May 19, 1996
BY-LAWS OF THE VIRGINIA JAYCEE
LIFE MEMBER ASSOCIATION, INC.
ARTICLE I. GOVERNMENT
Section 1: The government of this organization shall be vested in a
Board of Directors to be selected as prescribed in
Section 2 of Article I and Section 1 of Article II of
these By-Laws.
Section 2: There will be a regional representative, Virginia Jaycee
Life Member, for each region in the Virginia Jaycees
who will be a non-voting member of the Life Member
Association Board to be selected by the current Regional
Reps Director of the Life Member Association.
Section 3: The board shall have control and management of the
property and finances of the organization.
Section 4: Chairman of the Board shall be the Immediate Past
President of the Association.
Section 5: The newly elected President of the Life Member
Association shall appoint a Life Member to serve as
Jaycee Liaison. The Liaison shall coordinate the day to
day activities of the Life Membership Program of the
Virginia Jaycees. The Liaison shall work closely with
and be responsible to the Life Member Association
President. The Liaison shall be a non-voting member of
the Board.
ARTICLE II: ELECTION, REMOVAL, & DUTIES OF
OFFICERS
Section 1: The active membership, shall, at its annual meeting, elect
a President, two Vice Presidents, a Secretary/Treasurer,
and Directors as needed. Any officer, except President
and Treasurer, may stand for reelection to the same
office. No member shall hold more than one office at
any one time.
Section 2: The officers of the organization shall have such duties as
generally pertain to their office as well as such powers
and duties as from time to time may be delegated to
them by the board.
Section 3: All elections shall be conducted by the Elections
Committee as provided in the following article.
Section 4: The Chairman of the Board shall appoint an Elections
Committee with the approval of the Board. It shall be
the duty of this committee to oversee and to conduct all
elections of officers in accordance with these By-Lays.
The committee may, from time to time, as it deems
necessary, issue additional guidelines for the conduct or
elections except that these guidelines shall not be
contrary to those specified in the article.
The Elections Committee, shall include in the April
newsletter the names of all the declared candidates
who are eligible to be elected.
It shall be the duty of this committee to issue a written
report to the Board on the results of each election
conducted, within 30 days after the completion
of the election. The report shall include selection
information, as the committee and its members deem
necessary, but shall include no less than the following:
1. The name of the officer or offices to be elected.
2. The name or names of each of the candidates seeking
such office.
3. The total number of eligible voters.
4. The total number of eligible voters casting ballots in
the election.
5. A statement by the committee certifying that all
candidates were duly qualified to seek the respective
offices, and a statement that all elected candidates are
duly qualified to serve in the offices to which they
were elected.
