Article I - Name
  1. This organization shall be called the Hong Kong Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ACM-HK

Article II - Purpose

  1. The chapter is organized and will be operated exclusively for educational and scientific purposes and in furtherance thereof.
    1. To promote an increased knowledge of and greater interest in the science, design, development, construction, languages and applications of modern computing.
    2. To provide a means of communication between persons having interest in computing machines.
  2. This chapter will serve persons in Hong Kong.

Article III- Membership

  1. Membership in this chapter shall be open to all members, associate members and student members of the ACM residing within the area defined in Article II.
  2. Affiliates are persons who pay chapter dues but who are not members, associate members, or student members of ACM.

Article IV - Officers

  1. The officers of this chapter shall be chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary and treasurer. The secretary and treasurer may be the same person. They must all be members of the ACM and of this chapter.
  2. The officers shall be elected at the annual election meeting. They shall take office immediately after the election meeting and serve until the end of the next election meeting.
  3. Any one member may not serve in the offices of chairperson and vice-chairperson for more than two consecutive years.

Article V - Duties of Officers

  1. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of this chapter, its executive council and shall normally represent this chapter at all meetings with the ACM regional representative and at chapter chairpersons' business meetings.
  2. The secretary shall keep minutes of all chapter meetings and executive council meetings. The secretary also prepares the Annual Chapter Report for presentation to the chapter at the election meeting. The secretary shall send official notification (2 copies) to the chairman of the ACM Committee on Chapters of changes in the elected officers of the chapter. The secretary shall send official notification (2 copies) to the chairperson of the ACM Committee on Chapters of any changes in the chapter bylaws.
  3. The treasurer shall collect dues and maintain financial and membership records. The treasurer shall make the annual report of the chapter's finances required by the treasurer of the ACM.

Article VI - Executive Council

  1. The Executive Council shall consist of the present officers chairpersons of Standing Committees and the immediate past chairperson. The new Executive Council shall take effect immediately following the election meeting.
  2. The Executive Council shall act for the chapter in all matters except the election of officers. Minutes of all Executive Council meetings shall be available for inspection by any member of this chapter and shall be filed with the chapter records.

Article VII - Standing Committees

  1. Standing Committees shall be the Program and Publicity Committees.
  2. The Program Committee shall plan and arrange meetings of the chapter in accordance with apparent membership interests and the aims of the chapter as set forth in Article II.
  3. The Publicity Committee shall maintain a mailing list and publish and distribute all notices and publicity of this chapter.
  4. The executive current can organized extra Standing Committees as appropriate.

Article VIII - Temporary Committees

  1. The chairperson may appoint such temporary committees as deemed appropriate.
  2. A Nominating Committee, consisting of three members of this chapter, at least two of whom shall not be members of the executive council, shall be appointed by the chapter chairperson at least one month prior to the election meeting. At the election meeting, the Nominating Committee shall present at least one nomination for each office, and other nominations shall be honored from the floor.

Article IX - Meetings

  1. Meetings shall be held as planned by the Program Committee. The chapter may hold meetings only in places that are open to all members of the ACM.
  2. The election meeting shall be held in May of every year. The election of officers will be held and the secretary shall give the Annual Chapter Report.
  3. Written notices shall be distributed to all members at least one week prior to any meeting.
  4. There shall be at least two meetings each year.

Article X - Disbursements and Dues

  1. Disbursements from the treasury for chapter expenditures shall be made under authorization of the executive council and shall be included in the minutes of that meeting.
  2. Dues shall be fixed annually by the executive council.

Article XI Amendments and Procedure

  1. Amendments to these bylaws shall be made in the following manner:
    1. Chapter bylaws must be submitted to the executive director. After the executive director has provided advice, the proposals must be approved by the chairmen of the Chapters Board and of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee. No amendment may be distributed to the chapter members for a vote until after these approvals have been obtained. The Council may, by a majority vote, cause such changes to be void.
    2. The proposed amendment shall be read at a regularly announced meeting.
    3. At the meeting, the amendment shall be read again and voted upon. Two-thirds of the members present and voting shall be required to carry the amendment.
  2. A quorum necessary for the conduct of chapter business is defined as six members or 5% of the chapter membership, whichever is larger.
  3. Rulings on any point of procedure not included in these bylaws shall be made by the chairperson.

Article XII - Dissolution of the Chapter

  1. In the event of dissolution of the chapter, all the assets of the chapter will be transferred to the ACM.

Amendments approved on 4th December 97 Annual General Meeting

Amendment #1 : In Article II replace item 2 with the following:

2. This Chapter will serve persons in Hong Kong and Macau.

Amendment #2 : Replace Article III with the following bylaws:

1. Membership in this chapter shall ONLY be open to all members, associate and student members of the ACM residing within the area defined in Article II.

2. There are three classes of members in this Chapter:

2.1 A professional member is a voting ACM member and have 2 years of IT related working experience.

2.2 Voting members are voting members of ACM.

2.3 Ordinary members are associate and student members of ACM.

3. Affiliates are persons who pay the chapter dues but who are not voting members, associate members or student members of ACM.

4. Professional and voting members have the right to vote in this chapter. They must pay the local chapter dues otherwise their voting rights in this Chapter will be forfeited.

Amendment #3 : In Article IV, add the following:

5. If there is a lack of nomination for an officer position, the Executive Council of the Chapter will have the right to appoint a person to temporarily fill the position until the next annual election meeting.

Amendment #4 : In Article VI move items 2. and 3. to 3. and 4., respectively and add the following:

2. At least 50% of the officers must be reserved for members from the tertiary education institutions of Hong Kong or Macau.

Amendment #5 : In Article IX, replace item 2. with:

2. There shall be an annual election meeting. After an election meeting, the earliest the next one could be held is 11 months and the latest 15 months. At the meeting, the election of officers will be held and the secretary will present the Annual Chapter report.

Amendment #6 : In Article XI, the quorum size shall be changed from existing "5%" to "3%".