The PIRA Handbook for
Officers and Committees

1.
2. The PIRA Handbook for Officers and Committees (99-00)
3.
4. I. Introduction (by Tim Cook, 7/31/95)
5.
6. The "PIRA Handbook for Officers and Committees" lists the duties of
7. each officer, the charge of each committee, and policies for the PIRA
8. Resource room, the Newsletter, and any other policy approved by
9. the Executive board (or membership). The Handbook is intended to
10. be a repository of policies that need to be more flexible and easily
11. changed than bylaws. It also will allow more detailed instructions and
12. advice to be written for officers and committees, and will make more
13. detailed information about committee activity readily available.
14.
15. II. Dues (This is straight from the pre-94 Bylaws)
16.
17. 1. the annual dues shall be $10.00 per person or institution, payable
18. prior to October 1 each year.
19.
20. 2. The Newsletter Editor shall be authorized to send notices of dues to
21. those who do not pay at the required time. Notices of Dues may also
22. be printed in the PIRA Newsletter.
23.
24. 3. Each Dues paying member shall receive instructions for
25. communicating with Association members by electronic mail, a
26. subscription to the PIRA Newsletter, and a form which they may
27. return indicating their desire to receive an Association directory and
28. their preferred format. A paper directory will cost $2.00, while a
29. directory on disk will be available at no charge.(Note-directory policy
30. voted on at August 1995 meeting minutes)
31.
32. 4. It was voted at the 1991 annual meeting to give the 1st place
33. Apparatus committee winners free PIRA memberships (added by
34. Tim Cook, source 1991 meeting minutes)
35.
36. 5. It was voted at the 1989 annual meeting that at least $6.50 of each
37. yearly membership dues is reserved for newsletter expenses. (added
38. by Tim Cook, source 1989 meeting minutes)
39.
40. III. Newsletter
41.
42. by Roger Key, Newsletter Editor for volume 8 - ? July 1994.
43.
44. General Considerations
45.
46. Guidelines provided by the PIRA Constitution Bylaws with newsletter
47. editor's comments:
48. 1. The purpose of the newsletter is to disseminate timely information
49. to the membership.
50.
51. Even publishing less often that the AAPT journals, we are more
52. timely since things don't go through the same amount of 'editorial
53. process' as in the journals, and we're less formal too.
54.
55. 2. There shall be at least six issues of the newsletter per annum.
56.
57. Notice 'at least' - more is good if you want to do the work.
58.
59. 3. Sponsorship and/or advisement will not be accepted for the
60. Newsletter.
61.
62. Position openings are an exception. No fee is charged to list a
63. position opening, and they are included as a service to the
64. membership, and not considered advertising.
65.
66. Classified advertisements for buying and selling equipment are an
67. exception, as long as it is restricted to non-commercial sales & swaps
68. between members. No fee is charged for these listings. They are also
69. included as a service to the membership, and not considered
70. advertising. (Added by Tim Cook, source July 1995 board email
71. meeting minutes)
72.
73. 4. Contests, promotions and other related activities should be
74. review by the Executive Board before they are used in the
75. Newsletter.
76.
77. The Apparatus Competition is the only 'contest' announcement that
78. has 'standing approval from the executive board.
79.
80. 5. It was voted at the 1989 annual meeting that "PIRA Newsletter
81. Editors are authorized to transfer information between the Bitnet
82. forum "TAP-L" and the PIRA Newsletter at their discretion unless
83. otherwise noted by the author." (added by Tim Cook, source 1989
84. meeting minutes)
85.
86. Subscriptions
87.
88. These items are guidelines to be considered for use beginning with
89. the first issue of volume 9 of the PIRA News:
90.
91.A subscription to the PIRA News costs $10 US for anyone, anywhere
92. in the world.
93.
94. (notes from Tim Cook)
95. It was voted at the 1993 annual meeting to give all former editors
96. honorary subscriptions to the Newsletter (Brett Carrol, Andy Graham
97. Marsha Hobbs) (Source - 1993 annual meeting minutes)
98.
