“REPUBLICANS OF RIVER
CITY”
BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I: NAME AND JURISDICTION
Section 1.1 Name: The name of this organization shall
be
REPUBLICANS OF RIVER CITY, hereafter referred to a “RRC”.
Section 1.2 Jurisdiction: The jurisdiction of RRC will
focus on, but not be limited to those concerns and issues that impact
the greater Sacramento community.
ARTICLE II: POWERS
Section 2.1 Power: The power of RRC shall be to
direct, manage, supervise, and control its business and funds to carry
out its objectives.
ARTICLE III: OBJECTIVES
Section 3.1 Objectives:
The purposes and objectives of this organization are:
(a)
To inform, educate, and persuade all citizens to register and
vote, and to support the policies and candidates of the Republican
Party.
(b)
To participate in the development and implementation of the
objectives as listed in the CCR bylaws ARTICLE III, Section 3.1 (a) –
(i).
ARTICLE IV: COMPOSITION
Section 4.1 Members: RRC shall consist of members who
have been approved and accepted by the Board of Directors in the
manner provided in the Bylaws of RRC and who continue to comply with
the Bylaws of RRC and the CCR as adopted and amended.
Section 4.2 Classes: The classification of memberships
in this organization shall be regular, associate and honorary.
(a)
Regular members of RRC shall be those American citizens who are
registered with the Republican Party and approved by the Board of
Directors. Regular members pay dues and vote.
(b)
Associate members are non-voting members who are ineligible to
register and vote in elections (students, immigrants), and are
designated by the Board of Directors. Associate members pay dues
set by the Board of Directors.
(c)
Honory members are elected to honary membership in RRC by the
Board of Directors. Honorary members do not vote or pay dues.
Section 4.3 Termination of
Membership:
(a)
If membership dues remain unpaid for a period of sixty (60)
days after written notice by the Secretary, such membership will ipso
facto terminate, and such member will cease to be in good standing.
(b)
Membership may be terminated by the Board of Directors’ action
in accordance with Roberts Rules of Order.
(c)
Membership may also be terminated if a member affiliates with
or registers as a member of another party.
ARTICLE V:
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Section 5.1 Officers and Directors: Officers and
Directors shall be elected by plurality vote of regular members at the
duly called election meeting pursuant to Section 5.4. The
immediate Past President shall be a member of the Board of Directors
in the following term.
Section 5.2 Board Composition: The Board shall consist
of a President, two Vice-Presidents, two Secretaries, a Treasurer, the
immediate Past President, and ten Directors. A non-voting
Parliamentarian shall be appointed by the President with Board
approval.
Section 5.3 Qualifications: A candidate for Board
member shall have been a regular member in good standing for at least
one year prior to being nominated. A member’s date of membership
for the purpose of calculating a year shall be the date of approval by
the Board of directors, not the date of submission of a check or
application. A candidate for an Officer position shall have
served on the Board of Directors for at least one (1) year prior to
being nominated.
Section 5.4 Term of Office: Officers and Board members
shall be elected for a term of two years beginning in January of the
odd calendar year. Elected Officers and Board members shall
serve no more than two consecutive terms in the same office.
Section 5.5 Powers and Duties: The Board of Directors
and each of the officers shall have the following powers and duties:
(a)
President
·
Official spokesperson for
the organization.
·
Presides at all meetings
of the Board of Directors as well as general membership meetings.
·
Ensures that the Bylaws of
RRC and CCR are diligently enforced.
·
Has full poser to appoint
all members of the standing, special and ad hoc committees deemed
required to perform the work of RRC.
·
Has responsibility for the
RRC Newsletter.
·
Perform such other duties
as usually pertain to that office.
(b)
First Vice-President
·
Assist the President as
pertains to all duties and activities of that office.
·
Shall succeed to and
become President of RRC in the event that the office becomes vacant.
·
Perform all the duties of
the President in the absence of the President.
·
Shall perform such duties
as the President may request.
(c)
Second Vice-President
·
Shall chair the Membership
Recruitment Committee.
·
Directs all membership
drives.
·
Responsible for membership
retention.
·
Shall perform such duties
as the President may request.
(d)
Treasurer
·
Shall receive, collect,
and deposit all money received by RRC.
·
Shall keep the usual books
or records of account and report on income, disbursements and
liabilities monthly.
·
Shall originate all
disbursements on orders of the Board of Directors.
·
Shall perform such duties
as the President may request.
·
Shall make certain that
all drafts are signed by two officers, which must include the
Treasurer, and one of the following: President, First
Vice-President, or Second Vice-President.
·
Shall be responsible for
reporting to appropriate state and federal agencies.
·
The Treasurer shall be
bonded at the expense of RRC if requested by the Board of Directors.
·
Shall provide a full and
accurate accounting at the end of his term or when leaving office.
(e)
Secretary (Recording)
·
Shall keep minutes of all
meetings.
·
Shall provide notice of
all meetings.
·
Shall perform such duties
and correspondence as the President may request.
(f)
Secretary (Membership)
·
Shall chair the Membership
Approval Committee
·
Shall keep a record of all
members’ names, addresses, phone numbers and membership dates.
·
Shall perform such other
duties as the President may require.
