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THE LIONS CLUB OF EASTON MASSACHUSETTS Constitution and Bylaws January 28, 2009 Revision Easton Lions Constitution & Bylaws Rev. Jan 2009 LionsClubOfEastonMA-Consti-Bylaw-Rev20090128-Booklet.docx ii Revision History Date Adopted: May 28, 1958 Starting with the 2009 revision, tables of changes made are at the end of this document. Dates Revised: May 23, 1990 September 11, 1996 June 27, 2001 October 8, 2003 January 28, 2009

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Page 1: LionsClubOfEastonMA-Consti-Bylaw · 1/28/2009 · Easton Lions Constitution & Bylaws Rev. Jan 2009 LionsClubOfEastonMA-Consti-Bylaw-Rev20090128-Booklet.docx Page 2 of …

THE

LIO

NS C

LUB

OF

EAST

ON

MAS

SACH

USET

TS

Cons

titut

ion

and

Byla

ws

Janu

ary

28, 2

009

Revi

sion

East

on Li

ons C

onst

itutio

n &

Byl

aws

Rev.

Jan

2009

Lio

nsCl

ubOf

East

onM

A-Co

nsti-

Byla

w-R

ev20

0901

28-B

ookl

et.d

ocx

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Revi

sion

Hist

ory

Date

Ado

pted

: M

ay 2

8, 1

958

Star

ting

with

the

2009

revi

sion,

tabl

es o

f cha

nges

mad

e ar

e at

the

end

of th

is do

cum

ent.

Date

s Rev

ised:

M

ay 2

3, 1

990

Se

ptem

ber 1

1, 1

996

Ju

ne 2

7, 2

001

O

ctob

er 8

, 200

3

Janu

ary

28, 2

009

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ons C

onst

itutio

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Jan

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nsCl

ubOf

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an, M

otto

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onst

itutio

n &

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aws

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on Li

ons C

onst

itutio

n &

Byl

aws

Rev.

Jan

2009

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nsCl

ubOf

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onM

A-Co

nsti-

Byla

w-R

ev20

0901

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ookl

et.d

ocx

v

GLO

SSAR

Y O

F PA

RLIA

MEN

TARY

PRO

CEDU

RE T

ERM

S ...

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sion

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ils ...

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visio

ns to

the

Cons

titut

ion

& B

ylaw

s – Ja

nuar

y 20

09 ...

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... I

East

on Li

ons C

onst

itutio

n &

Byl

aws

Rev.

Jan

2009

Lions

Club

OfEa

ston

MA-

Cons

ti-By

law

-Rev

2009

0128

-Boo

klet

.doc

x Pa

ge 1

of 2

8

PREA

MBL

E Kn

owle

dge

of th

e Co

nstit

utio

n an

d By

law

s mak

es fo

r a g

ood

Club

.

It is

the

prin

ciple

s tha

t des

crib

e th

e na

ture

, fun

ctio

ns a

nd li

mits

of

our C

lub.

It of

fers

rule

s and

pro

cedu

res f

or g

over

ning

our

Clu

b.

It is

the

inst

rum

ent w

hich

ties

mem

bers

to o

ur C

lub

and

ties o

ur

Club

to th

e In

tern

atio

nal A

ssoc

iatio

n.

It as

sure

s equ

al ri

ghts

to a

ll m

embe

rs.

“To

the

end

that

effi

cienc

y, ju

stice

, and

cour

tesy

may

pr

evai

l in

our d

elib

erat

ive

bodi

es.”

Tho

mas

Jeffe

rson

We,

the

mem

bers

of t

he E

asto

n Lio

ns C

lub,

are

pro

ud to

serv

e as

an

inte

gral

par

t of T

he In

tern

atio

nal A

ssoc

iatio

n of

Lion

s Clu

bs (h

erei

nafte

r ca

lled

the

Asso

ciatio

n), t

he w

orld

’s la

rges

t ser

vice

org

aniza

tion.

The

Ea

ston

Lion

s Clu

b In

c., (

here

inaf

ter c

alle

d th

e Cl

ub) w

as ch

arte

red

on

Oct

ober

1, 1

931

as p

art o

f Mas

sach

uset

ts D

istric

t 33-

S, w

as

inco

rpor

ated

on

July

28,

198

1, a

nd is

a ta

x-ex

empt

org

aniza

tion

unde

r Se

ctio

n 50

1(c)

(4) o

f the

Inte

rnal

Rev

enue

Cod

e.

The

Lion

s Clu

b of

Ea

ston

Fou

ndat

ion,

Inc.

(her

eina

fter c

alle

d th

e Fo

unda

tion)

is a

n or

gani

zatio

n of

the

East

on Li

ons C

lub,

and

mem

bers

of t

he C

lub

are

mem

bers

of t

he F

ound

atio

n as

set f

orth

in th

e Fo

unda

tion

byla

ws.

The

Fo

unda

tion

was

inco

rpor

ated

on

Augu

st 1

5, 2

007

and

is a

tax-

exem

pt

orga

niza

tion

unde

r Sec

tion

501(

c)(3

) of t

he In

tern

al R

even

ue C

ode.

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East

on Li

ons C

onst

itutio

n &

Byl

aws

Rev.

Jan

2009

Lions

Club

OfEa

ston

MA-

Cons

ti-By

law

-Rev

2009

0128

-Boo

klet

.doc

x Pa

ge 2

of 2

8

ARTI

CLE

I

Slog

an, M

otto

, Toa

st, C

olor

s, a

nd E

mbl

em

A.O

ur sl

ogan

shal

l be:

“Lib

erty

, Int

ellig

ence

, Our

Nat

ion’

s Saf

ety”

.

B.O

ur m

otto

shal

l be:

“WE

SERV

E”.

C.O

ut to

ast s

hall

be: “

Not a

bove

you

, Not

ben

eath

you

, but

with

you

”.

D.O

ur co

lors

shal

l be

purp

le a

nd g

old,

the

sam

e as

thos

e of

the

Asso

ciatio

n. T

hey

wer

e ch

osen

whe

n th

e As

socia

tion

was

star

ted

in

1917

. Pu

rple

stan

ds fo

r loy

alty

to fr

iend

s and

to o

ne’s

self;

and

for

inte

grity

of m

ind

and

hear

t. G

old

sym

boliz

es si

ncer

ity o

f pur

pose

, lib

eral

ity in

judg

men

t, pu

rity

in li

fe, a

nd g

ener

osity

in m

ind,

hea

rt,

and

purs

e to

war

d hu

man

ity.

E.O

ur e

mbl

ems s

hall

be th

e sa

me

as th

at o

f the

Ass

ocia

tion.

Lio

ns

thro

ugho

ut th

e w

orld

are

reco

gnize

d by

the

embl

em w

hich

cons

ists

of a

gol

d le

tter

“L” o

n a

circu

lar p

urpl

e fie

ld.

Bord

erin

g th

is is

a cir

cula

r gol

d ar

ea w

ith tw

o go

ld li

on p

rofil

es fa

cing

away

from

the

cent

er.

The

wor

d “L

IONS

” app

ears

at t

he to

p, a

nd

“INT

ERNA

TIO

NAL”

at t

he b

otto

m.

Sym

bolic

ally

, the

lion

s fac

e bo

th

the

past

and

the

futu

re -

prou

d of

our

pas

t and

conf

iden

t of o

ur

futu

re.

Wea

r our

em

blem

ofte

n an

d al

way

s with

prid

e.

East

on Li

ons C

onst

itutio

n &

Byl

aws

Rev.

Jan

2009

Lions

Club

OfEa

ston

MA-

Cons

ti-By

law

-Rev

2009

0128

-Boo

klet

.doc

x Pa

ge 3

of 2

8

ARTI

CLE

II

Purp

ose

A.To

crea

te a

nd fo

ster

a sp

irit o

f und

erst

andi

ng a

mon

g pe

ople

of t

he

wor

ld.

B.To

pro

mot

e th

e pr

incip

les o

f goo

d go

vern

men

t and

goo

d cit

izens

hip.

C.To

take

an

activ

e in

tere

st in

the

civic,

cultu

ral,

socia

l, an

d m

oral

w

elfa

re o

f the

com

mun

ity.

D.To

uni

te m

embe

rs in

frie

ndsh

ip, f

ello

wsh

ip, a

nd m

utua

l un

ders

tand

ing.

E.To

pro

vide

a fo

rum

for o

pen

disc

ussio

n of

all

mat

ters

of p

ublic

in

tere

st; p

rovi

ded

that

pol

itics

and

relig

ion

shal

l not

be

disc

usse

d.

F.To

enc

oura

ge p

eopl

e to

serv

e th

eir c

omm

unity

with

out p

erso

nal

finan

cial r

ewar

d, to

be

effic

ient

, and

to h

ave

inte

grity

in a

ll en

deav

ors.

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on Li

ons C

onst

itutio

n &

Byl

aws

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Jan

2009

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Club

OfEa

ston

MA-

Cons

ti-By

law

-Rev

2009

0128

-Boo

klet

.doc

x Pa

ge 4

of 2

8

ARTI

CLE

III

Mem

bers

hip

A.Su

bjec

t to

the

prov

ision

s of A

rticl

e III

- B,

a p

erso

n of

lega

l maj

ority

w

ith g

ood

mor

al ch

arac

ter a

nd o

f goo

d re

puta

tion

in h

is/he

r co

mm

unity

is e

ligib

le fo

r mem

bers

hip

in th

e Ea

ston

Lion

s Clu

b.

B.M

embe

rshi

p in

our

Clu

b sh

all b

e de

fined

as f

ollo

ws:

ACTI

VE:

A m

embe

r ent

itled

to a

ll rig

hts a

nd p

rivile

ges a

nd su

bjec

t to

all

oblig

atio

ns w

hich

mem

bers

hip

in o

ur C

lub

conf

ers o

r im

plie

s.

Righ

ts sh

all i

nclu

de e

ligib

ility

to se

ek a

ny o

ffice

in o

ur C

lub,

Fo

unda

tion,

Dist

rict o

r Ass

ocia

tion,

rece

ivin

g co

rres

pond

ence

, at

tend

ing

conf

eren

ces,

and

votin

g on

all

mat

ters

dec

ided

by

our

mem

bers

hip.

Priv

ilege

s sha

ll in

clude

disp

layi

ng a

nd/o

r wea

ring

Lion’

s ins

igni

a. O

blig

atio

ns sh

all i

nclu

de p

ayin

g du

es,

part

icipa

ting

in a

ctiv

ities

/mee

tings

and

hel

ping

to m

ake

them

in

tere

stin

g an

d fu

n, a

nd co

nduc

ting

ones

elf t

o re

flect

a

favo

rabl

e im

age

upon

our

Clu

b.