99. It was voted at the 1992 annual meeting to give AAPT Officers and
100. Executive Board member's a years free subscription to the newsletter
101. while they are in office. (source - 1992 meeting minutes)
102.
103. See also section II (dues) #4 - free memberships to 1st place
104. apparatus competition winners.
105.
106. New members:
107.
108. New members gained through the summer AAPT meetings will be
109. given a 'new member packet'. The "New Member packet' will contain
110. the following information:
111.
112. Information sheet about PIRA to include current projects, etc.
113. Instructions for gaining access to TAP-L and (possibly) PHYS-L
114. A short list of electronic resources available through the internet
115. A directory request form (see section II-Dues, Number 3)
116. An index of and information about obtaining back issues of the PIRA
117. News with pricing.
118.
119. New members gained during the subscription year will be mailed one
120. of the above packets with the addition of a sheet explaining when
121. they will receive back issues for the current subscription
122. year. For example, a new member gained in January would receive
123. the above packet with a letter explaining that they have subscribed in
124. the middle of a 'subscription year' and will soon (indicate when)
125. receive a packet of back issues for the current year. Back issues
126. should be mailed with the next regular issue of the Newsletter to keep
127. the information 'timely'.
128.
129. The last issue of the Newsletter for a given subscription year should
130. contain a tear-out or insert of a membership/subscription renewal
131. form with the deadline for renewal stated as the last day of that
132. summer's national AAPT conference. This will help to keep the
133. mailing list current for the first issue after the meeting.
134. Back Issues
135.
136. At a minimum, the Newsletter Editor should keep an archive of master
137. copies of all back issues of the PIRA News. Ideally, this would take
138. both print and electronic form. In print form, this would be a copy
139. ready version to be used as needed. In electronic form, this would be
140. copies ready to print as a final version and including all graphics, etc.
141.
142. Members requesting back issues should get a prompt reply with an
143. invoice and notification of
144. when they can expect to receive the back issue packet.
145.
146. Pricing for back issues should be standardized, and should not
147. penalize subscribers by 'giving away' back issues at a price less than
148. that of a subscription. This is a difficult problem, since each volume
149. has a different number of issues and pages. If a subscription for
150. 6 issues runs at $10, then the per-issue price for a subscriber is about
151. $1.67. For volume 8, the per-issue price was about $1.43 since there
152. were 7 issues. I suggest a price of $3 per issue for back issues not
153. included in the current subscription year.
154.
155. (I invite comments here)
156.
157. The Newsletter and the PIRA Resource Room
158.
159. Back issues should be made available in the Resource Room for
160. purchase at a discounted 'conference rate', perhaps at half the
161. regular price. Entire bound volumes of back issues could also be
162. made available, also at a discount, perhaps even steeper than for
163. single issues. 'Display' copies should also be provided for browsing,
164. perhaps with an index.
165.
166. IV. PIRA Resource Room
167.
168. 1. (This is straight from the pre-94 Bylaws) The PIRA Resource Room
169. shall be held at the AAPT Summer Meeting. A room will be staffed by
170. members of PIRA during the majority of the Summer Meeting to
171. provide catalogs, manuals, and publications of interest to people who
172. design and construct instructional physics apparatus as well as those
173. who manage instructional laboratories, lecture demonstrations, and
174. other teaching centers. Media and software should also be available
175. for review.
176.
177. 2. Selling in the Resource Room - It was decided at the 1994 annual
178. meeting that only PIRA Members could display sales items in the
179. room, with an accompanying address for information. Only PIRA can
180. collect money in the room (source - 1994 meeting minutes)
181. V. PIRA Sessions (This is straight from the pre-94 Bylaws
182.
183. 1. The Invited Session shall be held at the AAPT Summer Meeting
184. The chairman of the Invited Session committee will determine the
185. focus and invite speakers for the next year's session.
186.
187. 2. The General PIRA Workshop should be arranged for the Summer
188. Meeting. It should focus on problems and solutions common to
189. managers of physics laboratories, demonstrations, learning centers.
