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B.A.C.H.
(Boosting All Choirs in Harmony)
Olathe North High School
600 E. Prairie, Olathe, Kansas 66061
BYLAWS
ARTICLE I: NAME.
1. Boosting All Choirs in Harmony
ARTICLE II: OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSE.
1. To arouse and maintain an enthusiastic interest in the various activities of the Olathe North Choral Department.
2. To lend all possible support, both moral and financial, to the Olathe North Choral Department.
3. To cooperate with the Director and sponsors of the choral department and the administration of Olathe North High School to ensure coordination of all activities and events with school activities and policies.
4. To operate exclusively for charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law).
ARTICLE III: MEMBERSHIP.
1. Active membership consists of the parents or guardians of any student in the choral department.
2. Honorary membership includes any person interested in the progress, activities, and development of the choral department.
ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS.
1. The officers of this organization shall be: President, President-Elect, Secretary, Secretary-Elect, Treasurer, and Treasurer-Elect.
ARTICLE V: DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the organization, appoint all committees for the organization, and shall be an ex-officio member of all committees.
2. The President-Elect (Vice-President) shall function as President in the absence of the President.
3. The Secretary is responsible for the minutes of all B.A.C.H. meetings, and shall handle all correspondence of the organization.
4. The Treasurer shall keep an accurate record of all receipts and disbursements, showing each activity separately, as well as a complete record of all funds. Accounts shall be maintained for each active member of the choral department, as well as an operating fund to be used by the organization for operating costs. The performance of these duties shall be in conformance with the B.A.C.H. Fund Raising Activities Operating Policy and Procedures.
5. The officers-elect shall assist the regular officer in the performance of his/her duties, assume those duties in the absence of the regular officer, and assume full responsibility of the office for the second year of the term.
6. Should a regular office become vacant during the year, the officer-elect shall assume that office for the remainder of the year as well as the following year.
7. Should an officer-elect vacate his/her office during the first year, the Executive Board shall elect a successor to hold office until the association can be asked to confirm the electee as an officer for the remainder of the term.
ARTICLE VI: THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
1. Voting members of the Executive Board shall consist of the officers of the organization, an appointed parent/guardian representative of each choir (excluding Chorale), the President of ACappella Choir, and the Director of the Choral Department.
2. All newly elected officers shall be designated as executive board members, and their term of office shall be two years, one year as an officer-elect and one year as a regular officer.
3. A non-officer representative for each choir (excluding chorale) shall be selected to serve as a voting member of the Executive Board.
4. The Executive Board shall appoint the following committee chairpersons and any other chairpersons as needed:
Fundraising Chairperson
Robe Chairperson
Chaperon Chairperson
5. The Executive Board shall have general supervision of the organization.
6. In all matters brought before it for resolution, each member of the Executive Board will have one vote. A simple majority vote will prevail.
7. The Executive Board will screen all suggested fund raising projects before they are presented to the organization.
8. The Executive Board will act on all requests for financial aid, as defined in the B.A.C.H. Fund Raising Activities Operating Policy and Procedures, submitted to it in writing within three weeks of submission.
ARTICLE VII: MEETINGS.
1. The Executive Board of the organization shall meet monthly.
2. General meetings of the entire B.A.C.H. organization shall be held as deemed necessary by the Executive Board.
3. Special meetings may be called by the President.
ARTICLE VIII: FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
1. The Treasurer shall be required to prepare a financial report at the end of each school year and/or at the close of his/her term. Copies of this report will be submitted to the Executive Board and any other internal or external groups of individuals as the Executive Board may direct. The annual financial report shall become a part of the permanent record for the organization.
2. No part of the net earnings of the organization shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, its members' trustees, officers, or other private persons, except that the organization shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments and distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth in ArticleII herein. No substantial part of the activities of the organization shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the organization shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these articles, the organization shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on by: (a) an organization exempt from Federal Income Tax under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue law), or (b) an organization to which contributions are deductible under Section 170 (c) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law).
ARTICLE IX: ELECTIONS.
1. The Executive Board shall serve as the Nominating Committee. The nominative ballot shall be presented at a general meeting following spring pre-enrollment and at least 14 days prior to the meeting in which elections are held.
2. Officers shall be elected at an annual spring meeting of the organization. Nominations may be accepted from the floor after the nominative ballot is presented.
3. A simple majority vote of active members present shall prevail in the election of all new officers. This vote shall be cast by secret ballot with one vote per household. Active members may vote by proxy, if necessary.
4. Newly elected officers shall assume their duties on June 1.
ARTICLE X: AUTHORITY.
1. The rules contained in "Robert's Rules of Order, Revised" shall govern the meetings of this organization.
ARTICLE XI: AMENDMENTS TO THE BYLAWS.
1. These Bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds majority vote of the active members of the organization present at the meeting.
2. Amendments must be presented to the Executive Board in writing who will then submit the proposed amendment to the organization.
3. The Executive Board shall give written notice of at least 30 days to the active membership in order for an amendment to be considered by the organization in a meeting.
4. Voting on amendments to these Bylaws shall be by secret ballot with one vote per household.
5. Active members may vote by proxy, if necessary.
ARTICLE XII: DISSOLUTION.
1. Upon dissolution of the organization, the Executive Board shall, after paying or making provisions for the payment of all of the liabilities of the organization, dispose of all of the assets of the organization exclusively for the purposes of the organization in such a manner, or to such organization or organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law), as the Executive Board shall determine. Any such assets not so disposed of, shall be disposed of by the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which the principal office of the organization is then located, exclusively for the purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said Court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names, this ___th day of ______, 1988.
(Original: 1988. Revisions: 9/1993, 1/1994, 4/22/1996, 5/8/1997, 1/11/2000. Reprinted ).