MEM

BER-

AT-L

ARGE

:

A m

embe

r who

bec

ause

of h

ealth

or o

ther

legi

timat

e re

ason

is

unab

le to

att

end

mee

tings

and

who

des

ires t

o re

tain

m

embe

rshi

p, a

nd u

pon

who

m th

e Ea

ston

Lion

s Boa

rd o

f Di

rect

ors (

here

inaf

ter c

alle

d “T

he B

oard

”) d

esire

s to

conf

er th

is st

atus

. Ev

ery

mem

ber-a

t-lar

ge sh

all h

ave

thei

r sta

tus r

evie

wed

in

May

and

Nov

embe

r of e

ach

year

, sha

ll no

t be

able

to h

old

offic

e or

vot

e, sh

all p

ay d

ues a

s the

Clu

b m

ay ch

arge

, and

shal

l pa

y in

adv

ance

for m

eals.

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on Li

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LIFE

MEM

BER:

Any

mem

ber o

f the

Clu

b th

at h

as m

aint

aine

d Ac

tive

mem

bers

hip

as a

Lion

for 2

0 or

mor

e ye

ars a

nd h

as re

nder

ed

outs

tand

ing

serv

ice to

the

Club

, the

com

mun

ity, o

r the

As

socia

tion,

or

Any

mem

ber w

ho h

as m

aint

aine

d su

ch A

ctiv

e m

embe

rshi

p fo

r 15

or m

ore

year

s and

is a

t lea

st 7

0 ye

ars o

f age

, or

Any

mem

ber w

ho h

as m

aint

aine

d su

ch co

ntin

uous

Act

ive

mem

bers

hip

for 2

0 or

mor

e ye

ars a

nd h

as se

rved

as a

n of

ficer

of

the

Club

.

1.Re

com

men

datio

n of

the

Club

to th

e As

socia

tion.

2.Pa

ymen

t to

the

Club

of $

300

by th

e Cl

ub in

lieu

of a

ll fu

ture

du

es to

the

Club

.

3.Ap

prov

al b

y th

e In

tern

atio

nal B

oard

of D

irect

ors.

A Lif

e M

embe

r sha

ll ha

ve a

ll th

e pr

ivile

ges o

f the

Act

ive

mem

bers

hip

so lo

ng a

s he

or sh

e fu

lfils

all o

blig

atio

ns th

ereo

f.

HONO

RARY

:

An in

divi

dual

upo

n w

hom

our

Clu

b de

sires

to co

nfer

a v

ery

spec

ial d

istin

ctio

n be

caus

e of

thei

r out

stan

ding

serv

ice.

This

pers

on sh

all n

ot b

e a

mem

ber o

f our

Clu

b be

fore

rece

ivin

g th

is di

stin

ctio

n. O

ur C

lub

shal

l pay

fees

and

due

s for

this

mem

ber

who

may

att

end

mee

tings

, but

shal

l not

be

entit

led

to v

ote

or

hold

offi

ce.

C.No

per

son

shal

l sim

ulta

neou

sly h

old

mem

bers

hip,

oth

er th

an

HONO

RARY

, in

the

East

on Li

ons C

lub

and

any

othe

r Lio

ns C

lub.

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D.M

embe

rshi

p in

our

Clu

b sh

all b

e by

invi

tatio

n on

ly.

Nom

inat

ions

sh

all b

e m

ade

on fo

rms p

rovi

ded

by th

e Cl

ub o

r by

the

Asso

ciatio

n,

whi

ch sh

all b

e sig

ned

by a

mem

ber i

n go

od st

andi

ng w

ho sh

all a

ct a

s sp

onso

r, w

ill th

en b

e su

bmitt

ed to

our

mem

bers

hip

chai

rman

or t

he

Club

Sec

reta

ry, w

ho a

fter i

nves

tigat

ion,

shal

l sub

mit

all i

nfor

mat

ion

to th

e Bo

ard.

A p

rope

rly fi

lled

out m

embe

rshi

p fo

rm, a

n ap

plic

atio

n fe

e, a

nd m

embe

rshi

p du

es m

ust b

e gi

ven

to th

e Se

cret

ary

befo

re

the

appl

icant

can

be su

bmitt

ed to

the

Boar

d fo

r its

app

rova

l. U

pon

appr

oval

by

a m

ajor

ity o

f the

Boa

rd, t

he a

pplic

ant w

ill th

en b

e in

vite

d to

join

as a

n Ac

tive

mem

ber.

If th

e ap

plica

nt a

ccep

ts, t

hen

they

will

be

repo

rted

to b

oth

the

Dist

rict a

nd th

e As

socia

tion.

E.An

y m

embe

r may

resig

n, a

nd th

is re

signa

tion

beco

mes

effe

ctiv

e up

on a

ccep

tanc

e by

the

Boar

d an

d up

on n

otifi

catio

n to

the

Dist

rict

and

the

Asso

ciatio

n. A

ny m

embe

r who

resig

ns is

enc

oura

ged

to

writ

e a

lett

er o

f res

igna

tion

to th

e Bo

ard

whe

neve

r pos

sible

. Th

e Bo

ard

may

with

hold

acc

epta

nce

until

all

inde

bted

ness

has

bee

n pa

id, a

ll Cl

ub fu

nds a

nd p

rope

rty

retu

rned

, and

all

right

to th

e us

e of

th

e na

me

“LIO

NS” a

nd o

ther

insig

nia

of o

ur C

lub

and

the

Asso

ciatio

n ha

ve b

een

surr

ende

red.

F.An

y m

embe

r dro

pped

from

mem

bers

hip

in o

ur C

lub

may

be

rein

stat

ed w

ithin

six m

onth

s of t

he te

rmin

atio

n da

te b

y a

maj

ority

vo

te o

f the

Boa

rd.

If m

ore

than

six m

onth

s has

ela

psed

sinc

e th

e te

rmin

atio

n of

mem

bers

hip,

then

rein

stat

emen

t fol

low

s the

pr

oced

ure

set f

orth

in A

rticl

e III

.D.

G.O

ur C

lub

may

gra

nt m

embe

rshi

p on

a tr

ansf

er b

asis

to o

ne w

ho h

as

term

inat

ed o

r is t

erm

inat

ing

mem

bers

hip

in a

noth

er Li

ons C

lub

prov

ided

that

: the

tran

sfer

app

licat

ion

is re

ceiv

ed b

y ou

r Sec

reta

ry

with

in si

x mon

ths o

f ter

min

atio

n fro

m th

e ot

her C

lub;

the

term

inat

ion

was

in g

ood

stan

ding

; the

app

lican

t pro

vide

s a

stat

emen

t fro

m th

eir f

orm

er C

lub

indi

catin

g a

favo

rabl

e re

cord

in

East

on Li

ons C

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such

form

er C

lub;

and

the

appl

icatio

n an

d th

e st

atem

ent a

re

appr

oved

by

a m

ajor

ity o

f the

Boa

rd.

If m

ore

than

six m

onth

s el

apse

s bet

wee

n te

rmin

atio

n in

ano

ther

Clu

b an

d ap

plica

tion

into

ou

r Clu

b, th

en re

inst

atem

ent f

ollo

w th

e pr

oced

ure

set f

orth

in

Artic

le II

I.D.

H.A

mem

ber m

ay b

e dr

op fr

om o

ur C

lub

mem

bers

hip

for a

caus

e an

d by

a tw

o-th

irds v

ote

of q

uoru

m o

f the

Boa

rd.

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ARTI

CLE

IV

Resp

onsib

ilitie

s of a

Spo

nsor

One

of t

he m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t con

trib

utio

ns m

embe

rs ca

n m

ake

to o

ur

Club

is to

spon

sor n

ew m

embe

rs.

They

repr

esen

t the

futu

re le

ader

ship

fo

r our

Clu

b. W

ith n

ew m

embe

rs co

me

new

idea

s, vi

talit

y, a

nd

enth

usia

sm.

Spon

sors

of n

ew m

embe

rs h

ave

thes

e re

spon

sibili

ties:

1.To

mak

e th

em fe

el w

elco

me

2.To

intr

oduc

e th

em to

Clu

b m

embe

rs

3.To

be

avai

labl

e to

ans

wer

que

stio

ns

4.To

ens

ure

they

rece

ive

“New

Mem

ber K

its”

5.To

ens

ure

the

indu

ctio

n ce

rem

ony

is im

pres

sive

6.To

call

prio

r to

mee

tings

and

offe

r to

acco

mpa

ny th

em

7.To

coac

h th

em o

n th

e Cl

ub’s

Cons

titut

ion

and

Byla

ws

8.To

inqu

ire a

bout

are

as o

f int

eres

t and

get

them

act

ivat

ed

9.To

enc

oura

ge th

em to

disc

uss p

robl

ems a

nd o

ffer p

ossib

le so

lutio

ns

10.T

o as

sist t

hem

in d

evel

opin

g th

eir f

ulle

st p

oten

tial a

s a Li

on

East

on Li

ons C

onst

itutio

n &

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aws

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ARTI

CLE

V

Fees

and

Due

s

A.Th

e fe

es a

nd d

ues w

ill b

e su

bjec

ted

to re

view

and

app

rova

l by

the

Boar

d of

Dire

ctor

s at t

he A

nnua

l Bud

get R

evie

w M

eetin

g in

Aug

ust

of e

ach

fisca

l yea

r or a

t suc

h ot

her t

ime

as th

e Bo

ard

may

de

term

ine.

Any

chan

ges t

o th

e fe

es a

nd d

ues w

ill b

e pr

esen

ted

to

the

Gene

ral m

embe

rshi

p fo

r a v

ote

of a

ppro

val b

y th

e Bo

ard.

If t

he

chan

ges t

o th

e fe

es a

nd d

ues a

s app

rove

d by

the

Boar

d ar

e no

t ap

prov

ed b

y th

e Ge

nera

l mem

bers

hip,

such

chan

ges w

ill b

e ta

bled

an

d re

turn

ed to

Boa

rd fo

r fur

ther

revi

ew a

nd co

nsid

erat

ion

to b

e pr

esen

ted

at th

e ne

xt m

eetin

g.

B.Ea

ch m

embe

r sha

ll pa

y an

nual

due

s con

siste

nt w

ith th

eir

mem

bers

hip

stat

us a

s det

erm

ined

by

the

Boar

d of

Dire

ctor

s in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith th

e ap

prov

ed P

olicy

1.Fo

r Act

ive

Mem

ber:

Dues

will

cove

r the

cost

of t

he S

tate

due

s, Di

stric

t due

s, th

e m

eals

prov

ided

in th

e m

eetin

gs a

nd o

ther

ad

min

istra

tive

expe

nses

of t

he C

lub.

2.Fo

r Mem

bers

at L

arge

, Hon

orar

y M

embe

rs a

nd P

rivile

ged

Mem

bers

: Due

s will

cove

r the

cost

of t

he S

tate

due

s, Di

stric

t du

es a

nd o

ther

adm

inist

rativ

e ex

pens

es o

f the

Clu

b.

