Bylaws
- Bylaws of the Do Something Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
- Article I. Offices
- Article II. Members
- Article III. Meetings of Members
- Article IV. Board of Directors
- Article V. Officers
- Article VI. Committees
- Article VII. Contracts, Checks, Deposits and Funds
- Article VIII. Books and Records
- Article IX. Fiscal Year
- Article X. Dues
- Article XI. Waiver of Notice
- Article XII. Amendments to Bylaws
- Article XIII. Club License Trustee
Bylaws of the Do Something Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Article I. Offices
The principal office of the corporation in the state of Idaho shall be located in the city of Moscow, county of Latah. The corporation may have other offices, either within or outside of the state of Idaho, as the board of directors may determine or as the affairs of the corporation may require.
The corporation shall have maintain in the state of Idaho a registered office, and a registered agent whose office is identical with the registered office, as required by the Idaho Nonprofit Corporation Act. The registered office may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office in the state of Idaho, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the board of directors.
Article II. Members
Section 1. Classes of Members
The corporation shall have one class of members.
Section 2. Election of Members
Members shall be elected by the board of directors. An affirmative vote of 50% of the directors shall be required for election.
Section 3. Voting Rights
Each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the members.
Section 4. Termination of Membership
The board of directors, by affirmative vote of 2/3 of all of the members of the board, may suspend or expel a member for cause after an appropriate hearing, and may, by a 2/3 vote of those present at any regularly constituted meeting, terminate the membership of any member who becomes ineligible for membership, or suspend or expel any member who shall be in default in the payment of dues for the period fixed in Article XI of these bylaws.
Section 5. Resignation
Any member may resign by filing a written resignation with the secretary, but resignation shall not relieve the member of the obligation to pay any dues, assessments or other charges previously accrued and unpaid.
Section 6. Reinstatement
Upon written request signed by a former member and filed with the secretary, the board of directors may, by the affirmative vote of 75% of the members of the board, reinstate the former member to membership upon such terms as the board of directors may deem appropriate.
Section 7. Transfer of Membership
Membership in this corporation is not transferable or assignable.
Article III. Meetings of Members
Section 1. Annual Meeting
An annual meeting of the members shall be held on the second Tuesday in the month of December each year, beginning with the year 2019, at the hour of 7:00P.M. for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting shall be a legal holiday in the state of Idaho, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated here for any annual meeting, or at any adjournment of the annual meeting, the board of directors shall cause the election to be held at a special meeting of the members as soon after as is convenient.
Section 2. Special Meetings
Special meetings of the members may be called by the president, the board of directors, or not less than 75% of the members having voting rights.
Section 3. Place of Meeting
The board of directors may designate any place, either within or outside of the state of Idaho, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the board of directors. If no designation is made or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the corporation in the state of Idaho.
Section 4. Notice of Meetings
Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of any meeting of members shall be delivered, either personally, by mail, or by electronic mail to each member entitled to vote at such meeting, not less than 7 nor more than 30 days before the date of such meeting, by or at the direction of the president, or the secretary, or the officers or persons calling the meeting. In case of a special meeting or when required by statute or by these bylaws, the purposes for which the meeting is called shall be stated in the notice. If mailed, the notice of a meeting shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the member at the member’s address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Notices delivered by electronic mail shall be deemed effective if sent to the members electronic mail address as it appears on the records of the corporation. Providing an electronic mail address to the corporation shall be deemed to be consent by the member to have notices delivered by electronic mail.
Section 5. Informal Action by Members
Any action required by law to be taken at a meeting of the members, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of members, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting out the action so taken, shall be signed by at least 51% of the members entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter of the action.
Section 6. Quorum
The members holding 50% of the votes which may be cast at any meeting shall constitute a quorum at such meeting. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of members, a majority of the members present may adjourn the meeting without further notice.
Section 7. Proxies
At any meeting of members, a member entitled to vote may vote by proxy executed in writing by the member or by his authorized attorney in fact. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.
Section 8. Voting by Mail
Where directors or officers are to be elected by members or any class or classes of members, the election may be conducted by mail in the manner that the board of directors shall determine.
Article IV. Board of Directors
Section 1. General Powers
The affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors. Directors need not be residents of the state of Idaho or members of the corporation.
Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications
The number of directors shall be three. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of members and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.
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Section 3. Regular Meetings
A regular annual meeting of the board of directors shall be held without other notice than this bylaw, immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of members. The board of directors may provide by resolution the time and place, either within or outside of the state of Idaho, for the holding of additional regular meetings of the board without other notice than the resolution.
Section 4. Special Meetings
Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the president or any two directors. The persons authorized to call special meetings of the board may fix any place, either within or outside of the state of Idaho, as the place for holding any special meeting of the board called by them.
Section 5. Notice
Notice of any special meeting of the board of directors shall be given at least two days previously by written notice delivered personally or sent by mail or electronic mail to each director at the address for such director as shown by the records of the corporation. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope so addressed, with postage prepaid. Any director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, unless specifically required by law or by these bylaws.
Section 6. Quorum
A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board; but if less than a majority of the directors are present at the meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
Section 7. Manner of Acting
The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by law or by these bylaws.
Section 8. Vacancies
Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors and any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by the board of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of the director’s predecessor in office.
Section 9. Compensation
Directors as such shall not receive any stated salaries for their services, but by resolution of the board of directors a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the board; but nothing contained here shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation.
Section 10. Informal Action by Directors
Any action required by law to be taken at a meeting of directors, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of directors, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting out the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors.
