Amateur Movie Makers (Dec 1926-Dec 1927)

employees shall be fixed by the Board. The Managing Director shall be the general manager of the League's affairs, under the direction of the President and the Board of Governors, including the affairs of all publications of the League. He shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Governors. A vacancy in the office of Managing Director shall be filled by appointment by the Board of Governors or by the Executive Committee acting for the Board of Governors and subject to revision by the Board. The Managing Director may delegate his powers during his absence to an employee of the League to be chosen by him and approved by the President. The entire working time of the Managing Director shall be devoted to the affairs of the League. The Board of Governors may delegate to the Managing Director such functions of the Secretary and of the Treasurer as it may deem desirable. If the custody and disbursement of the funds of the League are placed in the hands of the Managing Director by the Board, he shall be required to give suitable bond, the expense of this bond to be borne by the League. Article V — Meetings The annual meeting of the League shall be held on the second Wednesday of May in each and every year. Other meetings of the League may be called by the Board of Governors on thirty days' notice at such times as it shall deem proper. The Board of Governors shall meet annually to transact such business as may be before it or as may be prescribed by these by-laws. The date of this annual meeting shall be two days before the annual meeting of the League. Special meetings of the Board of Governors may be called by the President by written notice stating the specific object or objects thereof, mailed to each governor at least three weeks prior to the date of said meetings. On the written request of seven governors, the President shall call a special meeting of the Board. The Executive Committee shall hold at least one meeting every ninety days. The President may call, on five days' notice, special meetings of the Executive Committee. On the written request of the members of the Executive Committee, the President shall call a meeting of that body. The place of the regular meetings of the League and of the Board of Governors shall be fixed by the Board of Governors. The place of the regular meetings of the Executive Committee shall be fixed by the Executive Committee. The place of special meetings shall be fixed by the power competent to call such special meetings. Article VI — Quorum Fifteen members of the League shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the League. Twelve members of the Board of Governors shall constitute a quorum at meetings of the Board of Governors. Three members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum of that body. Article VII — Divisions Whenever the Board of Governors shall establish divisions of the Amateur Cinema League, it shall, by addition to these by-laws define the purpose, scope and operation of such divisions. The Amateur Cinema Dramatic Division is hereby established and shall carry out the purpose set forth in Article II of the Constitution, to stimulate the production of community photoplays. Its further purposes shall be the creation, in communities, of a greater consciousness of the motion picture and its proper use in community life, the increase of intelligent appraisal and appreciation of motion pictures in general; the provision of an outlet for talent in writing scenarios, motion picture acting and camera work and the development, through the means of the cinematographic art. Its membership shall be constituted as set forth in Article I of these by-laws. A special section of the periodical to be published by the League shall be devoted to the Amateur Cinema Dramatic Division and shall provide sample scenarios, sets and other aids to the work of the division. Article VIII — Miscellaneous The Board of Governors shall have power to alter the classes of membership and the dues therefor, as have been heretofore set forth in Article I of these by-laws, but their action shall be subject to the confirmation of the League at its next annual meeting thereafter. The funds of the League shall be deposited in such banks or trust companies as may, from time to time, be designated by the Board of Governors or by the Executive Committee acting for the Board of Governors. Such funds shall be subject to draft only on the signature of the officers or employees of the League, these persons to be selected by the Board of Governors or by the Executive Committee acting for the Board of Governors, who shall notify the depositaries chosen, over the signature of the President, of the officers or employees whose signatures are to be honored. All notices required by these by-laws shall be in writing and shall be either personally delivered or mailed to those persons to whom they are required to be sent at the address entered in the records of the League as supplied by the person concerned. The Managing Director may employ such clerical force in his office as he may elect, without the specific appointment of the Board of Governors in each instance, but he must first obtain from the Board of Governors or from the Executive Committee, acting for the Board of Governors, authority for the maximum number and the total maximum cost of such employees. The Managing Director shall prepare annual reports for the annual meetings of the League and for the Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors. Unless otherwise specifically provided by these by-laws, the action of the League shall be determined by the concurring vote of a majority of the members of the League present at any meeting thereof, a quorum existing. The action of the Board of Governors and of the Executive Committee shall be similarly determined for those bodies. The fiscal year of the League shall be the calendar year. Copies of minutes of meetings of the Board of Governors shall be sent by the Managing Director to all members of the Board. On all questions of order and procedure not otherwise determined by the Constitution or these by-laws, or by special rules of order adopted by a two-thirds vote of the League meeting, a meeting of the Board of Governors or a meeting of the Executive Committee for the governance of these bodies, the provisions of the Working Code appended to the Revised Cushing's Manual shall constitute the Standing Rules of Order and special rules, A, B, C, D, E shall be included therein and are hereby severally adopted. The regular order of business at meetings of the League, the Board of Governors and the Executive Committee shall be as follows: Roll Call. Consideration of Minutes. Special Orders (if any have been made). Reports of officers. Reports of Standing Committees. Reports of Special Committees. Appointments and elections. Unfinished business. New business. The above order or any part of it may be suspended by a two-thirds vote at any meeting. The result of all elections and appointments of officers shall be published by the Secretary in the next issue of the League's chief official publication printed after the canvass of the vote. Article IX — Amendments These by-laws may be amended through additions, eliminations, changes or rearrangement and renumbering by the Board of Governors or by the Executive Committee acting for the Board but such action of the Executive Committee shall be effective only until the next meeting of the Board of Governors which shall confirm or reject the amendments. Article X — Ratification of Organization All acts of the Board of Pioneer Directors under whose management the League was organized, its constitution and by-laws produced, its first officers chosen, its membership secured, its organization expense incurred and its policies and activities established, are hereby ratified and confirmed, up to and including the date of the first actual meeting of the first Board of Governors to be elected as prescribed by these bylaws; and the Board of Pioneer Directors is hereby authorized to continue in office until the first Board of Governors shall have met and organized. T h i r t y f i v e