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2008 TORNADO ALLEY MODEL AVIATORS BYLAWS
ARTICLE 1: DUTIES
1. Board of Directors:
The management of the affairs of the club
shall be vested in the board of Directors who
shall have the authority to establish and administer it's policies.
Official decisions may
be made by two-thirds (2/3) majority mail vote or by a quorum at a
Board of Directors
meeting. A quorum shall consist of at least 50% of the current Board
members. Official
decisions shall be consistent with the stated purposes and objectives
of the AMA as set
forth in it's Bylaws and where those Bylaws are not specified vested in
the sound
discretion of the Board of Directors.
2. President:
The President shall preside at all meetings of the club and shall
act as a spokesperson
in all matters pertaining to it.
3. Vice-President:
The Vice-President shall preside at all meetings of the club and
shall act for the
president when he/she is unable to serve and is to maintain an accurate
record
(including place of storage) of all club assets.
4. Secretary:
The Secretary shall record minutes of each club meeting and handle
all correspondence
pertaining to club activities. He/She will also be the club's contact
person with AMA in
case of questions, problems or situations.
5. Treasurer:
The Treasurer shall collect all moneys due and shall keep a record
of moneys disbursed
by the club. (Secretary and Treasure will
be combined at this time)
6. Field Maintenance Coordinator:
1. The Field Maintenance
Coordinator shall be responsible for establishing mowing
crews and mowing maintenance crews.
7. Safety Officer:
The Safety Officer shall be responsible for chairing the safety
committee and ensuring
existing rules be enforced. This includes processing the grievance
forms and following
the existing grievance procedure documented in the bylaws.
8. Director at Large:
The Director at Large shall sit on the board at each meeting. The
board members may
give the Director at Large various duties to help with the meeting.
When board
members votes are tied the Director at Large casts the tie breaker
vote. Actively
recruits new members.
ARTICLE 2: AUDIT
1. The President or is appointees will make a periodic audit
of the Treasurer's books.
ARTICLE 3: TERMS OF OFFICE
1. Nomination of Club officers shall be made at the general
membership meeting during
the month of November. Nominations for office maybe
made by any active club
member holding voting rights either in person or by
submitting a proxy nomination to an
existing officer. All known nominations for office
will be published in the newsletter
prior to the election.
2. All elected officers shall serve for one (1) year. Officers are
to be elected by a vote
of simple majority of those present at the regular
meeting in the month of December.
Mail in ballots will be made available for those
members who have voting rights but
cannot attend the meeting. Those ballots returned by
mail before the next meeting will
be counted as if those persons were present at the
meeting. New officers will take
office immediately after the December meeting.
Personnel will be appointed by the
elected officers and confirmed by a simple majority
vote of those members during a
regular meeting: i.e. newsletter Editor, Contest
Director, etc.
ARTICLE 4: VACANCIES
1. Vacancies in any office shall be filled by appointment by
the remaining officers. Such
appointee to serve until the end of the term for
which the predecessor was elected.
ARTICLE 5: COMMITTEE
1. The committee of the club shall be appointed by the
President and may be approved
by a simple majority vote of the members present at
a meeting (if vote is requested) to
serve throughout the term or less of his tenure of
office. Standing committees are
the safety Committee and the Field Maintenance
Committee.
ARTICLE 6: MEETINGS
1. Regular meetings shall be held at a time and place
designated by the club officers
and published in the club newsletter.
2. Club Officers may call special meetings with no less than 5 days
prior written notice
of a special meeting. The purpose of the special
meeting shall be stated in the
written notice.
3. At any club meeting a simple majority shall be over 50% of the
members voting at
the meeting.
4. Any member or probationary member of the club may initiate a
formal request for
action by the board of directors by submitting a
written proposal to the president.
The proposal shall include a written description of
the nature, type and extent of the
board action recommended. The president of the board
shall forward copies of the
proposal to other members of the board of directors
for their consideration. Either
the president or any other board member may have the
matter placed upon the
working agenda of the next club meeting.
ARTICLE 7: DUES AND MEMBERSHIPS
1. The annual dues to be paid to the club shall be
determined by the club officers with
the approval of simple majority vote of members
present at a regular meeting. Dues
are non refundable except under extraordinary
circumstances which will be
determined by the Board of Directors on a case by
case basis.
2. No special assessment shall be levied upon the club membership
unless it is
approved by a vote of two thirds (2/3)majority of
the members present at the regular
monthly meeting and the members have been given five
(5) days prior notice with
an explanation of the assessment.
3. New members who join in October through December will pay
initiation fee and
rates of $5.00. This will cover membership dues
until the end of the year. He/she
may also pay full dues which will cover remainder of
the year and all of the following
year.
4. A member shall be in arrears and shall not be considered
inactive if his/hers dues
have not been paid as provided in article 7 section
1. Any member who allows their
membership to lapse beyond March1of any year shall
be considered a a new
member when renewing their membership and will not
be given preference over any
other applicant should a waiting list be in existence.
