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<li>During their tenure, members of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors, have a primary obligation to the Society.
<li>This obligation includes attendance at functions of the Society authorized by the Board, of which they are members. Members living more than 100 miles from the event may be excused.
<li>Board members must exercise their abilities on behalf of the Society and of the members who elected them to their positions.