Section 2. SALUG membership expires if a member does not attend any meeting, workshop, or contact an officer of SALUG for two months.

Section 3. At the time a person's membership expires access to SALUG servers will be denied, but the member's account will remain for one (1) additional month. At the end of three (3) months of no contact with the person, the user account on SALUG servers will be removed. After three (3) months of non-attendance, an expired member attending a meeting will be treated as a new prospective member.

Section 4. Members that attend a meeting, workshop, or get in touch with SALUG officers before the end of three (3) months, will have their membership restored in good status and access to SALUG servers will be restored.

Section 5. The Members-at-Large (voting, non-voting, and honorary members) shall become as involved as possible in all SALUG organizational affairs.

Section 2. Honorary members shall not have voting privileges in the SALUG organization.

Section 3. Honorary members shall be granted the option of becoming voting members, by adhering to Article I(1).

• Call and chair meetings of the organization.
• Be a member of all committees.
• Appoint temporary officers and committee chairmen as necessary.
• Make announcements at workshops and meetings.
• Appoint voting members for the position of WebGuru, Security Analyst, System Administrator, and Project Manager. These appointments will meet the criteria set forth in Article VII(1) of the bylaws.
• Have root access to all SALUG servers.

Section 2. The Vice-President shall:

• Call and chair meetings of the organization in the absence of the President.
• Schedule and coordinate all workshops.
• SALUG workshops shall be run by the Vice-President or the person appointed by the Vice-President. A schedule of workshop topics will be published in advance. One of the assignments will be a Workshop Supervisor, who will have overall responsibility for the workshop. Other Duties are:
  • To open the building before the workshop.
  • To ensure that members bring refreshments, coordinate the refreshments to be brought, and set up the refreshments at appropriate organization functions.
  • To see that admission for non-members is taken at workshops, and keep a record of attendance at workshops and submit it to the Secretary.
  • Ensure that the building is closed properly after the workshop.
• Have root access to all SALUG servers.
• Report to the President.

Section 3. The Treasurer shall:

• Receive and pay all monies of the organization as authorized by SALUG organization.
• Be directly responsible for all of SALUG organization's financial transactions.
• Handle all financial records, keeping them orderly, accurate, and up-to-date.
• Report at each organizational meeting the financial status of the SALUG organization.
• Report to the President.

Section 4. The Secretary shall:

• Maintain up-to-date written minutes of organization meetings.
• Maintain a list of club members, and their voting status.
• Handle club correspondence, except as otherwise governed by the Constitution or Bylaws.
• Report to the President.

Section 5. The Publicity Coordinator shall:

• Report to the President.
• The Publicity Coordinator shall organize SALUG workshop publicity including, but not limited to:
  • Coordinating all advertising copy for the organization.
  • Provide and distribute posters, mail, and fliers that advertise each workshop and monthly meeting.
  • Organizing other special projects to advertise organizational activities.
  • Work in conjunction with the Secretary, writing and distributing a newsletter to club members regularly.

Section 6. An officer who will be unable to perform a duty may assign that duty for a period of no more than four weeks to a non-officer.

Section 7. All officers and assistants may choose temporary helpers to assist them in executing their duties. A helper must be under the supervision of an officer or assistant who has responsibility for that task. The helper is assigned for a specific task and has no other club duties or responsibilities.

Section 8. Officers shall train and advise their successor.

Section 2. Any person who has been a voting member of the organization for at least the past three (3) months shall be eligible for election to any office except that of President. To be nominated for the office of President, a candidate must have been a voting member of SALUG for at least the past six (6) months. This section may be suspended temporarily at a club meeting by a two-thirds vote of the total voting members in the organization. Advance notice is not required.

Section 3. If a vacancy occurs in an elected office other than that of President, the President shall appoint someone to fill the vacancy temporarily. A special meeting shall be called to elect an interim officer within four weeks of the vacancy.

Section 4. If a vacancy occurs in the office of the President, the Vice-President shall assume the office of President until the remaining portion of the term of the previous President has ended. The office of Vice-President can be filled by any of the existing elected officers or voting members who meet the qualifications of the Vice-President office. The Vice-President office shall be filled by an election that shall be held immediately for the remainder of the term of that office. After this election any non-affected officers shall resume the office and duties they held prior to the vacancy in the office of the Vice-President.

Section 2. Webguru. The Webguru is responsible for the security and maintenance of the web server and SALUG main web pages. The webguru has the following additional responsibilities:

• Help SALUG members with their personal web pages.
• Keep SALUG Web Page advertisements and contacts up to date and professional.
• Reports directly to the President.

Section 3. Security Analyst (a.k.a. "Security Dude"). The Security Analyst should research and test for security weakness on spaceghost and other SALUG owned servers. Other duties include:

• Keeping up with notifications of possible security problems.
• Informing users when they have unsafe passwords.
• Works with the System Administrator to develop and maintain security on all of the SALUG servers.
• Is assigned root privileges to all of the SALUG servers.
• Reports directly to the President.

Section 4. Project Manager. The Project Manager keeps up with potential and ongoing projects at SALUG. Other duties include:

• Coordinate available resources to project teams.
• Promote possible new projects.
• Promote and supervise current projects.
• Coordinate Linux support in the public, including public schools.
• Reports directly to the President.

Section 5. System Administrator. The System Administrator is responsible for maintaining all of the SALUG servers. Other duties include:

• Installing and maintaining all hardware on the SALUG servers.
• Installing upgrades and maintaining the LINUX operating system on all SALUG servers.
• Assigning users and passwords to the SALUG servers.
• Work in conjunction with the Security Analyst to patch security problems on any of the SALUG servers.
• Is assigned root access to all of the SALUG servers.
• Reports directly to the President.

Section 2. A proposed amendment to the Bylaws must be submitted in writing to the Secretary. The Secretary shall distribute copies of the proposed amendment to the organization at least four weeks before the club meeting at which the vote on the amendment will be held.