190. courseware centers, and other resource professions and help
191. initiate ideas, trade information and set up lines of communication
192. between the participants. This workshop may be held in alternate
193. years.
194.
195. 3. The Workshop for Lab Managers should be arranged for the
196. Summer Meeting. It should focus on problems relating to the setup,
197. instruction, and management of the physics laboratory and help
198. initiate ideas, trade information and set up lines of communication
199. between participants. This workshop may be held in alternate years.
200.
201. VI. Officer's Duties - Tim Cook, 11/8/94, rev. 8/4/98, 8/1/99
202.
203. NOTE TO OFFICERS - The C. Bettis believes the deadline information
204. listed below to be correct as of 8/1/99 and good through the 99-00
205. year. However, things change and mistakes can be made so be sure
206. to independently confirm important deadlines well in advance to avoid
207. disasters.
208.
209. Executive Board
210.
211. From Bylaws Section V, 1-5
212. "1. The Executive Board shall insure coordination and planning for
213. Association activities. The Executive Board shall be consulted during
214. the year by the President by phone, mail, or Bulletin Board, and shall
215. act in concert at all times. When possible, the Board shall convene at
216. the AAPT Winter Meeting.
217.
218. 2. The Executive Board shall review and approve interim changes to
219. the policies listed in the "Handbook for Officers and Committees" and
220. submit these changes to the members for approval at the next annual
221. meeting.
222.
223. 3. The Executive board shall recommend the amount of PIRA dues for
224. the next year and any changes to the policies on membership. The
225. members present at the annual business meetings shall approve any
226. change in the amount of dues or membership policy and these
227. changes shall not be modified before the next annual business
228. meeting. These policies shall be included in the "PIRA Handbook for
229. Officers and Committees"
230.
231. 4. Debts for the Association may not be incurred without the prior
232. approval of the majority of the Executive Board.
233.
234. 5. The President may call upon the officers of the Association to
235. perform any special tasks he/she may wish to require of them in
236. pursuance of goals of the Association."
237.
238.
239. Board Deadlines (By Cliff Bettis 8/1/99)
240.
241. 1. The Board should discuss possible nominations to AAPT area
242. committees in November for submission by 12/3/99 to Larry Kirkpatrick
243. (call for Nominations can be expected in the Sept. Announcer). If a PIRA
244. member is especially qualified to serve on an AAPT committee and
245. that involvement would greatly benefit both PIRA and the AAPT, the
246. Board may wish to submit a nomination. Persons nominated should
247. be contacted about their willingness to serve and asked to send in
248. self nominations also.
249.
250. Past-president
251.
252. From Bylaws Section 111.1 "The Past-president shall be chair of the
253. nominating committee."
254.
255. Past-president's Deadlines
256.
257. 1. Nominations must be complete by late April for inclusion on ballot
258. in the pre-meeting issue of the newsletter (This issue must be out at
259. least two months prior to the annual business meeting.).
260.
261. President
262.
263. From Bylaws Section III.2." The President shall (1) administer and
264. supervise the affairs of the Association, (2) call all Association and
265. Executive Board meetings, (3) preside at Association and Board
266. meetings, (4) represent the Association at AAPT official occasions,
267. (5) appoint a Chair and members to the Constitution and Bylaws
268. Committee and members to the Nominations committee, (6)
269. generate an agenda for the annual business meeting in consultation
270. with the Executive Board, and (7) submit an annual report to the
271. AAPT Executive Office and the Secretary prior to December 1
272. of each year. The annual report will include the names and addresses of
273. officers and a description of the past year's activities and future
274. plans."
275. President's Deadlines
276.
277. 1. PIRA Annual Business Meeting
278. a. Send an email to Carol Heimpel (CHEIMPEL@AAPT.ORG) at
279. the AAPT Executive Office to request a business meeting time.
280. during the Summer Meeting She must receive it by OCTOBER 15, 1999.
