ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
SECTION 1 - BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board shall consist of the President,
Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past
President and five (5) other persons, all of whom shall be
members in good standing and residents of the United
States. The Past President will be an ex-officio member of
the Board for one year and have no voting rights.
The President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer
shall be elected annually for a term of one year. Four
Directors shall have two year terms and one Director shall
have a one year term. Three members shall be elected
annually.
The officers and Board of Directors shall be elected at
the Club's annual meeting as provided in Article IV, and
shall serve until their successors take office. General
management of the Club's affairs shall be entrusted to the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 2 - OFFICERS
The Club's officers, consisting of the President,
Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer shall serve in
their respective capacities both with regard to the Club
and its meetings and the Board and its meetings.
(a) The President shall preside at all meetings of the
Club and of the Board and shall have the duties and powers
normally appurtenant to the office of President in
addition to those particularly specified in these bylaws.
(b) The Vice-President shall have the duties and
exercise the powers of the
President
in case of the President's death, absence, or incapacity.
(c) The Secretary shall keep a record of all meetings
of the Club and of the Board and of all votes taken by
mail, and of all matters of which a record shall be
ordered by the Club. The Secretary shall have charge of
the correspondence, notify members of meetings, notify new
members of their election to membership, notify officers
and Directors of their election to office, keep and
publish a roll of the members of the Club with their
addresses, and carry out such other duties as are
prescribed by The American Kennel Club and in these
bylaws.
(d) The Treasurer shall collect and receive all monies
due to or belonging, to the Club. The Treasurer shall
deposit the same in a bank approved by the Board in the
name of the Club. The books shall be opened at all times
to inspection by the Board and s/he shall have published
in the newsletter a semiannual report of the Club's
finances, including, every item of receipt or payment not
before reported. An account of all monies received and
expended during the fiscal year shall be reported to the
Board and published in the newsletter within 30 days of
the end of the fiscal year. The Treasurer shall be bonded
in such amount as the Board of Directors shall determine.
(e) The Delegate to The American Kennel Club shall be
elected by the membership at the Annual Meeting to serve a
two-year term. The delegate shall attend quarterly
meetings of The American Kennel Club.
SECTION 3 - QUALIFICATIONS
The candidates for all positions shall have been a
member in good standing for a period of at least one year
and be a resident of the United States.
SECTION 4 - VACANCIES
Any vacancies occurring on the Board or among the
officers during the year shall be filled until the next
annual election by a majority vote of all the then members
of the Board, except that a vacancy in the office of
President shall be filled automatically by the
Vice-President, and the resulting vacancy in the office of
Vice-President shall be filled by the Board.
