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By-Laws for the Blinker Bowling Team
The
name of this organization shall be the Blinkers Incorporated
Section 1: Headquarters.
The headquarters of this organization shall be at the
residence of the president.
Section 1:
Anyone who is legally blind shall be eligible to
belong to this organization.
Legally
blind is twenty over two hundred (20/200), with corrective vision in the better
eye.
Section
2:
A
blind person must show proof of blindness by having a document from his or her
doctor.
Section
3: Auxiliary Members
Auxiliary
members are sighted bowlers with the following duties: assisting blind bowlers
by calling out pins, records scores, setting up and taking down rails, driving
to and from events, pays dues, and helps with fund raisers. Auxiliary members
must also participate with a minimum attendance of 50%.
Section
4: Dues
Each
bowler must pay $10 before November 7th each bowling season.
Section
5:
Those
members who have difficulty with performing tasks independently must bring
their own aide. The aide must become an auxiliary member to participate in
bowling or other functions.
The
purpose of this organization is to promote a bowling team for blind
people for recreation and social interaction.
Section
1:
Meetings
shall be held whenever the president or any two members of the team so request
and shall be held two weeks after the membership has been notified.
Section
2: Place of meeting.
It
shall be the responsibility of the president to locate and secure facilities to
hold meetings
Section
1: Expulsion, suspension, or other disciplinary action
Any
member of this organization may be expelled from membership for a violation of
these by-lays, or other causes shown.
Section
2:
A
member may be expelled after two letters of complaints with documentation,
charging the member with slanderous and/or derogatory remarks that are damaging
to this organization or any member thereof.
Section
3:
It
shall take a two-thirds majority vote of the membership to expel a member of
this organization.
Section
1:
The
officers of this organization will consist of three: president, vice-president,
and secretary-treasurer.
Section
2:
All
officers of this organization shall be at least the equivalent of legally
blind, with the exception of the secretary-treasurer, who may be sighted.
Section
3:
The election of officers shall be held every two years on
the even year, and shall be held on the last Sunday of April (at the end of the
season), at a designated facility. The new officers shall take office in
October, at the beginning of the bowling season.
Section
1: President
It
shall be the duty of the president to preside over all practice and tournament
bowling games.
Section
2:
The
president shall preside over all meetings.
Section
3:
The
president may appoint someone to assist in keeping the games organized.
Section
4:
The
president shall be responsible for obtaining sponsors.
Section
1:
The
duties of the vice-president shall be to preside over all organization business
and meetings while the president is absent and until the president’s return. Also, to assist the president whenever requested.
Section
1:
The
secretary-treasurer’s responsibility at all meetings will be to accurately
record the minutes of the meeting and keep them on file as a permanent record
of this organization. Tape recordings will suffice.
Section
2:
The
secretary-treasurer shall be responsible for all correspondence for the organization.
Section
3
1. The
secretary-treasurer shall be responsible for all of the organization’s funds
received in his/her possession, until the funds are deposited in the bank
2. The
secretary-treasurer shall be responsible for keeping an accurate, recorded
accounting of the organization’s financial funds.
3. The
secretary-treasurer’s responsibility at all business meetings is to give an
accurate, updated accounting of the organization’s financial status quo.
Section
4:
The
secretary-treasurer and the president’s signatures are both required on all
organizational financial transactions over $75 in order to be valid.
Section 5: Expenditures
1. All
expenditures of funds for this organization are controlled by a two-thirds
majority vote of the membership of this organization, with the exception of the
president and secretary-treasurer, whose obligations and duties are for the
betterment of this organization, to perform and maintain the normal monthly
financial expenditures within their jurisdiction of office.
2. If
member needs financial assistance with a bowling ball or shoes, the team will
contribute up to $50 each for ball and shoes after being a member for a year.
The equipment is expected to last approximately 10 years.
These
bylaws may be changed upon request by the president or any two members, and
upon the approval of the majority of the membership, and read at two
consecutive general meetings before being voted on, and shall require a
two-thirds majority vote of the membership to be valid.
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