ByLaws

Membership, Dues and Meetings

1. Membership in the Association will be open to all directors of North America, US and Canada, pulmonary and/or critical care medicine training programs.
2. The annual dues for members shall be determined by the officers and approved by the membership.
3. Meetings of the organization shall be at the time and place of the annual meeting of the ATS and ACCP and such other times as determined by the officers.

Officers

1. The officers of the Association shall be a President, President-Elect, Vice President, and Secretary-Treasurer. The officers shall be active training program directors at their own institutions.
2. All of the officers of the Association shall be elected by the members of the Association in good standing. The terms of the President, President-Elect, Vice President shall be one year, commencing upon the adjournment of the meeting at which they are elected. The Secretary-Treasurer shall serve a term of four years. All officers shall hold office until their successors are duly elected.
3. The Association will elect a Vice-President annually and a Secretary-Treasurer every four years. The Vice-President shall become President-Elect and the President-Elect shall become President on the first and second anniversaries of their election as Vice-President.
4. Should an officer cease to be a program director, or be unable to perform the duties of office, another member shall be nominated by the Nominating Committee and voted upon at the earliest practical time, but in no case later than the next meeting of the Association.
5. Members may only vote for officers in person or through their designees at the time of the voting meeting. Twenty-five members of their designees, present in person, shall constitute a quorum.
6. The officers are empowered to act for the Association in all matters.

Committees

1. Standing committees of the Association shall be created (or disabled) by a majority of the quorum present at regular meetings. Members will be appointed to staggered terms by the President of the Association as soon as possible after the creation of the standing committee. Each new President shall appoint at least one member. Number of members and lengths of terms shall be designated by the President initially appointing the standing committee, and can be modified by subsequent Presidents as necessary to accomplish the standing committee's charge. All expenses of the standing committee operations shall be borne by the Association
2. The Nominating Committee shall be a permanent standing committee. Members will be the three most recent Past-Presidents. The immediate Past-President shall serve as Chairperson.
3. Ad hoc committees will be organized as determined and appointed by the President in consultation with our officers.

Amendments to the Bylaws

1. Amendments to these bylaws must be proposed by the officers, the membership being notified by mail at least one month in advance and passed by a majority of the quorum preset at a regular meeting of the Association.