GSoF - Purpose and By-Laws
Georgia Society of Ferroequinologists ByLaws
(As of Summer 2005)
ARTICLE I - NAME
1.01 The name of this organization shall be GEORGIA
SOCIETY OF FERROEQUINOLOGISTS.
ARTICLE II - PURPOSES
2.01 The purposes of this organization
shall be to bring into communication with
each other all persons interested in any
form of ferroequinology so that they may
compare interests and methods of work and
become mutually helpful to one another.
ARTICLE III - ELIGIBILITY
3.01 Membership shall be open to anyone
interested in ferroequinology over the age
of twelve (12) years.
ARTICLE IV - MEMBERSHIP
4.01 Membership shall be all of one class
and all members in good standing are eligible
to vote on any issue.
4.02 A quorum shall be the total members
in good standing present at any regular
meeting of the Society.
4.03 A member shall be considered in good
standing for the year if his dues are fully
paid.
ARTICLE V - FEES, DUES, BUDGET, DEPOSITORY
AND INVESTMENTS
5.01 There shall be a Finance Committee
who shall be responsible determining he
financial needs of the Society and insuring
that all financial commitments of the Society
are met and who may propose to the membership
any fund-producing arrangements they deem
necessary.
5.02 Any fund-producing arrangements
proposed by the Finance Committee shall be
voted upon by the membership present at any
regular meeting.
5.03 Dues shall be FIFTEEN DOLLARS ($15) per
year per member (or household) and shall be
due and payable on or before January 1st of
each calendar year and shall cover all members
of a household over the age of twelve (12)
years. Dues paid after July 1st of each calendar
year shall be $5.00 unless the person paying
such dues was a member during the preceding
calendar year, in which event there shall be
an additional ONE DOLLAR ($1) reinstatement
fee.
ARTICLE VI - OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES
6.01 The officers of the Society shall
consist of a President, a Vice President for
Membership, a Vice President for Programs, a
Vice President for Finances, and a Historian.
6.02 All officers of the Society shall
perform the duties prescribed by this Article,
as amended from time to time.
6.03 The President shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of the Society and its official
spokesman. He shall preside at all meetings,
appoint all committees (as directed by the
Executive Committee), and be an ex-officio
member thereof, unless otherwise specified
herein.
6.04 The Vice President for Membership shall
aid the President. In the absence of the
President, he shall perform all of the duties
of that office, and upon the death or resignation
of the President, shall succeed to that office.
6.05 The Vice President for Programs shall
primarily be responsible for arrangements for
all meeting programs and shall aid the President
and Vice Presidents. In the absence of the
President and Vice President for Membership,
he shall perform all of the duties of the
President.
6.06 The Historian shall keep an accurate
record of all meetings and furnish information
on actions taken to the members of the Society,
and shall aid the President whenever requested
to do so.
6.07 The Vice President for Finances shall
receive all funds of the Society, deposit same
in a bank chosen by the Executive Committee,
and shall render monthly financial reports to
the President. Further, he shall keep a roll
of members and shall be Chairman of the Finance
Committee.
ARTICLE VII - STANDING COMMITTEES
7.01 There shall be standing committees set
up by the Executive Committee as the need arises
and each Chairman thereof shall be a member of
the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE VIII - NOMINATIONS, ELECTIONS, ELIGIBILITY
FOR OFFICE, TERMS AND VACANCIES
8.01 Officers and Elections: The officers
named in ARTICLE VI of these Bylaws shall be
members in good standing and shall be elected
annually for one-year terms, or until their
successors are elected and take office,
beginning in April 1985. If there is only one
candidate for an office the vote may be viva
voice; otherwise election shall be by ballot.
8.02 Annually at the March meeting, the
President shall appoint a Nominating Committee,
composed of not less than five (5) members,
and the nominations shall be made to the April
meeting by the Nominating Committee, with at
least one candidate for each office. It shall
be the duty of the Nominating Committee to
obtain a nominee's consent and shall further
determine that each nominee is willing to
devote all time necessary in order to carry
out the duties of any office to which he is
elected.
8.03 At any meeting for the election of
officers, nominations may be made from the floor
and election shall be by a simple majority of
those members in good standing present and voting.
ARTICLE IX - PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
9.01 Parliamentary Authority shall be rules
contained in Robert's Rules of Order, Revised.
These shall govern in all cases in which they
are applicable and in which they are not
inconsistent with these Bylaws.
ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS
10.01 Amendments to these Bylaws may be made by a
two-thirds (2/3) majority vote at any regular meeting,
provided the Amendment has been proposed to the
Executive Committee; otherwise, any proposed
amendment to these Bylaws shall be submitted at
a regular meeting and read, and shall be voted
upon at the following regular meeting and will
become a part of these Bylaws by a two-thirds
(2/3) majority vote of the members present at
such meeting.
