Academia Panamericana de Ingeniería
Academia Pan-Americana de Engenharia
Pan American Academy of Engineering
In force as from December 1º, 2008
TITLE I CREATION, LINKS AND LOCATION
TITLE II OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES
TITLE III POWERS
TITLE IV MEMBERS. CONDITIONS
TITLE V DUTIES AND RIGHTS 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
Article 25 The Academy shall hold Plenary Sessions, which shall be either Ordinary or Extraordinary. Except in cases in which an internal or confidential matter, or a matter affecting a Member personally is to be discussed, all Plenary Sessions of the Academy shall be public.
Article 26 The Plenary Ordinary Sessions are meetings of the Members of the Academy with the main object of focalizing the public activity of the Institution in engineering matters, that help towards the progress of the countries of America, analyzing, discussing and establishing policies related with science, technology, education and professional practice. At each Plenary Session a Rapporteur shall be elected among the participating Members, who shall prepare a summary of the discussions with the conclusions and recommendations that are approved. This summary shall be included in a publication of the Academy and diffused by means of the Web Site on Internet or another electronic media.
Article 27 The Academy shall meet every two years in a Plenary Ordinary Session, preferably coinciding with the UPADI Convention, unless unforeseeable force majeure reasons or the convenience of the Members should so recommend or if the UPADI Convention should change its biennial schedule of meetings. The decision shall be taken by the Board of Directors.
When the Plenary Ordinary Session takes place in the same city where the UPADI Convention is held, the Academy's authorities shall be responsible for the organization of this Session, in close cooperation with the Organizing Committee of the host country and with UPADI, trying to avoid within possibilities overlapping meetings of the Academy with those of UPADI. .
The Secretariat shall notify each Member with an anticipation of sixty (60) days the date and place where the Plenary Ordinary Session shall be held including the Agenda of subjects to be discussed there.
Article 28 The Plenary Ordinary Session quorum shall be reached if at least ten (10) Members are present. The resolutions shall be approved by the vote of the majority of the Academicians present at the Sessions, except in the following cases that will require two thirds of the votes :
28.1 Modifications to these By-laws.
28.2 Establish the maximum number of Members per cpuntry.
28.3 Removal of a member of the Board of Directors.
28.4 To analyse and give advice to UPADI on the dissolution of the Academy.
Article 29 The Plenary Ordinary Session has the following powers:
29.1 To consider the process of proposal, election and acceptance of Members and Associate Members and the appointment of Honorary and Emeriti Academicians.
29.2 Decide on the voluntary resignation to membership of any Member and his/her separation in the case foreseen in Article 19 . 3.
29.3 To appoint the members of the Board of Directors indicating their respective positions according to what is established in paragraphs 33.1 and 33.2. To also elect the members of the Election Committee and a member of the Auditing Committee, except in cases where the number of Members present is lower than ten (10).
29.4 Approve Internal Rules for the operation of the Academy and modify them at the proposal of the President.
29.5 Establish at the proposal of the Board of Directors, the maximum number of Members of one same country, according to Article 8.
29.6 To consider and approve the Biennial Action Plan and when it so corresponds, the Strategic Plan of the Academy. Consider the Biennial Report of Activities of the Academy prepared by the Secretary and receive the Annual Reports of the President submitted to the Board of Directors.
29.7 Consider and approve the Biennial Budget and the Annual Financial Statements for the periods ended on December 31 for the two years previous to the Session, duly certified by a Charter Accountant and approved by the Auditing Committee.
29.8 To establish the annual membership fee to be paid by the Members and the charges when they are paid after the date established in Article 13.7. Establish the initial incorporation fees for new Members. The Plenary Session may establish a life membership subscription, thus entitling a Member to Life Membership without paying any more annual fees. Life membership subscriptions shall not be retroactive.
29.9 To study and voice opinion on matters submitted to their consideration by the Board of UPADI, its Consulting or Technical Councils, Associations and Engineers Societies , as well as other related organizations and institutions.
29.10 To create and dissolve, at the proposal of the Board of Directors, the Delegations or Chapters as described in paragraph 6.5 of Article 6.
29.11 To create and dissolve, at the proposal of the Board of Directors, divisions, sections and specialized institutions of a permanent nature, as described in paragraph 6.6 of Article 6. Establish their rules, policies, plans and strategies.
29.12 To institute prizes, distinctions and awards, obtain their financial support, appoint the juries and define the norms and conditions for their granting.
29.13 To decide on the creation of paid jobs and contracting of services.
29.14 To accept, on the proposal of the Board of Directors, legacies, subsidies, contributions and donations of money , articles, goods or properties and to decide on their disposal.
29.15. To decide on the legal incorporation or registration of the Academy in the place esteemed most convenient to be considered as a Public Welfare institution, exempt of tax dues, and to adopt the necessary legal procedures for its organization and for all those others that contribute towards its maintenance by means of donations, legacies or contributions of any nature.
29.16 To consider and decide on any other subject included in the Summons.
Article 30 The Academy may hold Plenary Extraordinary Sessions, provided the following conditions are met:
30.1 That the Board of Directors in a vote required by the President and made by E-mail considers that the reason for the Summons is sufficiently urgent and the decision cannot await the following Plenary Ordinary Session.
30.2 That thirty percent (30%) of the Members request a Plenary Extraordinary Session.
30.3 That the President of the Academy, or the person that replaces him, submits the matters of the Agenda to the vote of all the Members by E-mail, and receives from them, within the term of ten (10) days the votes supporting a specific decision.
30.4 That the President of the Academy, or the person that replaces him, fails in the attempt to submit the matters of the Agenda to the vote of all the Members by E-mail, not having received from them, within the term of ten (10) days fifty per cent (50%) of the votes supporting a specific decision.
Article 31. The Plenary Extraordinary Session will have quorum with the presence of ten (10) Members.
Article 32 The President, or in his absence one of the Vice-Presidents shall chair all Plenary Sessions of the Academy. The President or presiding Vice-President shall have a double vote in the event of a tie vote.
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 MODIFICATIONS 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, 1996
Modified by the Plenary Extraordinary Session of the Academy – Mexico 2004
Modified by the Plenary Extraordinary Session of the Academy, Brasilia , Brazil . December 2008
