Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified, at the time of acceptance thereof as determined by the elected head of the Association. A Board member absent from meetings of the Board without excuse may be removed by majority vote of the Directors at a regular or special meeting at which a quorum is present. Vacancies that may occur on the Board by reason of death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, shall be filled by the action of the remaining members of the Board. The officers of the Association, their qualifications, and their duties shall be determined or modified by the membership of the Association. The current officers of the Association and the duties of such officers shall be listed in the Policies and Procedures Manual of the Association.
All officers serve until their successors have been duly elected and assume office.
The Board shall employ a chief executive officer to carry out the management and administration of the Association. The administrative program of the Association will be that which is endorsed from time to time by the Board of Directors and the membership. The Board shall fix by contract the duties, responsibilities, and compensation of this position. The chief executive officer shall appoint all professional and support staff. Notwithstanding the above, the Association shall not engage in any business or other activity which is not in the furtherance of and exclusively for its educational, scientific, research, mutual improvement, and professional purposes, and which does not comply fully with the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and Federal Trade Commission Act.