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Article
I - Name
The
name of this club shall be the Shoreline Seniors Golf Club.
Article
II - Purpose
First. To promote and foster among its members Goodwill,
Fellowship, Sportsmanship and a closer bond for their mutual benefit, and to
promote and conserve the best interest and true spirit of the game of golf as
embodied in its ancient and honorable traditions.
Second. To enforce uniformity in the rules of the game as
laid down by the United States Golf Association.
Third. To maintain a uniform system of handicapping as
set forth in the regulations of the Northern California Golf Association
(NCGA) in cooperation with the United States Golf Association (USGA).
Fourth. To afford a convenient and authoritative body to
govern Club tournaments.
Article
III - Membership
Section 1. Membership shall be available to males, age
fifty-five (55) or older. Membership shall be unlimited to residents of the
City of Mountain View. Nonresident members shall be limited to 180 members.
Section 2. Memberships are individual and non-transferable.
Dues include membership in the NCGA. The NCGA provides $1 toward a
subscription to the quarterly magazine, monthly-computerized handicap, NCGA
tournament eligibility, and any other special membership services available.
Section 3. Members of good standing for 10 years or more,
who will not play regularly (no more than 6 times a year) due to age or
physical constraints, may apply to be a Social Member. The Social Member will
be entitled to all member privileges but will not be registered with the
NCGA. The Social Membership dues will be the regular membership less the NCGA
fee. The Social Member will not have an official NCGA handicap and thus will
not be eligible to participate in the prize awards while playing in the Club
Tournaments.
Section 4. The fiscal year for the club will be January 1
through December 31.
Section 5. In the event any member of this organization
shall commit any act which reflects discredit or dispute thereon or shall
refuse or neglect to comply with the rules and regulations adopted by the
Board of Directors or the duly appointed officers, such member shall be
subject to suspension or expulsion after ten (10) days written notice and the
right to be heard, by a vote of two-third (2/3) of the Board of Directors at
any regular or special meeting called for such purpose. The president will
take whatever action is approved by the Board, and will notify the member
accordingly.
Section 6. The annual meeting of the Shoreline Seniors Golf
Club shall be held on the second Monday in the month of September. The Board
of Directors shall provide for the holding of such meetings as may be deemed
necessary or desirable, and shall call special meetings upon the written
petition signed by no less than ten (10) percent of the membership.
Section 7. A legal quorum at any meeting of the membership
shall be twenty-five (25) members present. Each active member in good
standing shall be entitled to one vote.
Section 8. All membership fees and dues shall be
established by the Board of Directors from time to time in such amounts as
they deem to be adequate to operate and maintain the club.
Article
IV - Board of Directors
Section 1. The Board of Directors shall consist of thirteen
(13) members in good standing of the Shoreline Seniors Golf Club and shall
exercise all powers of management of the club not specially excepted by these
Bylaws. In order to maintain continuity in the affairs of the club, the
following schedule of Directors will be maintained:
Four
(4) Directors will be three (3) year Directors
Four
(4) Directors will be two (2) year Directors
Four
(4) Directors will be one (1) year Directors
(This
means Directors are elected to 3 year terms, with four elected each year.)
One
(1) additional Director will be the Immediate Past President. His term will
be for one (1) year. In the event he chooses not to be a Director, the Board
will fill the vacancy as provided in Section 6 below.
Section 2. On or before July 15th The Board of Directors
shall appoint a nominating committee consisting of five (5) members of the
organization not serving on the Board of Directors. Instructions will be
given to the Chairman as to how many nominees for Directors will be required
for the coming year, starting January first, and the terms for which they are
to be nominated.
Not
later than August 1st, the Committee Chairman shall submit to the Board the
list of nominees for Directors selected by the committee and the term for
which they were nominated.
Names
of other members in good standing may be nominated for Director by petition,
showing the term for which they wish to run, signed by at least ten (10)
members and submitted to the Board of Directors on or before August
fifteenth.
A
complete list of all qualified nominees for Director, showing the term for
which they are running, will be posted on the bulletin board by the Secretary
and will be published in the August Newsletter which will be mailed to all
members.
There
will be no nominations from the floor on Election Day.
Section 3. The Board shall appoint a committee of three
judges, who are not members of the Board or candidates for election, to
supervise the election and count the ballots.
Section 4. Voting for Directors shall be by written ballot
of the general membership at the Annual Meeting and those names receiving the
greatest number of votes cast by those present at the meeting shall be
declared to be elected.
Section 5. The Board of Directors shall meet at such times
and places as they may select and seven (7) directors shall constitute a
quorum at the meeting. The Board shall meet at least once in each quarter of
the year.
Section 6. In the case of any vacancy through death,
resignation, disqualification or any other cause, the remaining Directors,
even though less than a quorum, may elect a successor by majority vote to
hold office for the full unexpired term of the Director whose place shall be
vacant, and until the election of a successor.
Article
V - Officers and Committees
Section 1. Within ten (10) days after the Annual Meeting
and election, the newly constituted Board of Directors shall meet to nominate
and elect the officers for the Club for the ensuing year. Only members of the
newly constituted Board of Directors may be nominated and elected as Officers
of this Club.
Section 2. The officers shall consist of President, Vice
President, Secretary and Treasurer, and their duties shall be such as their
title would indicate or as such as may be assigned to them respectively from
time to time.
Section 3. The Board of Directors shall authorize and
define the powers and duties of all committees. Chairman and members of all
committees shall be appointed by the President, and he shall be ex-officio
member of all committees except the nominating committee.
Section 4. Outstanding Achievement Award. The Board of
Directors shall select a member who has performed distinctive services for,
or on behalf of, the Club, to be presented at the Annual Meeting.
Section 5. The following committees shall be appointed each
year, with such other committees as the President may deem necessary or
advisable:
Tournament Committee to arrange and schedule
tournaments.
Handicap Committee to establish a fair and
proper system of handicaps in accordance with procedures lay down by the
NCGA.
Membership Committee to investigate and act upon
all applications for membership.
Special Committee to prepare for the Board of
Directors: Programs, events and social activities for the Club and to promote
and direct such approved functions.
Article
VI - Amendments
These
Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted at
the September Annual Meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose,
by an affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the members present.
Twenty-five (25) members constitute a legal quorum.
Article
VII - Non-Profit Organization
This
Club is to be a non-profit organization.
In
the event that this Club is disbanded, for any reason, any residual funds
will be distributed to the Mountain View Athletic League.
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