Mem

bers

exp

erie

ncin

g a

hard

ship

in p

ayin

g th

eir d

ues s

houl

d ta

lk to

ou

r Due

s Tre

asur

er o

r Pre

siden

t if t

hey

wan

t spe

cial c

onsid

erat

ion.

C.Ea

ch m

embe

r or m

embe

r at l

arge

choo

ses e

ither

an

annu

al o

r sem

i-an

nual

due

s sch

edul

e as

est

ablis

hed

by th

e Po

licy.

Du

es b

illin

g w

ill

be se

nt o

ut a

s est

ablis

hed

by P

olicy

, a w

ritte

n se

cond

bill

ing

will

re

min

d m

embe

rs w

ho st

ill o

we

dues

. Sh

ortly

ther

eafte

r a p

erso

nal

cont

act w

ill b

e m

ade

by th

e Pr

esid

ent o

r by

a pe

rson

app

oint

ed b

y

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the

Pres

iden

t to

get t

he o

verd

ue d

ues c

olle

cted

. M

embe

rs w

ho

have

not

pai

d du

es ri

sk b

eing

dro

pped

from

mem

bers

hip

by v

ote

of

the

Boar

d of

Dire

ctor

s.

D.Ea

ch n

ew m

embe

r, an

d re

inst

ated

/tra

nsfe

r mem

ber j

oini

ng a

fter

the

six-m

onth

wai

ver p

erio

d, sh

all p

ay a

n ap

plica

tion

fee

as se

t by

Polic

y to

the

Club

as a

n in

itiat

ion

fee.

E.Th

e fis

cal y

ear f

or o

ur C

lub

shal

l be

July

1 th

roug

h Ju

ne 3

0.

F.Ad

ditio

nal d

ues/

fees

/ass

essm

ents

may

not

be

levi

ed o

n m

embe

rs

or o

n ou

r Clu

b.

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ARTI

CLE

VI

Offi

cers

A.On

ly A

ctiv

e m

embe

rs in

goo

d st

andi

ng o

r Life

Mem

bers

shal

l be

elig

ible

to h

old

a Cl

ub o

ffice

.

B.No

offi

cer s

hall

rece

ive

com

pens

atio

n fo

r any

serv

ice re

nder

ed to

ou

r Clu

b in

thei

r offi

cial c

apac

ity.

C.Th

e of

ficer

s of o

ur C

lub

and

thei

r res

pect

ive

dutie

s sha

ll be

:

PRES

IDEN

T

Is th

e Cl

ub a

nd F

ound

atio

n ch

ief e

xecu

tive

offic

er, r

epor

ts to

th

e Bo

ard

and

shal

l be

resp

onsib

le, b

ut n

ot li

mite

d to

the

follo

win

g:

1.Ch

airs

the

Boar

d an

d re

gula

r Clu

b m

eetin

gs

2.Ap

poin

ts m

ost c

omm

ittee

s

3.Ac

ts a

s the

prim

ary

liaiso

n pe

rson

for o

ur C

lub

4.Co

oper

ates

with

oth

er C

lub

lead

ers t

o ef

fect

ivel

y m

anag

e ou

r Cl

ub

5.Se

es th

at e

lect

ions

are

dul

y ca

lled

and

impl

emen

ted

6.O

rder

s all

supp

lies

7.Re

gula

rly m

onito

rs m

ail a

nd fi

nanc

ial m

atte

rs

8.Ha

s disc

retio

nary

pow

er to

spen

d in

urg

ent c

ases

a su

m a

s de

term

ined

by

Polic

y in

any

fisc

al y

ear.

9.Is

a m

embe

r ex-

offic

io o

f all

com

mitt

ees.

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10.A

ssig

ns re

spon

sibili

ties t

o th

e vi

ce-p

resid

ents

for t

he d

iffer

ent

com

mitt

ees a

ccor

ding

to th

e Po

licy

and

wor

ks cl

osel

y to

ens

ure

prop

er su

perv

ision

and

cont

rol.

11.C

reat

es th

e Ag

enda

for t

he B

oard

of D

irect

ors m

eetin

gs w

ith

the

inte

ntio

n of

disc

ussin

g th

e m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t iss

ues.

12.C

reat

es th

e Ag

enda

for t

he G

ener

al M

eetin

gs.

13.M

edia

tes o

n di

sput

es, d

isagr

eem

ents

and

oth

er co

nflic

ts.

14.T

akes

initi

ativ

es to

impr

ove

the

Club

and

gua

rant

ee e

fficie

nt

oper

atio

n of

the

Club

und

er th

e Pr

incip

les o

f Lio

nism

.

IMM

EDIA

TE P

AST

PRES

IDEN

T

This

offic

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for,

but n

ot li

mite

d to

the

follo

win

g:

1.Ad

vise

s the

curr

ent P

resid

ent.

2.W

ith o

ther

Pas

t Pre

siden

ts, g

reet

s mem

bers

, gue

sts,

and

visit

ing

dign

itarie

s.

3.Pr

esid

es o

ver t

he N

omin

atio

n co

mm

ittee

.

1ST V

ICE

PRES

IDEN

T

This

offic

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for,

but n

ot li

mite

d to

the

follo

win

g:

1.Pr

esid

es o

ver t

he B

oard

and

Clu

b m

eetin

gs in

the

abse

nce

of

the

Pres

iden

t. If

the

1st V

ice P

resid

ent i

s also

abs

ent,

then

the

next

offi

cer i

n th

ese

rank

ings

will

per

form

thos

e du

ties w

ith th

e sa

me

auth

ority

as t

he P

resid

ent.

2.O

vers

ees t

he C

lub

fund

-raisi

ng a

ctiv

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3.Ch

airs

the

Rook

ies N

ight

.

4.Ch

airs

the

Fund

Scr

eeni

ng C

omm

ittee

.

a.Th

e Fu

nd S

cree

ning

Com

mitt

ee w

ill co

nsist

of s

even

m

embe

rs. T

here

will

be

four

vot

ing

mem

bers

, tw

o of

them

ap

poin

ted

by th

e Fi

rst V

ice P

resid

ent a

nd a

ppro

ved

by th

e Bo

ard

of D

irect

ors a

nd th

e ot

her t

wo

mem

bers

hel

d ov

er

for a

seco

nd y

ear t

erm

. Th

e Fu

nd S

cree

ning

Com

mitt

ee w

ill

have

thre

e no

n-vo

ting

mem

bers

– th

e Pr

esid

ent,

Trea

sure

r an

d Se

cond

Vice

Pre

siden

t.

b.Bo

ard

of D

irect

or M

embe

rs m

ay n

ot se

rve

as a

mem

ber o

f th

e Fu

nd S

cree

ning

Com

mitt

ee.

c.Th

e or

igin

al b

udge

t for

the

Com

mitt

ee is

to b

e co

nsid

ered

an

d ap

prov

ed b

y th

e Bo

ard.

The

am

ount

of m

oney

bei

ng

awar

ded

shal

l be

adju

sted

by

the

com

mitt

ee u

nder

the

resp

onsib

ility

of t

his o

ffice

r bas

ed o

n th

e av

aila

bilit

y of

fu

nds b

ut sh

all i

n an

y ev

ent n

ot e

xcee

d th

e bu

dget

unl

ess

appr

oved

by

the

Boar

d.

5.O

vers

ees t

he co

mm

ittee

s tha

t the

Pre

siden

t has

ass

igne

d in

ac

cord

ance

to th

e Po

licy

sugg

estio

ns, m

akes

sure

that

Pro

ject

Re

port

s are

bro

ught

for a

ppro

val b

y th

e Bo

ard,

ove

rsee

s effo

rts

to e

nsur

e su

cces

s, an

d re

port

s res

ults

in co

njun

ctio

n w

ith th

e co

mm

ittee

chai

rper

sons

.

6.Re

ceiv

es, R

evie

ws a

nd A

ppro

ves t

he B

ank

Stat

emen

ts m

onth

ly.

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2ND V

ICE

PRES

IDEN

T

This

offic

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for,

but n

ot li

mite

d to

the

follo

win

g:

Ove

rsee

s the

com

mitt

ees t

hat t

he P

resid

ent h

as a

ssig

ned

in

acco

rdan

ce to

the

Polic

y su

gges

tions

, mak

es su

re th

at P

roje

ct

Repo

rts a

re b

roug

ht fo

r app

rova

l by

the

Boar

d, o

vers

ees e

ffort

s to

ens

ure

succ

ess,

and

repo

rts r

esul

ts in

conj

unct

ion

with

the

com

mitt

ee ch

airp

erso

ns.

3RD V

ICE

PRES

IDEN

T

This

offic

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for b

ut n

ot li

mite

d to

the

follo

win

g:

Ove

rsee

s the

com

mitt

ees t

hat t

he P

resid

ent h

as a

ssig

ned,

m

akes

sure

that

Pro

ject

Rep

orts

are

bro

ught

for a

ppro

val b

y th

e Bo

ard,

ove

rsee

s effo

rts t

o en

sure

succ

ess a

nd re

port

s res

ults

in

conj

unct

ion

with

the

com

mitt

ee ch

airp

erso

ns.

SECR

ETAR

Y

This

offic

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for t

he fo

llow

ing:

1.Ke

eps m

inut

es o

f bot

h re

gula

r Clu

b an

d Bo

ard

mee

tings

and

re

port

s tho

se m

inut

es cl

early

, acc

urat

ely,

conc

isely

and

in a

tim

ely

man

ner.

The

min

utes

of t

he B

oard

mus

t be

appr

oved

in

the

next

sess

ion

as th

e fir

st it

em o

n th

e Ag

enda

.

2.Pr

ovid

es re

gula

r mon

thly

and

oth

er re

port

s to

the

Dist

rict a

nd

Asso

ciatio

n co

ntai

ning

such

info

rmat

ion

as th

ey m

ay re

ques

t

3.Ha

ndle

s cor

resp

onde

nce

for o

ur C

lub.

4.Su

bmits

Mem

bers

hip

and

Activ

ities

(M+A

) and

any

oth

er

repo

rts r

eque

sted

to th

e Di

stric

t Gov

erno

r’s C

abin

et.

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on Li

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5.Co

oper

ates

with

and

be

an a

ctiv

e m

embe

r of t

he D

istric

t Go

vern

or’s

Zone

Adv

isory

Com

mitt

ee.

6.Ke

eps c

usto

dy a

nd u

pdat

es C

lub

reco

rds i

nclu

ding

att

enda

nce,

m

embe

r file

s, el

ecte

d of

ficer

s, ch

air p

eopl

e, a

ppoi

ntm

ents

, and

ke

eps a

n up

date

d m

ailin

g lis

t of a

ll m

embe

rs in

the

Club

and

an

y ot

her g

ener

al C

lub

reco

rds r

eque

sted

.

7.Fi

les t

he a

nnua

l cor

pora

te re

port

s with

the

Secr

etar

y of

Sta

te

for b

oth

the

East

on Li

ons C

lub

and

the

Foun

datio

n as

set f

orth

in

the

Polic

y.

