CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF A MODEL AEROPLANE CLUB

COURTESY OF NEW YORK MODEL AERO CLUB

CONSTITUTION

ART. I

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The object of this Club shall be to popularize and study the Science and Art of Aviation through models.

ART. II

Membership. There shall be two classes of members: 1st.—Senior Members, who have been elected as such by the Admission and Membership Committee; who are qualified to represent the Club at all competitions, and shall have a vote at all meetings in the conduct of the affairs of the Club; 2nd.—Junior Members, comprising all such that have not qualified as seniors, and who shall have no vote.

Any person may become a member of this Club who is passed upon by a majority of the Admission and Membership Committee, to whom all applications, either made directly or through a member of the Club, must be submitted.

All applicants accepted shall at once become Junior Members, and shall remain so until elected Senior Members by the Admission and Membership Committee.

ART. III

Officers. The Officers of this Club shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Secretary-Treasurer, and a Board of Governors, to consist of said officers and the Chairman of the Patent Bureau and Contest Committee.

The President and Second Vice-President shall constitute an Executive Committee of the Board of Governors, with full power to act for them in the affairs of the Club.

ART. IV

Dues and Assessments. The dues shall be 25c (twenty-five cents) per month for Junior and Senior Members alike, to be collected at the first business meeting of each month.

ART. V

Standing Committees. There shall be the following Standing Committees, to consist of four members each:

1st.—Patent Bureau. The Patent Bureau shall investigate and pass upon claims for any feature of a member's own contrivance, and register and insure to members the exclusive use thereof in the Club.

2nd.—Contest Committee. The Contest Committee shall arrange details of, attend and record all competitions held by the Club. They shall also attend and report on any other competition at the request of the Board of Governors.

3rd.— Admission and Membership Committee. The Admission and Membership Committee shall examine all applicants for membership, with full power to accept or reject them, and shall further examine the Junior Members who wish to qualify as Senior Members.

The Committees shall convene regularly at every business meeting and besides, as often as their duties may require.

ART. VI

Special Committees. Special Committees may be appointed at any time, by motion or resolution, to take into consideration and report upon special matters. Unless otherwise provided for, they shall be appointed by the presiding officer.

Art. VII

Meetings. Regular meetings shall be held every Saturday. The first Saturday in October and the first Saturday in April shall be semi-annual election and business meetings. Following these, every first and third Saturday of each month shall be a business meeting.

All other meeting nights shall be called Social meetings. At the social meetings no regular order of business shall be observed.

ART. VIII

Elections. The officers and members of the standing committees shall be elected by written ballot.

The President and First Vice-President shall be elected at the first business meeting in October, to serve for one year; the Second Vice-President and the Secretary-Treasurer shall be elected at the first business meeting in April, to serve for one year.

Two members of each of the standing committees shall be elected at the first business meeting in October, to serve for one year; the two other members of each of the standing committees shall be elected at the first business meeting in April, to serve for one year.

ART. IX

Amendment. This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote at any regular business meeting; but, no amendment shall be entertained unless it shall have been proposed in writing at the previous business meeting.

By-laws may be altered, suspended, annulled or amended by the majority action of the members present at any meeting.

BY-LAWS

ART. I

Duties of President and Vice-Presidents. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Club and of the Board of Governors, and perform such other duties as usually pertain to that office.

The Vice-President, in the absence of the President, shall in his stead perform such duties.

ART. II

Duties of Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a record of all meetings of the Club and of the Board of Governors; issue notices to members of all special meetings, and perform such other duties as may be assigned him by the Constitution, by the Club, or by the Board of Governors.

The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the accounts of the Club; receive all moneys, fees, dues, etc.; pay all bills approved by the Board of Governors, and preserve all proper vouchers for such disbursements. He shall, at each regular meeting of the Board of Governors, make a statement of the financial condition of the Club; and shall, at the semi-annual meetings, submit a report, approved by the Board of Governors, of the financial transactions of the preceding fiscal half year.

ART. III

Enforcement of Rules by the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors shall have full power to expel or suspend any member whose conduct shall be pronounced, by a two-third vote of the members present at a meeting, to have endangered the welfare, interests or character of the Club.

ART. IV

Liabilities. The Board of Governors shall have no power to make the Club liable for any debts exceeding in total the amount of five dollars, unless authorized to do so by a recorded vote of a meeting of the Club.

ART. V

Meetings of the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors shall hold regular meetings on the last Saturday of each month.

ART. VI

Non-Attendance at Governors' Meetings. A member of the Board of Governors who, without satisfactory explanation, shall fail to attend two consecutive meetings of that body, shall be deemed to have resigned.

ART. VII

Colors. The Club colors are Sky Blue and Red.

ART. VIII

Arrears. A member one month in arrears shall not have a vote at the meetings, nor hold office in the Club.

ART. IX

Order of Business.

  1. Reading of Business.
  2. Reports of Officers and Committees.
  3. Unfinished Business.
  4. Election of Officers.
  5. New Business.