ARTICLE I
Corporate Name, Seal, Office
The name of this corporation
shall be the International Single Shot Association.
The seal shall be in the form of a circle, and shall
bear the name of the corporation. The corporation
office of the corporation shall be Alamosa, Colorado
or at such a place in the State of Colorado as the
officers and board of directors may designate from
time to time.
ARTICLE II
Purpose and Status of the
Corporation
Section 1. Status.
The corporation is a non-profit corporation organized
pursuant to Articles 7-122- 102 Colorado Revised Statutes.
The International Single Shot Association (ISSA) Corporation
address shall be 65 Cascade Alamosa, Colorado 81101.
Section 2. Discrimination.
The corporation shall admit participants of any race,
color, national or ethnic origin, religious affiliation,
sex and handicap, to all the rights, privileges, programs
and activities generally accorded or made available
by the corporation.
Section 3. Political
Activity. The facilities and activities of the corporation
shall at no time be used for political activities.
Section 4. Purpose.
The business and purposes of this non-profit corporation
shall be to encourage participation in the shooting
sports and more particularly the recreational shooting
of single shot rifles with plain base bullets projectiles;
to promote and encourage the sport, pleasure and recreation
of participants in the shooting sports; to promote
public awareness and support for all shooting sports;
to promote and encourage competition, sportsmanship
and good fellowship among the participants of the
various shooting sports and specifically among the
shooters of single shot rifles; to promote public
awareness of and to provide support for individuals
engaged in the shooting of single shot rifles; and
to educate the public and participants in matters
related to the shooting of single shot rifles; and
to promote, organize, manage, conduct and supervise
shooting matches and meets for participants in the
sport of shooting single shot rifles and related activities.
ARTICLE III
Powers of
the Corporation
Section 1. Powers
Granted. The corporation shall have all the powers
granted corporations not-for-profit in accordance
with Colorado law and other statutes of the State
of Colorado in effect this date or hereinafter enacted
into the law.
ARTICLE IV
Board of Directors
Section 1. Business.
The business, property and affairs of this corporation
shall be conducted and managed by a Board of Directors,
hereinafter referred to as the “Board”
or as “Directors”.
Section 2. Number
of Directors. The Board of Directors of the corporation
shall consist of seven Directors, a President, a Vice
President, a Secretary a Treasurer and three additional
Directors. An Eighth Director shall be elected as
an alternate Director and shall serve as a Director
in the case of incapacitation of another Director.
Section 3. Requirements
of Directors. Each Director shall be a dues paying
member of the International Single Shot Association.
Any Director shall be at least eighteen years of age
and shall have been a member of the International
Single Shot Association for at least three years.
Section 4. Election and Term of the Board of Directors.
The composition of and the membership of the Board
shall be:
a) The dues paying
membership shall select nominees for the positions
of Director.
b) Any required elections
shall be conducted at the annual membership meeting.
c) The top nominees
receiving the largest number of votes shall be declared
the winner. In case of a tie vote between the highest
vote getters, a run off election will be held with
dues paying members at the International Schuetzenfest.
d) The newly elected
Directors shall be announced at the International
Schuetzenfest.
e) Each Board of Director
elected shall begin his or her term on the last day
of the International Schuetzenfest in the calendar
year they are elected, and the term shall end after
elections on the last day of the International Schuetzenfest.
f) Each Director elected
shall hold office for a minimum term of three years.
Section 5. Removal.
Any Director may be removed by the Board whenever,
in its judgment, the interest of the corporation would
be served thereby. The manner of removal shall be
by a two-thirds vote of the Board at any regular meeting
providing the matter is placed as a regular item on
the agenda with proper notice to all Board members.
If removal of said Director should require immediate
action, the Board may call a special meeting by conference
call.
Section 6. President.
The president of the corporation shall be the chief
executive officer of the corporation. He/she shall
preside over all meetings of the Board of Directors
and shall serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The President shall have the authority to appoint
the chairperson and members of such committees as
may be designated by the Board of Directors. The President
shall cast a vote should a tie occur on any manner.
Section 7. Vice-President.
The Vice-President of the corporation shall act and
serve in the place of the President in the event of
incapacity, absence, or other inability of the President
to act.
Section 8. Secretary.
The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board
of Directors and the executive committee, shall preserve
in books of the corporation true minutes of the proceedings
of all such meetings and shall be responsible for
the election balloting of the Board of Directors.
Section 9. Treasurer.
The Treasurer shall have custody of all corporate
funds and securities and shall keep books belonging
to the corporation full and accurate accounts of all
receipts and disbursements.
