STU.25-08 Greenwell - Greenwell - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

25 08 Bylaws of Friends of Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden ARTICLE I Construction Section 1.1 Incorporation. The name of the Association shall be Friends of Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, hereinafter referred to as the '"ASSOCIATION" or the " Corporation", as incorporated in the State of Hawai'i on the 25th day of May, 2016. Section 1.2 Non-profit. The ASSOCIATION shall be autonomous and shall possess all the powers permitted to nonprofit organizations under the laws of the state of HawaVi. Section 1.3 Nomenclature. The masculine pronoun, as used hereinafter, shall mean the masculine or feminine or any person, wherever applicable. ARTICLE 11 Members Section 2.1 Admission of Members. Any person interested in the purposes and objectives of the ASSOCIATION may become a member upon payment of annual dues in the amount established from time to time by the Board of Directors. Each member in good standing (current on dues) shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the members. Membership shall begin on the date the initial dues were received and shall continue for a 12- month period thereafter. Dues are payable for succeeding years on the last day of the same month the original dues were paid. Any member whose dues remain unpaid for 90 days shall be deemed to have resigned upon the original due date thereof. Any member may resign by filing a written resignation with the Secretary. The Board of Directors, by affirmative vote of a majority of all members of the Board, may suspend or expel a member for cause. The Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe the qualifications and requirements for membership and shall have the power to create classes of membership conferring such rights and privileges, and imposing such obligations as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.