TREA

SURE

R

This

offic

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for t

he fo

llow

ing:

1.Re

ceiv

es a

ll m

onie

s and

dep

osits

them

in a

tim

ely

man

ner i

nto

the

bank

app

rove

d by

the

Boar

d.

2.Pa

ys C

lub

oblig

atio

ns a

t the

dire

ctio

n of

the

Boar

d; n

ever

au

thor

izes f

und

disb

urse

men

ts fo

r pur

pose

s inc

onsis

tent

with

ou

r pol

icies

.

3.M

aint

ains

Clu

b fu

nds s

epar

ate

from

fund

s of t

he F

ound

atio

n.

4.Th

e Tr

easu

rer w

ill n

ot a

llow

eith

er b

alan

ce to

go

belo

w th

e am

ount

s est

ablis

hed

by P

olicy

(inc

ludi

ng a

ccru

ed e

xpen

ses)

un

less

app

rove

d by

two-

third

s of t

he B

oard

. Mus

t pro

vide

ear

ly

war

ning

of a

ccou

nts w

ith lo

w fu

nds a

s est

ablis

hed

by th

e Po

licy.

5.Iss

ues a

fina

ncia

l sta

tem

ent a

t lea

st m

onth

ly a

nd a

s req

uest

ed

by o

ur P

resid

ent,

Boar

d, o

r Fun

d Sc

reen

ing

Com

mitt

ee fo

r bot

h th

e Cl

ub a

nd th

e Fo

unda

tion.

6.Ke

eps t

he fi

nanc

ial r

ecor

d in

a m

eani

ngfu

l man

ner e

spec

ially

by

sepa

ratin

g th

em in

to a

ppro

pria

te a

ccou

nts f

or b

oth

the

Club

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and

Foun

datio

n m

akin

g su

re th

at th

ere

is no

tran

sfer

of f

unds

fro

m th

e Fo

unda

tion

to th

e Cl

ub a

ccou

nts.

7.Su

bmits

mon

thly

and

sem

i-ann

ually

repo

rts a

s req

uest

ed b

y th

e As

socia

tion,

the

Foun

datio

n or

the

Dist

rict G

over

nor

8.M

ust c

oope

rate

eac

h Ju

ne w

ith a

n au

dito

r cho

sen

by th

e Bo

ard

to re

view

our

fina

ncia

l rec

ords

bef

ore

chan

ges i

n ou

r ad

min

istra

tion

occu

r to

facil

itate

the

acco

untin

g re

view

and

re

port

s tha

t will

hap

pen

at th

e be

ginn

ing

of th

e ne

xt Li

ons f

iscal

ye

ar.

Will

be

spec

ifica

lly re

spon

sible

to m

ake

sure

that

ann

ual

revi

ews a

re co

nduc

ted

by a

n in

depe

nden

t Cer

tifie

d Pu

blic

Acco

unta

nt a

nd th

at ta

xes a

re fi

led

for b

oth

the

Lions

Clu

b an

d th

e Fo

unda

tion

to th

e Co

mm

onw

ealth

of M

assa

chus

etts

and

th

e Fe

dera

l Tax

es w

ith th

e IR

S.

ASSI

STAN

T TR

EASU

RER

This

offic

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for t

he fo

llow

ing:

1.As

sists

the

Trea

sure

r in

the

dutie

s as d

eter

min

ed b

y th

e Pr

esid

ent a

nd T

reas

urer

and

app

rove

d by

the

Boar

d of

Di

rect

ors.

2.As

sists

the

Trea

sure

r in

keep

ing

finan

cial r

ecor

ds in

a

mea

ning

ful m

anne

r esp

ecia

lly b

y se

para

ting

them

into

ap

prop

riate

acc

ount

s

3.He

lps t

o su

bmit

mon

thly

and

sem

i-ann

ual r

epor

ts a

s req

uest

ed

by th

e As

socia

tion

or th

e Di

stric

t Gov

erno

r; an

d sh

all c

oope

rate

ea

ch Ju

ne w

ith a

udito

r cho

sen

by th

e Bo

ard

of D

irect

ors t

o re

view

our

fina

ncia

l rec

ords

bef

ore

chan

ges i

n ou

r ad

min

istra

tion

occu

r.

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on Li

ons C

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4.W

orks

in co

ordi

natio

n w

ith th

e Tr

easu

rer t

o he

lp p

rovi

de th

e in

form

atio

n fo

r the

ann

ual r

evie

ws w

ith th

e ex

tern

al a

udito

r for

th

e pu

rpos

es o

f tax

filin

g as

set f

orth

in th

e Po

licy.

NEW

SLET

TER

PUBL

ISHE

R –

WEB

SIT

E SU

PERV

ISO

R

This

offic

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for t

he fo

llow

ing:

1.Ar

rang

es fo

r an

info

rmat

ive

and

inte

rest

ing

new

slett

er a

nd

web

-site

2.M

ails

New

slett

ers t

o m

embe

rs th

at d

o no

t hav

e el

ectr

onic

mai

l at

leas

t fiv

e da

ys p

rior t

o ou

r nex

t reg

ular

mee

ting

and

elec

tron

ically

to th

e re

st o

f the

mem

bers

hip.

3.M

ails

new

slett

er a

lso to

Ass

ocia

tion,

Dist

rict G

over

nor’s

Ca

bine

t, an

d an

y ot

her p

erso

n re

ques

ted

by o

ur P

resid

ent.

4.Fi

nd sp

onso

rs w

ithin

the

Club

mem

bers

hip

to h

elp

supp

ort t

he

cost

of m

ailin

g an

d w

eb-s

ite.

5.M

aint

ains

and

upd

ates

the

Club

Web

Site

.

DUES

TRE

ASUR

ER

The

Dues

Tre

asur

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for a

ll du

es co

llect

ion

effo

rts,

be a

ccou

ntab

le to

the

Club

Tre

asur

er fo

r mon

ey co

llect

ed, a

nd re

port

ov

erdu

e fu

nds a

s req

uest

ed b

y th

e Bo

ard

(See

Art

icle

V.A

& A

rticl

e V.

B).

MEM

BERS

HIP

CHAI

RPER

SON

This

offic

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for t

he fo

llow

ing:

1.Ta

kes i

nitia

tive

for a

nd o

rgan

izes r

ecru

itmen

t act

iviti

es

2.Ne

w m

embe

r orie

ntat

ions

/indu

ctio

ns, d

istrib

utio

n of

new

m

embe

r kits

, nam

etag

s and

aid

s act

ivat

ion

effo

rts.

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3.He

lps a

nd co

ordi

nate

s the

filli

ng o

f new

mem

ber’s

pro

posa

l fo

rms a

nd b

rings

pro

posa

ls to

the

Boar

d fo

r App

rova

l.

4.Su

perv

ises t

he sp

onso

rs to

mak

e su

re th

ey a

re d

oing

the

job

and

wor

ks o

n re

tent

ion

prog

ram

s.

5.Br

ings

the

nam

es o

f mem

bers

to b

e re

mov

ed fr

om th

e Cl

ub to

th

e Bo

ard

by k

eepi

ng cl

ose

cont

act w

ith th

e du

es tr

easu

rer a

nd

Pres

iden

t.

LIO

N TA

MER

This

offic

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for t

he fo

llow

ing:

1.Cl

ub p

rope

rty

and

para

pher

nalia

. Th

is in

clude

s fla

gs, b

anne

rs,

gong

, gav

el, h

ats,

vest

s, em

blem

s, et

c.

2.Ea

ch sh

all b

e pu

t in

prop

er p

lace

bef

ore

our m

eetin

g an

d pr

ompt

ly re

turn

ed a

fterw

ards

.

3.O

ur Li

on T

amer

act

s as o

ur S

erge

ant-a

t-Arm

s whe

neve

r ap

prop

riate

, hel

ps in

seei

ng th

at m

embe

rs sh

all s

it w

ith

diffe

rent

gro

ups

TAIL

TW

ISTE

R

This

offic

er sh

all b

e re

spon

sible

for t

he fo

llow

ing:

Prom

otes

har

mon

y, fe

llow

ship

, fun

, nov

eltie

s and

ent

husia

sm

thro

ugh

judi

cious

effo

rts s

uch

as fi

nes w

ith a

max

imum

am

ount

se

t by

Polic

y. N

o m

embe

r may

be

fined

mor

e th

an tw

ice a

t a

mee

ting

and

fines

equ

al to

/less

than

the

max

imum

may

not

be

appe

aled

to o

ur m

embe

rshi

p. O

ur T

ail T

wist

er m

ay n

ot b

e fin

ed

exce

pt b

y un

anim

ous v

ote

of a

ll m

embe

rs p

rese

nt.

All m

onie

s co

llect

ed b

y ou

r Tai

l Tw

ister

shal

l be

imm

edia

tely

turn

ed o

ver t

o ou

r Tre

asur

er w

ith a

rece

ipt g

iven

in re

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ARTI

CLE

VII

Boar

d of

Dire

ctor

s

A.Th

e Bo

ard

of D

irect

ors s

hall

cons

ist o

f the

offi

cers

list

ed in

Art

icle

VI

abov

e an

d ei

ght e

lect

ed D

irect

ors (

four

ele

cted

for t

wo-

year

term

s an

d fo

ur e

lect

ed fo

r one

-yea

r ter

ms;

afte

r one

yea

r has

exp

ired

thos

e Di

rect

ors e

lect

ed fo

r tw

o-ye

ar te

rms b

ecom

e on

e-ye

ar

Dire

ctor

s and

new

ly e

lect

ed D

irect

ors w

ill se

rve

two

year

s.

B.Re

gula

r mee

ting

of th

e Bo

ard

is op

en to

all

Club

mem

bers

, but

onl

y m

embe

rs o

f the

Boa

rd a

re a

llow

ed to

vot

e. T

hese

mee

tings

shal

l be

held

mon

thly

at s

uch

time

and

plac

e as

the

Boar

d sh

all d

eter

min

e.

C.Sp

ecia

l Boa

rd m

eetin

gs sh

all b

e he

ld w

hen

requ

este

d by

the

Pres

iden

t, a

maj

ority

of B

oard

mem

bers

, or p

etiti

oned

by

at le

ast

twen

ty p

erce

nt o

f the

mem

bers

hip.

D.No

offi

cial b

usin

ess s

hall

be co

nduc

ted

with

out a

quo

rum

pre

sent

an

d vo

ting.

A q

uoru

m is

def

ined

as a

maj

ority

of t

he B

oard

m

embe

rs.

E.Du

ties a

nd P

ower

s of t

he B

oard

of D

irect

ors s

hall

inclu

de:

1.Co

nstit

utin

g th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Boar

d of

our

Clu

b re

spon

sible

for t

he

exec

utio

n, th

roug

h Cl

ub o

ffice

rs, o

f pol

icies

app

rove

d by

our

Cl

ub.

