Article I - Membership
Section A: Qualifications
The membership of the Corporation shall be composed of those officials who meet the standards for membership of the Corporation from year to year. These standards shall be set by the Board of Directors; provided that such standards be based solely on ability, payment of reasonable dues, and duties and responsibilities delineated in the Constitution and Bylaws. The membership shall be divided into two categories: 1) Active, and 2) Associate.
Section B: Active Members
Active members are basketball officials who have completed two consecutive basketball officiating seasons as a member of the corporation and have attended at least two-thirds (2/3) of the regular meetings held during the preceding year. Active members shall be entitled to vote at all meetings of the membership.
Section C: Associate Members
AU members who are not Active Members shall be Associate Members. Associate Members shall not be entitled to vote.
Section D: Independent Contractors
Members of the Corporation who work games in any capacity, whether for fees or for charity, are independent contractors and are not employees of the Corporation. Members are required to sign contracts to this effect before working games.
Section E: General
Article 1: Any qualified applicant is eligible for membership provided he submit through the Secretary, a written application on the form prescribed by the Board of Directors.
Article 2: If the applicant be elected by a two-thirds (2/3rds) vote of the Board of Directors he shall become an Associate Member and shall be so notified by the Secretary. He shall remain an Associate Member until officially notified in writing he is an Active Member, or dropped from the membership.
Article 3: The Board of Directors will review all registered officials applications at the end of their third season to determine their qualifications for further and Active membership in the Corporation.
Article 4: No official even though of a higher rating than Registered shall become an Active Member of the Corporation until after completing two consecutive basketball officiating seasons as a member of the corporation, attended at least two-thirds (2/3) of the regular meetings held during the preceding year, and until voted such status by the Board of Directors.
Article 5: An "Associate" member must achieve "Active" status within three years or be dropped from membership.
Article 6: The membership rolls will close on the second Monday of October each year. Exceptions will be made only in the case of officials with at least two (2) years experience, and who were unable to become affiliated until after the closing date. This regulation is necessary due to the fact that all rules and mechanics clinics will be at the beginning of the season.
Article 7: The total membership (number) of the Corporation will be determined each year by the membership on the recommendation of the Board of Directors and the Officers.
Article 8: Only Active AABOA Officials who have been a member of AABOA for five (5) years shall be allowed to seek and hold office.
Article 9: Any member failing to attend at least two-thirds (2/3rds) of the Regular Meetings during the year shall be ineligible to hold office for the coming year.
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Article II - Meetings
Section A: Annual Meetings
The Annual Meeting of the membership for the election of Directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before such Annual Meeting shall be held at such place, within the State of Georgia, on such date within four (4) months of the end of each basketball season and at such time as the Board of Directors may from time to time by resolution provide.
Section B: Regular Meetings
The first Regular Meeting of the membership shall be held on the first Monday of each October. At that meeting, the President shall announce the schedule of the remaining Regular Meetings.
Section C: Special Meetings
Special Meetings of the membership may be called at any time by the President, the Board of Directors, or upon written request of at least twenty-five (25%) per cent of the membership. Such Special Meetings shall be held at such place, within the State of Georgia, as is stated in the call and notice thereof.
Section D: Call and Notice of Meetings
Written notice of each Annual or Special Meeting of the membership, stating the time and place of such meeting, and the purpose of any Special Meeting, shall be mailed to each member at his address as shown on the books of the Corporation not less than ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days prior to such meeting. The notice may be given by the President, the Secretary, or by the person or persons calling such meeting. No notice need by given of the time and place of reconvening of any adjourned Annual, Regular, or Special meeting, if the time and place to which such meeting is adjourned are announced at the adjourned meeting.
Section E: Training Meetings
Article 1: Training will be established by the Board of Directors each year and executed through the office of the Vice-President. These meetings usually held in conjunction with the Regular Meetings are at times designated by the Board of Directors or by a request of a majority of the voting members and will be mandatory for all officials. It is expected that any official, regardless of rating or tenure assigned to duties on any specific occasion by the Vice-President, will carryout the prescribed assignments.
