Bylaws amended April 7, 1977

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BY - LAWS
HERMOSA BEACH FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Hermosa Beach, California 90254
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of this organization shall be HERMOSA
BEACH FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.
ARTICLE II
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this organization shall be to
foster closer relations between the Hermosa Beach
3 Branch of the Los Angeles County Library and the
citizens and organizations of Hermosa Beach; to
stimulate public support; to focus attention on
the facilities and services, as well as on the
needs of the library: to encourage gifts, finan-
cial aid and additions to library services.
ARTICLE III
MEMBERS
Any person sympathetic with the aims of this
organization shall be eligible for membership
and may become an active member upon payment of
annual dues.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
The officers of this organization shall be a
President, a Vice-President, a Recording Secretary,
a Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, who to-
gether with the Junior Past-President, shall con- stitute the Executive Board and shall conduct the
affairs of this organization. In the absence of the
President, the Vice-President shall preside. The
officers shall have the usual duties and powers exer-
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Any
officer who is absent, unexplained, from two (2)
signed. The President is authorized to appoint a
replacement.
ARTICLE V
COMMITTEES
Committee Chairmen shall be appointed by the President
to carry out the work of this organization and shall be
included in the Executive Board Meetings.
All Board Members and Committee Chairmen must be paid
up members.
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MEETINGS
ARTICLE VI
The organization shall hold four general meetings a
year, a January meeting being mandatory and the other
three flexible as to date. Special meetings may be
called by the Executive Board.
Executive Board meetings shall be held quarterly?
Special meetings of the Executive Board may be called
by the President. A majority of the Executive Board
members (4) shall constitute a quorum.
ARTICLE VII
ELECTIONS
Officers of the organization shall be elected at the
general meeting to be held during the last week of January? Nominations will be made in this way:
Each member of the Executive Board will select one
person to sit on a Nominating Committee.Of the six,
one will be selected Chairman by the Committee. The Nominating Committee will be selected the first week
of November; balloting among the general membership will take place in January prior to the general meeting.
Election shall be by a vote of the majority of those
members voting, and the term of office shall be one
year?
Vacancy in any office will be filled by appointment of
the President, with consent of the Executive Board, to
be done immediately when such vacancy occurs.
ARTICLE VIII
FINANCES
The fiscal year of the organization shall begin on February 1, at which time dues are payable. Annual dues
per adult member will be $2.00; organization memberships
will be $5.00; sponsor memberships will be $10.00; patron memberships will be $100.00. Each of these memberships is entitled to one (1) vote. Junior Memberships will be
259, with no vote, and age limit to extend through high
school.
No officer nor member of this organization shall be liable ?
except for unpaid dues. The officers shall have no author-
ity to borrow money?The officers shall have no authority to incur debts in the name of the organization beyond the
amount of money in the treasury.
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ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE X
Amendments to these By-Laws may be made at any general
meeting of this organization by a two-thirds vote of
those members attending, provided that each member has
been notified that changes are contemplated.
PROCEDURE
Good parliamentary procedure shall govern meetings of
this organization, such as Roberts Rules of Order or
Cruzan's Parliamentary Procedure, when not in conflict
with these By-Laws.
Revised March 15, 1967
Revised January29, 1969
Revised November, 197]
Revised April 25, 1973
Amended April 7, 1977
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