Bassin’ the Rockies
Constitution
and
By - laws
CONSTITUTION
Revised
1999
ARTICLE I : NAME AND PURPOSE
SECTION 1 :
NAME
This chapter
shall be called Bassin’ The Rockies, of Denver,
Colorado.
SECTION 2 :
PURPOSE
To stimulate public awareness of bass fishing as a major sport. To offer the State Department of Natural
Resources, our organized moral and political support and encouragement. To promote full adherence to all conservation
codes, to demand adequate water standards, and legal enforcement of existing
regulatory standards. To detect and
report any polluter, and call public attention to his crime. To improve our skill as bass anglers through
a fellowship of friendly exchange of expert bass techniques and ideas, and to
promote and encourage youth fishing, and a love for this great recreation. To function as a dynamic and effective
chapter of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.).
ARTICLE II : MEMBERSHIP
SECTION 1 :
NUMBER OF MEMBERS
The chapter
shall have a minimum of six and a
maximum number to be set by the active members of BTR
SECTION 2 :
REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERSHIP
To become an Active Member, a person must voluntarily express an
interest in membership, be sixteen (16) years of age or older, be a dues paying
member of the Colorado Bass Federation as well as B.A.S.S. and meet all other
requirements set forth by the By-Laws of
BTR..
ARTICLE III : MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATION
SECTION 1 :
ACTIVE MEMBER
To qualify as
an Active Member an individual must meet all of the requirements for membership
set forth in Article II, Section 2 of
this Constitution.
SECTION 2 :
HONORARY MEMBER
An individual that is awarded a membership in BTR as an honorarium for
outstanding service as set forth in
Article I, Section 2 of this constitution and / or recognition of
previous performance in BTR.
ARTICLE IV : FINANCES
SECTION 1 :
BUDGET
An annual budget will be developed jointly by the outgoing and incoming
Executive Committees which will be announced to the membership by the
treasurer prior to March 1 in the year
of his/her term of office. This budget
will contain all projected resource requirements plus a contingency fund. The Chapter should collect enough money each
year, supplemented by dues, to operate
through the current year, allowing for monies left at the end of each year (for
a contingency) to enter the succeeding year.
ARTICLE V : COMMITTEES
SECTION 1 : STANDING COMMITTEES
a) WAYS AND
MEANS
b) YOUTH
c)
ENVIRONMENT/CONSERVATION
d) NEWSLETTER
e)
PROGRAMS/EDUCATION
ARTICLE VI : OFFICERS
SECTION 1 :
OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES
A. PRESIDENT -
a. Presides
over all meetings and directs all official business.
b. Appoints
all committees and directs all committee functions.
c. Coordinates
all chapter functions.
d. Appoints a
replacement for any elected position vacancy.
B. VICE-PRESIDENT -
a. Acts as
Program Chairman.
b. Assists the
President in his duties.
c. Presides in
the absence of the President.
C. SECRETARY
-
a. Maintains accurate minutes of all General Membership
Meetings.
b. Maintains liaison between chapters, the
Federation and B.A.S.S.
c. Calls roll at the General Membership meetings
and reads the minutes of the previous meeting.
d. Maintains all membership records.
e. Is the
custodian of all Chapter records, reports and official papers.
D. TREASURER
-
a. Maintains accurate financial records for BTR
and reports the status at each chapter meeting
b. Collects all fees, dues and financial income,
and reports the status to the Secretary.
c. Shall be cognizant of and responsible for the
receipt and disbursement of all BTR
funds.
d. Shall prepare an annual financial report
which summarizes the year’s transactions.
E. EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
a. The Committee shall consist of the four
elected officers of BTR .
b. The Committee shall have the power to make
emergency decisions for the BTR .
c. At least three of these officers must be
involved in making any emergency decision.
F. TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR
a. Is an appointee of the presiding Club
President. The tournament director can
only be removed from office by the unanimous executive committee vote. Duties and responsibility are:
1. Procures, registers, or arranges for the
proper permission, permits or letters to hold tournaments at the various lake
or impoundments.
2. Facilitates, maintains
listings of pairings for a prospective tournament.
3. Weighs, or calculates each anglers results
and announces the winner of each event.
In the case of “weigh & release” format is adapted, the tournament
director will be responsible for procuring, control of check weights, and
calibration checks of the scales used for the tournaments.
4. Will order award plates and/or trophy boards
from either the vendor or club contact with vendor, and shall ensure proper
payment from the treasurer.