Section F: Attendance
Article 1: LACK OF ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS WILL BE CONSTRUED AS DISINTEREST BY THE ~ MEMBER AND WILL BE CONSIDERED WHEN GAME ASSIGNMENTS ARE MADE.
Article 2: Each member must attend an annual GHSA clinic and a specified number of rules interpretation meetings of this Corporation as set forth each year by the Board of Directors.
Article 3: Each member is expected to attend every General Meeting, and absences shall be punished by a fine as set forth each year by the Board of Directors.
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Article III - Directors
Section A: Power of Directors
The Board of Directors shall manage the business of the Corporation and may exerc1se all the powers of the Corporation, subject to any restrictions imposed by law, the Articles of Incorporation, the Constitution, or by these Bylaws.
Section B: Composition of the Board
The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consist of five (5) natural persons of the age of eighteen (18) years or over. The members of the Board of Directors shall be the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Booking Secretary of the Corporation. Directors must be residents of the State of Georgia, Active AABOA members, and have been a member of AABOA for five (5) years. At each Annual Meeting the members eligible to vote shall elect the Directors, who shall serve for a term of one (1) year or until their successors are elected and qualified; provided that the members may, by the affirmative vote of a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the membership entitled to vote at an election of Directors, increase or reduce the number of Directors and add or remove Directors with or without cause at any time.
Section C: Election to the Board
Any Active AABOA Member who has been a member of AABOA for five (5) years and wishes to seek election to the Board of Directors shall notify the Secretary in writing not less than seven (7) days before the Annual Meeting; provided that nominations shall be accepted from the floor at the Annual Meeting.
Section D: Meetings
The Board of Directors shall meet at the call of the President or at the written request, directed to the President, of three (3) members of the Board.
Section E: Quorum; Vote Required
A majority of the Directors in office at any time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors.
When a quorum is present, the vote of a majority of the Directors present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless a greater vote is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation, the Constitution, or by these Bylaws.
Section F: Action of Board Without Meeting
Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if written consent, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all of the Directors and filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous affirmative vote of the Board of Directors.
Section G: Committees
The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of all of the Directors, may designate from among the membership one or more committees to be composed of two (2) or more members. Any such committee shall have such name as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. A majority of each such committee may determine its action within the authority granted by the Board of Directors and may fix the time and place of its meetings, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent members at any meeting of such committee.
Section H: Vacancies
A vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors by reason of the removal of a Director by the members shall be filled by the members. Any other vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors shall be filled by the President with the assent of an affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or, if the vacancy is not so filled, by the members. A Director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office.
Section I: Rules
The Board of Directors shall adopt and publish such rules for the conduct and duties of the membership as shall be necessary for the accomplishment of this Corporation's lawful purposes.
Section J: Fees
The Board of Directors shall negotiate fee schedules for games officiated by members of this Corporation.
Section K: Duties
Article 1: It shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to investigate all complaints against any member brought by or through the Secretary of the Corporation and to initiate an investigation of any other matter that pertains to the best interest of the Corporation. It shall take any action it deems advisable, including suspension or expulsion of a member from this Corporation. Suspension and expulsion from the GHSA may be recommended by the Board of Directors to the GHSA.
Article 2: It shall handle any grievances of a member of the Corporation. Grievances are to be in writing and signed.
Article 3: It shall determine the qualifications for membership, pass on qualifications of the individual applicant, and require a two-thirds (2/3rds) vote of the Board of Directors before accepting an application.
Article 4: The Board of Directors will review all new officials' applications at the start and end of their first season to determine their qualifications for further membership in the Corporation.
Article 5: It shall be their duty to see that all matters set forth in the Constitution and Bylaws are upheld.
Article 6: They shall adopt regulations as they deem necessary in addition to those stipulated in the Bylaws.
Article 7: Members of the Board of Directors will scout games whenever possible to determine qualifications of the members to continue to officiate ball games. Findings are to be transmitted to the Booking Secretary in writing for review at the end of the season by the Board of Directors.
Article 8: They shall adopt an order of business for each Regular, Special, and especially the Annual Meeting.
Article 9: Action of the Board of Directors may be rejected by two thirds (2/3rds} vote of a quorum of the voting membership at any meeting.
