About The Southeast Chapter
The objectives of the Chapter shall be the
advancement and promotion of the science of surveying at sea and related
sciences, including, but not limited to, offshore surveying,
positioning and mapping, and hydrography. To accomplish this objective,
the Chapter shall be organized and operated for scientific and
educational purposes as follows:
Said corporation is organized
exclusively for educational, charitable, and scientific purposes,
including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to
organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of
any future federal tax code or individuals in pursuit of higher
education in the offshore sciences and engineering disciplines or other
such educational pursuits as the board deem worthy as follows:
a.
To enable technologists and others engaged in or interested in
hydrography and related sciences to meet, correspond, promote,
encourage, and coordinate the study of such sciences in all and any of
their aspects by: • Arranging regular meetings for it's members and
guests;
b. To accumulate, extend, increase, disseminate and
publish information and knowledge relating thereto and to facilitate the
exchange of information, knowledge and ideas on all subjects and
related matters of interest in this field by:
- Organizing regular technical presentations, field visits and member networking events;
- Representing
and communicating information regarding the regional offshore surveying
community to The Hydrographic Society of America.
c. To encourage research in hydrography and the practical application of technological knowledge so developed by:
- Promoting
the offshore survey, positioning and mapping professions to colleges,
universities, educational organizations and to industry and government
organizations;
- Commit a portion of the Chapter’s annual income to the
creation and support of student scholarship programs. Notwithstanding
any other provision of these articles, the corporation shall not carry
on any other activities not permitted to be carried on
(a.) by a
corporation exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c) (3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future
federal tax code, or
(b) by a corporation, contributions to which
are deductible under section 170(c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code,
or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
THSOA Southeast Chapter Bylaws.pdf