5. Conducts tournament and tournament parameters
or will ensure a knowledgeable club member is designated as tournament director
if he can not attend a tournament.
6. Will track and report, to the club,
developing standings for “Angler of the Year” and “Six Man Team” competitions.
7. Acts as sole judge for interpreting tournament
rules and deciding grievances and disputes occurring associated with a
tournament event, but may call upon and chair a tournament committee consisting
of the club officers present and himself, to resolve situations he feels
unprepared to decide.
8. Represents the club at
Federation Tournament Committee.
9. Makes the initial reservations for the club
participants, until they can confirm and take the responsibility for
themselves.
ARTICLE VII : ELECTIONS
SECTION 1 : NOMINATIONS
Nominations for election of the officers should be held at
the September General Membership Meeting.
The election of these officers should be held at
the October General Membership Meeting and take place before the Annual Awards
Banquet.
SECTION 2 : ELIGIBILITY
A. A candidate must be an Active Member in good
standing.
B. A candidate must have been an Active Member
for a minimum of one (1 ) year.
SECTION 3 : VOTING
A. Each Active Member is entitled to one (1)
vote.
B. An attempt by telephone and/or mail will be
made to notify each Active Member of the candidates that will be running for
each office prior to the November election.
SECTION 4 : TERM OF OFFICE
The term of
office is for one year. The term
commences on Jan. 1 of the following year and continues throughout the year terminating
on Dec. 31.
ARTICLE VIII : VACANCIES
SECTION 1 : RESIGNATIONS
A. If the office of the Presidency is vacated,
the Vice-President shall assume the position of President and appoint a new
Vice-President.
B. If the office of Vice-President, Secretary,
or Treasurer is vacated, the President will appoint are placement to fill out
the unexpired term.
SECTION 2 : LEAVES OF
ABSENCE
A. A leave of absence may be granted upon a
formal request by any member to the Executive Committee. Such leave if granted, for good cause, must
meet the following requirements:
a. The leave of absence shall expire December 31
of the year after it is granted.
b. A leave may be continued, if
requested, by the Executive Committee
with just cause.
c. When a member desires to terminate a leave of
absence, he will be re-instated upon full payment of that years dues.
SECTION 3 : REMOVAL FROM
MEMBERSHIP
`A member shall be dropped from membership for any one or more of the
following reasons:
a. Failure to pay dues (Article 3, Section 4,
item (a) of the BTR By-Laws)
b. Failure to make an effort to participate.
c. If Three Active Members petition the
Executive Committee of BTR about any action which they feel would reflect dishonor and/or
disgrace on the Chapter, the Executive Committee will review the petition. If the Executive Committee, by majority
vote, agree that the petition has merit,
the President will inform the Member of the charges
and the Member will be told
at which
meeting the complaint will be heard.
A 75% vote of all Active Members by phone, mail or presence is required for removal.
d. When it becomes obvious (by a vote of 75% or
more of the club) that a member is no longer making an effort to participate
he/she may be dropped from the rolls of BTR.
ARTICLE IX : AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1: CONSTITUTION
The Constitution
may be amended at any time by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Active Members at
any membership meeting where there is a quorum present (A QUORUM BEING
DESCRIBED AS 1 MORE THAT 50% MAJORITY OF
THE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE CLUB. ACTIVE MEMBERS BEING DEFINED AS THE AVERAGE
NUMBER OF PAID MEMBERS ATTENDING THE MEETINGS FOR THE LAST 6 (SIX) MONTHS. (
THEREFORE) IF THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PAID MEMBERS ATTENDING THE MEETINGS FOR THE
LAST SIX MONTHS WAS 6, THEN 4 MEMBERS WOULD HAVE TO VOTE YEA ON ANY
CONSTITUTIONAL AMMENDMENT. AMENDED 11/20/99 ))
.
SECTION 2 : BY-LAWS
The By-Laws may be amended
at any time by a simple majority of the Active Members at any membership
meeting where there is a quorum present ( ie: one more than 50% of active
members present).
SECTION 3 : EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
The Executive
committee, may, submit to each and all of the Active Members in writing any
and/or all amendments to either the Constitution or By-Laws for their vote, by
a designated voting date. Such date
will not be sooner than 30 days from the postmark of the ballot. These ballots will be returned to the
Executive Committee for their tabulation.
In this case, a constitutional amendment will pass if two-thirds ( 2/3 ) of the ballots postmarked by the deadline are in the affirmative. A By-Laws amendment will pass if a majority
of the ballots postmarked by the
deadline are in the affirmative.
