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POLISH AMERICAN ENGINEERS' CLUB
San Francisco Bay Area
The Club Statute
1. Introduction
1.1. Name of the organization: POLISH AMERICAN ENGINEERS' CLUB (further referred
to as PAEC).
1.2. PAEC is registered as a non-profit organization in the State of California.
2. Objectives of PAEC
2.1. Gathering persons involved in technology, science, and engineering for
the sake of maintaining professional and social relationships
2.2. Facilitating exchange of professional experience and self-education, organizing
presentations and seminars on topics in technology, business, and social relations
2.3. Providing mutual help in dealing with employment issues and searching for
work
2.4. Providing mutual help in dealing with hardships related to illness or death
2.5. Promoting social life through outings and entertainment events
3. Membership and process of admitting new PAEC members
3.1. Any Northern California resident who is an engineer by education or practice
or a person involved in technology related activities could become a PAEC member
regardless of age, race, religion, or political affiliation. Because Polish
language is often used during PAEC meetings it is advisable (but not necessary)
that the member speaks some Polish.
3.2. A person willing to become a PAEC member applies for membership to the
PAEC Secretary in person, by mail, or by e-mail. It is desirable that applicants,
unless they are new to the region, come introduced by the existing members.
3.3. The PAEC Board accepts or rejects membership applications at the nearest
Board meeting and the applicants are informed about the Board’s decision. The
newly accepted applicants, after paying currently established annual dues, are
added to the list of PAEC members and encouraged to take active part in PAEC
activities. A rejection of an application remains confidential and its causes
are not subject to disclosure.
3.4. PAEC members may voluntarily pay some additional dues in order to create
a fund for self-assistance and such a fund remains at the discretion of the
PAEC Board in accordance with the guidelines established by the PAEC General
Assembly.
3.5. The PAEC General Assembly may recognize some accomplished and long-time
members by bestowing on them the title of "PAEC Honorary Member".
3.6. The PAEC General Assembly may also bestow on the present or past members
of PAEC such titles as "Honorary President", "Accomplished Member",
or "Member Emeritus". Member Emeritus retains all the rights of a member but does not pay dues.
4. The PAEC Authority
4.1. The main authority of PAEC is the PAEC General Assembly of members in good
standing. The General Assembly makes decisions through voting using the principle
of simple majority.
4.2. The executive authority of PAEC is the PAEC Board elected via direct and
secret ballots for the term of two years.
4.3. The PAEC Board, before reaching the end of its current term, forms the
Nomination Committee and the Election Committee. The Nomination Committee is
charged with a mission of selecting candidates for new members of the PAEC Board.
The Election Committee conducts the election.
4.4. The election of the PAEC Board is held during the General Assembly meeting.
The absentee voting is done via mail or Internet prior to the General Assembly
meeting in a manner established by the Election Committee.
4.5. The PAEC General Assembly meeting elects five PAEC members who will serve
as President, two Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer.
4.6. The new elected PAEC Board members assign their functions during the first
meeting of the new Board. The PAEC Board may establish any PAEC members as directors
for specific tasks (e.g. webmaster). Such directors do not have the PAEC Board
member status. The Honorary PAEC President and/or the previous PAEC President
may participate without voting power in the PAEC Board activities.
4.7. Duties of the PAEC Board members:
4.7.1. The PAEC President directs the overall activities of PAEC
and represents PAEC in contacts with American or Polonia authorities and organizations.
4.7.2. The PAEC Vice-Presidents perform duties of the PAEC President in case
of his/her absence and are responsible for the projects delegated to them by
the President.
4.7.3. The PAEC Secretary is responsible for handling all correspondence regarding
the PAEC matters, prepares reports from meetings, maintains the PAEC chronicles,
and supervises the PAEC website.
4.7.4. The Treasurer is responsible for the PAEC finances, for collecting dues
payments approved by the PAEC Board, bookkeeping the payables and receivables,
and PAEC bank account. The Treasurer also files PAEC tax returns in compliance
with California State laws.
5. The PAEC Verification Committee
5.1. The PAEC General Assembly elects three members to serve as the Verification
Committee that supervises the PAEC financial activities
6. Changing the PAEC Statute
6.1. All the changes and corrections to the PAEC Statute are made by the PAEC
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| PAEC Board |
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President:
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Leszek Szalek
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Vice-president:
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Marek Zywno
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Secretary:
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Grzegorz Czajkowski
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Treasurer:
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Aleksandra Zdebska
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Webmaster:
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Konrad Musial
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| PAEC History |
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| In 1971 Stanislaw Bala, Tadeusz Jadkowski, Zbigniew Mroz, Bronislaw Szykier, Wojciech
Winkler, Zenon Szymczak and Czeslaw Zaroda, came up with the initiative to form
the Polish American Engineers' Club of the San Francisco Bay Area. The goals of
the Club were formulated as networking to find new or better employment, exchange
of technical experience, and social contacts. The Club grew rapidly, with new
members joining the founders.
The club observed the 500th anniversary of Nicolaus Copernicus' birthday with
a gala banquet. The 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence was
observed with a special lecture at the San Francisco Presidio about Tadeusz
Kosciuszko, the first engineer of the Washington Revolutionary Army. The Club
has also organized many social events like ski trips and river rafting.
The first PAEC web site was designed in 1999 by club member Grazyna Krajewska of
AmberDot LLC (http://amberdot.com). The web site is now maintaned thanks to the effort of Konrad Musial and his his team at Yes Software (http://yessoftware.com).
At the present time the Club has new officers elected for 2-year terms, composed
mainly of engineers and scientists who came from Poland in the last 20 years.
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