VOM ARTILES KENNEL
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VOM ARTILES KENNEL |
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The name of the club will be FRENCH RINGERS CLUB and shall be known as such.
ARTICLE II
The objectives of the Club shall be:
ARTICLE III
All dues, levies, and other income shall be dispersed to promote the
objectives of this club, along with associated social activities. The
steward of the dues will be the Club President.
ARTICLE IV
This club may be dissolved, at any time, by a written notice to the North
American Ring Association or United States MondioRing Association.
ARTICLE V
MEMBERSHIP: The club shall consist of three types of members:
1. ACTIVE MEMBERS:
There will be a 6 month probation period. All active members must also be
members of the United States MondioRing Association.
To remain an active member in good standing, all members must attend at least
75% of the weekly work sessions and be up to date on all dues and special
levies.
Active members must work as a team with the other members or their membership
will be terminated with no refunds. They will only receive 2 warnings!
All new members will be on probation for 6 months. At which time the
membership will vote to accept them as a full member.
2. HONORARY MEMBERS:
These members may be elected, at large, from those who have rendered valuable
services to the club or the police dog movement. They are not entitled to vote
or hold office.
3. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS:
For those people that would like to learn about ring sport or learn to do
ring decoy work but cannot attend regularly or cannot meet the 75% attendance,
or for those who would like to learn about ring sport to start their own club.
Associate members will pay the full dues and levies but cannot vote or hold
office. They can attend class, seminars, and trials held by the club, just as
the active members do.
RESIGNATION
Any member may resign, at any time, and may be deleted from the membership
upon receipt of resignation, in writing, to the Secretary.
SUSPENSION ARTICLE VI
DUES AND LEVIES: The membership may approve, by majority vote, the collection
of new dues and special, equal levies against the membership to meet the
expenses of the club. Dues and special levies, once paid, are non-refundable.
1. Any member whose dues and/or levies remain unpaid one month after the due
date shall be notified in writing by the Secretary. If the said dues/levies
remain unpaid for another thirty days, the member will be automatically
suspended.
ARTICLE VII
CHARGES FOR MISCONDUCT: Any member may prefer charges against another member
for alleged misconduct, prejudicial to the interests of the club. Written
charges, with specifications, must be preferred in duplicate and forwarded to
the Secretary with a deposit of $25.00 which shall be forfeited if such charges
are not sustained. All charges will be heard in front of the board of directors
only. The board shall find, suspend, or expel from the club or take such
measures as may be deemed advisable. If the charges are proven to be
satisfactory to the board, the accused member must be allowed to present his
case to the board. Any member against whom charges have been filed, may, by a ¾
vote of the board, be suspended for a period not to exceed 60 days or expelled
from the membership.
ARTICLE VIII
GOVERNMENT
The control and management of the affairs of the club shall be vested in the
President, Vice President, Secretary, Public Relations Secretary, and Events
Manager ( Club Officers ).
The Board of Directors shall consist of:
A. President
B. Vice President
C. Secretary
D. Public Relations Secretary
E. Events Manager
Regular meetings of the board shall be called by the President, at least
quarterly. Board meetings may precede or follow the regular general membership
meetings.
Special meetings may be called by the President or 2 directors, acting in
concert.
A majority of the directors in office, being present, shall constitute a
quorum to conduct regular business. The board shall have the power to fill any
vacancy that may occur between terms in office, except that of President.
All issues presented to the FRC Board of Directors for a Vote must be
Approved or Vetoed by the President.
The secretary shall keep minutes of all board meetings which shall be made
available to any member at any time.
The board shall have the power to appoint committees and assistant officers
as needed from amongst the membership.
ARTICLE IX
OFFICERS AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
PRESIDENT. The President shall preside at all meetings and act as the Chief
Executive of the Club. He/She shall be a member of all committees. He will
be in charge of stewartship of all dues and the payment of the Club's fixed
bill's.
VICE PRESIDENT. Shall, in the absence of the President, perform all the
duties of the President. Except Approve or veto any
votes. He is the second highest ranking officer of the Club.
SECRETARY. The Secretary shall have charge of all correspondence, keep the
records and roll of the members, the minutes of the meetings, board meetings,
and election results, and the maintenance of the FRC website.
PUBLIC RELATIONS SECRETARY. Shall, be in charge of Press releases, and will
act as spokesperson for the Club. He/She will be in charge of promotions
and sponsorship of Club Events. He/She must report to the board 3 months
before and 2 weeks before an event. Shall also try to help the FRC to
raise funds to cover the expenses of our events.
EVENTS MANAGER. Is responsible for the running of the events. (#1.assigning:
2- Trial Ring Stewarts to be in charge of setting all the jumps for
the handlers and to be in charge of the throwing of the food for the food
refusal exercises and to be in charge of the baton and loading the
revolver for the Trial Decoys. #2. Assigning a Club member in charge
of marking the field with the Trial Judge. #3. Assigning a Club member to
buy the food for the food refusal. #4. Assigning and
supervising the score keepers during all Trials.)
ARTICLE X
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
The Constitution and bylaws may be amended, altered, or repealed by a 2/3
vote of the active members in good standing.
Any proposed changes in the Constitution and bylaws shall be formally read at
the monthly meeting preceding the meeting at which the actual voting will take
place and shall appear in the minutes of the meeting.
Any bylaw changes voted on by the club must be submitted to the President for
final approval or veto.
ARTICLE XI
TRAINING DIRECTOR
A Training Director shall be appointed for an indefinite term by the Board of
Directors. He/She shall fulfill all the requirements to maintain a successful
training program. He/She shall be in charge of all club activities at the
training grounds, during normal training sessions. He/She shall be a member of
the club.
DECOYS
The Training Director will have complete control of the decoys and all the
decoys must agree to abide by the training directors training program, methods,
and decisions. All decoys are training decoys and they are there to help the
dogs and the handlers. The trial decoy will be determined by the SCC
certification program according to the SCC rules and regulations.
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