2.An

y ne

w P

olicy

shal

l be

cons

ider

ed fi

rst b

y th

is Bo

ard

befo

re

bein

g pr

esen

ted

to a

nd a

ppro

ved

by o

ur g

ener

al m

embe

rshi

p.

Prop

osed

Pol

icy m

ust b

e pr

esen

ted

to th

e bo

ard

with

30

days

no

tice.

Defin

ition

of P

olicy

: Adm

inist

rativ

e dy

nam

ic se

t of

guid

elin

es d

eriv

ed fr

om th

e ne

ed to

mak

e co

mpr

ehen

sive

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and

orga

nize

d de

cisio

ns fo

r spe

cifics

issu

es o

f the

or

gani

zatio

n. T

he P

olicy

as a

n ad

min

istra

tive

tool

is to

be

used

by

the

exec

utiv

e bo

dy th

e or

gani

zatio

n an

d re

view

ed

perio

dica

lly to

ens

ure

conf

orm

ance

to th

e or

gani

zatio

n go

als a

nd e

ffect

ive

man

agem

ent.

Pol

icies

are

not

just

st

atic

lists

of g

oals

or la

ws a

s the

cons

titut

iona

l byl

aws

and

mig

ht n

ever

cont

radi

ct th

e by

law

s and

ther

efor

e th

e ba

sic p

rincip

les o

f the

org

aniza

tion.

Pol

icies

are

inst

itute

d in

ord

er to

avo

id so

me

nega

tive

effe

ct th

at h

as b

een

notic

ed in

the

orga

niza

tion,

or t

o se

ek so

me

posit

ive

bene

fit.

3.An

y ne

w fu

ndin

g re

ques

ts, o

ther

than

thos

e ap

prov

ed a

s op

erat

ing

budg

ets i

n Se

ptem

ber,

mus

t be

sent

firs

t to

our F

und

Scre

enin

g Co

mm

ittee

for t

heir

revi

ew a

nd re

com

men

datio

n;

then

to th

e Bo

ard

for t

heir

revi

ew a

nd re

com

men

datio

n; a

nd

then

to o

ur m

embe

rshi

p fo

r app

rova

l. If

sign

ifica

nt d

ebat

e ar

ises o

n th

e fu

ndin

g iss

ue it

shal

l im

med

iate

ly b

e ta

bled

/sen

t ba

ck to

the

Fund

Scr

eeni

ng C

omm

ittee

for a

n op

en h

earin

g.

Fund

Scr

eeni

ng’s

“new

reco

mm

enda

tion”

shal

l the

n be

co

nsid

ered

by

the

Boar

d be

fore

app

rovi

ng a

nd re

com

men

ding

it

to th

e Ge

nera

l Mem

bers

hip.

(Ex

cept

ion:

Art

icle

VI.C

, the

Pr

esid

ent’s

disc

retio

nary

fund

). Th

e Bo

ard

of D

irect

ors h

as th

e po

wer

to m

odify

, ove

rrid

e or

resc

ind

the

actio

n of

any

of

ficer

/com

mitt

ee/m

embe

r in

our C

lub.

4.Al

l fun

ding

or d

onat

ions

, inc

ludi

ng th

ose

in th

e bu

dget

, will

be

appr

oved

by

the

Boar

d an

d ch

ecks

will

be

issue

d on

ly a

fter t

he

conf

irmat

ion

of th

e Tr

easu

rer t

hat f

unds

are

ava

ilabl

e ac

cord

ing

to th

e Po

licy.

5.Ap

prov

ing

all g

uest

spea

kers

bef

ore

they

are

invi

ted

to o

ur C

lub.

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6.O

vers

eein

g th

at o

ur fi

nanc

ial r

ecor

ds a

re a

udite

d at

leas

t an

nual

ly o

r at t

heir

disc

retio

n, e

ven

mor

e fre

quen

tly.

This

refe

rs to

all

finan

cial r

ecor

ds o

f our

Clu

b in

cludi

ng th

ose

hand

les

by o

ffice

rs, c

omm

ittee

s or a

ny m

embe

r. A

ny C

lub

mem

ber m

ay

insp

ect s

uch

audi

t upo

n re

ques

t at a

reas

onab

le ti

me

and

plac

e.

7.En

surin

g ou

r inc

orpo

ratio

n pa

pers

are

file

d af

ter t

he fi

rst o

f ea

ch y

ear w

ith th

e M

assa

chus

etts

Sec

reta

ry o

f Sta

te.

8.En

surin

g su

rety

for t

he b

ondi

ng o

f our

offi

cers

has

bee

n ac

hiev

ed.

9.O

vers

eein

g th

at n

ew b

usin

ess a

nd P

olicy

mat

ters

subm

itted

ha

ve b

een

refe

rred

to th

e pr

oper

peo

ple/

com

mitt

ee fo

r stu

dy

and

reco

mm

enda

tion

to th

e Bo

ard.

10.A

ppoi

ntin

g, su

bjec

t to

Club

mem

bers

hip

appr

oval

, our

de

lega

tes a

nd th

eir a

ltern

ates

to D

istric

t and

Ass

ocia

tion

even

ts.

11.H

oldi

ng a

mid

-yea

r rev

iew

mee

ting

in e

arly

Janu

ary

and

a ye

ar-

end

revi

ew m

eetin

g in

June

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f eva

luat

ing

prog

ress

and

mak

ing

reco

mm

enda

tions

for t

he fu

ture

.

12.H

avin

g in

add

ition

to th

ose

dutie

s and

pow

ers l

isted

abo

ve in

th

is Ar

ticle

any

exp

ress

ed/im

plie

d du

ties a

nd p

ower

s set

fort

h el

sew

here

in th

is Co

nstit

utio

n an

d By

law

s.

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ARTI

CLE

VIII

Regu

lar E

lect

ions

A.A

nom

inat

ing

com

mitt

ee, c

haire

d by

the

Imm

edia

te P

ast P

resid

ent

and

cons

istin

g of

the

curr

ent P

resid

ent a

nd th

e la

st fo

ur P

ast

Pres

iden

ts w

illin

g to

serv

e w

ith a

n in

vita

tion

exte

nded

to th

e 1st

VP

and

2nd V

P to

att

end

as n

on-v

otin

g m

embe

rs, w

ill b

e re

spon

sible

for

subm

ittin

g na

mes

of c

andi

date

s for

the

vario

us C

lub

offic

es to

our

Cl

ub a

t our

firs

t Mar

ch m

eetin

g. A

t tha

t tim

e no

min

atio

ns fo

r all

offic

es to

be

fille

d in

the

succ

eedi

ng y

ear m

ay a

lso b

e m

ade

from

th

e flo

or.

B.If

in th

e in

terim

bet

wee

n th

e no

min

atio

n m

eetin

g an

d th

e el

ectio

n m

eetin

g he

ld a

t our

firs

t mee

ting

in A

pril,

any

nom

inee

is u

nabl

e fo

r an

y re

ason

to se

rve

and

for w

hich

offi

ce th

ere

is no

oth

er n

omin

ee,

then

the

nom

inat

ing

com

mitt

ee sh

all s

ubm

it at

the

elec

tion

mee

ting

addi

tiona

l nom

inee

s for

that

offi

ce.

At o

ur e

lect

ion

mee

ting,

no

min

atio

ns a

lso m

ay b

e m

ade

from

the

floor

.

C.Th

e no

min

atin

g co

mm

ittee

also

serv

es a

s our

Clu

b’s e

lect

ion

com

mitt

ee, b

eing

resp

onsib

le fo

r giv

ing

each

Clu

b m

embe

r at l

east

tw

o w

eeks

writ

ten

notic

e of

upc

omin

g no

min

atio

ns a

nd e

lect

ions

vi

a ou

r Sec

reta

ry, b

y m

ail,

by e

lect

roni

c mai

l or b

y pe

rson

al d

eliv

ery;

an

d su

perv

ising

our

ent

ire e

lect

ions

pro

cess

. In

the

even

t the

re is

a

cont

est f

or a

ny p

ost E

lect

ions

shal

l be

by b

allo

t of t

hose

pre

sent

and

qu

alifi

ed to

vot

e. A

plu

ralit

y vo

te is

nec

essa

ry to

ele

ct a

ny

cand

idat

e. T

he n

omin

atin

g/el

ectio

n co

mm

ittee

shal

l not

cond

uct

busin

ess u

nles

s a m

ajor

ity o

f vot

ing

mem

bers

is p

rese

nt.

D.Su

bjec

t to

the

prov

ision

of A

rticl

e IX

.B, a

ll Bo

ard

mem

bers

, oth

er

than

Dire

ctor

s ele

cted

for t

wo-

year

term

s, sh

all b

e el

ecte

d an

nual

ly;

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shal

l tak

e of

fice

July

1st

of e

ach

year

; and

shal

l hol

d of

fice

for o

ne

year

unl

ess t

hey

are

unab

le to

com

plet

e th

is te

rm o

f offi

ce.

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ARTI

CLE

IX

Spec

ial E

lect

ions

A.If

the

offic

e of

Pre

siden

t or 1

st o

r 2nd

Vice

-Pre

siden

t sha

ll be

com

e va

cant

, the

Vice

-Pre

siden

ts sh

all a

dvan

ce in

offi

ce, a

ccor

ding

to

thei

r ran

k. I

f suc

h ad

vanc

emen

t lea

ves t

he o

ffice

of P

resid

ent o

r 1st

or

2nd

Vice

-Pre

siden

t ope

n, th

en th

e el

ectio

n co

mm

ittee

shal

l cal

l fo

r a sp

ecia

l ele

ctio

n, g

ivin

g ev

ery

mem

ber a

t lea

st tw

o w

eeks

no

tice

of th

e tim

e an

d th

e pl

ace;

and

such

offi

ce (s

) sha

ll be

fille

d at

sa

id e

lect

ion.

B.If

a va

canc

y in

any

oth

er B

oard

pos

ition

occ

urs,

then

the

rem

aini

ng

Boar

d m

embe

rs m

ay a

ppoi

nt a

repl

acem

ent t

o fil

l the

une

xpire

d te

rm.

C.If

vaca

ncie

s sha

ll re

duce

our

num

ber o

f Boa

rd m

embe

rs to

less

than

th

at re

quire

d fo

r a q

uoru

m, t

hen

our m

embe

rshi

p sh

all f

ill th

em b

y an

ele

ctio

n he

ld a

t a re

gula

r mee

ting,

giv

ing

mem

bers

at l

east

one

w

eek

of p

rior w

ritte

n no

tice.

Suc

h no

tice

may

be

give

n by

any

re

mai

ning

ele

ctio

n co

mm

ittee

mem

ber o

r Boa

rd m

embe

r if n

o el

ectio

n co

mm

ittee

mem

ber r

emai

ns o

r by

any

Club

mem

ber i

f no

elec

tion

or B

oard

mem

bers

rem

ain.

D.An

y m

embe

r of t

he B

oard

may

be

rem

oved

from

offi

ce fo

r cau

se b

y a

two-

third

s vot

e of

our

mem

bers

hip.

