theballoting period of the election, normally with the current elected Vice President as its Chair.
a. If the Vice President is unavailable to serve as the Chair of the Committee, or if the Vice President wasappointed to fill an unexpired term and is willing to succeed as President, in which case the Vice President muststand for election as a candidate for President, then the most recent Past President shall serve as the Chair of
the Nominations and Elections Committee.
b. The Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee shall select two or more Executive Council Members
or Full or Associate Members who are not running for election or re-election to serve on the Committee.
Section 6. The Nominations and Elections Committee shall develop a slate of candidates for the election and, withapproval by the Executive Council, publish the slate of candidates and the timeline of the election to the voting
membership of the Forum no later than twelve weeks prior to the closing of the balloting period of the election. All
candidates must agree to be included on the slate. Diversity and inclusion should be considered in selecting the slateof candidates. The slate of candidates shall be as follows:a. For President: The current elected Vice President shall normally be the sole nominee. If the current Vice
President is unable or unwilling to succeed as President, then two or more new candidates shall be nominatedfor President. If the current Vice President is an appointee and is willing to succeed and to serve as President,
then the position of President shall be up for election and at least one additional candidate for President shallbe nominated. Neither the current President nor any Past President shall be nominated as a candidate
for President.
b. For Vice President: Two or more candidates shall be nominated. If a candidate for Vice President is currently
serving as an elected member of the Executive Council, that candidate shall not have served more than eight
consecutive years on the Executive Council, so that if elected, that candidate’s end of term as President does
not extend beyond the two-consecutive-term, twelve-year limit for elected members of the Executive Council.
If a candidate for Vice President is not an elected member of the Executive Council, that candidate also becomesa candidate for the Executive Council.
c. For Secretary: Two or more candidates shall be nominated. If a candidate for Secretary is not an elected memberof the Executive Council, that candidate shall also become a candidate for the Executive Council.
d. For Treasurer: Two or more candidates shall be nominated. If a candidate for Treasurer is not an elected memberof the Executive Council, that candidate shall also become a candidate for the Executive Council.
e. For Executive Council: The total number of candidates for Executive Council, including those candidates forVice President, for Secretary, and for Treasurer who are also candidates for Executive Council, shall be at least
two more than the number of seats to be filled on the Executive Council.
f. No candidate shall run for more than one Officer position at the same time in an election.
g. A candidate for an Officer position who is not an elected member of the Executive Council and who therefore
seeks to be elected to the Executive Council is a dual-candidate.
h. If the Nominations and Elections Committee is unable to identify at least two candidates for each of the Officer
positions, then the slate of candidates shall be accepted by the Executive Council if the Executive Council findsthat the search has been exhaustive.
Section 7. For a period of at least four weeks after the Nominations and Elections Committee publishes the slate ofcandidates and the election timeline, the Committee shall accept nominations of petition candidates for the open
Officer positions and Executive Council seats from eligible voting Full and Associate Members of the Forum. Eachpetition candidate shall be endorsed by at least five other eligible voting Full or Associate Members. All petition
candidates must agree to being nominated. The deadline for nominating petition candidates shall occur at least fourweeks prior to the opening of the balloting period.
Section 8. The procedure for electronic, remote, and absentee balloting shall be prescribed by the Nominations andElections Committee and approved by a simple majority of the fifteen voting members of the Executive Council.
Section 9. Due to the requirement that each Officers must be a voting member of the Executive Council at the startof their respective term as an Officer, the election ballot shall be formulated as follows:
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a. The first part of the ballot shall list all the candidates for the open Officer positions. Any dual-candidate shallbe identified as such.
b. The second part of the ballot shall list all the candidates for the open seats on the Executive Council. Dualcandidates who need to be elected to the Executive Council as a prerequisite for being elected as an Officer
shall also be listed as candidates in this second section.
c. Voters shall be instructed first to elect the Officers, casting one vote for each open Officer position from theslate of candidates in the first part of the ballot. Then if a voter selects any dual-candidate for an Officer positionin the first part, that voter must also vote for the same dual-candidate for Executive Council in the second part.
Finally the voter shall cast the remaining votes for members of the Executive Council such that the total numberof votes cast in the second part is equal to the number of seats to be filled on the Executive Council in thecurrent election.
Section 10. The ballots for the election shall be counted as follows:a. The votes cast in the first part of the ballot for each Officer position shall be counted first, and each Officer
shall be elected by a simple plurality of the valid ballots received.
b. If any elected Officer is a dual-candidate for the Executive Council in the second part of the ballot, thatcandidate shall be declared as an elected member of the Executive Council.
