ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS, BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND STANDING COMMITTEES
Section 1. The Officers of this Association shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
Section 2. The Board of Governors shall consist of the aforesaid Officers together with six (6) other members of the Association.
Section 3. The Membership Committee shall comprise the President and two (2) other members who are not members of the Board of Governors.
Section 4. The Nominating Committee shall comprise a Chairman and four (4) other members who are not members of the Board of Governors.
Section 5. An annual meeting shall be held by the Association for the election by a majority vote of the members present and voting of a complete slate of Officers, Board of Governors and Membership and Nominating Committees, all of whom shall serve in their elected capacity, commencing the first day of September next for a term of one (1) year or until their respective successors shall have been elected and qualified.
Section 6. Any Active Member of the Association shall be eligible for election to any office or to membership on the Board of Governors or for membership on any Committee of the Association. Any officer of the Association who no longer qualifies as an Active Member will remain eligible for election to any office or membership on the Board of Governors.
ARTICLE V – ASSOCIATION PROPERTY
All interest in the property of the Association is vested in the Association only.
ARTICLE VI – INCORPORATION
The Association shall be established as a corporation without capital stock under the provisions of the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut.
ARTICLE VII – AFFAIRS OF THE ASSOCIATION
The affairs of the Association shall be conducted and administered according to such By-Laws, as may be adopted and from time to time amended. Insofar as such affairs pertain to the corporate existence of the Association, they shall be conducted and administered as provided therefore in the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut, as revised.
ARTICLE VIII – AMENDMENT OF CONSTITUTION OR BY-LAWS
The Constitution or the By-Laws may be amended only by two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at the annual meeting of the Association or at a special meeting called in accordance with the provisions of the By-Laws.
ARTICLE IX – TAKING EFFECT OF THIS CONSTITUTION
This Constitution shall supersede in its entirety the Constitution adopted at the organization meeting of June 4, 1946 and shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption.
Adopted May 20, 1947
Amended May 24, 1951
Amended October 30, 1951
Amended July 27, 1963
Amended December 3, 1964
Amended December 5, 1966
Amended December 15, 2001
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