Article XII - Procedure of Amendment of Bylaws
Proposal of an Amendment to these Bylaws may be made by the Council, by the APS Governance Committee, by the Executive Committee, or by a petition to the Chair signed by not fewer than ten percent of the members of the Section. The petition shall be of electronic and/or paper form, as the Executive Committee shall designate. However initiated, the proposed Amendment must be reviewed by the APS Governance Committee and the Council must approve it before further action can be taken.
Following Council approval, copies of the proposed Amendment shall be distributed to all members of the Section, who then shall vote on the proposed Amendment by electronic ballot and/or by paper ballot, as the Executive Committee shall designate.
Adoption of the Amendment shall require a two-thirds vote by those voting.