3.3 Members are required to maintain a current mailing address. Members who cannot be located are dropped from membership. 3.5 Members of DATC who are not members of IEEE-CS have limited rights, i.e., they will not receive free copies of the DATC newsletter, they can not hold elected DATC offices, and they can not vote in DATC elections. The elected officers of the DATC are the DATC Chair, the Chair- Elect, and the Past Chair. Individuals to fill these positions are nominated by the DATC Chair and ratified by the DATC-ExCom.
Appointed officers are eligible for re-appointment.
An appointed DATC officer's term will also end upon resignation, or upon abolishment of the position by the DATC-ExCom. The collateral officers of the DATC are members of other organizations or committees whose membership on the DATC Executive Committee is deemed as beneficial to the Design Automation constituency. The current chair of these committees organizations, or their appointed representatives, are the members of the DATC executive committee. The DATC ExCom determines the budgets and nature of DATC activities. The ExCom consists of all the officers of the DATC listed in 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3.