Section L: Bonding of Board of Directors
All members of the Board of Directors will be bonded to an amount that is defined by the Board of Directors.
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Article IV - Officers
Section A: Executive Structure of the Corporation
The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Booking Secretary, and such other officers as may be appointed by the President and approved by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate the order in which officers may act. Each officer shall hold office for a term of one (1) year or until he is removed and his successor has been elected and qualified. No person shall hold more than one (1) office in this Corporation.
Section B: President
Article 1: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have responsibility for the general and active management of the operations of the Corporation. He shall be responsible for the administration of the Corporation, including general supervision of the policies of the Corporation and general and active management of the financial affairs of the Corporation. H~ shall have authority to execute all contracts or other instruments in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. All business connected with the Corporation should come directly through the President.
Article 2: The President shall preside over meetings of the Board of Directors and of the membership. He shall have no vote at meetings of the Corporation except when the votes are equally divided. He shall make every possible effort to further the policies adopted by the membership and/or the Board of Directors.
Article 3: He shall scout games whenever possible, and report to the Booking Secretary. All records of the President are to be transmitted to the Secretary on concluding of the year's business to become a part of the permanent record of the Corporation.
Article 4: He shall be responsible for ensuring all officers are actively doing their jobs.
Section C: Vice-President
Article 1: In the absence of the President or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, the Vice-President 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. He shall assist the President when requested to do so in the performance of any of his duties. The Vice-President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the President or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
Article 2: The Vice-President shall be responsible for all training activities, the apprenticeship program, and clinics. He sill scout games whenever possible, and report to the Secretary. He will maintain attendance records of all Corporation meetings and furnish to Secretary weekly.
Article 3: All records of the Vice-President are to be transmitted to the Secretary on concluding of the year's business to become a part of the permanent record of the Corporation.
Article 4: He will handle complaints and grievances of the membership, which shall be directed to the Board of Directors.
Section D: Secretary
Article 1: The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the proceedings of the membership and of the Board of Directors, be responsible for preserving all records, have charge of all printing and publications ordered by the Corporation, and shall have custody of and attest the seal of the Corporation.
Article 2: The Secretary shall send out all notices required by the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, and other laws, shall maintain a service list of officials and shall compile an annual list of officials. The Secretary shall maintain the attendance records of meetings of the membership and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the President or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
Article 3: He shall receive all applications for membership and shall submit these to the Board of Directors. Any dues or other monies he collects shall be immediately transmitted to the Treasurer. He shall notify each applicant of his election or rejection and if elected, furnish him with all the necessary publications of the Corporation, including the Constitution and Bylaws.
Article 4: He shall maintain a service record on each member including qualifications, officiating records, and any other pertinent information as may be designated by the Board of Directors. Such information shall be available to the Board of Directors and to such other persons as they might designate.
Article 5: He shall maintain the necessary liaison with the GHSA, furnishing them with all records, applications, and renewals to keep each member of the Corporation in good standing. He will distribute all GHSA publications, insignia, etc.
Article 6: He shall record minutes of all meetings and must read such minutes at the following meeting for corrections and additions. He shall conduct all examinations on rules and mechanics and will keep record of all grades made by members.
Article 7: He shall scout games whenever possible and record his findings. He shall receive scouting reports from others as stipulated herein and transmit pertinent information to the Booking Secretary.
Article 8: He shall work in close harmony with the Treasurer and Booking Secretary in performance of their respective duties.
Section E: Treasurer
Article 1: The Treasurer shall be responsible for the maintenance of proper financial books and records of the Corporation, shall receive dues, shall publish an annual statement of the financial affairs at the Corporation, and shall furnish each member a list of games officiated and monies paid to that member at the annual meeting. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the President or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
Article 2: The Treasurer shall receive, from the Secretary, and have charge of all dues and other monies paid to the Corporation and shall place all receipts into one fund from which all expenses and disbursements authorized by the Board of Directors shall be made. He shall carry the funds of the organization in a bank approved by the Board of Directors in the name of the Corporation and shall cosign, along with the President or Vice-President, all checks.
Article 3: The Treasurer, when asked by the Secretary and/or Booking Secretary, shall assist in the collection of any monies, which are due the Corporation.