281. b. Send an agenda for the business meeting to the PIRA News
282. Editor in early April to be published in the pre-meeting issue.
283.
284. 2.Annual Report -September 1 -see (7) above.
285.
286. President-elect
287.
288. From Bylaws Section III.3. "The President-elect, in the absence of the
289. President, shall perform the duties of the President. The President
290. elect shall be responsible for, although not necessarily presiding over
291. or organizing, the : A) PIRA Invited Session; B) General PIRA
292. Workshop: and C) other PIRA sessions. The President-elect shall
293. follow any instructions specifically approved by the membership at the
294. annual business meeting regarding these sessions. The President
295. elect shall (1) attend the Winter and Summer meetings of the AAPT
296. Apparatus Committee or send an appropriate representative, (2) fill
297. out session request forms for PIRA sessions and submit them to the
298. Apparatus Committee (3) attend the Winter and Summer meetings of
299. the AAPT Program Committee or send an appropriate representative.
300. Other duties include: (4) acting as parliamentarian; and (5) fulfilling
301. special tasks required by the President."
302.
303. President-elect's Deadlines
304.
305. 1. Deadlines for PIRA Invited Session
306. a. If you wish a Call for Papers to appear in the December
307. Announcer, send it to be received by May 1, 1999 to Carol
308. Heimpel, AAPT Exec.Office. (for March and July Announcer
309. the deadline is Oct. 15, 1999, )
310. b. The Call for Papers should also appear in the issues of the
311. PIRA Newsletter around Dec. and Jan.. Send to the Editor in November.
312. c. Contact each PIRA Officer to ask for their ideas on invited
313. speakers.
314. d. By October 15,1999 a Session request form
315. should be sent to the current Apparatus Committee
316. chairperson (Note-newly elected committee chairs appear
317. in the Dec. Announcer - they don't take office until the end of the
318. Winter Meeting). It will be better if you have an idea of who a
319. few of the speakers might be before the Winter Meeting
320. Apparatus Committee Meeting to aid your discussion.
321. e. If the Session request is passed by the Apparatus
322. Committee, you or the PIRA President should attend the
323. Program Committee meeting to get the session on the
324. summer program schedule.
325. f. Executive Office have all the invited paper Abstracts by
326. Sept. 10,1999 for Winter 2000 and Oct. 15, 1999 for Summer 2000.
327. g. Send a description of the session with the invited paper
328. abstracts to the AAPT Director of Meetings at the Executive
329. Office (Carol Heimpel) to be received by Oct. 15, 1999 (Summer 2000).
330. h. Send each invited speaker a letter telling them they are
331. invited along with a copy of their abstract.
332. i. Send the session description with the abstracts to the PIRA
333. Newsletter editor by late April for inclusion in the pre-meeting
334. issue.
335.
336. 2. Deadlines for PIRA General Workshop
337. a. Before Oct. 15, 1999 (for Summer 2000), a Session Request Form
338. should be sent to the current Apparatus committee
339. chairperson (Note-newly elected committee chairs appear
340. in the Dec. Announcer - they don't take office until the end of the
341. Winter meeting). You should be prepared to discuss the
342. workshop at the Winter Meeting Apparatus committee
343. Meeting.
344. b. If the Session Request is passed by the Apparatus
345. Committee, you or the PIRA President should attend the
346.Program Committee meeting to get the session on the
347. summer program schedule. At this meeting you will probably
348. find out who to talk to at the host institution about the
349. equipment and room space available.
350. c. An abstract of the workshop must be provide to Carol
351. Heimpel of the AAPT Executive Office by the October 15, 1999
352. (for Summer Meeting, 2000).
353. d. Send a description of the workshop and a call for participation
354. to the PIRA Newsletter editor in March for inclusion in the April
355. issue. This is a good way to get presenters.
356.
357. 3. Deadlines for PIRA Open House
358. (AAPT no longer does this, (note from C. Heimpel 7/30/99))
359.
360.
361.
362.
363.
364.
365.
