By Laws

 

Please include name, school affiliation, and email address. All Chapter leaders must be current CSTA members. It is strongly recommended that leadership include both K-12 and university representation. If an alternate leadership structure is implemented, please modify the titles below and update the attached bylaws to reflect your chapter’s leadership structure.

 

1.            President: Dr. Edgar Arcia earcia@tcprep.org

 

2.            Vice-President 1: Maya Donnelly mdonnelly@psd1.org

 

3.            Vice-President 2: Joshua Bee jbee@columbiabasin.edu

 

4.            Treasurer: Nancy Sevigny nsevigny@ckschool.net

 

Contact Information for Chapter Contact (Chapter President)

Name: Dr. Edgar Arcia

 

Institution: Tri-City Prep

 

Street: 9612 St. Thomas Drive

 

City: Pasco State:  WA        Postal Code: 993301

 

Contact Phone (509) 546-2465

 

 

Meetings will occur on alternating second Tuesday or Thursday of the month. Meetings will happen at Columbia Basin College.

 

 

 

 

The organization will be known as the Midcolumbia CSTA  (hereafter referred to as Chapter), a local chapter of the Computer Science Teachers Association (hereafter referred to as CSTA).

 

The Chapter is a legal and separate entity from the CSTA and the CSTA’s incorporation status, tax status, and insurance coverage do not extend to the Chapter.

 

CSTA is a membership organization that supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines. CSTA provides opportunities for K-12 teachers and students to better understand the computing disciplines and to more successfully prepare themselves to teach and learn.

 

The mission of the Chapter is to further the mission of the CSTA and to teaching students in the Mid-Columbia region.

 

The policies of the Chapter shall not reflect any political partisanship, nor any preference, discrimination, or limitation based upon sex, race, or religious affiliation.

 

 

Section 1: All members of the Chapter shall be members in good standing of the CSTA.

 

Section 2: The Chapter shall have a minimum of five (5) members, not all from the same institution.

 

 

Section 1: Leadership

The Chapter shall be governed by a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer elected by the membership of the Chapter. No member of the Chapter shall receive compensation for serving in the leadership of the Chapter.

 

Section 2: Duties of the Leadership

 

The President of the Chapter is responsible for chairing meetings of the membership and communicating with the CSTA Chapter Liaison.

 

The Vice-President of the Chapter is responsible for chairing meetings of the membership in the President’s absence.

 

The Secretary of the Chapter is responsible for sending out meeting notices and maintaining meeting minutes and the membership roster.

 

The Treasurer of the Chapter is responsible for the financial management of the Chapter.

 

Section 3: Meetings.

The Chapter shall hold regular membership meetings. One meeting per year shall include election of the Chapter leadership.

 

 

Section 1: Annual Report

The Chapter shall submit an annual report to the CSTA consisting of the activities of the Chapter during the preceding year and the proposed plan for the Chapter for the upcoming year.

 

Section 2: Membership Roster

The Chapter shall submit a complete membership roster (including contact information) to the CSTA at least semi-annually.

 

Section 3: Leadership Roster

The Chapter shall submit a complete roster of the Chapter leadership (including contact information) to the CSTA annually and whenever changes occur in leadership or contact information.

 

Section 4: Other Obligations

The Chapter shall promptly provide other information to CSTA as requested.

 

 

These Bylaws may be amended by a vote of 2/3 of the Chapter membership and approval of the CSTA Board of Directors.

 

 

The Chapter may be dissolved by a vote of 2/3 of the Chapter membership or by the CSTA Board of Directors. Any funds remaining for the Chapter upon dissolution and after the payment of legitimate debts shall revert to CSTA.