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ABOUT

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Leadership
Governing Board
Board of Directors
Executive Director

History
Evolution of NAELS
History of NAELS (.doc)

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Bylaws

ARTICLE XIII

GENERAL

Section 1. Office.
The office of the Corporation shall be at such place in the District of Columbia as the Board of Directors may determine.

Section 2. Books and Records.
There shall be kept at the office of the Corporation: (1) correct and complete books and records of account; (2) minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Governing Board, and the Alumni Committee; (3) a current list of the directors and officers of the Corporation and their residence addresses; (4) a copy of these by-laws; (5) a copy of the Corporation's application for recognition of exemption with the Internal Revenue Service; and (6) copies of the past three years' information returns to the Internal Revenue Service.

Section 3. Seal.
The corporate seal shall be in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the following: National Association of Environmental Law Societies, 2001, Washington, D.C. Not-for-Profit Corporation.

Section 4. Interested Directors and Officers.
No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, firm, association or other entity in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a substantial financial interest, shall be either void or voidable for this reason alone or by reason alone that such director or directors or officer or officers are present at the meeting of the Board of Directors, or of a committee thereof, which authorizes such contract or transaction, or that his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if the material facts as to such director's or officer's interest in such contract or transaction and as to any such common directorship, officership or financial interest are disclosed in good faith or known to the Board or committee, and the Board or committee authorizes such contract or transaction by a vote sufficient for such purpose without counting the vote or votes of such interested director or officers.

Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or committee which authorizes such contract or transaction.

Section 5. Loans to Directors and Officers.
No loans shall be made by the Corporation to its directors or officers, or to any other corporation, firm, association or other entity in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or hold a substantial financial interest except as allowed by law.

Section 6. Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence July 1 in each calendar year and end on June 30.

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