Article V. Officers
Section 1. Officers
The officers of the corporation shall be a president, one or more vice-presidents (the number to be determined by the board of directors), a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as may be elected in accordance with the provisions of this article. The board of directors may elect or appoint the other officers, including one or more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers, as it shall deem desirable, to have the authority and perform the duties prescribed by the board of directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
Section 2. Election and Term of Office
The officers of the corporation shall be elected annually by the board of directors at the regular annual meeting of the board of directors. If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, it shall be held as soon thereafter as is convenient. New offices may be created and filled at any meeting of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified.
Section 3. Removal
Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation would be served by removal of the officer, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the officer so removed.
Section 4. Vacancies
A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
Section 5. President
The president shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation and shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the members and of the board of directors. He or she may sign, with the secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation authorized by the board of directors, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the board of directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors or by these bylaws or by statute to some other officer or agent of the corporation; and in general he or she shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors.
Section 6. Vice-President
In the absence of the president or in event of the president’s inability or refusal to act, the vice-president (or in the event there be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. Any vice-president shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the president or by the board of directors.
Section 7. Treasurer
If required by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such sum and with such surety as the board of directors shall determine. He or she shall have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source, and deposit all such moneys in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of these bylaws; and in general perform all the duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the president or by the board of directors.
Section 8. Secretary
The secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the members and of the board of directors in books provided for that purpose; see that all notices are given in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law; be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is affixed to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is authorized in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws; keep a register of the post office address of each member which shall be furnished to the secretary by that member; and in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties may be assigned by the president or by the board of directors.
Section 9. Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries
If required by the board of directors, the assistant treasurers shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the board of directors shall determine. The assistant treasurers and assistant secretaries, in general, shall perform the duties assigned to them by the treasurer or the secretary or by the president or the board of directors.
Article VI. Committees
Section 1. Committees of Directors
The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors in office, may designate and appoint one or more committees, each of which shall consist of two or more directors, which committees, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have and exercise the authority of the board of directors in the management of the corporation; provided, however, that no such committee shall have the authority of the board of directors in reference to amending, altering or repealing the bylaws; electing, appointing or removing any member of any such committee or any director or officer of the corporation; amending the articles of incorporation; adopting a plan of merger or adopting a plan of consolidation with another corporation; authorizing the sale, lease, exchange or mortgage of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the corporation; authorizing the voluntary dissolution of the corporation or revoking proceedings therefor; adopting a plan for the distribution of the assets of the corporation; or amending, altering or repealing any resolution of the board of directors which by its terms provides that it shall not be amended, altered or repealed by the committee. The appointment of any such committee and the delegation of authority shall not operate to relieve the board of directors of any responsibility imposed upon it by law.
Section 2. Other Committees
Other committees not having and exercising the authority of the board of directors in the management of the corporation may be designated by a resolution adopted by a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Except as otherwise provided in the resolution, members of each such committee shall be members of the corporation and the president of the corporation shall appoint the members of the committees. Any member may be removed by the persons authorized to appoint such member whenever in their judgment the best interests of the corporation shall be served by such removal.
Section 3. Term of Office
Each member of a committee shall continue as a member until the next annual meeting of the members of the corporation and until his or her; successor is appointed, unless the committee shall be terminated sooner, or unless the member be removed from the committee, or unless the member shall cease to qualify as a member of the committee.
Section 4. Chair
One member of each committee shall be appointed chair by the person or persons authorized to appoint the members of the committee.
Section 5. Vacancies
Vacancies in the membership of any committee may be filled by appointments made in the same manner as provided in the case of the original appointments.
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Section 6. Quorum
Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of the board of directors designating a committee, a majority of the whole committee shall constitute a quorum and the act of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee.
Section 7. Rules
Each committee may adopt rules for its own government not inconsistent with these bylaws or with rules adopted by the board of directors.
Article VII. Contracts, Checks, Deposits and Funds
Section 1. Contracts
The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation, in addition to the officers so authorized by these bylaws, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 2. Checks, Drafts, etc.
All checks, drafts or orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by those officers or agents of the corporation and in a manner as shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors. In the absence of this determination by the board of directors, the instruments shall be signed by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer and countersigned by the president or a vice-president of the corporation.
Section 3. Deposits
All funds of the corporation shall be deposited to the credit of the corporation in the banks, trust companies or other depositories as the board of directors may select.
Section 4. Gifts
The board of directors may accept on behalf of the corporation any contribution, gift, bequest or devise for the general purposes or for any special purpose of the corporation.
Article VIII. Books and Records
The corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall also keep minutes of the proceedings of its members, board of directors and committees having any of the authority of the board of directors, and shall keep at the registered or principal office a record giving the names and addresses of the members entitled to vote. All books and records of the corporation may be inspected by any member, or his agent or attorney for any proper purpose at any reasonable time.
Article IX. Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of January and end on the last day of December in each year.
Article X. Dues
Section 1. Annual Dues
The board of directors may determine the amount of initiation fee, if any, and annual dues payable to the corporation by members of each class.
Section 2. Payment of Dues
Dues shall be payable in advance on the first day of January in each fiscal year. Dues of a new member shall be prorated from the first day of the month in which such new member is elected to membership, for the remainder of the fiscal year of the corporation.
Section 3. Default and Termination of Membership
When any member of any class shall be in default in the payment of dues for a period of [number of months] months from the beginning of the fiscal year or period for which such dues became payable, his or her membership may be terminated by the board of directors in the manner provided in Article III of these bylaws.
Article XI. Waiver of Notice
Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Idaho Nonprofit Corporation Act or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of the corporation, a waiver in writing signed by the persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated there, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of notice.
Article XII. Amendments to Bylaws
These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new bylaws may be adopted by a majority of the directors present at any regular meeting or at any special meeting, if at least two days written notice is given of intention to alter, amend or repeal or to adopt new bylaws at the meeting.
Article XIII. Club License Trustee
The Club Station license (K7DSC) shall be held by a trustee appointed by the President who shall hold an amateur license of Technician or above.