The By-Laws
Table of Contents
I. Membership
- Each membership class will be entitled to one vote on any subject that the membership is authorized or required to vote upon.
- Membership will be based on a 12 month period for Regular and Family membership.
II. Dues
- Modification of annual dues will be made only by a two thirds (2/3) vote of all members present at the Annual Business Meeting.
- Annual dues are $12 per year for the calendar year 2023.
- Dues raise to $15 per year starting in the calendar year 2024. With a 5 year option for $60.
- Any member whose dues are two months in arrears will be considered a non-member.
- The Board of Directors is authorized to waive the annual dues and/or initiation fee in individual cases.
- The Board of Directors is authorized to grant lifetime memberships for service to the Club exceeding normal expectations.
- Dues are non-refundable and non-transferable.
III. General Membership Meetings
- A uniform Agenda will be prescribed by the Club Officers to govern all activities at the General Membership Meetings.
IV. Annual Business Meetings
- The Annual Business Meeting of the membership shall be held at the January General Membership Meeting. An agenda for the meeting shall be published prior to the meeting.
- If all items on the agenda are not completed within the time allocated for the meeting, the business may be carried on at a later time and date as set at the unfinished business meeting. No additional notice will be required for such carryover meetings.
- Petitions for additional business meetings may be presented to the Board of Directors, or to any individual Director or Officer, at any time. The Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of considering the petition as soon as practical, and, if valid, will set a date as soon as practical for a business meeting, and will publish an appropriate and timely agenda as suggested by the petition.
V. Website
- To aid the Webmaster, the club makes the following statements of policy:
- The Webmaster will be found to serve at the pleasure of the Board and will be in charge of the Website. The Webmaster will coordinate the activities of all assistant Webmasters in keeping content up to date on the site
- The Webmaster, if not an Officer or Director of the Club, is encouraged to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors.
- The Webmaster will keep the website current and organized as well as attend to administrative duties of managing the hosting needs and configurations to keep the site functional. This includes:
- Content updates
- Fixing broken links
- DNS changes
- Domain changes
- Creating email addresses
- Creating FTP Accounts
- Enabling/managing apps made available through the hosting service
VI. Library
- To aid the Librarian, the club makes the following statements
of policy:
- The unauthorized copying of copyrighted material is prohibited. Pirated material, both program and documentation, shall be erased or destroyed, as appropriate wherever found.
- The Librarian will be found to serve at the pleasure of the Board and will be in charge of the Club Library. The Librarian will coordinate the activities of all assistant librarians and library special interest groups so as to avoid duplication of effort in documenting programs.
- The Librarian, if not an Officer or Director of the Club, is encouraged to attend all meetings of the Board of Directors.
- The Librarian will be in charge of seeking out and archiving past club materials, specifically past newsletters and Disk of the Month (DOM) disks.
VII Board of Directors
- Upon the resignation, recall, death, or incapacity of any Officer or Board Member, the President will appoint a replacement to serve out the unexpired term of the absent member, subject to the approval of the board. If the remaining Board Members constitute less than a quorum, the Club shall hold a special election to fill the vacant positions.
VIII Special Interest Groups
- A Coordinator of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
- Special Interest Groups are one means by which a club can deal with the individual interests and questions of its members. However, the Club cannot police the activities of each of the SIGs. Therefore, the SACRAMENTO AMIGA COMPUTER CLUB will not be responsible for the conduct of its members in leading, organizing, or participating in SIGs. SIGs are private meetings of individuals. The SACRAMENTO AMIGA COMPUTER CLUB will advertise and assist SIGs so long as they support and conform to the policies of SACRAMENTO AMIGA COMPUTER CLUB, including the policy of discouraging software piracy.
- SIG Leaders shall ensure the conduct of its members and report the activities and attendance of their respective SIG to the SIG Coordinator, who shall report to the Board of Directors.