Paramount Pep-O-Grams (1927)

Paramount-Pep Club Constitution — (Continued from Page 21) nominees shall be posted by the committee as soon as filed. The election of Governors and Officers shall be by a majority vote at the General Election. Any vacancy in the Board of Governors shall be filled by election at the first meeting of the Club held subsequent to the occurrence of the vacancy. Such elections shall be by ballot, and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. ARTICLE. IX. Amendments The Constitution may be amended by a two thirds vote of the members present at any regular or special meeting of the Club, provided, that thirty days’ notice of the proposed amendment shall have been given by notice read at a regular meeting or posted, and that the proposed amendment or amendments shall have been discussed and approved by the Board of Governors. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I. Meetings Section 1. (a) The regular monthly meeting of the Club shall be held on the second Tuesday of each month at five o’clock P. M., and the October meeting shall be known as the Annual Meeting. Section 1. (b) Should any stated meeting of the Club fall on a legal holiday, it shall be postponed for one week. This article shall not prevent the holding of meetings at any other hour or place when the purpose is to combine business with a social gathering of Club members. Section 2. Special meetings may be called by the Board of Governors, or at the written request of not less than ten members, by the President, but notice, stating the purpose of the meeting, must be posted on the bulletin boards at least two days prior to time of meeting. Section 3. Twenty-five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. ARTICLE II. General Election (a) The general election of officers and governors shall be held on the fourth Tuesday of September at such hour, or hours, as the Board of Governors may designate, but when a holiday or an emergency intervenes, the election may be held on any other day after the fifteenth of September which the Board of Governors may name. (b) The names of all candidates shall be printed on the Official Ballot, alphabetically, in the following order : President Vice-President Treasurer Secretary Board of Governors (a) Men (b) Women (c) The President shall, subsequent to the posting of the names of the candidates by the Nominating Committee, appoint a committee to take charge of the election and the chairman of that committee shall appoint such watchers, tellers, and tally clerks as are necessary for the successful conduct of the election and the tabulation of the results. Their findings shall be submitted in writing duly certified at the annual meeting. ARTICLE III. Order of Business The order of business for all regular meetings of the club shall be : 1. Call to order. 2. Approval of minutes. 3. Reports of Officers and Committees. 4. Election of members. 5. Unfinished business. 6. Communications. 7. New business. 8. Adjournment. ARTICLE IV. Procedure All questions of procedure not covered by these By-Laws shall be governed by Cushing’s Manual. ARTICLE V. The dues of active members shall be $2.00 per annum, payable semi-annually in advance on the first days of August and February. Persons joining the Club between said dates shall pay pro rata. Members ceasing to be eligible as active members shall receive a refund of dues for the unexpired period pro rata upon demand upon the Treasurer. ARTICLE VI. Penalties Section 1. A member in arrears for dues for two months, after having been personally notified of his delinquency by the Membership Committee, may, in the discretion of that Committee, with the approval of the Board of Governors, be dropped from the roll. Section 2. The Board of Governors may suspend or drop from membership in the Club any member whose conduct may appear to jeopardize the welfare of the Club, provided that he shall first be given an opportunity to appear before the Board of Governors in his own behalf. ARTICLE VII. Amendments These By-Laws may be amended by a twothirds vote of the members present at anymeeting, provided notice of the proposed amendment shall have been given at least ten days prior to the date of the meeting. These By-Laws may be suspended at any meeting upon a majority vote of those present. NOW THAT YOU’VE DID FOUNDATION READ IT YOU KNOW WHAT A TRULY SPLENOUR PARAMOUNT-PEP CLUB STANDS ON. -■ ♦ PEP-O-GRAMS Page Twenty-two