RICHMOND AMATEUR RADIO CLUB,
INC.
BY-LAWS
SECTION 1. The corporation shall have three classes
of members: full inactive and honorary.
a. Full members shall be those persons expressing an interest in
amateur radio. A full member shall be entitled to vote on all corporate matters and may
hold any office in the corporation.
b. Inactive members shall be those more than ninety days in arrears in
dues. Inactive members shall have no vote and may not hold an office in the
corporation.
c. Honorary members shall be those persons in good standing, who are
deemed worthy of the honor by virtue of service or support to the corporation.
Honorary membership may be conferred by the Board of Directors. Honorary
membership is exempt from the privilege to vote and the obligation to pay dues.
d. The full members of the corporation shall be elected
to membership by a majority vote of the full members at any regular meeting. Any
member accepted into membership shall become governed by the Articles and
By-Laws.
SECTION 2. Regular and Special meetings of the members
a. Regular meetings shall be held once per month at a date, time and
place designated by the Board of Directors.
b. Special meetings may be called by the President, by any five members
of the Board of Directors or upon written request of 10% of the full members.
c. A quorum for any meeting shall consist of 15% of the full members.
Once a quorum has been established at any meeting it shall remain in effect throughout
the meeting or adjournment thereof.
SECTION 3. Membership Dues
a. The membership dues of the corporation shall be determined by the
Board of Directors. Dues shall become due and payable on November 1 of each
year.
SECTION 4. Fiscal Year
a. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be from November 1 to
November 1 of the following year.
ARTICLE II
Board of Directors
SECTION 2. The Board of Directors shall consist of the
President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, immediate Past President, and
four additional directors. The Registered Agent of the corporation, if a full
member, shall be a permanent director. Two directors shall be elected by and
from the membership and the third director shall be appointed by the incoming
President.
SECTION 3. The elected directors and the appointed
director shall serve one year terms or until their successors are duly elected,
concurrent with the elected officers. No elected or appointed director shall
serve more than two consecutive terms.
SECTION 4. Elected officers and directors are to be
elected at the regular October meeting in the election year. Candidates shall be
nominated by the Nominating Committee and presented at the September meeting.
Nominations may be made from the floor at the September meeting.
SECTION 5. Any vacancy in the elected directors shall be
filled by the Board of Directors within thirty days after such vacancy occurs.
In the case of the appointed director, any vacancy shall be filled within thirty
days after the vacancy occurs, by an appointment by the President.
SECTION 6. Regular and Special meetings of the Board of Directors:
a. The Board of Directors shall meet not less than once
per quarter in any business year.
b. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or by any three directors. Notice of such meetings shall be given to all members of the Board by mail, telephone or in person.
c. A quorum of the Board of Directors shall be five of the nine members. Once a quorum is established. it shall continue in effect throughout the meeting or adjournment thereof.
SECTION 7. Any officer or director may be removed by a
majority vote of those full members present and voting at a meeting of the
members at which a quorum is present, provided that 10% of the full members have
requested in writing that such a vote be taken. Notice of any meeting at which a
vote will be taken to remove an officer or director shall be given to all full
members in writing at least fourteen days prior to the meeting.
ARTICLE III
Registered Agent
The Board of Directors shall annually appoint the
Registered Agent of the corporation.
ARTICLE IV
Duties of Officers
President: The President shall preside at all meetings of the
membership and Board of Directors, shall appoint all committees, shall be a
voting member of the Repeater Committee and the Finance Committee and shall be a
member, ex officio, of all other committees.
Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
ARTICLE V
Committees
Standing Committees of the Corporation shall be: Finance,
Repeater and Membership, which shall consist of the Board of Directors. The
Board may establish such other committees as it deems necessary.
ARTICLE VI
American Radio Relay League,
Inc
It is the intention that this Club/Corporation shall
retain full affiliation with the American Radio Relay League, Inc.
ARTICLE VII
The rules contained in the latest edition of
"Robert's Rules of Order", newly revised, shall govern all meetings of
the members and the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VIII
Amendments
These By-Laws may be amended by a majority vote of those
full members present and voting at a meeting of the members at which a quorum is
present, provided the full members have been notified in writing of the proposed
changes at least fourteen days prior to the meeting.
Approved
and Adopted by the membership in the regular meeting on June 10, 1988.
Peter
D. Vieth, KB4FVJ
Secretary