Article 4: The Treasurer shall be responsible for publishing an annual financial statement of all monies received, disbursed and cash on hand. This statement will be checked and approved by the Board of Directors and signed by its Chairman and the Treasurer before being published. He will furnish to each official at the end of each season an itemized statement of dates, games worked, and amounts each of his games paid.
Article 5: He shall scout games whenever possible and report to the Secretary.
Article 6: He shall work in close harmony with the Secretary and Booking Secretary in performance of their perspective duties.
Section F: Booking Secretary
Article 1: The Booking Secretary shall assign officials to all games, keep a record of each members schedule, and perform such other duties and have such powers as the President or the Board of Directors shall from time to time prescribe.
Article 2: He shall scout games whenever possible and report his findings to the Secretary.
Article 3: He shall work in close harmony with the Secretary and the Treasurer in the performance of their respective duties.
Article 4: Booking Secretary will be paid an amount equal to eight and one half (8.5%) percent of actual fees received from all schools, exclusive of travel allowances paid for out-of-town games.
Section G: Compensation
The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the membership.
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Article V - Dues
Section A: Amount
Each year every member shall be required to submit dues with their application for membership. New Associate Members will also be required to submit an additional initiation fee. Dues and initiation fees for each year will be determined by the Board of Directors based on operating costs of the corporation for the prior year.
Section B: Payable
Dues will be payable upon notice by the Secretary, and no member can be considered Active or Associate until their dues are fully paid. No member can be booked for any ballgame until all of the subject dues are paid in full. A fine in the amount of 25% of the current dues will be levied against any member who fails to pay their dues by the deadline.
Section C: Refunds
In the event of suspension or expulsion of a member by the Board of Directors no dues will be refunded. Dues paid the GHSA cannot be refunded after publications and insignia have been delivered. No dues paid the Corporation shall be refunded after a member has been assigned a game.
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Article VI - Officiating Schedules
Section A: Assignments
Schedules and game assignments shall be made by the Booking Secretary. In the event members of this Corporation are unable to work on any certain dates, they must notify the Booking Secretary in order to avoid conflicts in assignments.
Section B: Special Payments and Fines
If game assignment is made by the Booking Secretary and Official reports to game site ready to officiate and game is overbooked or cancelled, Official will receive the designated game fee. If an official takes as assignment, then fails to report to the proper game site he will be fined the designated game fee.
Section C: Area Covered
Game assignments for any game between schools to be played within a fifty (50) mile radius of Atlanta shall be arranged between the Booking Secretary and Coaches. No individual member may officiate games in this area if not assigned by the Booking Secretary unless booked by a College Association of which they are a member.
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Article VII - Uniform
Section A: Official Uniform
Uniform to be as prescribed by the current GHSA manual with deviations as permissible, and authorized by GHSA.
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Article VIII - Discipline
Section A: Conduct in Uniform
The conduct of an official while in uniform shall be above reproach. He shall maintain a high respect for the uniform by refraining from abusive language, drinking, and any other action that would tend to discredit the officials uniform and/or the Corporation.
Section B: Ethics
A high standard of ethics shall be maintained by refraining from criticizing or censuring fellow officials in public.
Section C: Unauthorized Signatures
No member shall sign any roster for any other official.
Section D: Falsification of Records
No member shall falsify any records required for or by his membership in the Corporation either when applying or after being accepted.
Section E: Missed Assignments
No member shall fail to report for an assignment, which he has accepted, except in case of an emergency, in which instance he should contact the Booking Secretary prior to game time.
Section F: General
Any member found guilty of any infraction in this article or of any conduct that would bring discredit or would be detrimental to the Corporation as a whole shall be subject to a fine or expulsion as deemed necessary by the Board of Directors.
SECTION G, Judicial Committee and Appeal Procedure
Any member suspended, fined, or expelled by the Board of Directors shall have the right of appeal by giving written notice to the President within seven (7) calendar days of receipt of the decision. The Board of Directors will then set up a meeting of the Judicial Committee, appointed by the President, within seven (7) calendar days of receipt for appeal. If any member is suspended or expelled, they will not be considered an active member and no fine collected until the appeal process is completed. The Judicial Committee has the right to approve, override, or modify any decision previously made. Either the Board of Directors or the affected member has the right to appeal the Judiciary Committee's decision to the Active Members of the Corporation. By a simple majority the Active Members can refuse to act on the appeal; however, a simple majority vote to hear the appeal would then require a 2/3 vote to overturn any previous decision.
