Academia Panamericana de Ingeniería
Academia Pan-Americana de Engenharia
Pan American Academy of Engineering
In force as from September 22, 2004
TITLE I CREATION, LINKS AND LOCATION
TITLE II OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES
TITLE III POWERS
TITLE IV MEMBERS. CONDITIONS
Article 7 The Academy is formed by Charter Members, Corresponding Members, Honorary Members and Members Emeriti.
The requirement to be elected a Member, in one of the above mentioned categories, is that the person nominated possesses de degree of engineer in any of the specialties recognized for professional practice for the Institutions that regulate such practice in his/her own country or in any other country of the Continent.
The members shall be individuals of unquestionable honor, professional integrity who have a vocation for service and can demonstrate that:
7.1 They are engineers graduated in a renowned university of their country or abroad with an important background in the exercise of their profession.
7.2 They have performed or been personally and actively involved in the planning, study, design, project or construction of relevant public and private works, in technological research, in the design of industrial plants, installations, manufacturing processes, prototypes, creation or adaptation of technologies, etc., and that for these tasks they have received the acknowledgement of their colleagues, associated in professional societies, or in private engineering, governmental or social welfare organizations.
7.3 They have displayed interest in the transfer of knowledge and experiences acquired in their professional life through teaching in universities or giving independent courses, delivering conferences, speeches or as a rapporteur in technical meetings, forums, seminars or congresses having made specialized publications with this purpose.
7.4 They have been acknowledged by the organized engineering in their country, by the National Association Member of UPADI, the National Academy of Engineering and other renowned engineering institutions or specialized chambers. Count on the support of the Charter Members of that country.
7.5 They have formed part of engineering associations and societies, academic organizations, educational and research institutions, studies or engineering firms , public and private companies or have been officers occupying important public positions, demonstrating in all the activities their capacity of leadership to promote and accompany laborious and innovative programs that have influenced the improvement of the engineering profession.
Article 8 Charter Members are those persons who have met the requirements of Article 7, who have been proposed as such by three Charter Academicians from three different countries or by the National Member Association of UPADI after a selection process. A description of the candidate's qualification shall be submitted with the nomination. The maximum number of Charter Academicians shall be 175, and not more than 30 shall be citizens or natives of any one country considering that at all times there must be a balanced distribution among members on the basis of parameters established by the Board of Directors. Each shall prove his or her citizenship in an American country and must be less that 75 years old at the time of his or her incorporation. Charter Academicians must take part in governing the Academy and in selecting new Members in all categories.
Article 9 Corresponding Members are persons who, having complied with the requirements of Article 7 of these By-laws, represent the Academy in their place of residence in any country of the world and to that end carry out activities required from them by the authorities of the institution. They do not take part in the governance of the Academy nor in the selection of new members. Each shall be proposed by two Charter Academicians or by the Engineering Organization in his/her country that is Member of UPADI or WFEO/World Federation of Engineers Organizations or also by the National Academy of Engineering of his/her country. Up to 30 Corresponding Members residing in one same country may be elected, on the basis of maintaining a balanced distribution of the total of members of this category.
Article 10 Exceptionally the Academy may appoint Honorary Members, without the intervention of the Nominating Committee, persons of renowned prestige, proposed by five (5) Charter Academicians from different countries, provided they comply with all the requirements of Article 7 of these By-laws. The category of Honorary Member shall be especially reserved, although not exclusively, for Charter Members who have occupied this category during five years rendering outstanding services to the Academy and who for justifiable reasons, cannot continue as Charter Members.
Article 11 The category of Member Emeritus is reserved exclusively for those Charter Academicians who have rendered services to the Academy in relevant positions for at least five successive years and have distinguished the international academic professional community by their leadership and vocation towards service.
Article 12 In the case that the membership of a determined country reaches the maximum number of Members established in Article 8 , t he transfer of a Charter Member to the Category of Honorary Member or Member Emeritus means that the position of Charter Member that he or she held until that moment becomes vacant. It shall also be considered vacant in the cases foreseen in Articles 19 and 22.
TITLE V RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE MEMBERS
TITLE VI NOMINATION, ELECTION AND TERMINATION OF THE CATEGORY OF THE MEMBER.
TITLE VII WORKING, INFORMATION AND CONTROL INSTRUMENTS
TITLE VIII MEETINGS OF THE ACADEMY
TITLE IX BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TITLE X FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF THE AUTHORITES OF THE ACADEMY
TITLE XI ELECTION COMMITTEE
TITLE XII ADVISORY BOARD
TITLE XIII AUDITING COMMITTEE
TITLE XIV ASSETS
TITLE XV AMENDMENTS TO THE BY-LAWS
TITLE XVI DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
TITLE XVII OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
By Laws approved by the International Board of
UPADI in San José, Costa Rica, August 1996
Modified by the Plenary Extraordinary Session of the Academy - Mexico 2004
