3.1     The Membership shall elect seven officers:  a President, four Vice-Presidents, a Secretary/Clerk, and a Treasurer.  Each office shall be filled by the candidate or the candidates receiving the most votes.  All such officers, except two Vice-Presidents, shall serve two years co-terminously.  The two Vice-Presidents excepted above shall serve two-year terms not co-terminous with the other officers.  All terms of office shall coincide in their beginning and ending with the Fiscal Year.

3.2     The President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary/Clerk, and Treasurer shall constitute the Executive Committee.  The Executive Committee shall have the powers of directors and may act in the name of the Board when the Board so designates.

3.3     The duties of the President shall include:  planning the agenda for the General Assembly with the advice and assistance of the Executive Board, and chairing Assembly meetings; planning the agenda for Executive Board meetings with the advice and assistance of the Executive Committee, and chairing Board meetings; appointing members of all special committees and such special assistants as may be needed, with the advice and consent of the Executive Board; serving as the chief executive of the corporation in overseeing its operations; and serving as chief representative of the corporation in all matters of major concern to its membership.

3.4     The Vice-Presidents shall be assigned their duties in consultation with the

Executive Board by the President in such a way as the President believes will be of greatest assistance.  The President may designate any one of them to serve as chairperson pro tem of the Executive Board or the Executive Committee.

3.5     The Secretary/Clerk shall keep the official records of the organization, including minutes of the Executive Board and General Assembly meetings, and shall be responsible for timely notification to the membership of all regular and special meetings.

3.6     The duties of the Treasurer shall include:  collecting dues and other monies, disbursing funds and managing investments as directed by the President and/or the General Assembly or the Executive Board, maintaining financial records, and reporting thereon at regular meetings of the General Assembly.  The Treasurer shall remit all funds owing to the Massachusetts Teachers Association and the National Education Association in accordance with current requirements of those organizations.

The funds of the corporation may be expended only in matters consistent with the objectives of the corporation.  The Treasurer shall deposit the corporation's funds in the name of the Massachusetts Society of Professors, Inc. in any appropriate financial institution authorized to do banking and/or investment business in Massachusetts.

The fiscal year is July 1 - June 30.

3.7     Any officer may be removed from office for mis- or mal-conduct by majority vote of the membership in good standing of MSP, meeting in General Assembly.  A petition stating the reason(s) for the action, signed by 20 percent of the membership and delivered to the Secretary/Clerk shall necessitate a recall election not less than ten nor more than twenty working days after the date on which the petition is delivered.  The Secretary/Clerk shall make the necessary arrangements for the meeting, including distribution of the recall petition to all members not less than five working days in advance of the meeting.

Any officer named in a recall petition shall have the right to self-defense, including the opportunity to confront and question the accusers, at the meeting for which the vote on recall is scheduled.  If an officer is recalled, the Executive Board shall appoint a replacement to serve until the next election, at which time a replacement shall be elected for the portion of the unexpired term left vacant.  If a recall petition should involve the Secretary/Clerk, a Vice-President shall discharge the duties of the Secretary with respect to such petition.

3.8     If an officer resigns, the Executive Board shall appoint a replacement to serve until the next election, at which time a replacement shall be elected for the portion of the unexpired term left vacant.