366.
367.
368. Vice-president
369.
370. From Bylaws Section 111.4 "The Vice-president shall be responsible
371. for the PIRA Resource Room during the next AAPT summer meeting
372. after his/her election. the vice-president shall have the option of
373. forming an interim committee to assist him/her in carrying out this
374. duty and recruiting PIRA members present at the AAPT Summer
375. meeting for duty in the PIRA Resource Room. The Vice-president
376. shall maintain and update policies of the PIRA Resource Room in
377. consultation with the Executive Board and make them available in the
378. PIRA Resource Room as a section of the "PIRA Handbook for Officers
379. and Committees". These policies shall be approved by the
380. membership of PIRA at the annual business meeting.
381.
382. Vice-president Deadlines
383.
384. 1. Deadlines for PIRA Resource Room
385. a. Send a Session Request form to the Apparatus Committee
386. chairperson by October 15, 1999. You or the
387. President-elect should attend the Apparatus Committee
388. meeting to help in the discussion.
389. b. If the Session Request is passed by the Apparatus
390. Committee, the PIRA President or you should attend the
391. Program committee meeting at the Winter Meeting to get the
392. resource room on the summer program schedule. At this
393. meeting you will probably be able to find out who to talk to at the
394. host institution about the equipment and room space available.
395. c. Provide a description of the Resource Room to Carol Heimpel
396. of the AAPT Executive Office by the end of the
397. Winter meeting 1999.
398. d. Send a description of the Resource Room and a call for
399. participation to the PIRA Newsletter editor in April. Put in a
400. reminder that people should bring or send their old lab manuals
401. to sell (for PIRA's benefit) for $1 each. Caution them to be sure
402. to clear with you any items to be shipped to be sure shipping
403. charge reimbursements do not exceed reasonable limits and
404. result in losses to PIRA.
405. e. See if the host institution can provide a copy machine. If not,
406. Paul Stokstad of PARCO Scientific has been generous about
407. sponsoring one - ask Dave Maiullo about this.
408.
409.
410. Secretary
411.
412. From Bylaws Section III.5. "The Secretary shall (1) conduct
413. Association correspondence as directed by the Executive Board, (2)
414. keep minutes of Association and Executive Board meetings, (both in
415. person and via e-mail), (3) maintain the "PIRA Handbook for Officers
416. and Committees" listing the duties of each officer, charge of each
417. committee, and policies for the PIRA Resource Room, the Newsletter,
418. and any other policy approved by the Executive Board. The Secretary
419. shall (4) function as historian for the Association."
420.
421. Secretary's Deadlines
422.
423. 1. Deadlines for PIRA Handbook
424. a. Have the Handbook updated as far as possible for member
425. approval of changes at the annual business meeting. Be
426. sure to have the Officer's duties deadlines sections updated so
427. the officers will begin the year with accurate, timely deadline
428. information.
429.
430.
431. Newsletter Editor
432.
433. From Bylaws Section 111.6 "The Newsletter Editor shall (1) edit and
434. publish the PIRA Newsletter. The Newsletter Editor shall (2) maintain
435. the membership list of the Association and shall (3) maintain and
436. update policies of the Newsletter in consultation with the Executive
437. Board. the policies shall be approved by the membership of the
438. Association at the annual business meeting and be included in the
439. "PIRA Handbook for Officers and committees". The Newsletter Editor
440. shall function as the treasurer and (4) receive, handle and deposit all
441. Association moneys in a bank authorized by the Executive Board, (5
442. collect Association dues, (6) pay Association bills promptly, and
443. resole payment of any debts approved by the Executive Board, (7
444. report the financial condition of the Association to the membership at
445. the annual business meeting and in the next PIRA Newsletter after
446. the meeting, and (8) report the financial condition of the Association
447. to the Executive Board on a quarterly basis."
448.
449. From meeting minutes of 1989 annual business meeting - "the
450. Newsletter editor shall have a Petty-Cash Account of $50.00 to use for
451. Newsletter expenses, for which the editor shall keep a ledger sheet."
452.