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Article IX - Fee Schedule and Booking Fees
Section A: Fee Schedule and Booking Fees
Fee schedules shall be negotiated by the Board of Directors together with representatives of the schools this Corporation will serve. Fees shall not be paid to the officials directly but will be mailed by the school to the Booking Secretary who will transmit to the Treasurer. A 8.5% booking fee will be deducted and a check mailed for the balance to the official concerned. Travel allowances shall not be subject to the 8.5% booking fee. A check to cover the 8.5% booking fee will be written at the end of each basketball season to the Booking Secretary.
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Article X - Rating of Officials
Section A: Rating Methods
In addition to the regular rating used by the GHSA, this Corporation will rate officials based on exam grades, reports from coaches, other officials, the Board of Directors, and other officers, and any other rating system approved by the Board of Directors. This rating will be considered when assignments are made.
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Article XI - Vote and Quorum
Section A: Quorum; (Required Member Vote)
A quorum for the transaction of business at any Annual, Regular, or Special Meeting of members shall exist when a majority (51%) of all members entitled to vote are represented in person at such meeting. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority (51%) of the members entitled to vote at an Annual, Regular, or Special Meeting shall be the act of the membership, unless a greater vote is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation, Constitution, or these Bylaws. When a quorum is once present to organize an Annual, Regular, or Special Meeting, the members present may continue to do business at such meeting or at any adjournment thereof notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough members to leave less than a quorum.
Section B: Teller Committee
A Teller Committee of at least two (2) members of the Corporation will be appointed by the President for all elections. No member of the Board of Directors nor any member seeking office can be a member of the tallying committee. The committee will tally and promptly report to the President and the Secretary the results of any balloting.
Section C: Proxy Vote
No mail vote or proxy vote will be honored (if a member is not Physically Present he can not vote)
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Article XII - Signatures and Seal
Section A: Contracts and Deeds
All contracts, deeds and other instruments shall be signed on behalf of the Corporation by the President or by such other officer, officers, agent, or agents as the Board of Directors may from time to time by resolution provide.
Section B: Seal
The seal of the Corporation shall be as follows: If the seal is affixed to a document, the signature of the Secretary shall attest the seal. The seal and its attestation may be lithographed or otherwise printed on any document and shall have, to the extent permitted by law, the same force and effect as if it had been affixed and attested manually.
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Article XIII - Amendment of Bylaw
Section A: Action by Board
The Board of Directors shall have the power to recommend the alteration, amendment, or repeal of the Constitution and Bylaws, or the adoption of new Bylaws or Constitution to the members.
Section B: Vote by Board
Recommendations by the Directors with respect to the Bylaws shall be taken by an affirmative vote of a majority of all of the Directors then in office.
Section C: Action by Membership
Action by the membership with respect to the Bylaws at any Regular Meeting shall be taken by an affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3rds) of a quorum provided each member is provided a written notice of amendment thirty (30) days before the meeting at which time said amendment is to be voted on. Action may be recommended at any Special Meeting in the same manner provided thirty {30) days notice of the change is given.
Notes on Elections and Annual Meeting
Bylaw: Article II, Section A: Annual Meetings
The Annual Meeting of the membership for the election of Directors and the transaction of such other business as may properly Gome before such Annual Meeting shall be held at such place, within the State of Georgia, on such date within four (4) months of the end of each basketball season and at such time as the Board of Directors may from time to time by resolution provide.
Constitution: Article III, Section C
The Board of Directors shall be elected by secret ballot at the Annual Meeting by a majority of a quorum of voting members present and shall hold office for a period of one (1) year, or until a successor is elected or appointed.
Constitution: Article I II, Section B
A quorum of the Corporation is fifty (50) percent of all Active AABOA members entitled to vote.
