Bylaws
of the
Mountaineer Java Users Group

(unratified)

Article I: Name

The name of this Society shall be "The Mountaineer Java Users Group", abbreviated as "MtJUG".

Article II: Object

The object of this Society shall be to provide education related to software development using the Java programming language and to facilitate communications with Java students, professionals, and dilettantes in the Morgantown, West Virginia area.

Article III: Members

Section 1

The membership of this Society shall not be limited.

Section 2

Any person shall be eligible for membership, provided that they have a bona fide interest in promoting the Object of the Society. A person may become a member by subscribing to the MtJUG electronic mailing list.

Section 3

There will be no fees required for membership.

Section 4

Any member desiring to resign from the Society may do so at any time. A member may resign from the Society by unsubscribing from the MtJUG electronic mailing list.

Section 5

Upon the signed recommendation of one member, seconded by another member, and by a three-fourths vote by ballot at the annual meeting, honorary life membership may be conferred upon a person who shall have rendered notable service to the Society. An honorary member shall have none of the obligations of membership in the Society, but shall be entitled to all of the privileges except those of making motions, of voting, and of holding office.

Article IV: Officers

Section 1

The officers of the Society shall be a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. These officers shall perform the duties prescribed by these bylaws and by the parliamentary authority adopted by the Society.

Section 2

Any member present at any meeting may nominate candidates for office.

Section 3

The officers shall be elected by ballot to serve for one year or until their successors are elected, and their term of office shall begin at the close of the annual meeting at which they are elected.

Section 4

No member shall hold more than one office at a time, and no member shall be eligible to serve consecutive terms in the same office.

Article V: Meetings

Section 1

The regular meetings of the Society shall be held on the second Wednesday of every odd-numbered month from September to May inclusive unless otherwise ordered by the Society.

Section 2

The regular meeting in September shall be known as the annual meeting and shall be for the purpose of electing officers, receiving reports of officers and committees, and for any other business that may arise.

Section 3

Special meetings may be called by the President or by the Executive Board and shall be called upon the written request of ten members of the Society. The purpose of the meeting shall be stated in the call. Except in cases of emergency, at least three days notice shall be given.

Section 4

The members of the Society in attendance at a regular or special meeting shall constitute a quorom.

Article VI: Executive Board

Section 1

The officers of the Society shall constitute the Executive Board.

Section 2

The Executive Board shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Society between its business meetings, fix the hour and the place of the meetings, make recommendations to the Society, and shall peform such other duties as are specified in these bylaws. The Board shall be subject to the orders of the Society, and none of its acts shall conflict with action take by the Society.

Section 3

The Executive Board may meet at any time and may conduct business by any mode of communication.

Article VII: Committees

Section 1

A Finance Committee composed of the Treasurer and four other members shall be appointed by the President promptly after each annual meeting. It shall be the duty of this committee to prepare a budget for the fiscal year beginning the first day of January, and to submit it to the Society at its regular meeting in November. The Finance Committee may from time to time submit amendments to the budget for the current fiscal year, which may be adopted by a majority vote.

Section 2

A Program Committee of five members shall be appointed by the President promptly after each annual meeting, whose duty it shall be to plan the annual program of the Society. This committee's report shall be submitted to the Society for its approval at its regular meeting in November.

Section 3

An Auditing Committee of three members shall be appointed by the President at the Society's last meeting prior to the end of the fiscal year, whose duty it shall be to audit the accounts of the Treasurer at the close of the fiscal year and to report at the following meeting.

Section 4

Such other committees, standing or special, shall be appointed by the President as the Society or the Executive Board shall from time to time deem necessary to carry on the work of the Society. The President shall be ex officio a member of all committees.

Article VIII: Parliamentary Authority

The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the Society in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent whith these bylaws and any special rules of order the Society may adopt.

Article IX: Amendment of Bylaws

These bylaws may be amended at any regular meeting of the Society by a two-thirds vote, provided that the amendment has been submitted in writing at the previous regular meeting.