453.
454. Newsletter Editor's Deadlines
455.
456. 1. August -457. a. Get new officer names from President
458. b. Get minutes of Annual Business Meeting from Secretary.
459. c. Get minutes of Apparatus committee from President-elect.
460. d. Send notice of Membership renewal to all members.
461. 2. November -
462. a. Get call for papers for invited session from President-elect.
463. b. Get description of winter meeting open house (if having one)
464. from President-elect.
465. 3. March
466. a. Get call for participation in Workshop from President-elect to
467. print in April/May issue.
468. 4. April -
469. a. Get invited session description and all abstracts from
470 President elect.
471. b. Get officer nominations from Nominating committee chair.
472. Include Absentee ballot in Newsletter. Be certain to have the
473. pre-meeting issue with the ballot in the hands of members 2
474. months prior to the annual business meeting as required by
475. Bylaws (Section 1.2) Inclusion of notification in subsequent
476. issues up until the meeting is also required.
477. c. Get proposed Constitution and Bylaws changes from
478. Constitution and Bylaws Committee chair. Include on Absentee
479. ballot. Be certain to have premeeting issue with the ballot in the
480. hand of members 2 months prior to the annual business
481. meeting as required by Constitution (Article VII) and
482. Bylaws (Section VII). Inclusion of notification in subsequent
483. issues up until the meeting is also required.
484. d. Get description of Resource Room and call for participation
485. from Vice-president
486. 5. May -
487. a. Get Agenda for Annual Business Meeting from president to
488. print before summer meeting.
489. b. Get description of Open house (if any) from President-elect.
490.
491. VII. Nominating Committee
492.
493. To be contributed by Dave Maiullo
494.
495. VIII. Constitution and Bylaws Committee (By Tony Papirio, 2/16/95
496. email)
497.
498. 1. Constitution and Bylaws committee members should be prepared
499. to provide information about the constitution and bylaws to the PIRA
500. membership at the annual PIRA business meeting.
501.
502. 2. The Constitution and Bylaws committee chair shall keep a log of
503. proposed changes, initially screened for validity by the committee,
504. until such time as each is acted upon. This log shall be passed to
505. each succeeding chairman of the committee.
506.
507. IX. Continuing Committees
508.
509. A. Professional Concerns (from Roger's PIRA Info sheet, Ok'd by Karl
510. Trappe 7/95)511.
512. Karl Trappe of the University of Texas at Austin chairs the PIRA
513. Professional Concerns Committee. The PIRA PCC has been formed
514. to examine the working conditions, salary ranges, national interaction
515. and professionalism of physics support staff at colleges and
516. universities around the country. The activities of the PCC will
517. hopefully result in a 'national median' for salary and duties for these
518. positions and will work to encourage administrations to send support
519. staff to regional and national meetings to help them become more
520. effective professionals.
521.
522. B. PIRA FTP site/Mosaic (from Roger's PIRA Info sheet)
523.<<<This section is in the proccess of being updated, Aug. 1997>>>
524. Besides the Newsletter, we have also established an anonymous FTP
525. site for software to help manage all the above topics. FTP to
526. ftp.phys.ksu.edu and look in /pub/PIRA for demonstration handbooks,
527. lab references and more. (to perform anonymous FTP, log in as
528. anonymous and give your full internet address as the password) For
529. anyone browsing the world Wide Web (WWW or W^3), a set of pages
530. about PIRA and our activities is available through the Home Page for
531. the Kansas State University Home Page at the
532. URL http://www. Select 'Department of Physics
533. Instructional Materials Center' from the home page. Our ftp site
534. currently contains information about PIRA activities, a cumulative
535. index to the newsletter and software. Minutes from our meetings
536. each summer should soon be available there as well.
537.
538. C. PIRA Shareware
539.
540. The PIRA Shareware project was voted to be continued only as an
541. FTP site at the 1994 annual meeting (source - 1 meeting minutes)
542.
