B. Review, study, and discuss the mission, organization, operations, and research activities of the various associated organizations engaged in military personnel assessment.
C. Foster improved personnel assessment through exploration and presentation of new techniques and procedures for behavioral measurement, occupational analysis, manpower analysis, simulation models, training programs, selection methodology, survey and feedback systems.
D. Promote cooperation in the exchange of assessment procedures techniques and instruments.
E. Promote the assessment of military personnel as a scientific adjunct to modern military personnel management within the military and professional community.
2. All civilian and active duty military personnel permanently assigned to an organization exercising direct command over an agency of the associated armed services holding primary responsibility for assessment of military personnel.
A. The governing body of the Association shall be the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee shall consist of voting and non-voting members. Voting members are primary members of the Steering Committee. Primary membership shall include:
2. The ranking civilian professional employees of the respective agencies of the armed services exercising primary responsibility for the conduct of personnel assessment systems.
3. Each agency shall have no more than two (2) representatives.
C. The Chairman of the Steering Committee shall be appointed by the President of the Association. The term of office shall be one year and shall begin the last day of the annual conference.
D. The Steering Committee shall have general supervision over the affairs of the Association and shall have the responsibility for all activities of the Association. The Steering Committee shall conduct the business of the Association in the interim between annual conferences of the Association by such means of communications as deemed appropriate by the President or Chairman.
E. Meeting of the Steering Committee shall be held during the annual conferences of the Association and at such times as requested by the President of the Association or the Chairman of the Steering Committee. Representation from the majority of the organizations of the Steering Committee shall constitute a quorum.
A. The officers of the Association shall consist of a President, Chairman of the Steering Committee and a Secretary.
B. The President of the Association shall be the Commanding Officer of the armed services agency coordinating the annual conference of the Association. The term of the President shall begin at the close of the annual conference of the Association and shall expire at the close of the next annual conference.
C. It shall be the duty of the President to organize and coordinate the annual conference of the Association held during his term of office, and to perform the customary duties of a president.
D. The Secretary of the Association shall be filled through appointment by the President of the Association. The term of the of office of the Secretary shall be the same as that of the President.
E. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Association to keep the records of the association, and the Steering Committee, and to conduct official correspondence of the association, and to insure notices for conferences. The Secretary shall solicit nominations for the Harry H. Greer Award prior to the annual conference.
The Secretary shall also perform such additional duties and take such additional responsibilities as the President may delegate to him.
A. The Association shall hold a conference annually.
B. The annual conference of the Association shall be coordinated by the agencies of the associated armed services exercising primary responsibility for military personnel assessment. The coordinating agencies and the order of rotation will be determined annually by the Steering Committee. The coordinating agencies for at least the following three years will be announced at the annual meeting.
C. The annual conference of the Association shall be held at a time and place determined by the coordinating agency. The membership of the Association shall be informed at the annual conference of the place at which the following annual conference will be held. The coordinating agency shall inform the Steering Committee of the time of the annual conference not less than six (6) months prior to the conference.
D. The coordinating agency shall exercise planning and supervision over the program of the annual conference. Final selection of program content shall be the responsibility of the coordinating organization.
E. Any other organization desiring to coordinate the conference may submit a formal request to the Chairman of the Steering Committee, no later than 18 months prior to the date they wish to serve as host.
A. Standing committees may be named from time to time, as required, by vote of the Steering Committee. The chairman of each standing committee shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Steering Committee. Members of standing committees shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Steering Committee in consultation with the Chairman of the committee in question. Chairmen and committee members shall serve in their appointed capacities at the discretion of the Chairman of the Steering Committee. The Chairman of the Steering Committee shall be ex officio member of all standing committees.
B. The President, with the counsel and approval of the Steering Committee, may appoint such ad hoc committees as are needed from time to time. An ad hoc committee shall serve until its assigned task is completed or for the length of time specified by the President in consultation with the Steering Committee.
C. All standing committees shall clear their general plans of action and new policies through the steering Committee, and no committee or committee chairman shall enter into relationships or activities with persons or groups outside of the Association that extend beyond the approved general plan or work without the specific authorization of the Steering Committee.
D. In the interest of continuity, if any officer or member has any duty elected or appointed placed on him, and is unable to perform the designated duty, he should decline and notify at once the officers of the Association that he cannot accept or continue said duty.
A. Amendments of these By-Laws may be made at any annual conference of the Association.
B. Amendments of the By-Laws may be made by majority vote of the assembled membership of the Association provided that the proposed amendments shall have been approved by a majority vote of the Steering Committee.
C. Proposed amendments not approved by a majority vote of the Steering Committee shall require a two-third’s vote of the assembled membership of the Association.
A. Selection Procedures:
2. Nominations for the award in a given year will be submitted in writing to the Awards Committee Chairman by 1 July of that year.
3. The Chairman of the committee is responsible for canvassing the other committee members to arrive at a consensus on the selection of a recipient of the award.
4. No more than one person is to receive the award each year, but the award need not be made each year. The Awards Committee may decide not to select a recipient in any given year.
5. The annual selection of the person to receive the award, or the decision not to make an award that year, is to be made at least six weeks prior to the date of the annual IMTA Conference.
The recipients of the Harry H. Greer Award are to be selected on the basis of outstanding work contributing significantly to the IMTA.
C. The Award:
The Harry H. Greer Award is to be a certificate normally presented to the recipient during the Annual IMTA Conference. The Awards Committee is responsible for preparing the text of the certificate. The coordinating agency is responsible for printing and awarding the certificate.
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