Article
Six - Order of Business
• Rules of Order. Roberts Rules of Order
Revised shall govern the conduct of all
meetings of the organization, when not in
conflict with the provisions of the By-Laws
and Articles of Organization.
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. Good and Welfare.
8. Adjournments.
Article Seven - Board of Directors
(Amended 1990)
• The business of this organization shall
be managed by a Board of Directors consisting
of four members of officers of this organization.
At least one of the directors elected shall
be a resident of or work within the State
of Massachusetts and be a citizen of the
United States.
• The President Elect may appoint the immediate
Past President to sit as an Ex-Officio,
non-voting, advisory, member of the Board
of Directors for a term of one 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.
• Three (3) of the members of the Board
of Directors shall constitute a quorum and
the meeting of the Board of Directors shall
be held monthly, if possible, at a date,
at a time, and in a place as designated
by the President.
• Each director shall have one vote and
such voting may not 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 said Board of Directors
shall be filed by a vote of the majority
of the remaining members of the Board of
Directors for the balance of the year and
shall select a secretary from one of their
number.
• 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
as it may in its discretion consider necessary
for the best interests of the organization,
for this hearing.
Article Eight - Officers
(Amended 2004)
• President (May also be known as Chairman)
• Vice President (May also be known as Vice
Chairman)
• Secretary (May also be known as Clerk)
• Treasurer
• The President shall preside at all regular
monthly meetings, any specially called meeting,
and the Annual Meeting.
• He/she shall by virtue of his/her office
be Chairman of the Board of Directors.
• He/she shall present at each Annual Meeting
of the organization an annual report of
the work of the organization.
• He/she shall see that all books, reports
and certificates are properly kept or filed
as required by law.
• He/she shall be one of the Officers who
may sign checks or drafts of the organization.
• He/she shall have such powers as may be
reasonably construed as belonging to the
Chief Executive Officer of any organization.
• The Vice President shall in the event
of the absence or the inability of the president
to exercise his/her office become acting
President of the organization with all the
rights, privileges and power as if he/she
had been duly elected President.
• He/she shall assume the responsibility
of chairmanship of the Scholarship Committee
during his/her tenure as Vice President
of the organization. He/she shall have the
care and custody of any and all moneys indicated
by the organization as belonging to the
Scholarship Fund, and shall render at stated
periods as the Board of Directors shall
determine a written account of the account
of the finances of the Scholarship Fund.
• The Vice President of the organization
shall be responsible for providing monthly
guest speakers at all monthly meetings except
as otherwise provided in these by-laws.
• The Secretary’s position may be filled
by an associate member. The associate member
may not advance to any other position on
the executive board.
Article Nine - 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 in the conduct of the business
of the organization.
• 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 in the conduct of the business
of the organization.
Article Ten - Committees
(Amended 1987)
All Committees of this organization shall
be appointed by the President and approved
after a vote duly taken by the Officers
of the organization. A Committee’s term
of office shall be for a period that shall
coincide with the duly elected Executive
Committee’s term of office or less if sooner
terminated by the action of the President
after a vote duly taken by the Officers
of the organization.
• All Committees of this organization shall
be appointed by the President and approved
after a vote duly taken by the Officers
of the organization. A Committee’s term
of office shall be for a period that shall
coincide with the duly elected Executive
Committee’s term of office or less if sooner
terminated by the action of the President
after a vote duly taken by the Officers
of the organization.
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