Bylaw: Article I, Section B: Active Members
Active members are basketball officials who have completed two consecutive basketball officiating seasons as a member of the corporation and have attended at least two-thirds (2/3) of the regular meetings held during the preceding year. Active members shall be entitled to vote at all meetings of the membership.
Bylaw: Article I, Section E: General, Article 4
No official even though of a higher rating than Registered shall become an Active Member of the Corporation until after completing two consecutive basketball officiating seasons as a member of the corporation, attended at least two-thirds (2/3) of the regular meetings held during the preceding year, and until voted such status by the Board of Directors.
Bylaw: Article I, Section E: General, Article 8
Only Active AABOA Officials who have been a member of AABOA for five (5) years shall be allowed to seek and hold office.
Bylaw: Article I, Section E: General, Article 9
Any member failing to attend at least two-thirds (2/3rds) of the Regular Meetings during the year shall be ineligible to hold office for the coming year.
Bylaw: Article III Directors, Section B: Composition of the Board
The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consist of five (5) natural persons of the age of eighteen (18) years or over. The members of the Board of Directors shall be the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Booking Secretary of the Corporation. Directors must be residents of the State of Georgia, Active AABOA members, and have been a member of AABOA for five (5) years. At each Annual Meeting the members eligible to vote shall elect the Directors, who shall serve for a term of one (1) year or until their successors are elected and qualified; provided that the members may, by the affirmative vote of a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the membership entitled to vote at an election of Directors, increase or reduce the number of Directors and add or remove Directors with or without cause at any time.
Bylaw: Article III Directors, Section C: Election to the Board
Any Active AABOA Member who has been a member of AABOA for five (5) years and wishes to seek election to the Board of Directors shall notify the Secretary in writing not less than seven (7) days before the Annual Meeting; provided that nominations shall be accepted from the floor at the Annual Meeting.
Constitution: ARTICLE III, SECTION E
The Corporation membership will be notified at least 30 days prior to the Annual Meeting when the election of officers will beheld. Any Active AABOA official that has been a member of AABOA for five (5) years who desires to run for office must submit in writing his name and the office he desires to run for to the Secretary at least one (1) week prior to the election date. Other nominations for any office may be made from the floor at the Annual Meeting.
Bylaws Amendments
BYLAWS: ARTICLE I, SECTION E, ART. 8
Only Active AABOA officials who have been a member of AABOA for five (5) years shall be allowed to seek and hold office.
BYLAWS: ARTICLE III, Section B: Composition of the Board
The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consist of five (5) natural persons of the age of eighteen (18) years or over. The members of the Board of Directors shall be the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Booking Secretary of the Corporation. Directors must be residents of the State of Georgia, Active AABOA members, and has been a member of AABOA for five (5) Years. At each Annual Meeting the members eligible to vote shall elect the Directors, who shall serve for a term of one (1) year or until their successors are elected and qualified; provided that the members may, by the affirmative vote of a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the membership entitled to vote at an election of Directors, increase or reduce the number of Directors and add or re move Directors with or without cause at any time.
BYLAWS: ARTICLE III, Section C: Election to the Board
Any Active AABOA Member who has been a member of AABOA for five (5) years and wishes to seek election to the Board of Directors shall notify the Secretary in writing not less than seven (7) days before the Annual Meeting; provided that nominations shall be accepted from the floor at the Annual Meeting.
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ADDITION TO BYLAWS: 121 FOR l l AGAINST
ARTICLE VIII, SECTION G, JUDICIAL COMMITTEE AND APPEAL PROCEDURE
Any member suspended, fined, or expelled by the Board of Directors shall have the right of appeal by giving written notice to the President within seven (7) calendar days of receipt of the decision. The Board of Directors will then set up a meeting of the Judicial Committee, appointed by the President, within seven (7) calendar days of receipt for appeal. If any member is suspended or expelled, they will not be considered an active member and no fine collected until the appeal process is completed.
The Judicial Committee has the right to approve, override, or modify any decision previously made. Both the Board of Directors or the affected member has the right to appeal the Judiciary Committee's decision to the Active Members of the Corporation. By a simple majority the Active Members can refuse to act on the appeal; however, a simple majority vote to hear the appeal would then require a 2/3 vote to overturn any previous decision
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