The

re sh

all b

e at

leas

t thi

rty

days

adv

ance

not

ice g

iven

bef

ore

this

elec

tion

can

be h

eld

and

it sh

all b

e he

ld a

t a re

gula

rly sc

hedu

led

Club

mee

ting.

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ARTI

CLE

X

Mee

tings

A.O

ur C

lub

shal

l mee

t reg

ular

ly, p

refe

rabl

y on

a W

edne

sday

nig

ht a

t a

plac

e de

term

ined

by

the

Boar

d; a

nd su

ch m

eetin

g sh

all c

onst

itute

th

e re

gula

r mee

ting

of o

ur C

lub.

Mee

tings

shal

l beg

in p

rom

ptly

, pr

efer

ably

at 7

PM, a

nd cl

ose

at, o

r nea

r the

regu

lar t

ime

of

appr

oxim

atel

y 9:

00 P

M.

B.Sp

ecia

l mee

tings

shal

l be

calle

d at

the

requ

est o

f a m

ajor

ity o

f the

Bo

ard,

with

at l

east

seve

n da

ys p

rior w

ritte

n no

tice

give

n to

m

embe

rs.

C.An

ann

iver

sary

char

ter n

ight

mee

ting

may

be

held

to g

ive

spec

ial

atte

ntio

n to

the

hist

ory

of o

ur C

lub

and

to Li

onism

.

D.In

stal

latio

n of

new

offi

cers

for t

he su

bseq

uent

Lion

istic

Year

shal

l oc

cur a

t the

firs

t Gen

eral

Mee

ting

in Ju

ne o

f the

curr

ent L

ioni

stic

Year

.

E.Tr

ansit

iona

l mee

tings

bet

wee

n ou

tgoi

ng a

nd in

com

ing

adm

inist

ratio

ns sh

all o

ccur

bet

wee

n Ju

ne a

nd A

ugus

t of e

ach

year

.

F.Th

e pr

esen

ce o

f at l

east

40%

of o

ur m

embe

rs in

goo

d st

andi

ng sh

all

cons

titut

e a

quor

um a

t reg

ular

mee

tings

of o

ur C

lub.

No

busin

ess

shal

l be

cond

ucte

d in

the

abse

nce

of a

quo

rum

.

G.Th

e Le

gal A

nnua

l Mee

ting

for t

he C

lub

and

the

Foun

datio

n w

ill ta

ke

plac

e at

the

Inst

alla

tion

Banq

uet i

n th

e m

onth

of J

une.

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on Li

ons C

onst

itutio

n &

Byl

aws

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Jan

2009

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ARTI

CLE

XI

Parli

amen

tary

Pro

cedu

re

A m

odifi

ed R

ober

t’s R

ules

of O

rder

foun

d in

App

endi

x A

of th

is do

cum

ent s

hall

gove

rn a

ll Cl

ub m

eetin

gs.

East

on Li

ons C

onst

itutio

n &

Byl

aws

Rev.

Jan

2009

Lions

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OfEa

ston

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28

ARTI

CLE

XII

Amen

dmen

ts

This

Cons

titut

ion

and

Byla

ws m

ay b

e am

ende

d at

any

regu

lar o

r spe

cial

mee

ting

prov

ided

the

prop

osed

am

endm

ents

(s) h

ave

been

dist

ribut

ed

to e

ach

mem

ber a

t lea

st 3

0 da

ys p

rior f

or th

eir r

evie

w; a

nd m

embe

rs

have

cons

ider

ed th

e m

erits

of t

he a

men

dmen

t(s) a

t a p

rior C

lub

mee

ting;

and

a q

uoru

m is

pre

sent

with

at l

east

two-

third

s of t

he e

ligib

le

vote

rs p

rese

nt v

otin

g in

the

affir

mat

ive

for t

he a

men

dmen

t(s) t

o ch

ange

ou

r Con

stitu

tion

and

Byla

ws.

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BYLA

WS

1.Ex

cept

to fu

rthe

r the

ir pr

ogre

ss in

Lion

ism, n

o Cl

ub m

embe

r sha

ll us

e th

eir m

embe

rshi

p to

furt

her p

erso

nal,

polit

ical,

or o

ther

as

pira

tion,

nor

shal

l our

Clu

b ta

ke p

art i

n an

y m

ovem

ent n

ot in

ke

epin

g w

ith o

ur p

urpo

ses.

2.No

fund

s sha

ll be

solic

ited

from

mem

bers

dur

ing

mee

tings

by

anyo

ne w

ho d

oes n

ot b

elon

g to

a Li

ons C

lub.

Any

sugg

estio

n or

m

otio

n m

ade

at a

Clu

b m

eetin

g w

hich

calls

for t

he e

xpen

ditu

re o

f m

oney

oth

er th

an th

at v

oted

into

our

ope

ratin

g bu

dget

s in

Sept

embe

r sha

ll be

imm

edia

tely

refe

rred

to o

ur F

und

Scre

enin

g Co

mm

ittee

.

3.An

y m

oney

exp

ende

d by

Clu

b m

embe

rs th

at h

as n

ot b

een

prev

ious

ly a

utho

rized

by

eith

er th

e Bo

ard

or o

ur m

embe

rshi

p sh

all

be th

e lia

bilit

y of

thos

e w

ho e

xpen

ded

the

mon

ey, u

nles

s the

Boa

rd

decid

es o

ther

wise

.

4.De

lega

tes t

o co

nven

tions

shal

l be

reco

mm

ende

d by

our

Pre

siden

t an

d ap

prov

ed b

y th

e Bo

ard.

5.If

our C

lub

ever

diss

olve

s, th

en A

dmin

istra

tive

fund

s sha

ll be

do

nate

d to

Lion

s Eye

Res

earc

h an

d Ac

tiviti

es fu

nds s

hall

be d

onat

ed

in th

e na

me

of th

e Ea

ston

Lion

s Clu

b as

scho

lars

hips

to lo

cal

stud

ents

.

Appe

ndix

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AAPPE

NDI

X A

PARL

IAM

ENTA

RY P

ROCE

DURE

Purp

oses

and

Prin

ciple

s

The

purp

oses

of p

arlia

men

tary

pro

cedu

re a

re:

1.To

ena

ble

an a

ssem

bly

to tr

ansa

ct b

usin

ess w

ith sp

eed

and

effic

ienc

y

2.To

pro

tect

the

right

s of e

ach

indi

vidu

al

3.To

pre

serv

e a

spiri

t of h

arm

ony

with

in th

e as

sem

bly

Acco

rdin

gly,

ther

e ar

e so

me

basic

prin

ciple

s to

cons

ider

in a

chie

ving

the

abov

e pu

rpos

es:

1.O

ne su

bjec

t at a

tim

e

2.Fu

ll an

d fre

e de

bate

3.Ea

ch m

embe

r has

righ

ts e

qual

to e

very

oth

er m

embe

r

4.Th

e m

ajor

ity ru

les a

nd th

e rig

hts o

f the

min

ority

are

resp

ecte

d

5.Th

e ob

ject

ive

shou

ld b

e fo

r the

goo

d of

the

grou

p

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Mot

ions

The

met

hod

used

by

mem

bers

to e

xpre

ss th

em is

in th

e fo

rm o

f mov

ing

mot

ions

.

A m

otio

n is

a pr

opos

al th

at th

e en

tire

mem

bers

hip

take

act

ion

or a

st

and

on a

n iss

ue.

Indi

vidu

al m

embe

rs ca

n:

1.Pr

esen

t mot

ions

2.Se

cond

mot

ions

3.De

bate

mot

ions

4.Vo

te o

n m

otio

ns

THER

E AR

E FO

UR B

ASIC

TYP

ES O

F M

OTIO

NS

1.M

ain

Mot

ions

: Th

e pu

rpos

e of

a m

ain

mot

ion

is to

intr

oduc

e ite

ms

to th

e m

embe

rshi

p fo

r the

ir co

nsid

erat

ion.

The

y ca

nnot

be

mad

e w

hen

any

othe

r mot

ion

is on

the

floor

, and

yie

ld to

priv

ilege

d,

subs

idia

ry, a

nd in

ciden

tal m

otio

ns.

2.Su

bsid

iary

Mot

ions

: Th

eir p

urpo

se is

to ch

ange

or a

ffect

how

a

mai

n m

otio

n is

hand

led,

and

is v

oted

on

befo

re a

mai

n m

otio

n.

3.Pr

ivile

ged

Mot

ions

: Th

eir p

urpo

se is

to b

ring

up it

ems t

hat a

re

urge

nt a

nd a

bout

spec

ial o

r im

port

ant m

atte

rs u

nrel

ated

to p

endi

ng

busin

ess.

4.In

cide

ntal

Mot

ions

: Th

eir p

urpo

se is

to p

rovi

de a

mea

ns o

f qu

estio

ning

pro

cedu

re co

ncer

ning

oth

er m

otio

ns a

nd m

ust b

e co

nsid

ered

bef

ore

the

othe

r mot

ion.

Appe

ndix

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tary

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cedu

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HOW

ARE

MO

TIO

NS P

RESE

NTED

?

1.O

btai

ning

the

Floo

r

a.W

ait u

ntil

the

last

spea

ker h

as fi

nish

ed.

b.Ri

se a

nd a

ddre

ss th

e M

oder

ator

.

c.W

ait u

ntil

the

Mod

erat

or re

cogn

izes y

ou.

2.M

ake

your

Mot

ion

a.Sp

eak

in a

clea

r and

conc

ise m

anne

r.

b.Al

way

s sta

te a

mot

ion

affir

mat

ivel

y.

Say,

“I m

ove

that

we

…“

rath

er th

an, “

I mov

e th

at w

e do

not

…”

c.Av

oid

pers

onal

ities

and

stay

on

your

subj

ect.

3.W

ait f

or S

omeo

ne to

Sec

ond

Your

Mot

ion

a.An

othe

r mem

ber w

ill se

cond

you

r mot

ion

or th

e M

oder

ator

will

ca

ll fo

r a se

cond

.

b.If

ther

e is

no se

cond

to y

our m

otio

n, it

is lo

st.

4.Th

e M

oder

ator

Sta

tes Y

our M

otio

n

a.Th

e M

oder

ator

will

say,

“It h

as b

een

mov

ed a

nd se

cond

ed th

at

we

…” t

hus p

lacin

g yo

ur m

otio

n be

fore

the

mem

bers

hip

for

cons

ider

atio

n an

d ac

tion.

b.Th

e m

embe

rshi

p th

en e

ither

deb

ates

you

r mot

ion,

or m

ay m

ove

dire

ctly

to a

vot

e.

c.O

nce

your

mot

ion

is pr

esen

ted

to th

e m

embe

rshi

p by

the

Mod

erat

or, i

t bec

omes

“ass

embl

y pr

oper

ty,”

and

cann

ot b

e ch

ange

d by

you

with

out t

he co

nsen

t of t

he m

embe

rs.

