The name of the organization shall be: Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges: Northwest Region (CCSCNW). The object of the organization shall be to provide one yearly conference in the Northwest Region of the United States which will be supported by and endorsed by the constitution and by-laws of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges hereafter referred to as CCSC.
Members will be those persons who are members of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges who have selected the Northwest Region as their region for purposes of CCSC voting.
The governing body of the Northwest Region will be known as the Regional Board. The Regional Board shall consist of five duly elected members and six standing members. The five elected officers of the Regional Board are the Regional Representative, who also serves as the de facto Board Chair hereafter referred to as Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, Editor, and Membership Officer. The term of each office is three years or the remaining time of a vacated office. The six standing members include the Conference Chairs for the last, current, and next years' conferences, and the Site Chairs for the current and next years' conferences, and the past Board Chair (one year only).
Elections for Chair and Membership Officer will be in years where year modulus 3 is 2. Elections for Treasurer and Editor will be in years where year modulus 3 is 1. Election for Secretary will be in years where year modulus 3 is 0. The Secretary will administer the elections held each spring (see standing rules) and finalized by the CCSCNW Regional Board meeting in May.
If necessary, the Chair may appoint an officer temporarily if that office becomes vacant and there is need for its immediate occupancy.
The responsibilities of the Regional Board will include selecting the site and date of each conference, preparing amendments to the conference bylaws, selecting the Conference Chair, and supporting the annual regional conference.
The Regional Board will meet three times each year. These meetings will be in October (at the annual conference), January (at the upcoming conference site), and May (at the following year’s conference site). Board members are expected to attend all three meetings. At the fall meeting, the Conference Chair for the following year's conference will present the plan for that conference. Any CCSC member may attend any of the three regularly scheduled annual board meetings.
These by-laws may be amended by a 2/3 majority vote of the board.
Standing rules shall be defined and modified by the Regional Board.