| BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I – NAME
SECTION I: This corporation shall be known
as the Diamond Sportsmen’s Club, Inc. and was established as such on July
12, 2000.
ARTICLE II – PURPOSE
SECTION I: The purposes for which the Corporation
is organized:
a) To promote and encourage laws for the protection of
forests, fish, and game life in the State of New York;
b) To promote interest in hunting, fishing, trap shooting,
bait casting, boating, sport recreation vehicles and other lawful sports;
c) To promote and encourage the propagation of fish and
game in the county of St. Lawrence and elsewhere;
d) To encourage by legal means the passing of legislation
in the aid of the purposes above stated, and rational enforcement of the
same;
e) To promote and encourage better understanding among
its members and the general public as to the properties of boats, camps,
camp furnishings, hunting equipment, fishing equipment and recreational
equipment;
f) To promote, encourage and educate its members and
the general public in the principles of safety in the use of firearms;
g) To promote, encourage, and provide social and friendly
intercourse among its members and to provide social and athletic recreation
for its members. |
ARTICLE III – MEMBERSHIP
SECTION 1: Capital Contribution. Each
member shall pay a capital contribution of $6,000 upon election to membership
in the corporation. (*The capital contribution was increased from $5,500
to $6,000 at the Bi-Annual Meeting of the Membership held in May 2005.)
SECTION 2: Class of Members. The Corporation
shall have three classes of members. The designation of such classes
and the qualifications and rights of the membership of such classes shall
be as follows:
Full Membership: Any person who has
paid full membership dues, as established from time to time by
the Board of Directors, and is in good standing with the Club,
shall be considered a full member. Such Full Member shall
have the right to own a permanent structure in accordance with
club policies and participate in all lawful sports including hunting
and fishing.
Honorary Membership: Any present member who
draws social security shall be given Honorary Membership if that member
has paid membership dues for the immediately preceding ten years.
Honorary Members from the Barney Pond Hunting and Fishing Club, Inc., shall
be considered Honorary Members of Diamond Sportsmen’s Club, Inc.
A widow or widower of any member shall be offered Honorary Membership.
Such Honorary Members shall have rights pursuant to the qualifying membership
type.
SECTION 3: Election of Members. Members
shall be elected by the Board of Directors. An affirmative majority
vote of the Directors shall be required for election. The total number
of all members shall not exceed 270 members unless more land is added to
the present tract. New members can come for the holding list regardless
of the maximum limit. A waiting list will be established according
to the date that the membership committee accepts a new application.
A holding list will be established for minor children of members.
The holding list will have priority over the waiting list when filling
vacant membership slots. A person on the holding list may remain
on the holding list for two years after being eligible for membership.
However, during this period they are not allowed on corporate land for
the purpose of hunting or fishing.
SECTION 4: Voting Rights. Each member
shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the
members.
SECTION 5: Camp Owners. To be a camp
owner on corporate land, one must be a Full Member in good standing.
SECTION 6: Family Guests. Each member
has the right to take his/her parent over age 62 or his/her spouse and
children (Up to 18 years of age unless in college full-time or enlisted
a active service) on corporate land pursuant to membership type.
SECTION 7: Other Guests. Unmarried
members have the right to take his/her same or opposite sex partner with
who he/she resides and has a committed, long-term relationship of mutual
support and for who he/she has assumed long-term financial responsibility
or has mutual financial responsibility. See the “APPLICATION FOR
DOMESTIC PARTNER CONSIDERATION” for details. Persons who have lived
together for economic reasons, but who have not made a commitment to an
exclusive, enduring partnership, as described on the application, will
not be considered to be domestic partners.
SECTION 8: Appointment to Committee.
Appointment to any committee shall be a duty and obligation of each member.
SECTION 9: Termination of membership.
The board of Directors by affirmative vote of 2/3 of all the members of
the Board, may suspend or expel a member for cause after an appropriate
hearing, and, by a majority vote of those present at any regularly constituted
meeting, may terminate the membership of any member who becomes ineligible
for membership, or suspend or expel any member who shall be in default
in the payment of dues for the period fixed in Article 9 of these By-Laws.
SECTION 10: Resignation. Any member
may resign by filing a written resignation with the Secretary, but such
resignation shall not relieve the member so resigning of the obligation
to pay any dues, assessments or other charges therefore accrued and unpaid.
SECTION 11: Reinstatement. On written
request signed by a former member and filed with the Secretary, the Board
of Directors, by the affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members of the Board,
may reinstate such former member to membership on such terms as the Board
of Directors may deem appropriate.
SECTION 12: Transfer of Membership.
Membership in this corporation is transferable. However, no such transfer
is valid unless the proposed transfer is submitted to the Board of Directors
in writing and approved by a majority vote of the entire Board. No
such transfer shall become effective until the secretary of the corporation
is notified of vote of the entire Board. No such transfer shall become
effective until the Secretary of the corporation is notified of the transfer
in writing. The Secretary must then record the transfer in the membership
book. Current members of Diamond Sportsmen’s Club, Inc. shall have
the first right to purchase a membership available for sale before such
membership shall be available to any other person.
SECTION 13: Repayment of Redemption of Capital
Contribution. A member’s capital contribution shall not be repaid
or redeemed by the corporation except upon dissolution of the corporation
or upon redemption of the Capital Certificate as set forth herein.
A Capital Certificate may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option
of the corporation, at such price or prices to be determined by the Board
of Directors (not to exceed the amount of the capital contribution) within
360 days upon the following terms and conditions:
a) If a member is terminated pursuant to SECTION 9 above,
payment will be made in 12 equal monthly payments.
b) If a member resigns pursuant to SECTION 10 above,
payment will be made in 12 equal monthly payments. |
ARTICLE IV – CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP
SECTION 1: Certificate of Membership.