543. D. Demonstration Classification Scheme (from Roger's Info sheet on
544. PIRA)
545.
546. To be rewritten by Zig Peacock
547.
548. The PIRA Demonstration Classification Scheme (or PIRA DCS) is a
549. major project which is of important to anyone who uses or develops
550. classroom demonstrations for teaching physics. The project, initiated
551. by Philip Johnson at the University of Minnesota, has established a
552. numbering system for physics demonstrations. Spinoffs associated
553. with the DCS are lists of 200, 500 and 1000 demonstrations
554. considered by a committee of professional demonstration managers
555. as being the most desirable for teaching basic physical principles. A
556. complete bibliography is in the works which includes an index of
557. references to books, journals and video resources linked to the
558. demonstrations.
559. E. Large Demo Drawings Project (Abridged from the call for
560. participation in Vol. 9, #5)
561.
562. The goal of the LDDP is to develop a set of high quality large scale
563. lecture demonstrations for the university auditorium. These
564. apparatus will pass through several development iterations and the
565. designs will be disseminated as CAD drawings. For a complete
566. discussion of the project see PIRA News Vol. 8, No. 2.
567.
568. The first stage of the project is a survey of existing apparatus. A photo
569. collection will be used to provide a baseline for the LDDP. The
570. pictures will help us evaluate the general state of demonstration
571. collections and gage the variation among our institutions. We hope to
572. identify excellent versions of each of the listed demonstrations from
573. the submitted photographs. Each contributor is also asked to
574. photograph any demonstrations in their collections that are
575. particularly meritorious.
576.
577. The project only starts with identifying excellent demonstrations or
578. demonstration ideas. It is expected that PIRA can improve any
579. demonstration, and if a few people work on two or three iterations the
580. result would be a truly outstanding demonstration.
581.
582. X. Miscellaneous Policies (compiled by Tim Cook, 8/l/95)
583.
584. 1. Current Constitution & Bylaws - Source - l994 annual meeting
585. minutes
586. The current version of the Constitution and Bylaws is that published in
587. the PIRA News Vol. 8.#6, all revisions and amendments accepted (and
588. later in the Dec. 1994 PIRA Membership directory)
589.
590. 2. PIRA advertisements - Source - l989 annual meeting minutes
591. "Printed PIRA advertisements shall include membership enrollment
592. forms when practical."
593.
594. 3. Open records - source Fe. 1 email board meetings minutes
595. The records of PIRA are open to inspection by those with valid
596. requests, citizens of the state of Florida, and state officials, if from
597. states purchasing PIRA memberships for employees.
598.
599. 4. Plaques - Source - l995 annual meeting minutes
600. It was voted at the l995 annual meeting that PIRA shall discontinue
601. the presentation of plaques.
602. INDEX
603. Dues: [line 15]
604. Newsletter: [line 40]
605. Subscriptions: [line86]
606. New members:[line 106]
607. Newsletter & PIRA Resource Room:[line 157]
608. PIRA Resource Room: [line 166]
609. Officer's Duties: [line201]
610. Executive Board: [line 209]
611. Executive Board Deadlines: [line239]
612. Past President: [line250]
613. Past Pres. Deadlines: [line 257]
614. President: [line 261]
615. President's deadlines:[line 275]
616. President Elect: [line 286]
617. President's Elect's deadlines: [line 303]
618. Vice President: [line 368]
619. V. P.'s deadlines: [line 384]
620. Secretary: [line 410]
621. Sec.'s deadlines: [line 421]
622. Newsletter Editor: [line 431]
623. N.L.E.'s deadlines: [line 454]
624. Nominating Committee: [line 491]
625. Constitution amp; Bylaws Com.: [line 495]
626. Continuing Com.'s: [line 507]
627. Prof. Concerns Com.: [line 512]
628. PIRA FTP: [line 522]
629. PIRA shareware: [line 538]
630. DCS Com.: [line 548]
631. LDDP Com.: [line 559]
632. Miscellaneous Policies: [line 582]