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5.Ex

pand

ing

on Y

our M

otio

n

a.Th

e tim

e fo

r you

to sp

eak

in fa

vor o

f you

r mot

ion

is at

this

poin

t in

tim

e, ra

ther

than

at t

he ti

me

you

pres

ent i

t.

b.Th

e m

over

is a

lway

s allo

wed

to sp

eak

first

.

c.Al

l com

men

ts a

nd d

ebat

e m

ust b

e di

rect

ed to

the

Mod

erat

or.

d.Ke

ep to

the

time

limit

for s

peak

ing

that

has

bee

n es

tabl

ished

.

e.Th

e m

over

may

spea

k ag

ain

only

afte

r oth

er sp

eake

rs a

re

finish

ed, u

nles

s cal

led

upon

by

the

Mod

erat

or.

6.Pu

ttin

g th

e Q

uest

ion

to th

e M

embe

rshi

p

a.Th

e M

oder

ator

ask

s, “A

re y

ou re

ady

to v

ote

on th

e qu

estio

n?”

If th

ere

is no

mor

e di

scus

sion.

b.Th

e M

oder

ator

will

say,

“It h

as b

een

mov

ed a

nd se

cond

ed th

at

we

….”

c.Th

e vo

te is

take

n.

Deba

te

In a

deb

ate

each

mem

ber h

as th

e rig

ht to

spea

k tw

ice o

n th

e sa

me

ques

tion.

No

one

can

spea

k lo

nger

than

five

min

utes

with

out

perm

issio

n of

the

mem

bers

hip.

The

dist

inct

ion

betw

een

deba

te a

nd

aski

ng q

uest

ions

or m

akin

g su

gges

tions

shou

ld b

e al

low

ed b

y th

e M

oder

ator

whe

n it

is an

aid

in th

e tr

ansa

ctio

n of

bus

ines

s. T

he

mem

bers

hip

may

susp

end

this

rule

dur

ing

the

disc

ussio

n of

the

ques

tion.

VOTI

NG

Appe

ndix

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The

met

hod

of v

ote

on a

ny m

otio

n de

pend

s on

the

situa

tion

and

the

byla

ws o

r Pol

icy o

f you

r org

aniza

tion.

The

re a

re fi

ve m

etho

ds u

sed

to

vote

by

mos

t org

aniza

tions

:

1.By

Voi

ce:

The

Mod

erat

or a

sks t

hose

in fa

vor t

o sa

y, “a

ye”,

thos

e op

pose

d to

say

“no”

. An

y m

embe

r may

mov

e fo

r an

exac

t cou

nt.

2.By

Rol

l Cal

l: E

ach

mem

ber a

nsw

ers “

yes”

or “

no” a

s his

nam

e is

calle

d. T

his m

etho

d is

used

whe

n a

reco

rd o

f eac

h pe

rson

’s vo

te is

re

quire

d.

3.By

Gen

eral

Con

sent

: W

hen

a m

otio

n is

not l

ikel

y to

be

oppo

sed,

th

e M

oder

ator

says

, “If

ther

e is

no o

bjec

tion

…”

The

mem

bers

hip

show

s agr

eem

ent b

y th

eir s

ilenc

e; h

owev

er, i

f one

mem

ber s

ays,

“I

obje

ct”,

the

item

mus

t be

put t

o a

vote

.

4.By

Div

ision

: Th

is is

a sli

ght v

erifi

catio

n of

a v

oice

vot

e. I

t doe

s not

re

quire

a co

unt u

nles

s the

Mod

erat

or so

des

ires.

Mem

bers

raise

th

eir h

ands

or s

tand

.

5.By

Bal

lot:

Mem

bers

writ

e th

eir v

ote

on a

slip

of p

aper

. Th

is m

etho

d is

used

whe

n se

crec

y is

desir

ed.

The

vote

will

be

duly

reco

rded

inclu

ding

abs

tent

ions

, and

will

be

part

of

the

offic

ial r

ecor

ds.

A vo

ice v

ote,

roll

call

vote

, or s

ecre

t bal

lot c

an b

e re

ques

ted

by a

ny m

embe

r.

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Ther

e ar

e tw

o ot

her m

otio

ns th

at re

late

to v

otin

g.

1.M

otio

n to

Tab

le:

This

mot

ion

is of

ten

used

in th

e at

tem

pt to

“kill

” a

mot

ion.

The

opt

ion

is al

way

s pre

sent

, how

ever

, to

“tak

e fro

m th

e ta

ble,

” for

reco

nsid

erat

ion

by th

e m

embe

rshi

p.

2.M

otio

n to

Pos

tpon

e In

defin

itely

: Th

is is

ofte

n us

ed a

s a m

eans

of

parli

amen

tary

stra

tegy

and

allo

ws o

ppon

ents

of a

mot

ion

to te

st

thei

r str

engt

h w

ithou

t an

actu

al v

ote

bein

g ta

ken.

Also

deb

ate

is on

ce a

gain

ope

n on

the

mai

n m

otio

n.

Mot

ion

to A

men

d

The

purp

ose

of th

e m

otio

n TO

AM

END

is to

mod

ify a

mot

ion

that

has

al

read

y be

en p

rese

nted

in su

ch a

man

ner t

hat i

t will

be

mor

e sa

tisfa

ctor

y to

the

mem

bers

.

MET

HODS

OF

AMEN

DING

By a

dditi

on o

r ins

ertio

n

To a

dd so

met

hing

to th

e m

otio

n w

hich

it d

oes n

ot co

ntai

n.

By e

limin

atio

n or

by

strik

ing

out

To su

btra

ct o

r elim

inat

e so

met

hing

from

a m

otio

n th

at w

as

orig

inal

ly a

par

t of i

t.

By su

bstit

utio

n

This

met

hod

is a

com

bina

tion

of th

e fir

st tw

o m

etho

ds, s

ince

in

amen

ding

by

subs

titut

ion

som

ethi

ng is

stric

ken

out a

nd

som

ethi

ng in

sert

ed in

its p

lace

. Th

e su

bstit

uted

por

tion

may

co

nsist

of a

wor

d, a

phr

ase,

a cl

ause

, or a

n en

tirel

y ne

w m

otio

n.

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The

mos

t im

port

ant p

rincip

le to

und

erst

and

in co

nnec

tion

with

any

fo

rm o

f the

mot

ion

TO A

MEN

D is

that

an

amen

dmen

t “M

AY B

E O

PPO

SED

BUT

IT M

UST

BE G

ERM

ANE.

By “o

ppos

ed”

mea

ns n

ot in

the

spiri

t and

aim

of t

he m

otio

n to

w

hich

it is

app

lied.

By “g

erm

ane”

is m

eant

hav

ing

dire

ct b

earin

g up

on th

e su

bjec

t m

atte

r or t

he m

otio

n; th

at is

, rel

evan

t, or

rela

ting

to it

.

An a

men

dmen

t may

be

oppo

sed

to th

e ac

tual

inte

nt o

f the

orig

inal

m

otio

n an

d, in

fact

, nul

lify

it, b

ut if

it re

late

s to

the

sam

e su

bjec

t mat

ter,

it is

germ

ane.

HOW

TO

HAN

DLE

AMEN

DMEN

TS- T

YPES

OF

AMEN

DMEN

TS

Amen

dmen

t of t

he F

irst R

ank

An a

men

dmen

t to

a m

otio

n.

Amen

dmen

t of t

he S

econ

d Ra

nk

An a

men

dmen

t to

the

amen

dmen

t. (T

he a

men

dmen

t to

the

amen

dmen

t mus

t mod

ify a

nd re

late

dire

ctly

to th

e am

endm

ent

and

NOT

to th

e m

ain

mot

ion,

oth

erw

ise it

is O

UT O

F OR

DER.

)

NO A

MEN

DMEN

T BE

YOND

THA

T O

F SE

COND

RAN

K IS

PO

SSIB

LE.

It is

neve

r in

orde

r to

prop

ose

mor

e th

an o

ne a

men

dmen

t of e

ach

rank

at

one

time.

If o

ne d

esire

s to

amen

d tw

o se

para

te a

nd u

nrel

ated

par

ts o

f a

mot

ion,

this

mus

t be

done

by

two

amen

dmen

ts o

f the

firs

t ran

k, a

nd

one

mus

t be

vote

d up

on b

efor

e th

e ot

her i

s pro

pose

d. I

t is p

ossib

le,

how

ever

, to

have

a m

otio

n, o

ne a

men

dmen

t to

the

mot

ion

(am

endm

ent o

f the

firs

t ran

k) a

nd o

ne a

men

dmen

t to

the

amen

dmen

t (a

men

dmen

t of t

he se

cond

rank

) bef

ore

the

asse

mbl

y at

onc

e. U

ntil

the

amen

dmen

t of t

he se

cond

rank

has

bee

n vo

ted

upon

, no

othe

r am

endm

ent o

f the

seco

nd ra

nk is

in o

rder

. Un

til th

e am

endm

ent o

f the

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first

rank

has

bee

n vo

ted

upon

, no

othe

r am

endm

ent o

f the

firs

t ran

k ca

n be

pro

pose

d.

Ord

er o

f Vot

ing

Amen

dmen

ts a

re v

oted

upo

n in

inve

rse

orde

r. T

hat i

s, th

e on

e of

se

cond

rank

is d

ispos

ed o

f firs

t.

1.Di

scus

sion

is he

ld a

nd th

e vo

te ta

ken

upon

the

amen

dmen

t to

the

amen

dmen

t (am

endm

ent o

f sec

ond

rank

)

2.Di

scus

sion

is ca

lled

for a

nd th

e vo

te is

take

n up

on th

e am

endm

ent

to th

e m

otio

n (a

men

dmen

t of f

irst r

ank.

)

3.W

hen

the

vote

of t

his h

as b

een

take

n, d

iscus

sion

upon

the

orig

inal

or

mai

n m

otio

n as

am

ende

d is

open

and

whe

n co

mpl

eted

a v

ote

is ta

ken

upon

it.

GLO

SSAR

Y O

F PA

RLIA

MEN

TARY

PRO

CEDU

RE T

ERM

S

Adjo

urn:

To

end

the

mee

ting.

A p

ropo

sal “

to a

djou

rn” i

s in

the

unqu

alifi

ed fo

rm.

A pr

opos

al “t

o ad

jour

n” w

ithin

a sp

ecifi

c tim

e or

ad

jour

nmen

t to

mee

t aga

in a

t a d

efin

ite ti

me

is in

the

qual

ified

form

.

Appe

al, D

ecisi

on o

f Mod

erat

or:

To d

eter

min

e th

e as

sem

bly’

s att

itude

to

war

d a

rulin

g m

ade

by th

e M

oder

ator

.

