07/06/07
ARTICLE I ORGANIZATION
1. The name of the organization shall be
Tucson Airsoft Coalition.
2. The organization
may at its pleasure by a vote of the membership body change its name.
ARTICLE II PURPOSES
The
following are the purposes for which this organization has been
Organized:
To promote the sport of Airsoft Shooting, Military
Simulation Combat, and Airsoft Target Competition.
ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP
Membership in this
organization shall be open to all who apply for membership. Full membership is
reserved for those individuals who have reached the age of eighteen (18) years.
Sponsored membership is allowed for those under the age of eighteen (18) years
who have submitted a Notarized waiver of liability signed by a Parent or Legal
Guardian.
A Member Team is defined as a group of Members who, to pursue
a common objective or theme, have banded together to form a Team. Member Teams
do not possess any additional privileges granted to individual members, and do
not bear the ability to vote.
ARTICLE IV MEETINGS
The
Board of Directors reserve the right to call Meetings of the Organization, said
meetings will be announced via electronic means via the Organization’s website,
Http://www.tucsoncoalition.com. A minimum of one (1) annual
membership meeting of this organization shall be held.
The Board of
Directors is to meet a minimum of six (6) times per year, and reserves the right
to call for additional meetings as proved necessary to conduct the business of
the Organization. These meeting are to be announced via electronic means via the
Organization’s website, Http://www.tucsoncoalition.com, and are open to the membership
of the Organization.
ARTICLE V VOTING
At all
meetings, except for the election of officers and directors, all
votes shall
be by voice, the raising of hands, or by polling of the assembled. For election
of officers, ballots shall be provided and there shall not appear any place on
such ballot that might tend to indicate the person who cast such ballot.
At any regular or special meeting, if a majority so requires, any
question may be voted upon in the manner and style provided for election of
officers and directors.
At all votes by ballot the chairman of such
meeting shall, prior to the commencement of balloting, appoint a committee of
three who shall act as "Inspectors of Election" and who shall, at the conclusion
of such balloting, certify in writing to the Chairman the results and the
certified copy shall be physically affixed in the minute book to the
minutes
of that meeting.
No inspector of election shall be a candidate for
office or shall be
personally interested in the question voted upon.
ARTICLE VI ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. Roll Call.
2. Reading of the Minutes of the preceding
meeting.
3. Reports of Committees.
4. Reports of Officers.
5. Old
and Unfinished Business.
6. New Business.
7. Adjournments.
ARTICLE VII BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The business of this
organization shall be managed by a Board of
Directors consisting of seven
(7) members, and will act as the officers of this organization.
The
directors to be chosen for the ensuing year shall be chosen at the
annual
meeting of this organization and they shall serve for a term of one (1) year.
The Board of Directors shall have the control and management of the
affairs and business of this organization. Such Board of Directors shall
only act in the name of the organization when it shall be regularly convened by
its chairman after due notice to all the directors of such meeting.
Fifty-one (51%) percent of the members of the Board of Directors
shall constitute a quorum.
Each director shall have one vote and
such voting may be done by
proxy.
The Board of Directors may make
such rules and regulations covering its
meetings as it may in its discretion
determine necessary.
Vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be filled
by a vote of the
majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors
for the
balance of the year.
The President of the organization by
virtue of his office shall be
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
A
director may be removed when sufficient cause exists for such removal.
The Board of Directors may entertain charges against any director. A
director may be represented by counsel upon any removal hearing. The
Board of Directors shall adopt such rules for this hearing as it may in
its discretion consider necessary for the best interests of the
organization.
ARTICLE VIII OFFICERS
The initial officers of the organization shall be as follows:
Voting Members
President:
Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Sergeant of Arms:
Non-Voting Members
Commanding
Officer
Executive Officer
Officers shall by virtue of their office
be members of the Board of
Directors.
No officer shall for reason of
his office be entitled to receive any
salary or compensation, but nothing
herein shall be construed to prevent an officer or director for receiving any
compensation from the
organization for duties other than as a director or
officer.
ARTICLE VIII.a DUTIES
PRESIDENT
The President shall preside at all membership
meetings. He shall by virtue of his office be Chairman of the Board of
Directors. He shall present at each annual meeting of the organization an annual
report of the work of the organization. He shall appoint all committees,
temporary or permanent. He shall see all books, reports and certificates
required by law are properly kept or filed. He shall be one of the officers who
may sign the checks or drafts of the organization. He shall have such powers as
may be reasonably construed as belonging to the chief executive of any
organization.
VICE-PRESIDENT
The Vice President shall in the event
of the absence or inability of the President to exercise his office become
acting president of the organization with all the rights, privileges and powers as if he had been the duly
elected president.
SECRETARY
The Secretary shall keep the minutes
and records of the organization in appropriate books. It shall be his duty to
file any certificate required by any statute, federal or state. He shall give
and serve all notices to members of this organization. He shall be the official
custodian of the records and seal of this organization. He may be one of the
officers required to sign the checks and drafts of the organization. He shall
present to the membership at any meetings any communication addressed to him as
Secretary of the organization. He shall submit to the Board of Directors any
communications which shall be addressed to him as Secretary of the organization.
He shall attend to all correspondence of the organization and shall exercise all
duties incident to the office of Secretary.
TREASURER
The Treasurer
shall have the care and custody of all monies belonging to the organization and
shall be solely responsible for such monies or securities of the organization.
He shall cause to be deposited in a regular business bank or trust company all
funds collected by the organization. He must be one of the officers who shall
sign checks or drafts of the organization. No special fund may be set aside that
shall make it unnecessary for the Treasurer to sign the checks issued upon it.
He shall render at stated periods as the Board of Directors shall determine a
written account of the finances of the organization and such report shall be
physically affixed to the minutes of the Board of Directors of such meeting. He
shall exercise all duties incident to the office of Treasurer.
SERGEANT
of ARMS
The Sergeant of Arms shall have the duties of maintaining order
during any meetings, and acts as a point of reference to the conduct of meetings
per Robert’s Rules of Order.
COMMANDING OFFICER (CO)
The Commanding
Officer is responsible for the organization, authorization, and the conducting
of all the Organization’s field exercises and events. The CO reserves the right
to appoint a designated replacement if he and/or the Executive Officer cannot
attend an event.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER (XO)
The Executive Officer shall
act as the Commanding Officer if the CO cannot execute his duties. In addition,
the XO shall act as the Range Safety Officer for the organization.
ARTICLE IX SALARIES
The Board of Directors shall hire
and fix the compensation of any and
all employees which they in their
discretion may determine to be
necessary for the conduct of the business of
the organization.
ARTICLE X COMMITTEES
All committees of this organization shall be appointed by the
Board of
Directors and their term of office shall be for a period of one
year or
less if sooner terminated by the action of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XI DUES
The Organization reserves the right
to impose dues of this organization upon the membership.
ARTICLE
XII SUSPENSION OF MEMBERSHIP
The Board of Directors, upon reviewing
the actions of any Member or Member Team, shall reserve the right to suspend the
membership of any Member or Member Team for whatever time is deemed appropriate
under whatever circumstances has caused the review.
The suspended Member
or Member Team, can appeal the decision of the Board of
Directors directly to the assembled Membership. Said Membership can, by power of
vote, rescind the suspension by a two-thirds majority vote of the non-affected
membership.
ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENTS
These By-Laws may be
altered, amended, repealed or added to by an
affirmative vote of not less
than Sixty-six (66%) percent (2/3rds vote) of the members. Such voting may, at
the discretion of the Board of Directors, be carried out either by paper ballot
or by certifiable electronic means.
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