ARTICLE XI
PUBLICATIONS

SECTION 1 — OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS — The Association shall officially publish two publications: The Global Alliance, the Association's official publication, one annual edition of which will include The AFOSISA Membership Directory, and the Necrology of Former Members of the Air Force Office of Special  Investigations.

SECTION 2 — EDITORIAL POLICY, DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF PUBLICATIONS — The editorial policies, distribution and use of all Association publications shall be governed by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3— FREQUENCY OF PUBLICATION — The AFOSISA Membership Directory issue of the Global Alliance normally shall be published in February. It is the intent of the Association to publish the remaining issues of the Global Alliance at least quarterly with approximate mailing dates of the Fifteenth of January, April, July and October of each year.

SECTION 4 — RESTRICTION ON USE OF THE AFOSISA MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY — The AFOSISA Membership Directory issue of the Global Alliance shall be sent to all members of the Association for their personal use only. The Directory shall not be used by Association Members for mass mailings of a commercial nature or sold to anyone. Any violation of this policy may result in action by the Board of Directors of the Association.

SECTION 5— OFFICIAL NOTICES — Any official notice to the membership required by these By-Laws may be given by publication of an appropriate notice in the Global Alliance. Publication of the notice shall be considered official notification and binding on the membership as such.

ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS

SECTION 1 — GENERAL — An amendment to these By-Laws may be proposed for submission to the general membership for vote by:

  A. A vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors;

  B. A petition in writing, signed by one-hundred Regular Members in good standing and filed with the Secretary of the Association; or

  C. A petition in writing:

    (1) Signed by fifteen (15) Chapter delegates to  the General Meeting and presented at a General Meeting of the Association; and

    (2) Approved for submission to the General Membership for a vote by a two-thirds vote of the Regular Members attending  a General or Special Meeting of the Association.

SECTION 2— MEMBERSHIP VOTE — An amendment to these By-Laws may only be adopted by a majority vote of the Regular Members in good standing voting by mail on a printed ballot sent to all Regular Members by the Board of Directors. Such ballots shall be returned to the Executive Officer by the suspense date established by the Board of Directors and shall be tabulated and recorded in the manner fixed and determined by the Board.

SECTION 3 — INTERIM BY-LAW CHANGES — Interim changes to these By-Laws may be made by a majority vote of the Board of Directors to be effective until the next regular election of the Association. The expiration date of such interim changes shall not be extended and if the provisions of such are to remain in effect they must be approved by a majority vote of the membership.

End of By-Laws

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