Com

mit-

To

refe

r to

a co

mm

ittee

. W

hen

a m

otio

n be

com

es in

volv

ed

thro

ugh

amen

dmen

ts o

r whe

n it

is w

ise to

inve

stig

ate

the

ques

tion

mor

e ca

refu

lly, i

t may

be

mov

ed to

com

mit

the

mot

ion

to a

com

mitt

ee

for f

urth

er st

udy.

Divi

sion

of th

e As

sem

bly:

Whe

n a

mem

ber d

oubt

s the

resu

lt of

a v

oice

vo

te o

r a v

ote

by sh

ow o

f han

ds, h

e ca

n ca

ll fo

r a D

ivisi

on o

f the

As

sem

bly,

ther

eby

requ

iring

the

vote

to b

e ta

ken

agai

n by

risin

g.

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ndix

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Divi

sion

of a

Que

stio

n: T

o se

para

te a

mot

ion

so th

at p

arts

of i

t may

be

cons

ider

ed in

divi

dual

ly.

“I ca

ll fo

r a d

ivisi

on o

f the

que

stio

n.”

Floo

r, O

btai

n th

e: T

o ob

tain

the

floor

the

mem

ber m

ust b

e re

cogn

ized

by th

e ch

air a

s hav

ing

the

exclu

sive

right

to b

e he

ard

at th

at ti

me.

Inqu

iry, P

arlia

men

tary

: A

ques

tion

dire

cted

to th

e pr

esid

ing

offic

er to

ob

tain

info

rmat

ion

on p

arlia

men

tary

law

or t

he ru

les o

f the

org

aniza

tion

bear

ing

on th

e bu

sines

s at h

and.

“I r

ise to

Par

liam

enta

ry In

quiry

.”

Lay

on th

e Ta

ble:

To

dela

y on

a m

otio

n an

d cle

ar th

e flo

or fo

r mor

e ur

gent

bus

ines

s.

Lim

it or

Ext

end

Deba

te:

To p

rovi

de m

ore

or le

ss ti

me

for d

iscus

sion.

Mov

e th

e Pr

evio

us Q

uest

ion:

A m

otio

n to

secu

re im

med

iate

vot

e on

on

e or

mor

e pe

ndin

g qu

estio

ns, t

here

by e

ndin

g de

bate

. “I

mov

e th

e pr

evio

us q

uest

ion.

Ord

ers o

f the

Day

, To

Call

for:

A p

rivile

ged

mot

ion

by w

hich

a m

embe

r ca

n re

quire

the

asse

mbl

y to

conf

orm

to it

s age

nda,

pro

gram

, or o

rder

of

busin

ess,

or to

take

up

a ge

nera

l or s

pecia

l ord

er th

at is

due

to co

me

up

at th

at ti

me.

Ord

er, P

oint

of:

Cal

ls at

tent

ion

to v

iola

tion

of p

arlia

men

tary

pr

oced

ures

. Th

e m

embe

r say

s, “I

rise

to a

poi

nt o

f ord

er.”

The

M

oder

ator

may

say,

“You

r poi

nt o

f ord

er is

sust

aine

d”, o

r “Yo

ur p

oint

of

orde

r is d

enie

d.”

Que

stio

n of

Priv

ilege

, To

Raise

: Pe

rmits

a re

ques

t or m

ain

mot

ion

rela

ting

to th

e rig

hts a

nd p

rivile

ges o

f the

ass

embl

y or

any

of i

ts

mem

bers

to b

e br

ough

t up

for p

ossib

le im

med

iate

cons

ider

atio

n be

caus

e of

its u

rgen

cy.

Ratif

y: A

ppro

ves a

ctio

n pr

evio

usly

take

n.

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Rece

ss:

A sh

ort i

nter

miss

ion

in th

e as

sem

bly’

s pro

ceed

ings

whi

ch d

oes

not c

lose

the

mee

ting.

Reco

nsid

er:

To se

cure

furt

her c

onsid

erat

ion

and

anot

her v

ote

on th

e qu

estio

n. T

he m

embe

r mov

ing

to re

cons

ider

mus

t hav

e vo

ted

on th

e pr

evai

ling

side

of th

e qu

estio

n to

be

cons

ider

ed.

The

mak

ing

of th

is m

otio

n is

subj

ect t

o tim

e lim

its.

Resc

ind:

To

repe

al a

ctio

n pr

evio

usly

take

n.

Reso

lutio

n: T

he a

ct o

f an

asse

mbl

y to

dec

lare

fact

s or e

xpre

ss o

pini

ons

or p

urpo

ses,

and

not t

o co

mm

and.

Susp

end

the

Rule

s: T

o ad

opt a

mot

ion

to p

erm

it ac

tion

whi

ch w

ould

be

proh

ibite

d by

the

rule

s.

Take

from

the

Tabl

e: T

o ap

ply

to a

mot

ion(

s) w

hich

had

bee

n la

id o

n th

e ta

ble.

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I

REVI

SIO

N D

ETAI

LS

Revi

sions

to th

e Co

nstit

utio

n &

Byl

aws –

Janu

ary

2009

Artic

le

Sect

ion

Brie

f Des

crip

tion

of C

hang

e/Re

ason

Prea

mbl

e n/

a Ad

ded

the

Foun

datio

n an

d th

e di

ffere

ntia

tion

betw

een

entit

ies t

ax st

atus

III

B

Adde

d “,

or”

bet

wee

n re

quire

men

ts fo

r Life

M

embe

r to

mak

e it

mor

e cle

ar.

III

H Ch

ange

d th

e co

unt o

f the

two-

third

s of t

he

entir

e bo

ard

to tw

o-th

irds o

f the

quo

rum

of t

he

boar

d IV

1

to 1

0 1

to 1

0 w

ere

aste

risk,

now

they

are

num

bere

d re

spon

sibili

ty fo

r the

spon

sor.

V A

Deta

iled

the

proc

ess o

f cha

nge

and

appr

oval

of

dues

by

Boar

d an

d Ge

nera

l Mee

ting,

it w

as

part

ially

det

aile

d in

App

endi

x B th

at w

as

elim

inat

ed.

V B

Rem

ove

amou

nts o

f due

s and

refe

rred

to th

e Po

licy.

Stil

l kee

ping

the

desc

riptio

n of

wha

t the

di

ffere

nt ca

tego

ries o

f mem

bers

hip

dues

are

co

verin

g fro

m th

e po

int o

f vie

w o

f cos

t. V

C Pa

ymen

t sch

edul

e an

d de

tails

wer

e ta

ken

out

and

refe

rred

to th

e Po

licy.

V

D Fe

es d

etai

ls fo

r rei

nsta

ted/

tran

sfer

mem

ber

wer

e ta

ken

out a

nd re

ferr

ed to

the

polic

y.

VI

A Ad

ded

Life

Mem

bers

VI

C-

Pres

iden

t Ad

ded

“not

lim

ited

to”

Adde

d ite

ms 1

0 to

14

unde

r the

Pre

siden

t re

spon

sibili

ties

VI

C-Im

med

iate

Pa

st P

resid

ent

Adde

d “n

ot li

mite

d to

” Ad

ded

resp

onsib

ility

for t

he n

omin

atin

g co

mm

ittee

to th

e Im

med

iate

Pas

t Pre

siden

t.

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of C

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C-1st

Vice

Pr

esid

ent

Adde

d “n

ot li

mite

d to

” Re

phra

sed

sect

ion

4-a

clarit

y, b

ut d

id n

ot ch

ange

an

y co

nten

t. Ad

ded

sect

ions

4-b

and

4-c

to th

e Fu

nd

Scre

enin

g Co

mm

ittee

requ

irem

ents

. Ad

ded

sect

ion

5 fo

r com

mitt

ees.

Adde

d se

ctio

n 6

for b

ank

stat

emen

ts.

VI

C-2nd

Vice

Pr

esid

ent

Adde

d “n

ot li

mite

d to

” Re

mov

ed li

mita

tions

abo

ut w

hat t

ype

of

resp

onsib

ilitie

s the

Pre

siden

t can

ass

ign

for

supe

rviso

ry fu

nctio

ns.

VI

C-3rd

Vice

Pr

esid

ent

Adde

d “n

ot li

mite

d to

” Re

mov

ed li

mita

tions

abo

ut w

hat t

ype

of

resp

onsib

ilitie

s the

Pre

siden

t can

ass

ign

for

supe

rviso

ry fu

nctio

ns.

VI

C-Se

cret

ary

Adde

d se

ctio

n 1

requ

irem

ent f

or a

ppro

val o

f m

inut

es o

n ne

xt se

ssio

n of

Boa

rd.

Adde

d “D

istric

t” to

sect

ion

2.

Adde

d se

ctio

n 7

for t

he re

spon

sibili

ty o

f Co

rpor

ate

filin

g.

VI

C-Tr

easu

rer

Chan

ged

Activ

ities

to F

ound

atio

n in

sect

ion

3 Ad

ded

sect

ion

4 re

ferr

ing

to m

inim

al b

alan

ces

and

the

polic

y.

Adde

d Fo

unda

tion

to se

ctio

ns5,

6 a

nd 7

. Ad

ded

the

resp

onsib

ilitie

s for

filin

g an

d re

view

s fo

r the

Clu

b an

d Fo

unda

tion

with

Inde

pend

ent

Publ

ic Ac

coun

tant

. VI

C-

Assis

tant

Tr

easu

rer

Adde

d se

ctio

ns 3

and

4.

VI

C-Ne

ws L

ette

r –W

eb S

ite

Adde

d W

eb-S

ite to

New

slett

er.

Adde

d se

ctio

ns 4

and

5.

VI

C-M

embe

rshi

p Ad

ded

sect

ions

3, 4

and

5

VI

C-Ta

il Tw

ister

Fi

ne m

axim

um a

mou

nt re

mov

ed a

nd re

ferr

ed to

th

e po

licy.

VI

I C

Adde

d “b

y th

e Pr

esid

ent”

,

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Artic

le

Sect

ion

Brie

f Des

crip

tion

of C

hang

e/Re

ason

VII

E-2

Adde

d “3

0 da

ys N

otice

. Ad

ded

Defin

ition

of P

olicy

. VI

I E-

4 Ad

ded

sect

ion

E-4.

VI

II A

Adde

d “w

illin

g to

serv

e”.

VIII

C Ad

ded

“In

the

even

t the

re is

a co

ntes

t for

any

po

st”.

X

G Ad

ded

sect

ion

G, b

ecau

se it

is n

eede

d fo

r the

Fo

unda

tion.

X

D Re

phra

sed

for c

larit

y w

ithou

t cha

ngin

g th

e m

eani

ng.

Appe

ndix

B

Elim

inat

ed fr

om b

ylaw

s is n

ow in

clude

d in

the

Polic

y. T

his a

ppen

dix

has t

he a

mou

nts f

or d

ues

from

yea

rs 2

000

and

a re

visio

n fo

r yea

r 200

2.

The

spec

ific d

escr

iptio

n of

due

s inc

reas

e ap

prov

al w

as fu

rthe

r exp

lain

ed a

nd m

oved

to

Artic

le V

.B.