Officers
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Elected Officers for the year 2016:
Executive Board: (term expiration noted in parentheses) |
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Bylaws
1. Membership
All persons interested in supporting the Taylor Wildlife Preserve become members by making a donation of at least $10 per year.
2. Executive Committee
An Executive Committee of 10 persons elected by the members for two-year terms shall manage all of the responsibilities of the corporation. Seven members of the Executive Committee will serve as a quorum.
Vacancies on the Executive Committee between sessions may be filed on a temporary basis by the Committee to serve until the next Annual Meeting. At each Annual Meeting the members will select the Executive Committee members to fill vacancies and expiring terms.
All meetings of the Executive Committee shall be open meetings which all corporation members may attend. Meetings will be announced in advance and minutes of all meetings will be circulated to members. In effect, the Executive Committee meetings will serve as membership meetings.
Unscheduled meetings for the Executive Committee and/or the general membership may be called by the Chair or any three members of the Executive Committee. The notice of such meetings must include the reason for calling a special meeting.
3. Officers
Officers of the corporation will be Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer. All officers will be selected for two-year terms. If any officer resigns between Annual Meetings, the Executive Committee may make a temporary appointment to serve until the next Annual Meeting.
Officers will be responsible for the customary duties of their position and such other duties as may be assigned by the Executive Committee.
4. Committees
The Executive Committee may appoint committees as the need arises. All members of the corporation are eligible to serve as members of committees. It is the intention of the corporation that the work of the corporation will be shared by the members on a voluntary basis. It is not necessary to be elected to some role in order to serve.
5. Annual Meeting
An Annual Meeting will be held in the first quarter of each year by the Executive Committee and members of the corporation. Ten members will serve as a quorum.
The Annual Meeting is the primary place for setting policy. It is the intention of the Executive Committee that decisions of the Annual Meeting, as well as those of the Executive Committee, be reached by consensus. If that should seem impossible at any time, decisions will be made by majority vote. All dues paying members are eligible to vote.
Items of business which members wish to have considered should be forwarded to any member of the Executive Committee at least fifteen days before the Annual Meeting. The fiscal year shall be February 1 through January 31.
6. Amendments
These bylaws may be amended at any annual meeting.
7. Dissolution
If the corporation is terminated for any reason, all fiscal matters should be settled immediately. Remaining money or other assets of value are to be contributed to the NJ Audubon Society.
All persons interested in supporting the Taylor Wildlife Preserve become members by making a donation of at least $10 per year.
2. Executive Committee
An Executive Committee of 10 persons elected by the members for two-year terms shall manage all of the responsibilities of the corporation. Seven members of the Executive Committee will serve as a quorum.
Vacancies on the Executive Committee between sessions may be filed on a temporary basis by the Committee to serve until the next Annual Meeting. At each Annual Meeting the members will select the Executive Committee members to fill vacancies and expiring terms.
All meetings of the Executive Committee shall be open meetings which all corporation members may attend. Meetings will be announced in advance and minutes of all meetings will be circulated to members. In effect, the Executive Committee meetings will serve as membership meetings.
Unscheduled meetings for the Executive Committee and/or the general membership may be called by the Chair or any three members of the Executive Committee. The notice of such meetings must include the reason for calling a special meeting.
3. Officers
Officers of the corporation will be Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer. All officers will be selected for two-year terms. If any officer resigns between Annual Meetings, the Executive Committee may make a temporary appointment to serve until the next Annual Meeting.
Officers will be responsible for the customary duties of their position and such other duties as may be assigned by the Executive Committee.
4. Committees
The Executive Committee may appoint committees as the need arises. All members of the corporation are eligible to serve as members of committees. It is the intention of the corporation that the work of the corporation will be shared by the members on a voluntary basis. It is not necessary to be elected to some role in order to serve.
5. Annual Meeting
An Annual Meeting will be held in the first quarter of each year by the Executive Committee and members of the corporation. Ten members will serve as a quorum.
The Annual Meeting is the primary place for setting policy. It is the intention of the Executive Committee that decisions of the Annual Meeting, as well as those of the Executive Committee, be reached by consensus. If that should seem impossible at any time, decisions will be made by majority vote. All dues paying members are eligible to vote.
Items of business which members wish to have considered should be forwarded to any member of the Executive Committee at least fifteen days before the Annual Meeting. The fiscal year shall be February 1 through January 31.
6. Amendments
These bylaws may be amended at any annual meeting.
7. Dissolution
If the corporation is terminated for any reason, all fiscal matters should be settled immediately. Remaining money or other assets of value are to be contributed to the NJ Audubon Society.
2015 NJTL Land Management Agreement
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