5. Types of membership and limits on the total number of members
shall be determined
by the club officers and approved by a vote of two
thirds(2/3) majority of the
members present at a
regularly scheduled meeting.
ARTICLE 8: MEMBER DEFINITIONS AND DUES
1. Members:
a)
Full member: Is sixteen (16) years of age or older with current
club
membership
and current AMA membership and shall
have full privileges
and voting rights
after 90 days of active membership..
b) Junior member: Is younger than sixteen (16)
years old with current club
and AMA
membership and shall have full privileges with the exception of
voting rights.
c) Family membership: Includes one current full
member who shall have
full privileges and voting
rights after 90 days of active membership and all
active flying members of the
immediate family including spouse and
children living in the home
and are dependent upon their parents for their
principal support.
d) All family members must be current AMA members
and shall have full
privileges with
the exception of voting rights.
2. Dues:
a) Full member rate: $35.00 plus AMA membership.
b) Junior member rate $15.00 plus AMA
Membership
c) Family member rate $55.00 plus current AMA
membership for all flying
members.
ARTICLE 9: RESIGNATION, TERMINATION, DISCIPLINARY
ACTION EXPULSION
AND REINSTATEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP
1. Any member in good standing may resign
his/her membership by giving
written notice to the club.
2. If any member ceases to have the qualification necessary for
membership
in the AMA his/her membership in the club shall
thereby terminate subject to
reinstatement upon restoration of eligibility.
3. This section provides for enforcement of the safety rules that
are related to
flying activities.
Any other unacceptable behavior by an individual member
or members as defined by the board of
directors become the responsibility
of the board of directors as defined by the
board of directors become the
responsibility of the board of directors as
stated in Article 1 Section 1 of
these bylaws. Any individual may be expelled
from membership from the
club by a two thirds (2/3rds) majority vote of
the board of directors if in the
board of director's determination such
individual willfully commits any act of
omission which is a violation of any of the
terms of these articles of
incorporation and bylaws or the rules of the
AMA or which is detrimental to
the club, the AMA or to model aviation.
4. Any member who is expelled from membership may be reinstated to
membership only by two thirds (2/3rds) majority vote
of the board of
directors.
5. The
board of directors shall have the discretionary authority to provide
for
and to impose disciplinary action for
such acts or omissions which do not
justify expulsion from membership.
ARTICLE 10: AMENDMENTS
1. Amendments to the
constitution and/or bylaws may be proposed at any
general meeting
of the Club membership by any full member. The proposal
must include the present wording of the bylaw and
the proposed wording for
that amendment. Every
member present or not should be provided with a
copy of the proposal for their
consideration by personal notification, email or
regular mail. The following regularly scheduled
meeting may be used to
debate any and all changes to the amendment. No vote
shall be taken on a
proposed change before the next regularly scheduled
club meeting to insure
all members have adequate time to consider the
changes.
Amendments shall be approved by no less than a two
thirds (2/3rds)
majority vote of the members present at the next
regular monthly club
meeting. Mail-in Ballots will be made available for
those full members who
cannot attend the meeting if requested. Those
ballots returned by mail
before the next meeting will be counted as if those
persons were present at
that meeting.
ARTICLE 11: SPECIAL FUNDS
1. The
treasure of the club is authorized to receive contributions or
specially
obtained funds
from any individual or institution to be applied to the
operating expenses of the club.
2. The president will have
discretionary spending of up to $25.00 without
requiring club approval.
ARTICLE 12: DURATION
1. The
duration of the club shall be perpetual.
ARTICLE 13: DISSOLUTION
1. The
corporation my be dissolved with the approval of a two thirds (2/3rds)
majority vote of the total membership.
2. Upon dissolution of the
corporation the board shall after paying or making
provisions
for the payment ofall liabilities of the corporation dispose of
all the assets of the corporation exclusively for
the purpose of the
corporation in such manner to the Academy of Model
Aeronautics Inc. or to
such other organization or organizations organized
and operated
exclusively for charitable, educational, religious
or scientific purposes as
shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization
or organizations under
section 501 (3) of the internal revenue code of 1986
as amended or to such
other organization with purposes similar to the
purposes of this corporation
as the board shall determine. Any of such assets not
so disposed of
shall
be disposed of by the court of common pleas (or
similar court) of the county
in
which the principal office of this corporation is then located
exclusively for
such purposes and to such organization or
organizations as said court shall
determine which are organized and operated
exclusively for such purposes.
ARTICLE 14: INCORPORATION
1. The incorporation of this
membership shall be a minimum of three (3) of the
(4) elected officers. If there is a tie the director
at large will cast the tie
breaking vote.
ARTICLE 15: LOGO
1. The
official club logo shall be:

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