Other responsibilities
that he/she shall do in this office include:
a) Safely keeping
in his/her custody the seal of the corporation and
shall have authority to affix the same to all instruments
where required
b) He/she shall give
all notices required by statute, by-law or resolution.
He/she shall perform such other duties as may be delegated
to him/her by the Board of Directors.
c) He/she shall deposit
all moneys, securities and other valuable effects
in the name of the corporation in such depositories
as may be designated for that purpose by the Board
of Directors.
d) He/she shall disburse
the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by
the Board, taking proper vouchers of such disbursements,
and shall render to the President and Directors the
regular meeting of the Board, and whenever requested
by them, an account of all his/her transactions of
the financial condition of the corporation. Should
the corporation be with out a Treasurer, the president
shall act in the Treasurer’s place until such
time as a new Treasurer is elected or appointed.
e) He/she shall have
an annual audit of the Associations financial books
by an outside auditor. Results of said audit shall
be submitted to the Board of Directors by January
30 of the calendar year.
Section 10. Vacancies.
The alternate Director shall fill vacancies of the
Board of Directors. If in the event an additional
Director is needed, election by appointment by the
remaining Directors at any regular, special or annual
meeting. Meeting by conference calls may be utilized
until dues paying members elect a new Director.
Section 11. Board
Decisions and Meetings. If and when all the Directors
shall severally or collectively consent in writing
to any action to be taken by the corporation, such
action shall be as a valid corporate act as though
it had been authorized at a regular meeting of the
Board of Directors. The Board shall conduct ISSA business
a minimum of one time annually and preferably during
the International Schuetzenfest. All Directors shall
be notified by the Secretary by mail at least thirty
(30) days prior to the meeting. Major agenda items
shall be sent with meeting notification. The President
of the corporation or any two Board members may call
special meetings of the Board of Directors.
Section 12. Quorum.
At any annual or special meeting a quorum will be
necessary for the transaction of business of the corporation.
The quorum shall be sixty (60) percent of the total
number of Board members.
Section 13. Proxy
voting. Proxy voting or other types of absentee voting
shall not be permitted in meetings of this corporation,
unless by resolution adopted by the majority of the
Board of Directors allowing proxy or other absentee
voting.
Section 14. Rules
of Procedure. All regular and special meetings of
the board and it’s committees shall be governed
by “Roberts Rules of Order” except where
in conflict with these by-laws, in which case these
by-laws shall prevail.
Section 15. Ratification
of Actions. All actions on behalf of the corporation
relating to contacts, agreements or undertakings shall
be subject to report for action to the Board.
Section 16. Absentees
from Meetings. Any Director absent from three regular
or special meetings of the Board in a one year period
without appropriate excuse accepted by the Board shall
be automatically dropped from the official roles of
membership on the Board of Directors, and his/her
successor shall be selected as hereinabove provided.
Section 17. Powers
of the Board.
a) The Board shall
determine the programs and policies of the corporation
and shall serve as the governing body of the corporation.
b) The Board shall
have the power to appoint agents as the Board my deem
necessary for transaction of the business of the corporation
c) For any reason
deemed insufficient by the Board of Directors, whether
occasioned by the absence or otherwise, the Board
may delegate any or all of all the duties of any officer
or director, but no officer or director shall execute,
acknowledge, or verify any instrument in more than
one capacity.
d) The Board may require
any officer, agent, employee or director who has any
fiscal responsibility to the corporation to file with
the corporation a satisfactory performance and/or
financial responsibility bond. Such bond is to be
an amount commensurate with the Board’s dictates
and shall be totally funded by the ISSA
e) The Board shall
have overall responsibility for all financial activities
including, but not limited to, budgeting, auditing,
fund raising, fund allocations, membership fee management,
property management, litigation, and may delegate
such of these activities as it deems appropriate and
to such individuals as it considers appropriate.
f) The Board shall
keep a complete record of all corporate affairs.
g) The Board shall
supervise all officers, agents and employees of this
organization and see that their duties are performed
properly.
h) The Board may authorize
any officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation
in addition to the officers so authorized by these
by-laws to enter into any contact or execute and deliver
any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the
corporation, and such authority may be general or
confined to specific instances.
ARTICLE V
Officers
Section 1. Officers.
The officers of the corporation shall be a Schuetzenmeister
and such other officers as may be determined by resolution
adopted by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Election
and Term of Officers. The officers of the corporation
shall be elected by the Board of Directors of the
corporation at the regular annual meeting and are
to serve at the will of the Directors. The Officers
shall take office for the term of two (2) years from
the last day of the International Schuetzenfest of
the calendar year and end the term on the last day
of the International Schuetzenfest of the calendar
year.