The Board of Directors may provide for the issuance of certificates evidencing
membership in the corporation, which shall be in such forms as may be determined
by the Board. Such certificates shall be signed by the President
or a Vice-President and by the Secretary, or an assistant Secretary, and
shall be sealed with the seal of the corporation. All certificates
evidencing membership of any class shall be consecutively numbered.
The name and address of each member, the class of membership and the date
of issuance of the certificate shall be entered on the records of the corporation.
If any certificate shall become lost, mutilated, or destroyed a new certificate
may be issued therefore on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors
may determine.
SECTION 2: Issuance of Certificates.
When a member has been elected to membership and has paid any capital contribution,
initiation fee and use that may then be required, a Certificate of Membership
of Capital Certificate, as the case may be, shall be issued in his/her
name and delivered to him/her by the Secretary, if the Board of Directors
shall have provided for the issuance of certificates of membership under
the provisions of Section 1 or this Article.
ARTICLE V – GOVERNMENT
SECTION 1: The general management of the
corporation shall be vested in the board of directors, comprised of not
more than three elected directors and the officers.
SECTION 2: The officers of the corporation
shall consist of a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer.
SECTION 3: The president shall be a member
ex-officio of all committees
SECTION 4: Any director or officer found
unsuitable or undesirable in office shall, by a majority vote of members
present at any meeting, whether bi-annual or special, be relieved of their
duties after said meeting. Another director or officer shall immediately
be elected to fill the balance of their term.
ARTICLE VI – MEETINGS
SECTION 1: The bi-annual meetings of the
membership of the corporation shall be held in the fall and spring of each
year.
SECTION 2: Special meetings of members may
be called at any time by the president. They may also be called by
a majority vote of the board of directors or upon the written request of
at least fifteen members to any officer of the corporation. At such
special meetings, there shall be considered only such business as is specified
in the request of such meeting.
SECTION 3: Meetings of the board of directors
shall be called by the president on his own initiative or by the secretary
upon request of two members of the board of directors.
SECTION 4: At meetings of the corporation,
either bi-annual or special, thirty members shall constitute a quorum.
SECTION 5: A majority of the board of directors
shall constitute a quorum.
SECTION 6: If a quorum is not present, the
presiding officer shall adjourn the meeting to a date and hour fixed by
him.
SECTION 7: At all bi-annual or special meetings
of the corporation, the order of business shall be as follows:
1. The reading of the minutes of the immediate proceeding
meeting for information and approval.
2. Reports of officers.
3. Reports of committees.
4. Elections.
5. Unfinished business.
6. New business
7. Reading and approval of minutes of meeting just held
if requested. |
SECTION 8: Each member shall have only one
vote (regardless of the number of memberships owned) at a meeting on any
given matter.
SECTION 9: Each member shall be notified
by mail at least ten days prior to any bi-annual or special meeting.
ARTICLE VII – ELECTIONS
SECTION 1: Each member shall be entitled
to one vote for each officer or director to be elected. The candidate
receiving a majority vote shall be declared elected. Elections for
officers and directors to be held at the spring meeting according to established
terms of office.
SECTION 2: All directors or officers must
be a member.
SECTION 3: Whenever a vacancy occurs among
the officers or directors, the vacancy shall be temporarily filled by presidential
appointment until the next meeting when the vacancy shall be filled by
membership election for the balance of the vacant term.
SECTION 4: The term of the office for officers
shall be two years. The term of office for directors shall be three
years.
ARTICLE VIII – DUTIES OF OFFICERS
SECTION 1: The president shall preside at
all meetings of the corporation and meetings of the board of directors
and shall appoint committees, as he/she or the corporation shall consider
necessary.
SECTION 2: In the absence of the president,
the vice-president shall assume his/her duties, and in the absence of both,
the secretary shall assume the duties of the president.
SECTION 3: The secretary shall keep the minutes
of all meetings of the board of directors.
SECTION 4: The treasurer shall keep accurate
account and collect all application fees, dues, and charges due from members
and shall perform such other duties as may be required. He/she shall
have charge of all receipts and money and shall deposit them in the name
of the corporation and shall disburse funds as ordered by the board of
directors or the president. He/she shall keep regular accounts of
receipts and disbursements and submit the record when requested and give
an itemized statement at regular or special meetings of the corporation.
He/she shall sign checks and withdrawals on behalf of the corporation upon
its bank accounts; and said checks shall be countersigned by the president.
SECTION 5: The president and secretary shall,
on being so directed by the membership, sign all leases, contracts or other
instruments in writing.
SECTION 6: Salaries of president, secretary
and treasurer shall be $100 plus dues and camp fee per year or as modified
by a majority vote of the membership.
ARTICLE IX – DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 1: The board of directors shall have
general charge and management of the affairs of the corporation.
It shall be their duty to carry out the purposes of the corporation according
to its by-laws; to determine whether the conduct of any member is detrimental
to the welfare of the corporation and to recommend to the membership penalties
for individual misconduct.
SECTION 2: The board of directors may make
Rules and Regulations for the conduct of the members, the use of the corporation
policy and may define and limit privileges of members, not inconsistent,
however, with anything set forth herein.
SECTION 3: The board of directors may inspect
such committees as they deem necessary; may determine the expenditure of
money as they may deem necessary or advisable, and may enter into any lease
or purchase in the name of the corporation upon a two-thirds vote of the
board of directors.
ARTICLE XI – AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1: These by-laws may be amended by
a majority vote of members present at any two consecutive meetings!
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