Summary of By-laws Submitted by Melissa Emery Executive Vice President July 30-31, 2006 Marriott Hotel Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.

By-Laws August Article I General –Section 1: established iaw Article VII of constitution –Section 2: Revisions to by-laws -see article VII of constitution –Section 3: BSCP representative shall be nominated by PDC and consent of EC and becomes member of PDC –Section 4: PE Representative shall be nominated by PDC and consent of EC and becomes member of PDC –Section 5: Motto: Professionals Dedicated to the Safety of System, Products and Services

By-Laws August Article II Membership –Fellow-PD/M concurrence and Majority of entire EC –Senor-PD/M concurrence and majority of EC quorum –Member- Membership committee –Affiliate- Membership committee –Student- Membership committee –Member Emeritus-Membership concurrence and majority of EC quorum –Honorary- Membership committee and majority of entire EC –Corporate- Membership committee –Cooperating Organization- Membership committee and majority of EC quorum

By-Laws August Article II Membership –Who's FD committee –Who's Membership committee –What is coopering organization and could this be IAASS? Member emeritus-retired with substantial contribution Honorary professionals outside system safety profession who support objectives/goals

By-Laws August Article II Membership –Section 2 Membership committee with PDC prepare and distribute application forms and instructions PDC prepare and distribute a handbook defining qualification evaluation factors.Membership committee shall provide to PDC evaluating criteria and methodology for processing (except senior and fellow)

By-Laws August Article II Membership –Section 3 Member –BS and experience Senior member –4 years as member –6 Education point, 6 experience points, 23 professional points Fellow –5 years as senior and significant contributions 70 points (35 in addition to Senior)

By-Laws August Article II Membership –Section 4 Affiliate –Doesn’t qualify for higher –Waiting for approval Member Emeritus –Retired Fellow, Senior or Member –No dues Honorary –By any member nomination –Endorsed by EC –Approve 2/3 majority EC –No more than 2 in one year (are we tracking this?) Student –9 semester units –Show studies system safety or related

By-Laws August Article II Membership –Section 5 Corporate Member –Corporations, firms, company components, agencies, foundations and/or any other organizations application approved by EC Cooperating Organization –Professional institutes, societies, associations, sections, or committees of larger groups and other similar organization who enter into written agreement

By-Laws August Article II Membership –Section 6 Dues –Section 7 Privileges and obligations Individual members (except affiliate and students) eligible to vote, hold society and chapter office –Professional members elected to EC –Affliatestudents serve on society or chapter committees if approved by EC –Students may be president of student chapters Membership can be denied or revoked for violation of code of ethics (2/3 of EC approval)

By-Laws August Article III Fundamental Principles and Canons –Section 1 Four Fundamental Principles (integrity, honor and stature) identified –Section 2 Seven Fundamental Canons identified Article IV Guidelines for use with the fundamental canons of ethics 7 sections

By-Laws August Article V Awards –Section 1 Category of awards: Professional Development-PDC Manager of Year-PDC Engineer of Year-PDC Scientific Research and Development- PDC Educator of the Year- Education Committee Chapter of Year- Membership Committee Others as approved by EC –Section 2 Nominations submitted by July 1 Two presentations of Award –July 1 with corporate manage at selectee’s place of employment –At conference –Section 3 publish in System Safety Professional Handbook