LARAWAY SECTION BYLAWS

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ARTICLE I - NAME

  1. The name of this organization shall be The Laraway Section of The Green Mountain Club, hereinafter referred to as the Section.
  2. The Green Mountain Club, Inc., a Vermont corporation hereinafter shall be referred to as GMC.

ARTICLE II - FISCAL YEAR

  1. The fiscal year for the Section shall be May 1 to April 30 of the following year.

ARTICLE III - PURPOSE

  1. Purpose: The purpose of the Section shall be as follows:
    1. To maintain and/or relocate/establish the Long Trail, Long Trail shelters and side trails that the GMC assigns to the Section and work with other Sections as a service to the general public.
    2. To make the Vermont Mountains and undeveloped land play a large role in the lives of members and the general public by providing recreational/educational opportunities and activities with an emphasis on the outdoors and promote stewardship and environmental awareness of the Long Trail.

ARTICLE IV - MEMBERSHIP

  1. Classes of Membership:
    1. Individual - any person may become a member of the Section upon payment of appropriate dues and shall be entitled to one vote.
    2. Family - any family may join the Section upon payment of appropriate dues and shall be entitled to two votes.
    3. Business or organization - may become a member of the Section upon payment of appropriate dues and shall not be entitled to vote.
  2. Dues:
    1. The annual dues for each class of membership shall be set by the Board of Directors of the GMC. Dues are payable to the GMC and a specified percentage of the dues shall be allocated to the Section in accordance with the bylaws of the GMC. Members are entitled to all benefits of the GMC.
    2. Any member whose dues are in arrears more than 3 months after they are due shall cease to be a member of the Section thereafter.

ARTICLE V - OFFICERS / Duties

  1. Officers - The officers of the Section shall be President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Director/Alternate Director and elected Chairperson of any Committee.
  2. Appointment - The officers of the Section shall be elected at annual meeting.
  3. Term - Each elected officer shall serve for a 1-year term and shall serve until their successors are elected except the Director/Alternate Director who shall be elected every three years.
  4. Vacancy - The Executive committee shall appoint a member to fill any vacancy for the remainder of the term of that office.
  5. Removal - Any officer may be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of members present at any warned meeting of the Section.
  6. Duties - The Section Officers shall have the following duties:
    1. President - shall supervise/approve the duties of the officers and shall preside/conduct the meetings of the Section and Executive Committee. The President shall act as the spokesperson of the Section.
    2. Vice President - shall assist the president and perform the duties of President if he/she is unable to.
    3. Treasurer - shall receive and disburse funds on behalf of the Section and shall submit an annual financial report of the Section at annual meeting.
    4. Secretary - shall keep accurate minutes of the Section's annual meeting, special meetings or executive committee meetings.
    5. Director - shall attend GMC Board of Directors meetings and duly represent the Laraway Section to the best of their ability. Shall inform members of the critical issues placed before the Board.
    6. Alternate Director - shall perform the duties of Director if she/he is unable to perform her/his duties.
  7. Chairperson of Committee - The chairperson of any committee shall perform the traditional or assigned duties of their committee as follows and shall report to the President of all proposed activities:
  8. Committees:
    1. Membership - process membership applications, maintain a roster of memberships and encourage/recruit new members, publish and distribute activities schedule/newsletter to Section/GMC members and the general public.
    2. Outings/newsletter - arrange a schedule of activities and newsletter relating to the purpose of the Section.
    3. Shelters/Trails - arrange and supervise whatever action is required by the Section to build and/or maintain shelters and the trails for which the Section is responsible.
    4. Nominating - shall at annual meeting present the name of a member for each office, if possible, in which a vacancy will occur. Additional nominations for any vacancy may be made by a voting member. Voting may be by paper ballot. The chairperson shall appoint two other members to the committee.
    5. Special Committees - The President may establish and appoint any special committee that he/she deems necessary which committee shall terminate in one year unless voted to continue by the majority of voting members at any meeting.
  9. If any offices are combined that officer will have only one vote.

ARTICLE VI - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

  1. Function - shall advise the President on the care and direction of the Section and must approve any expenditure of funds from the treasury of $75 or more.
  2. Composition - shall consist of 5 members composed from the following order President, Vice President, Director (or alternate) director, Treasurer, Chair of Trails & Shelters, Chair of Outings, Chair of Membership and Secretary.
  3. Meetings - shall be called by the President or by any two members thereof upon 14 days notice in advance.
  4. Quorum - Shall be constituted by the presence of at least 3 of 5 of committee members. Proposals shall be approved by majority of those present.

ARTICLE VII - MEETINGS OF GENERAL MEMBERSHIP

  1. Meetings shall be called by the President or by any two members thereof upon 14days notice in advance.
  2. Annual - shall be held in the spring of each year, the determination of the time and place thereof to be made by the Executive Committee.
  3. Special - shall be called by the President or by him/her by petition of two executive committee members or ten or more voting members.
  4. Notice - shall be given to each member by US or E-mail, if available, at least 2 weeks in advance and shall include the purpose/purposes.
  5. Quorum - Ten percent of the membership.

ARTICLE VIII - BYLAWS/AMENDMENTS OF THE SECTION

  1. These bylaws shall abide by the bylaws of the GMC. The Bylaws of the GMC shall take precedence over the Bylaws of the Section.
  2. These bylaws may be amended or repealed at any warned meeting by a two-thirds vote of the members present provided that notice of the proposed action is given for such meeting.
  3. It shall be the duty of the President to present such bylaw amendments as may be proposed by a majority of the Executive Committee or any ten members of the section.

ARTICLE IX - DIS-ESTABLISHMENT

  1. Disestablishment - If the number of voting members falls below ten or if the Section is unable to perform its responsibility to the GMC, the Section by a two-thirds vote at any warned meeting may recommend to the Board of Directors of the GMC to be disestablished.
  2. Assets and liabilities. In the event of dissolution or disestablishment of the Section all tangible assets remaining after all liabilities have been met shall become the property of the GMC.