GBF Bylaws Revisions

April 2007

Following are the ten (10) changes to the Bylaws which the Board is proposing and will be voted upon at the April, 2007 general meeting. Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with them since your vote will determine their implementation.

Please note that new wording is underlined in red and deleted wording is shown as red strikethrough.

For your reference, the complete prior version of the 2004 GBF Bylaws are posted as a PDF file here (Right click the link and select "Save As" to download a copy to your PC for viewing with Adobe Reader (Left click to choose the appropriate version of Adobe Reader to download to your PC if you don't already have it installed)

April 2007 Proposed Changes to the BYLAWS

Granite Bay Flycasters, Inc.

ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP

Section 8 - Classes of Membership

(a) Regular Members (hereinafter called “Members”) - Those persons who have paid their dues for an individual or family membership, as prescribed by Section 9, shall be Members, and shall have full rights and privileges of membership in the Organization, with one voting right each per membership.  A family membership is defined as two adults residing in a single domicile with or without minor children. 

 

(b) Youth Members - Those persons over the age of twelve (12) and under the age of eighteen (18) who have paid their dues in full shall have full rights and privileges of membership in the Organization, but no right to vote.

 

(c) Life Membership – Life membership shall include spouse and all other members of his/her immediate family until the age of eighteen (18).  Effective January 1, 2007, no additional Life Memberships shall be granted.

ARTICLE V - ELECTIONS

Section 1 – Eligibility

One member of a Family Membership (husband, wife and children) may be nominated  and only one member of a Family Membership may serve on the Board.

Section 2 – Balloting

All elections shall be by secret ballot and only one voting right “per Membership”. except where there is only one (1) nominee for any office of vacancy. Ballots, if not previously mailed to Members, shall be passed out at the time of election to all  Members present as recognized by Tellers appointed pursuant to Section 3 of this Article. If ballots are mailed, all ballots must be received by the Annual Meeting to be considered valid.  Ballots may be turned in at the Annual or Special Meeting, but not later than the point in time when the President declares the polls to be closed.

Section 3  – Nomination for President, Vice President-Membership, Vice President- Conservation, Secretary, Treasurer, Director at Large and two Directors.

At the General Meeting (May) preceding the Annual Meeting the Nominating Committee appointed by the Board of Directors, shall present the nominations of at least one (1) and preferably two (2) Members as candidate(s) for each office or vacancy to be filled, having secured in advance agreement by each such candidate that he/she will so serve if elected. After the nominations of the Nominating Committee have been placed before the meeting, the President shall call for and accept nominations from the floor. Nominations will be closed at the end of the May meeting. Nominees shall be listed in the newsletter and posted on the web site, if available, for Members prior to the Annual Meeting.   Should an Officer or open Director position lack having at least one nominee at the close of nominations at the May meeting, a Member may be nominated at the June General Meeting prior to the balloting.  Subject to their agreeing to serve if elected, such nominee(s) will run as a write in candidate.

ARTICLE VI  - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 2 - Term of Office

The elected Directors shall serve from July 1st following their election for a period of three (3) years. Directors may stand for re-election without restriction. Two Directors shall be elected each year for a three-year term.  Directors having completed a full three-year term may not run for re-election in consecutive terms. One Director-at -Large shall be elected each year for a one-year term. This Director shall not have previously served as a Board Member or Officer.

ARTICLE VII - OFFICERS

Section 4 - Vice President-Membership

The Vice President-Membership shall have and may exercise all the powers and duties of the President during absence or disability of the latter, and shall perform other such duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, including being an alternate signer on checks of the Organization.  The main duty of membership chairperson shall be delegated to the Vice President-Membership.

Section 6 - Secretary

The Secretary shall prepare and maintain full and complete minutes of all meetings of the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall give or cause to be given, in the manner prescribed by these Bylaws, of all elections, and shall perform other duties prescribed by the Board of Directors, including being an alternate signer on checks of the Organization.  The Secretary will maintain an orignal copy of each set of minutes which are to be signed by the Secretary after approval of each month’s minutes by the Board of Directors.  At the close of each fiscal year the Secretary will forward the original copy of the signed minutes to the Organization's Historian. 

Section 7 - Treasurer

Subject to the control and direction of the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall:

4. Prepare and submit to the Board of Directors, after the close of each month, a statement of the financial condition of the Organization, in such form and detail as the Board may require and shall also present an annual financial statement no later than the first second Board Meeting of the fiscal year.  The Treasurer is also responsible for providing a copy of the annual financial statement to the Organization’s Historian each year.   The annual financial statement shall also be made available to any Organization Member upon written request at any Board meeting to the Treasurer.

 

5. The Treasurer shall prepare or oversee the preparation of the annual Federal and State tax returns and any information returns of the Organization by their due date or deferred due date resulting from the filing of an extension.

ARTICLE X - DISSOLUTION

The Organization is organized solely as a non-profit entity. not organized, nor shall it be operated, for pecuniary monetary gain or profit, and it does not contemplate the distribution of gains, profits, or dividends to its members and is organized solely for non-profit purposes. No part of the profits or net income of the Organization shall ever inure to the benefit of any private individual. Upon the dissolution or winding up of the Organization, its assets remaining after the payment  of, or provision for payment of, all debts and liabilities shall be distributed to a non-political, non-profit fund, foundation, or corporation which has established its tax-exempt status under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.