(g)
The Board of Directors
·
Shall have the power to
solicit and receive contributions from members of the general public
under the direction and supervision of the Officers for the purposes
of RRC and the activities it sponsors.
·
Shall not solicit funds
for the Stare or County Central Committees, or for use by The
Republican Party, without first securing consent of the appropriate
party officials in the manner provided by the Election Code of
California.
·
Shall be vested with the
power and the duty of transacting all the business of RRC.
·
Shall be responsible for
carrying out the purposes and objectives of RRC.
·
Shall be responsible for
protecting the RRC membership mailing list from use by any other
organization without a 2/3-majority approval of the Board.
(h)
Executive Committee
·
Shall consist of
President, First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, Treasurer,
Recording Secretary, Membership Secretary, and Immediate Past
President.
·
Shall set time and place
of all meetings.
·
Shall be responsible for
the implementation of the day to day business between meetings of the
Board of Directors.
Section 5.6 Public Service:
No officer shall hold any partisan or non-partisan remunerative
elective public office at the city, county, state or federal levels.
Section 5.7 Vacancies:
A vacancy occurring between elections shall be filled by a vote of the
Board of Directors pursuant to Article V. Section 3 “Qualifications:
A candidate for Board Member shall have been a regular member in good
standing for at least one year prior to being nominated. A
candidate for an Officer position shall have served on the Board of
Directors for at least one year prior to being nominated” following an
announcement of the vacancy at a general meeting and/or notification
of it in the newsletter.
(a)
A vacancy shall be deemed to have occurred when a Board Member
misses three meetings without an excuse, or
(b)
When A Board Member refuses or consistently fails to carry out
assigned duties.
(c)
Vacancies also occur by resignation of a Board Member or when
one is incapacitated due to illness or injury.
Section 5.8 due Process:
The Board of Directors of RRC shall investigate all charges listed in
Section 5.7 paragraphs (a) and (b). If the Board determines an
allegation to be true, the President shall immediately notify the
accused of the charges and the rights of the accused to a hearing at
the next regularly scheduled meeting of the RRC Board. The RRC
Board will conduct the hearing and, if it determines that the charges
are not well founded, the matter will be dropped. If the Board
determines the charges to have merit, it shall report a resolution to
the membership with its recommendation that the offending member be
terminated following the right of the offending member to be heard.
A two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members at a regular or special meeting
following at least five (5) days written notice of such meeting shall
be final as to the disposition of the case.
ARTICLE VI: COMMITTEES
Section 6.1 Appointments:
All members of committees shall hold office at the pleasure of the
President with the approval of the Board of Directors.
Section 6.2 Standing Committees: The Standing
Committees shall be:
Audit
Bylaws
Functions
Membership
Newsletter
Voter Registration/Election Committee
Ways and Means
Section 6.3 Nominating Committee: A Nominating
Committee shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the
Board of Directors not less than sixty (60) days before the election
meeting in January of odd calendar years. The Nominating
Committee shall prepare a slate of Officers and Board Members to be
presented to the Board of Directors at the November Board meeting for
the purpose of written notice to the general membership prior to the
general membership meeting in November. The slate shall be
presented to the general membership at the November General Meeting.
At this time nominations may be taken from the floor.
Section 6.4 Duties and Responsibilities of Committee:
The Statements of Duties and Responsibilities of Committees shall be
maintained in the RRC Administrative Procedures Handbook.
ARTICLE VII: MEETINGS
Section 7.1 Board of Directors: The Board of Directors
shall meet at least once each month at a time and place designated by
the Executive committee. A quorum shall consist of at lease
seven (7) members.
Section 7.2 Regular Meetings: General Membership meetings shall
be held on a monthly basis at a time and place designated by the
Executive Committee.
Section 7.3 Election Meetings: The General Membership
Meeting of January in the odd calendar year shall be an election
meeting at a time and place designated by the Executive Committee for
the purpose of electing Officers and Board Members.
Section 7.4 Special Meetings: Special Meetings may be
called by the President or by at least five members of the Board of
Directors at a time and place designated by the Executive Committee.
Section 7.5 Executive Meetings: Executive meetings
shall be called by the President. A quorum for Executive
Committee meetings is four members.
ARTICLE VIII: MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING
Section 8.1: Members in good standing are only those members
who have been accepted by the membership committee and approved by the
Board of Directors, and are current in their dues. A member’s
date of membership is the date of his/her approval by the Board, not
the date of receipt of application or deposit of check.
ARTICLE IX: VOTING
Section 9.1: Only Regular members in good standing may be
allowed to vote.
ARTICLE X: ROBERTS’ RULES OF ORDER
Section 10.1: The rules
contained in the current edition of ROBERTS’ RULES OF ORDER, newly
revised, shall govern this association in all cases to which they are
applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws.
ARTICLE XI: AMENDMENTS OF BYLAWS
Section 11.1: These Bylaws may be amended at any regular
meeting of the association by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of those
present, provided that the amendment has been submitted in writing at
the previous regular meeting.
ARTICLE XII: ORDER OF BUSINESS
Section 12.1: The following is a suggested model for the
agenda and order of business for meetings of the Board of Directors
and regular meetings:
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
Reading and Approval of Minutes
Committee Reports
Unfinished Business
New Business
