Shetland Sheepdog Club of Anchorage

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CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS

NAME AND OBJECTIVES

MEMBERSHIP

MEETINGS AND VOTING

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

THE CLUB YEAR,
ANNUAL MEETING
AND ELECTION

COMMITTEES

DISCIPLINE

AMENDMENTS

DISSOLUTION

ORDER OF BUSINESS

PARLIAMENTARY
AUTHORITY

 

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AMENDMENT DATES:

Approved: September 8, 1976
By Membership

Amended:  April 14, 1978

Amended:  November 10, 1978

Amended:  March 9, 1984

Amended:  June 27, 1992

Amended:  November 20, 1992

Amended:  November 12, 1993

Amended:  July 14, 1995

Amended:  October 11, 1998

Amended:  May 5, 2000

 

 

ARTICLE IV
The Club Year, Annual Meeting & Election

Section 1         Club Year: The Club’s fiscal year shall begin on the 1st day of July and end the 30th day of June.

Section 2         The Club’s official year shall begin immediately at the regular May meeting.  Officers and Directors for the ensuing year shall be elected by secret, written ballot form among those nominated in accordance with Section 4 of this Article.  They shall take office immediately upon the conclusion of the election and each retiring Officer shall turn over to his successor in the office all properties and materials relating to that office within thirty days after the election.

Section 3         Elections: The nominated candidate receiving the greatest number of votes for each office shall be declared elected.  The Three candidates for the other positions on the Board who receive the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected.

Section 4         Nomination: No person may be a candidate in a Club election who has not been nominated.  During the month of January a nominating committee will be selected by the Board.  It will consist of three members and one alternate, not more than one may be a member of the Board of Directors.  The Secretary shall immediately notify the committee and alternate of their selection.  The Board shall name a committee chairman for the committee, and it shall be his duty to call a committee meeting which shall be held on or before the fifteenth of February.

(A)           The committee shall nominate one candidate for each office and three candidates for the three other positions on the Board, and after securing the consent of each person so nominated, shall immediately report their nominations to the secretary in writing.  All nominees must be members in good standing and able to attend two-thirds of the general membership meetings.

(B)           Upon receipt of the Nominating Committee’s reports, the Secretary shall, at least two weeks before the March meeting, notify each member in writing of the candidates so nominated.

(C)           Additional nominations may be made at the March meeting.

(D)           Nominations cannot be made at the Annual Meeting or in any manner other than as provided in this section.

 

 


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