Section 3. Requirements
of Officers. Each officer must be a dues paying member
of the ISSA. Any officer shall be at least eighteen
years of age and shall have been a member of the ISSA
for at least three years.
Section 4. Removal. Any officer elected or appointed
by the Board of Directors of the corporation may be
removed by the Board of Directors of the corporation
whenever in it’s judgment the best interests
of the corporation would be served.
Section 5. Schuetzenmeister.
The schuetzenmeister shall be the official ISSA shooting
judge and official range officer at the International
Schuetzenfest. The primary responsibility for the
Schuetzenmeister is to ensure a safe environment for
competitors and spectators at International Match.
ARTICLE VI
Committees
Section 1. Standing
Committees. The Board of Directors, by resolution
adopted by a majority vote of the Board at a meeting,
may designate one or more standing and/or temporary
committees or councils as deemed necessary to perform
such permanent or temporary functions as prescribed
by the Board. The President shall be an ex-officio
member of all committees. Committee members shall
be dues paying members of the ISSA.
Section 2. Temporary
Committees. The Board of Directors shall appoint such
committees as deemed necessary to perform such temporary
functions as prescribed by the Board. The President
shall appoint the chairperson of such committees,
and membership of such committees need not be confined
to members of the Board. Temporary committee members
shall be dues paying members of the ISSA.
ARTICLE VII
Members
Section 1. Membership.
Shall consist of individual members of good character
and in the case of non-citizens, must be friendly
to the United States of America and honestly believe
in the American way of life and principles of freedom.
Section 2. Dues. The
Board of Directors shall set annual dues. Annual individual
dues shall be due by August 1 of the calendar year
and shall be collected by the Treasurer.
Section 3. Life Membership.
The Board of Directors shall set said fees. Life memberships
shall be available and upon payment of current fee
shall entitle individual members to all rights and
privileges of an individual member for and during
the balance of the term of said member’s life.
Said fee for life membership shall be kept in a special
fund and reinvested and only the income there from
used for normal operating expenses of the ISSA. (Do
we have any life members? Do we need or want this
clause?)
Section 4. Voting.
Each individual dues paying member of the ISSA shall
be entitled to one vote on each issue, notice of consideration
of which has been given as set out in Article VIII
Section 1, in person or by proxy at any annual or
special meeting of the members of the Association.
ARTICLE III
Meeting of Members
Section 1. Annual
Meeting of Members. The annual meeting of members
of this Association may be held each calendar year
during the period of the International Schuetzenfest
Match and at such time and place as may be designated
by the President and specified in the notice of such
meeting. A written notice of any or special meetings
shall be deemed sufficient, if either is deposited
in the mails not less than twenty (20) days, nor more
than sixty (60) days prior to such meeting addressed
to the members of the respective addresses appearing
on the records of the Association and notice of any
and all meetings may be waived by members, in writing,
orally or by attendance at meeting.
Section 2. Quorum.
At any annual or special meeting of the members, five
(5%) percent of the members in person or by proxy
shall constitute a quorum to transact any and all
business, provided no individual hold or vote more
than one (1) proxy in addition to those members of
his immediate family.
a) Board of Directors
may, from time to time, submit by mail specific questions
for advisory purposes only or for final decision to
the membership by mail. Such questioning shall be
sent by mail, not less than ten (10) days nor more
than thirty (30) days prior to a meeting of the Board
of Directors at which the matter shall be acted upon,
to the members address at their respective addresses
appearing on the records of the Association at the
time of mailing. A ballot in for and with instructions
approved by the Directors shall be enclosed therewith.
ARTICLE IX
Amendment to By-Laws and
Principles
Section 1. These by-laws
and the articles of incorporation may be altered,
amended or repealed and any new by-laws and articles
of incorporation may be adopted by 2/3 of the Board
of Directors at any special meeting, if at least 10
days written notice is given of the intention to alter,
amend or repeal, or to adopt new by-laws and articles
of incorporation at such meeting, and the proposal
or proposals are specifically set forth in such notice.
Section 2. No amendment
may be made which would change the purpose of the
corporation to include purposes which would not be
exclusively charitable or educational within the intent
of the Income Tax Laws of the United States or such
would permit any funds or property of the corporation
to inure to the benefit of any Director, Officer,
employee, or other individual having a personal or
private interest in the activities of the corporation