ARTICLE V - Officers and Members of the Executive Committee

Section 1 The officers of the Lahore Section shall be :-

1. Chairperson
2. Vice Chairperson
3. Secretary / Secretary-cum-Treasurer as one person
4. All Chapters Chairpersons
5. Seven (7) members-at-large (who, where needed, shall be assigned specific areas of responsibility pertaining to the functioning of the section).

Section 2 The seven (7) members-at-large shall also be elected, and shall be members of the Section Executive Committee. The total membership of the Executive Committee shall therefore be twelve (12).

Section 3 The term of the elected officers shall be for two years.

Section 4 The term of office will begin on January 1 of a calendar year but, in any case, the outgoing officers will continue until their successors are duly elected and take office.

The consecutive period of service in any one office shall not exceed two years (either as one two year term or two consecutive one-year terms) except when the extension and written reasons thereof have been approved by the Regional Director.

Section 5 In case any vacancy occurs before the completion of normal term of that office then it shall be filled in as follows: -

1. If the remaining time for the completion of the term is six months or less then the Executive Committee shall, by majority vote, assign "Additional Responsibilities" to any of the existing members of the Executive Committee for the remaining period. This shall not disqualify the said member from the next due elections of the Section in any way and the period of additional responsibility shall not be considered towards his/her two years tenure.(a) If the remaining time for the completion of the term is six months or less then the Executive Committee shall, by majority vote, assign "Additional Responsibilities" to any of the existing members of the Executive Committee for the remaining period. This shall not disqualify the said member from the next due elections of the Section in any way and the period of additional responsibility shall not be considered towards his/her two years tenure.
2. If the remaining period is more than six months then the Executive Committee shall elect a new member by its majority vote. However if this remaining period is
   1. less than one year even then it shall be considered as one full year in that office and the member shall be eligible for election for only one more one year term in that office.
   2. more than one year then the member so elected shall be deemed to have completed a normal two year term and shall not be eligible for re-election to that office in the coming elections.

Section 6 The Section Chair and the Executive Committee, with due consultation, may appoint members as they deem fit to give opinions or perform special task(s). These appointed members shall not have a voting right in the Executive Committee meetings but they may be counted towards a quorum. The term of the appointed member(s) shall expire along with the term of the Executive Committee as usual.

Section 7 In addition to the above elected officers and executive members, the following shall be appointed by the Section Chair in consultation with the Executive Committee :-

1. A REPCOM Designee for contact with the Reference List of Education Program Committee (REPCOM), preferably a knowledgeable person in engineering academia but not affiliated with the institute of one of the programs being recommended. At least 2 suitable persons representing academia and industry shall be attached to the REPCOM Designee.
2. A GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Representative shall be appointed who shall be a graduate of not more than 9 years. This GOLD Representative shall carry out programs in the Section to promote membership development and retention of recently graduated student members.

Section 8 On every instance of appointment information shall be sent to IEEEP Region 10 REP Coordinator.

Section 9 At the start of every calendar year the Chairperson shall appoint an E-mail Coordinator. This E-mail Coordinator shall receive and redirect the e-mail received by him to the other officers/members for whom the messages are meant.

Section 10 No remuneration shall be paid to the elected officers, voting members or co-opted members of the Executive Committee, members of REPCOM Committee and the E-mail Coordinator.

Section 11 All officers and members of the Executive Committee and REPCOM Subcommittee shall have to be voting members of IEEEP i.e. these officers and appointed representatives of the Section shall be of Member grade or higher. Student and Associate members are not permitted to hold elected or appointed office.

Section 12 Removal from office. If for any reason the best interests of the Section seem to require a change in the governing body during the year, the matter shall be duly and carefully considered by the Section Executive Committee. On not less than a two-thirds vote of the Section Executive Committee or upon receipt by the Section Executive Committee of a petition signed by at least 15% of the members of the Section, the Section Executive Committee shall call a special meeting of the Section membership for the sole purpose of considering and voting upon the recommended change. A two-thirds vote of the members present shall be necessary to declare an office vacant. Also upon two-thirds vote of the members, the vacant office may be filled for the unexpired term, as specified in the Section Bylaws.

Section 13 If during his/her tenure a Chairperson resigns from this post he/she cannot then become the Past Chair. In such cases the previous Past Chair will stand in as the current Past Chair till the end of the term.