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CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS
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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
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ARTICLE
V
Committees
Section
1
The Board may each year appoint standing committees to advance
the work of the Club in such matters as specialty shows, trials,
trophies, annual prizes, membership and other areas as needed.
Such committees shall always be subject to the final authority of
the Board. Special
committees may also be appointed by the Board to aid it on particular
projects.
Section
2
Any committee appointment may be terminated by a majority vote of
the full membership of the Board upon written notice to the appointees;
and the Board may appoint successors to those people whose services have
been terminated.
ARTICLE
VI
Discipline
Section 1
American Kennel Club suspension: Any member who is suspended for
the privileges of the American Kennel Club automatically shall be
suspended for the privileges of this Club for a like period.
Section
2
Charges: Any member may press charges against a member for
alleged misconduct prejudicial to the best interest of the Club or the
breed. Written charges with
specifications must be filed with the Secretary with a deposit of $10.00
which shall be forfeited if such charges are not sustained by the Board
following a hearing. The
Secretary shall promptly send a copy of the charges to each member of
the Board or present them at a board meeting, and the Board shall first
consider whether the actions alleged in the charges, if proven, might be
prejudicial to the best interest of the Club or breed, it may refuse to
entertain jurisdiction. If
the Board entertains jurisdiction of the charges it shall fix a date of
a hearing by the Board not less than three weeks nor more than six weeks
thereafter. The secretary
shall promptly send one copy of the charges to the accused member by
registered mail together with a notice of the hearing and an assurance
that the defendant may personally appear in his own defense and bring
witnesses if he wishes.
Section
3
Board Hearings: The Board shall have authority to decide whether
counsel may attend the hearing, and both complainant and defendant shall
be treated uniformly in that regard.
Should the charges be sustained, after hearing all the evidence
and testimony presented by complaint and defendant, the Board may by
majority vote of those present suspend the defendant from all privileges
of the Club for not more than six months from the date of the hearing.
And, if it deems that punishment insufficient, it also may
recommend to the membership that the penalty be expulsion.
In such case the suspension shall not restrict the defendant’s
right to appear before his fellow members at the next Club meeting
consider the Board’s recommendation.
Immediately after the Board has reached a decision, its findings
shall be put in written form and filed with the Secretary.
The Secretary in turn shall notify each of the parties of the
Board’s decision and penalty, if any.
Section 4
Expulsion: Expulsion of a member from the Club may be
accomplished only at a meeting of the Club following a Board hearing and
upon the Board’s recommendation as provided in Section 3 of this
Article. Such proceedings
may occur at a regular or special meeting of the Club to be within sixty
days but not earlier than thirty days after the date of the Board’s
recommendation of expulsion. The
defendant shall have the privilege of appearing on his own behalf,
though no evidence shall be taken at this meeting.
The President shall read the charges and the Board’s findings
and recommendations, and shall invite the defendant, if present, to
speak on his own behalf if he wishes.
The meeting shall the vote by secret written ballot on the
proposed expulsion. A
two-thirds vote of those present and voting at the meeting shall be
necessary for expulsion.
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