TMS Bylaws: Article V. Officers/Board of Directors

Section 2.
The authorized number of Directors shall be determined from time to time by the members, but in no event shall be less than three (3). Until otherwise determined by the members, the authorized number of Directors shall be sixteen (16) and shall be determined as follows:

A. The President, Past President, Vice President, and the Financial Planning Officer shall automatically become Board Members; and

B. The remaining twelve (12) Board positions shall be comprised of Functional Directors and Division Directors as members shall from time to time determine. Until otherwise determined by the members, said remaining twelve (12) positions shall be filled by seven (7) Functional Directors and by five (5) Division Directors.

Section 3.
The President of the Society shall be the Chairman of the Board of Directors. In the absence of the President, the order of succession is as follows: Vice President, Past President, and Financial Planning Officer.

Section 4:
The Society shall be represented on the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. (AIME) by two (2) Directors as follows:

A. Past President of the Society

B. President of the Society

C. One out of every four (4) years, one member of the Society will serve as President-Elect Designate, President-Elect, President of Past President of the AIME, in addition to the aforementioned.