Enclosure
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UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
CLASS of 1959
ARTICLE I
Preamble
SECTION 1. The name of this
organization is the United States Military Academy Class of 1959, hereinafter
referred to as the Class.
SECTION 2. The Class is a
non-profit, self-sustaining, private organization, and will exist until the
death of its last Member.
SECTION 3. The Class is not
an instrument of the United States Government.
It exists solely to serve the members of the Class and the United States
Military Academy. It will be
administered by individuals not acting within their official capacities as
officers, employees, or agents of the United States Government.
SECTION 4. The purpose of
this Restated Constitution is to provide a vehicle for the administration of
the Class from the effective date of the adoption of this Restated
Constitution.
Purpose and Object
SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of the Class is to perpetuate the association of the
members begun as Cadets and, within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the
United States Internal Revenue Code, to support the members of the Class,
including widows and children, and support the ideals and activities of the
United States Military Academy.
SECTION 2. Object. The object of the Class is to provide a means for administering
Class affairs, to define membership, to deal with Class-related financial
matters, and to provide a point of contact, through Class Officers, with the
Association of Graduates. The Class
will be supported by contributions or fund-raising activities and will not be
carried on for profit.
ARTICLE III
Membership
SECTION 1. This organization
is composed of all members of the Class graduated from the United States
Military Academy on June 3, 1959 and during the Summer of 1959 and all
ex-members of this Class who are eligible for membership in the Association of
Graduates, USMA.
Class Headquarters and Meeting
SECTION 1. The Class
headquarters are in Washington, D.C. until changed. Class headquarters will be changed, as appropriate, by the Class
Committee to reflect the shifting geographical location of the Class.
SECTION 2. There will be an
Annual Meeting of the Class at a place designated by the Class Committee. A
general notification of the time and place of this meeting will be made to all
members of the Class at least thirty (30) days prior to the meeting.
ARTICLE V
SECTION 1. Classification. The Class Committee consists of the Class
Officers and such other members as provided in the Bylaws or by unanimous
consent of the Class Committee.
SECTION 2. Class Officers. The Class Officers are the President, Vice
President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian and an Information Systems
Officer. The Class Officers will
perform the duties as prescribed by the Bylaws and in accordance with the
parliamentary authority adopted by the Class.
a.
Election. The Class Officers will be elected from the
Members of the Class to serve for five (5) years or until their successors are
elected, unless they should sooner die, resign, or be removed. Their five-year term of office will begin
immediately at the conclusion of the Class Reunion at which they are elected.
b.
Vacancies. Vacancies resulting from the resignation,
removal, or death of an Officer may be filled by majority vote of the Class
Committee, and the officer so chosen will hold office until the next
Reunion. Should the Presidency become
vacant, the Vice President will assume the office of President, and the vacancy
will exist in the office of the Vice President. The Class Committee may then fill the Vice President’s vacancy.
c.
Removal. A Class Officer may be removed for cause in
the event of incapacity or an unwillingness, or inability, to fulfill the
designated role. Should a petition for the removal be lodged, the Class
Committee will consider the circumstances and decide on the appropriate
action. Removal of a Class Officer
requires the unanimous vote of the Class Committee excluding the Class Officer
subject to the removal proceeding.
SECTION 3. Responsibilities. The Class Committee
will have general supervision of the affairs of the Class between business
meetings, fix the hour and place of meetings, make recommendations to the Class,
and will perform such other duties as are specified in the Bylaws. The Class Committee has responsibility for
organizing Class activities and for directing use of the Class Fund. The Class Committee will make a formal
report of its activities available to the Class at least once annually. The Class Committee will be subject to the
orders of the Class, and none of the Class Committee acts will conflict with
the actions taken by the Class.
SECTION 4. Voting. More
than one-half of the total members of the Class Committee present for business
constitutes a quorum. Class Committee decisions will be determined by majority
vote when a quorum is present. Votes
may be made in person, in writing, or by telephonic or electronic means.
SECTION 1. The
administrative control of the Class Fund will be in the hands of the Class
Treasurer.
SECTION 2. The Class
Committee is authorized to draw on the Class Fund account for the following
purposes:
a. Upon the death of a Class member or a member of his immediate family – the reasonable cost of an appropriate funeral wreath, flowers or contribution to a fund or charity if such is designated as the preferred form of remembrance.
b.
To make disposition of Class funds for other
appropriate purposes, including to defray expenses incident to the conduct of
Class affairs.
SECTION 3. Records of the
Class Fund, to include all withdrawals and deposits, will be maintained by the
Class Treasurer for a minimum of five years.
A report of the Class Fund will be presented by the Treasurer at the
Annual Meeting.
ARTICLE VII
Parliamentary Authority
The rules contained in the
current edition of Robert’s Rules of
Order will govern the Class in all cases to which they are applicable and
in which they are not inconsistent with this Restated Constitution, and any
special rules of order the Class may adopt.
This Restated Constitution, will be effective and will supercede
the prior Class Constitution and amendments thereto, upon approval by a simple
majority of the living Class Members contactable through the Association of
Graduates’ records. This Restated
Constitution may be amended upon approval by a simple majority of the living
Class Members contactable through the Association of Graduates’ records.
ARTICLE IX
The Class will be dissolved and
all assets remaining will become the property of the Association of Graduates
upon the death of the last member of the Class.