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By-Laws of Glenview Men's Golf Club STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The Glenview Men’s Golf Club is dedicated to the promulgation of good sportsmanship, the social contact and participation in golfing activities of all its members. ARTICLE I Offices The corporation shall maintain in the State of Illinois a registered office and registered agent, at such office and may have other offices within or without the state. ARTICLE II Members SECTION 1. CLASSES OF MEMBERS. The corporation shall have one class of members. The designation of such class and the qualifications of the members of such class shall be as follows: any male over the age of 21 years of age who shares the group’s common enjoyment of the game of golf. The Board may, at its sole discretion, grant honorary membership to an individual who has demonstrated and / or served the GMGC and is deemed worthy of honorary status. Honorary lifetime memberships have been awarded to the following members of which their dues into the Glenview Men’s golf club will be paid for from the dues collected of the membership.. John Barney SECTION 2. ELECTION OF MEMBERS. Members shall be elected by the board of directors. An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the directors shall be required for election. SECTION 3. VOTING RIGHTS. Each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the members. SECTION 4. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP. The board of directors by affirmative vote of two-thirds of all of the members of the board may suspend or expel a member for cause after an appropriate hearing, and may, by a majority vote of those present at any regularly constituted meeting, terminate the membership of any member who becomes ineligible for membership, or suspend or expel any member who shall be in default in the payment of dues for the period fixed in Article XII of these by-laws. SECTION 5. RESIGNATION. Any member may resign by filing a written resignation with the Secretary, but such resignation shall not relieve the member so resigning of the obligation to pay any dues, assessments or other charges theretofore accrued and unpaid. SECTION 6. REINSTATEMENT. Upon written request signed by a former member and filed with the Secretary, the board of directors may be the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the board reinstate such former member to membership upon such terms as the board of directors may deem appropriate. SECTION 7. TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP. Membership in this corporation is not transferable or assignable. SECTION 8. NO MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATES. No membership certificates of the corporation shall be required. ARTICLE III Meetings of Members SECTION 1. ANNUAL MEETING. An annual meeting of the members shall be held on the same day as the Turkey Shoot event in November of each year for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. If such day be a Sunday or a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding business day. SECTION 2. SPECIAL MEETING. Special meetings of the members may be called either by the president, the board of directors, or not less than one-tenth of the members having voting rights. SECTION 3. PLACE OF MEETING. The board of directors may designate any place as the place of meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the board of directors. If no designation is made or if a special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the registered office of the corporation in the State of Illinois. SECTION 4. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Written notice stating the place, date, and hour of any meeting of members shall be delivered to each member entitled to vote at such meeting not less than five nor more than forty days before the date of such meeting. In case of a special meeting or when required by statute or by these by-laws, the purpose for which the meeting is called shall be stated in the notice. If mailed, the notice of a meeting shall be deemed delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the member at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. SECTION 5. INFORMAL ACTION BY MEMBERS. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the members of the corporation, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of members, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the members entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. SECTION 6. QUORUM. The members holding one-tenth of the votes which may be cast at any meeting shall constitute a quorum at such meeting. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of members, a majority of the members present may adjourn the meeting at any time without further notice. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting; withdrawal of members from any meeting shall not cause failure of a duly constituted quorum at that meeting. SECTION 7. PROXIES. Each member entitled to vote at a meeting of members or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after eleven months from its date, unless the proxy provided for a longer period. ARTICLE IV Board of Directors SECTION 1. GENERAL POWERS. The affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors. SECTION 2. NUMBER, TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS. The number of directors shall be four. Each director shall hold office until the next annual meeting of members and until his successors shall have been elected and qualified. Directors need not be residents of Illinois or members of the corporation. The number of directors may be decreased to not fewer than 3 or increased to any number from time to time by amendment of this section, unless the articles of incorporation provide that a change in the number of directors shall be made only by amendment of the articles of incorporation. SECTION 3. REGULAR MEETINGS. A regular annual meeting of the board of directors shall be held without other notice than these by-laws, immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of members. The board of directors may provide by resolution the time and place, for the holding of additional regular meetings of the board without other notice than such resolution. SECTION 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the president or any two directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the board may fix any place as the place for holding any special meeting of the board called by them. SECTION 5. NOTICE. Notice of any special meeting of the board of directors shall be given at least two days previously thereto by written notice to each director at his address as shown by the records of the corporation. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Notice of any special meeting of the board of directors may be waived in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice either before or after the time of the meeting. The attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, unless specifically required by law or by these by-laws. SECTION 6. QUORUM. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board, provided that if less than a majority of the directors are present at said meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting to another time without further notice. SECTION 7. MANNER OF ACTING. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute, these by-laws, or the articles of incorporation. SECTION 8. VACANCIES. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors or any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors shall be filled by the board of directors unless the articles of incorporation, a statute, or these by-laws provide that a vacancy or a directorship so created shall be filled in some other manner, in which case such provision shall control. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office. SECTION 9. COMPENSATION. Directors shall not receive any stated salaries for their services, but by resolution of the board of directors a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for each regular or special meeting of the board, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving reasonable compensation therefor. ARTICLE V Officers SECTION 1. OFFICERS. The officers of the corporation shall be a president, one or more vice- presidents (the number thereof to be determined by the board of directors), a treasurer, a secretary, and such assistant treasurers, assistant secretaries or other officers as may be elected by the board of directors. Officers whose authority and duties are not prescribed in these by-laws shall have the authority and perform the duties prescribed, from time to time, by the board of directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. SECTION 2. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The officers of the corporation shall be elected annually by the board of directors at the regular annual meeting of the board of directors . If the election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Vacancies may be filled or new offices created and filled at any meeting of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Election of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights. SECTION 3. REMOVAL. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any of the person so removed. SECTION 4. PRESIDENT. The president shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation. Subject to the direction and control of the board of directors, he shall be in charge of the business and affairs of the corporation; he shall see that the resolutions and directives of the board of directors are carried into effect except in those instances in which that responsibility is assigned to some other person by the board of directors; and, in general, he shall dischargeall duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors. He shall preside at all meetings of the members and of the board of directors. Except in those instances in which the authority to execute is expressly delegated to another officer or agent of the corporation or a different mode of execution is expressly prescribed by the board of directors or these by-laws, he may execute for the corporation any contracts, deeds, mortgages, bonds, or other instruments which the board of directors has authorized to be executed, and he may accomplish such execution either under or without the seal of the corporation and either individually or with the secretary, and assistant secretary, or any other officer thereunto authorized by the board of directors, according to the requirements of the form of the instrument. He may vote all securities which the corporation is entitled to vote except as and to the extent such authority shall be vested in a different officer or agent of the corporation by the board of directors. SECTION 5. VICE PRESIDENT. The vice-president (or in the event there be more than one vice-president, each of the vice-presidents) shall assist the president in the discharge of his duties as the president may direct and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the board of directors. In the absence of the president or in the event of his inability or refusal to act , the vice-president (or in the event there be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents, in the order designated by the board of directors, or by the president if the board of directors has not made such a designation, or by in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their seniority of tenure) shall perform the duties of the president and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. Except in those instances in which the authority to execute is expressly delegated to another officer or agent of the corporation or a different mode of execution is expressly prescribed by the board of directors or these bylaws, the vice-president (or any of them is there are more than one) may executer for the corporation any contracts, deeds, mortgages, bonds or other instruments which the board of directors has authorized to be executed, and he may accomplish such execution either under or without the seal of the corporation and either individually or with the secretary, and assistant secretary, or any other officer thereunto authorized by the board of directors, according to the requirements of the form of the instrument. SECTION 6. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall be the principal accounting and financial officer of the corporation. He shall: (a) have charge of and be responsible for the maintenance of adequate books of account for the corporation; (b) have charge and custody of all funds and securities of the corporation, and be responsible therefor, and for the receipt and disbursement thereof; and perform all the duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the board of directors. If required by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the board of directors shall determine. SECTION 7. SECRETARY. The secretary shall record the minutes of the meetings of the members and of the board of directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required by law; be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation; keep a register of the post office address of each member which shall be furnished to the secretary by such member; and perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the president or by the board of directors. SECTION 8. ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. The assistant treasurers and assistant secretaries shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the treasurer or the secretary, respectively, or by the president or the board of directors. If required by the board of directors, the assistant treasurers shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and with such sureties as the board of directors shall determine. ARTICLE VI Committees SECTION 1. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors in office, may designate one or more committees, each of which shall consist of two or more directors, which committees, to the extent provided in said resolution and not restricted by law, shall have and exercise the authority of the board of directors in the management of the corporation; but the designation of such committees and the delegation thereto of authority shall not operate to relieve the board of directors, or any individual director, of any responsibility imposed upon it or him by law. SECTION 2. OTHER COMMITTEES. Other committees not having and exercising the authority of the board of directors in the corporation may be designated by a resolution adopted by a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Except as otherwise provided in such resolution, members of each such committee shall be members of the corporation, and the president of the corporation shall appoint the members thereof. Any member thereof may be removed by the person or persons authorized to appoint such a member whenever in their judgment the best interests of the corporation shall be served by such removal. SECTION 3. TERM OF OFFICE. Each member of a committee shall continue as such until the next annual meeting of the members of the corporation and until his successor is appointed, unless the committee shall be sooner terminated, or unless such member be removed from such committee, or unless such member shall cease to qualify as a member thereof. SECTION 4. CHAIRMAN. One member of each committee shall be appointed chairman. SECTION 5. VACANCIES. Vacancies in the membership of any committee may be filled by appointments made in the same manner as provided in the case of the original appointments. SECTION 6. QUORUM. Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of the board of directors designating a committee, a majority of the whole committee shall constitute a quorum and the act of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee. SECTION 7. RULES. Each committee may adopt rules for its own government not inconsistent with these by-laws or with rules adopted by the board of directors.
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