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- How to Start A Local COMSEC Chapter
-
- Are you interested in establishing a COMSEC chapter? If so, follow
- the steps below. First contact the COMSEC association, PO Box 7069,
- Gaithersburg, MD., 20898-7069 for a 'starter kit'. This kit will contain
- all the materials needed to form you local chapter. The kit includes
- membership applications, a chapter application, COMSEC chapter Pro Forma
- constitution and bylaws. All these items must be filled out and
- returned.
- The Pro Forma bylaws will allow you to begin the organization. Once
- you have a board established and functioning, the bylaws may be changed
- to fit your groups needs by appropriate vote of officers. The Pro Forma
- bylaws are sufficiently complete enough to keep you honest with the
- national COMSEC association.
- Now you need to round up friends or associates with an interest in
- communications security. This is a broad enough field so you should
- easily find four others with your same interests. The national
- association may also be able to help by identifying COMSEC members in
- your area that might be interested in joining you. If you have friends
- who would be eligible to join the local chapter but are not COMSEC
- members all they would have to do is join the national COMSEC
- association. All application forms must be sent in with the filled out
- bylaws.
- Plan on a minimum of three months from the time you make up your mind
- to make the chapter happen until the chapter has its first meeting. A
- lot will have to be done such as mailing in the applications and locating
- members.
- You'll also have to start planning for your first chapter meeting.
- Decide on a meeting agenda, location and date. Basically, get organized.
- Its important to make each meeting as interesting as possible for the
- chapter members. And meetings can be scheduled as frequently as members
- want.
- Your board and initial officers will be found at the first meeting.
- One of the first people you will need is a program chairman- someone to
- attract and organize meeting speakers. You'll need someone with a PC to
- keep a mailing list. All in all, it will take some work but you'll
- benefit and help other COMSEC professionals in your area benefit by
- associating with one another.COMSEC CHAPTER FORMATION PROCEDURE
-
- The following is a general outline of the procedure that will be followed
- for the formation of a local COMSEC Chapter showing the person
- responsible and the action.
-
- CHAPTER FOUNDER(S)
-
- Completes the application and prepares proposed chapter bylaws and sends
- them with names of COMSEC members, signed membership applications, or a
- combination of both or at lease 5 members, to the COMSEC Executive
- Director.
-
- COMSEC Executive Director
-
- Approves Application. Sends Chapter Founder a letter, any comments on
- bylaws.
-
- COMSEC Board of Directors
-
- Approves chapter bylaws and grants chapter status.
-
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- COMSEC CHAPTER APPLICATION
-
- Principal City___________________________________________________________
- Founding Board of Directors:;
- (Same person may hold more than 1 position)
- President________________________________________________________________
- Vice President___________________________________________________________
- Treasurer________________________________________________________________
- Recording Secretary______________________________________________________
- Corresponding Secretary__________________________________________________
- Number of initial members________(Minimum of 5 required)
- Required documents:
- 1. Proposed Chapter Bylaws and Constitution - approved by the Chapter's
- Founding Board of Directors.
- 2. Proposed Chapter Boundary - a map outlining the city of the proposed
- chapter.
- 3. Member Applications - at least 5 completed, signed membership
- applications or, if the person is currently a national COMSEC member,
- only their name and address or a combination of both.
- The applicants whose membership applications or names are enclosed
- hereby authorize me to request preliminary chapter status for the area
- outlined in the map.
-
-
- Signature_________________________________________, Founding President
-
- Date______________________________________________
-
- PROPOSED LOCAL COMSEC BYLAWS
-
- 1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ELECTION
- The members of the Board of Directors will be elected by the members
- of the chapter. Method of voting, times of elections, dates of
- installation of new members and all other details will be decided each
- year by the chapter.
-
- 2. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, NUMBER
- The number of directors to be elected at the time of formation of the
- chapter is 2. At the first general membership meeting, the board may be
- increased to 5.
-
- 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TERM
- Each Director will be elected for a one year term. The initial Board
- of Directors will establish varied terms for themselves so that each year
- new directors will be elected by the membership.
-
- 4. BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MID-TERM VACANCIES
- In the event of a mid-term vacancy, the board has the authority to
- elect a member to serve out the term of the departed member.
-
- 5. OFFICERS, TITLES AND DUTIES
- The titles and duties of the officers are as follows:
-
- Chairman. The Chairman of the Board will normally preside at chapter
- meetings. He will offer advice and guidance to the other officers based
- on his experience.
-
- President. He is the Chief Executive Officer of the chapter. He will
- exercise the normal duties of the Chief Executive Officer. He will chair
- meeting of the chapter in the absence of the Chairman.
-
- Executive Vice President. He will perform such duties as assigned by the
- President, and will chair meetings of the chapter in the absence of the
- Chairman and the President. He will be an ex-officio member of all
- committees.
-
- Vice President, Membership. He will manage all affairs relating to
- membership activities. He will chair meetings of the Board in the
- absence of the Chairman, President and Executive Vice President.
-
- Vice President, Finance. He will manage all financial affairs of the
- chapter.
-
- 6. COMMITTEES AND SPECIAL FUNCTIONS
- Committees and special functions will be established by vote of the
- board, and managed by chairman appointed by the president.
- PROPOSED LOCAL COMSEC CONSTITUTION
- 1. NAME The name of the organization shall be (City)
- COMSEC Chapter.
-
- 2. AIMS This Communications Security chapter is formed to provide an
- organization for persons having an interest in communications and the
- protection of communications and information. The aims of the
- association are:
- "To provide a forum for the exchange of information, and to
- foster the highest level of ethical and professional conduct
- among all who work in this field".
-
- 3. ACTIVITIES The chapter will undertake all activities that the
- membership, through its elected leadership, deems proper to accomplish
- the aims of the association.
-
- 4. NATURE The chapter will be operated as a non-profit membership
- association, and will not engage in any partisan political activity.
-
- 5. MEMBERSHIP To be a chapter member you must be a national COMSEC
- member.
-
- 6. VOTING RIGHTS Each member of the chapter shall be entitled to one
- vote on each issue before the general membership.
-
- 7. BOARD OF DIRECTORS The affairs of the chapter will be managed by a
- Board of Directors elected by the membership.
-
- 8. OFFICERS The Board of Directors will elect, from among their
- membership, the officers of the chapter as defined in the Bylaws.
- Officers will serve for a period of one year or until their successor is
- elected and installed under the Bylaws of the chapter.
-
- 9. COMMITTEES Committees will be established by the Board of Directors
- as needed from time to time.
-
- 10. STANDARDS AND DISCIPLINE Policies and procedures will be established
- by the Board of Directors to ensure that the chapter can remove any
- member found to lack the ethical standards demanded by the association.
-
- 11. DUES AND FEES A schedule of dues and fees will be established by
- the Board of Directors, and may be changed from time to time by the Board
- of Directors.
-
- 12. AMENDMENTS This constitution may be amended by a majority of
- members attending a regular meeting with proper notice as specified in
- the Bylaws.