Alaska Bar Ass'n Bylaws art. VII, § 2

All standing and special committees shall render to the

Board those reports as from time to time that are requested by

the President or the Board.

Section 3.

Substantive Law Sections.

The Board shall establish substantive law sections in areas

pertinent to the practice of law and shall define the powers,

duties, functions and scope of each section in its Standing

Policies.

(a) Membership and fees requirements are as follows:

(1) Attorney Membership and Fees. Attorney membership in each section is open to all active and inactive

members of the Alaska Bar Association in good standing.

$5.00 of a member’s annual membership fee will be allocated

to the budget of the first section joined by that member. A

member may join additional sections at a registration fee to the

member of $15.00 per additional section joined per year.

(2) Informational Membership and Fees. Non-voting

section membership is available at the discretion of each

section to any person who is not a member of the Association,

but who subscribes to the informational and educational

objectives of the section. Informational section members may

not serve on the executive committee of any section. There is

an annual $15.00 membership fee assessed for each section

joined by an Information Member.

(b) Section Executive Committees. Each section shall

be administered by an executive committee of at least five

members elected from the section’s attorney membership to

serve staggered three year terms. The executive committee

shall annually elect, by September 30, a chair, and may elect

such other officers as it deems advisable from the membership

of the executive committee. Each executive committee shall

meet at such times and places as may be designated by the

chair of the section. All executive committees shall file with

the Board such reports as from time to time shall be requested

by the President or the Board.

(c) Annual Section Meeting. Each section’s executive

committee will schedule an annual meeting of the section

membership to hear the annual report of its executive

committee and discuss issues and developments pertinent to

the section’s area of law. The annual meeting will be held at a

time and location determined by the executive committee.

(d) Annual Section Chair/Board Meeting. At each

annual convention of the Association, the chairs of each

section, or their designees, may meet with the President and

President-Elect or the Board to discuss section activities and

evaluate section needs.

(e) Section Actions Endorsed. No action, report, or

recommendation of any section is binding upon the

Association unless adopted and approved by the Board.