BY-LAWS OF THE NEBRASKA THOROUGHBRED
BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION, INC.
ARTICLE SIX
ORDER OF BUSINESS
1 Roll Call
2 Reading of the minutes of the preceding meeting
3 Reports of Committees
4 Reports of Officers
5 Unfinished Business
6 New Business
7 Good and Welfare
8 Adjournment
ARTICLE SEVEN
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The business of this organization shall be managed by
a Board of Directors consisting of nine (9) members
together with the Officers of this organization. At
least one of the Directors elected shall be a resident
of the State of Nebraska and a citizen of the United
States.
The Directors to be chosen for the ensuing year shall
be chosen at the Annual Meeting of this organization in
the same manner and style as the Officers of this
organization and they shall serve for a term of three
(3) years.
The Board of Directors shall have the control and
management of the affairs and business of this
organization. Such Board of Directors shall only act in
the name of the organization when it shall be regularly
convened by its Chairman after due notice to all
Directors of such meeting.
Five (5) of the members of the Board of Directors
shall constitute a quorum and the meetings of the Board
of Directors shall be held as called.
Each Director shall have one vote and such voting may
not be done by proxy.
The Board of Directors may make such rules and
regulations covering its meeting as it may, in its
discretion, determine to be necessary.
Vacancies on the said Board of Directors shall be
filled by a vote of the majority of the remaining
members of the Board of Directors for the balance of the
year.
The President of the organization, by virtue of his
office, shall be Chairman of the Board of Directors. The
Board of Directors shall select from one of their
number, a Secretary.
A Director may be removed when sufficient cause
exists for such removal. The Board of Directors may
entertain charges against any Director. A Director may
be represented by counsel upon any removal hearing. The
Board of Directors shall adopt such rules as it may in
its discretion consider necessary for the best interests
of the organization, for this hearing.
OFFICERS
The Officers of the organization shall be as follows:
President
Vice-President
Secretary/Treasurer
The President shall preside at all membership
meetings.
He shall, by virtue of his office, be Chairman of the
Board of Directors
He shall present at each Annual Meeting of the
organization an annual report of the work of the
organization.
He shall appoint all committees, temporary or
permanent.
He shall see that all books, reports and
certificates, as required by law, are properly kept or
filed.
He shall be one of the officers who may sign the
checks or drafts of the organization.
He shall have such powers as may be reasonably
construed as belonging to the Chief Executive of any
organization.
The Vice-President shall, in the event of the absence
or inability of the President to exercise his office,
become acting President of the organization with all the
rights, privileges and powers as if he had been the duly
elected President
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