CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE

JONES HILL ASSOCIATION

ARTICLE I

Name

The name of the organization is the Jones Hill Association.

ARTICLE II

Purposes

• To provide an effective voice and efficient vehicle for united community action by all the people of our organization.
• To eliminate prejudice and discrimination.
• To encourage the advancement of education and public health and welfare.
• To plan, order, coordinate, direct and represent under the guidance of God the best traditions of family, community and American life.

· To achieve these purposes it shall furnish opportunities for coordinated planning , exchange of ideas, encouragement of leadership, and facilities for the gathering and dissemination of information, and shall foster the solidarity required for the solution of problems affecting our people.

• Encourage people now living here and those moving in, to stay and be concerned of the betterment of the area.

ARTICLE III

Membership

Membership is open to any interested person of the area. We will have a membership committee who will be responsible for all new members. Dues will be $5.00 - $25.00 annually for those able to pay. Reading of the roll of paid members every three months.

ARTICLE IV

Officers

President Vice-President Treasurer

Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary

ARTICLE V

Executive Board

The Executive Board shall consist of volunteers from the delegate body.

ARTICLE VI

1. Officers must be elected annually by secret ballot,
2. In the absence of the President, the Vice-President will serve the remaining term. President and Vice-President must be residents of Jones Hill.

3. Any officer holding elected public office must resign from office.

ARTICLE VII

Duties of Officers

President

The President shall be the Presiding Officer at all meetings of the Association and the Executive

Board. The President shall conduct the management and affairs of the organization together with

such duly constituted committees as the President or the Executive Board shall from time to time

appoint. The President is authorized and required to act as the official spokesman and representative of the organization with the power to delegate responsibility.

Vice-President

The Executive Vice-President shall assist the President when required and shall assume the full duties and responsibilities of the President in the absence of the President.

Recording Secretary

The Recording Secretary shall keep all records and minutes of all meetings of the Delegates and of the Executive Board. All records and minutes shall be the property of the organization. The Recording Secretary shall attend to all other business which shall be entrusted to him or her by the President. The Recording Secretary shall make a report at each regular Membership meeting of the minutes of the previous meeting. Copies of the minutes of the minutes shall be transmitted to the President, and be open to review for any and all members upon request.

Corresponding Secretary

The Corresponding Secretary shall be responsible for generating letters, statements, applications, or other written documents required by the Association.

Treasurer

The Treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the organization with power to collect dues, assessments, donations and other income, and to issue receipts for same. The Treasurer shall keep records and books of account and shall submit a written financial account, together with his or her records, to the Executive Board at the first Executive Board meeting next following termination of his or her term of office. The Treasurer shall keep records and books of account, which shall be the property of the Jones Hill Association. The Treasurer shall deposit all funds of the organization in such banking institutions, and in such types of account as the regular meeting shall, from time to time direct. The Treasurer shall make all disbursements by check, which checks shall be signed by the President and counter-singed by the Treasurer, no checks to be signed blank. The Treasurer shall make only such disbursements as shall be directed or authorized by the membership or by the Executive Board. He or she shall submit all books and records to inspection by the Executive Board at any regular Executive Board meeting, when requested to do so by the Executive Board at its previous meeting. The Treasurer shall present a written summary of the status of the funds of Jones Hill Association at each regular meeting, including the total cash assets and liabilities as of the date of the previous membership meeting, including the statement of receipts and expenditures and purposes, since the previous membership meeting, and the total liabilities as of the date of the present meeting. The books will be open to inspection for any and all members upon request.

ARTICLE VIII

Duties of the Executive Board

The Executive Board has the duty of carrying out the policies set forth by the Delegate body. In cases needing action arising between meetings of the body, the Executive Board will have the power to act for the body. Such action shall be presented for ratification at the next regular meeting of the Delegate body

There shall be an annual meeting of the Delegate body with election of officers. New officers shall be installed at the regular delegate meeting in June. The place of the annual meeting shall be determined by the Executive Board.

ARTICLE IX

Committees

There shall be Standing Committees and Special Committees. Special committees shall be set up as the need arises, discontinued as the need is met.

Committees shall be appointed by the President in consultation with the Executive Board, with approval of two-thirds of the body.

Membership on committees shall be open to members of member associations, cooperating service organizations, and, upon invitation, interested persons such as consultants or students of a given subject. The effort of committee work should be encouraged broad participation in activities sponsored by the organization.

Committees shall make reports of their work at each membership meeting.

ARTICLE X

Amendments to By-Laws

Amendments may be submitted in writing by the Executive Board or by any one delegate of the voting body at any regular meeting for discussion or opposition

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At meetings when amendments are presented, a quorum of 50% must be present and the amendment must have at least two-thirds of the 50% affirmative vote of those members present to be adopted.