c. If a dual-candidate is not elected as an Officer, that candidate shall remain a viable candidate for a seat on the
Executive Council in the second part of the ballot.
d. The remaining members on the Executive Council shall be elected from the remaining list of candidates for the
Executive Council, including any dual-candidate who has not been elected as an officer.
Section 11. The results of the election shall be announced by the President or presiding officer at the General BusinessMeeting immediately following the election. The newly elected Members of the Executive Council and the Officers
shall then take office at the end of the General Business Meeting.
Article VII. Finances
Section 1. The Executive Council shall coordinate with the Auditing Committee to provide for an annual audit of theForum’s financial accounts.
Section 2. The Executive Council shall review in their last meeting of the year the budget submitted for the upcoming
year by the Treasurer. This budget shall be subject to revision at the first Executive Council meeting in the following
year. The officers of the Forum may make expenditures within the provisions of the approved budget. On depletionof an individual account in the approved budget, additional amounts shall be spent only after specific approval by
the Executive Council.
Article VIII. Forum Awards
Section 1. The list of approved Forum awards, along with the descriptions and selection criteria, shall be maintained.
Award selection criteria and nomination processes for current awards shall be compiled in the Forum Operating
Manual and published such that the information is publicly available.
Section 2. In addition to the three permanent Forum awards, namely the NAMF Award, the Early-Career Awards,
and the Student Awards, which are administered by their respective Standing Committees, Forum members can bringproposals for additional awards before the Executive Council for consideration. If the proposal is accepted, theExecutive Council shall designate one of the three existing Standing Committees for awards, or create a new ad hoc
committee as appropriate, to set criteria and procedures for administering the new awards.
Section 3. Equity and Diversity should be considered in the overall balance of awards granted.
Article IX. Dissolution and Disposition of Residual Funds and Property
Section 1. Dissolution of the Forum shall require a four-fifths-majority approval of the fifteen voting members of the
Executive Council and must be preceded by termination of the affiliate relationship with AIChE.
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Section 2. Upon dissolution of the Forum, the remaining unrestricted residual funds and tangible and intangible
properties shall be transferred or assigned to a non-profit organization with similar objectives as the Forum as
determined by a two-thirds-majority of the fifteen voting members of the Executive Council. Any remaining
restricted residual funds shall be returned to the respective donor(s).
Article X. General Provisions
Section 1. The decision of the Executive Council shall be final on any question concerning the interpretation of these
Bylaws.
Section 2. Procedures that are not covered in these Bylaws, particularly those that may change on a frequent basis,including Standing and Ad Hoc Committee procedures, shall be compiled in the Forum Operating Manual.
Section 3. In the deciding of procedural matters not otherwise covered in these Bylaws, the most recent edition of
The Modern Rules of Order by Donald A. Tortorice shall prevail.
Article XI. Amendments
Section 1. These Bylaws shall be reviewed by the Forum Officers’ Committee not less often than every five years.
Any five Full or Associate Members of the Forum may also petition the Executive Council to amend these Bylaws.
Section 2. Proposed amendments shall include an effective date of enactment which shall allow for a transition period
where necessary. All proposed amendments to these Bylaws shall require a two-thirds-majority approval by thefifteen voting members of the Executive Council prior to transmission to CTOC for pre-ratification. CTOC may
recommend changes and return the proposed amendments to the Forum Executive Council for consideration andfurther revision, followed by re-transmission to CTOC to complete the pre-ratification process.
Section 3. The Executive Council shall set a balloting period for the ratification of amendments to the Bylaws thatis at least two weeks long. The Secretary shall publish the proposed amendments and send ballots to all eligible Fulland Associate Members of the Forum at least four weeks prior to the closing of the balloting period.
Section 4. Where the proposed amendments include a plurality of changes to the Bylaws, the fifteen voting membersof the Executive Council shall, by a two-thirds majority, formulate the ballot such that members shall either ratify
the entire proposal as a whole or ratify each item severally.
Section 5. Ratification of the amendments shall require a two-thirds-majority affirmative vote of the valid ballots
received from voting Full and Associate Members. Ballots received after the closing of the balloting period shall not
be counted. After the deadline has passed, the Secretary shall tabulate the ballots and certify the results to the
Executive Council. The amendments shall then be transmitted to CTOC for final ratification. The approved
amendments shall become effective on the date specified within the amendments.
Section 6. The current version of the Bylaws shall be made available to all members of AIChE and members of theForum by the Secretary.
Section 7. A record will be kept by the Secretary of revisions and amendments made to these Bylaws.
Appendix. Revision History
Date of Revision

General Description

Specific Changes

CTOC Pre-Ratification

Membership Approval

1996/06/24

n/a

n/a

n/a

1997/06/26

2014/06/25

n/a

n/a

n/a

2014/06/25

2024/06/14

Major revision

Passim2024/06/10

2024/06/27

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