Community and Junior College Libraries Section

Bylaws
ARTICLE I. NAME

The name of this organization shall be the Community and Junior College Libraries Section of the North Carolina Library Association.

ARTICLE II. OBJECTIVES

The objectives of this organization shall be:

  1. To unite North Carolina Library Association members interested in community and junior college libraries;
  2. To provide an opportunity for discussion and activity; and
  3. To seek to fulfill the objectives of the North Carolina Library Association.
ARTICLE III. MEMBERS

North Carolina Library Association members may state a preference for this Section at the time of payment of the Association dues shall become members.

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

The officers of this organization shall be: Chairman, Chairman-Elect, who shall serve as Vice-Chairman; Secretary-Treasurer; and two Directors. The Section editor is an ex officio member of the board. The Chairman-Elect, the Secretary-Treasurer and the two Directors shall be elected at the regular biennial meetings and shall serve a two-year, or until their successors are elected and have assumed their duties. The Section editor is appointed by the chairman for each biennium.

ARTICLE V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committe shall consist of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer, the immediate past Chairman, the two Directors, and the Section editor. The Executive Committee shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Section and shall have the power to act for the Section on administrative business of the Section in the intervals between biennial meetings. Such administrative business shall include only that business which necessarily must be dealt with prior to the regular biennial meetings.

ARTICLE VI. MEETINGS
  1. The regular meeting shall be held as a section meeting of the biennial meeting of the North Carolina Library Association.
  2. Special meetings may be called at the direction of the Chairman, the Executive Committee, or upon written request, signed by 15 members and delivered to the Executive Board of the Association.
  3. A quorum for the transaction of the business of the Section shall consist of 25 percent of the membership of the Section.
ARTICLE VII. ELECTIONS
  1. The Chairman shall appoint a Committee on Nominations which will present the name of one candidate for each elective office, consent being secured from the nominees. Any member or members of the Section may present a candidate or candidates for the elective offices of the Section provided
    (a) that they notify the Chairman of the Section of such action, in writing,
    (b) that the notification be signed by 10 members of the Section,
    (c) that the consent of the nominee or nominees has been secured and so indicated on the notification.
  2. A majority vote of those attending a regular meeting shall constitute election.
ARTICLE VIII. SPECIAL DUTIES OF OFFICERS
  1. The Chairman shall, with the Executive Committee, appoint such committees and define their duties as may be necessary to carry on the work of the Community and Junior College Libraries Section.
  2. The Chairman of the Community and Junior College Section shall serve as an ex officio member of all committees with the exception of the Nominating Committee. The Chairman shall also serve as Chairman of the Executive Committee.
  3. New committee may be created and old committees discontinued by the Executive Committee provided that such action is not contrary to the wishes of the membership of this Section as expressed at the most recent meeting of the Section.
  4. The Chairman-Elect shall be elected to office, and in the event of absence, death or disability of the Chairman, shall assume the responsibilities and perform the duties of the Chairman. He or she shall serve as Chairman during the two years following the term as Chairman-Elect.
  5. The Secretary-Treasurer shall perform the duties normally accepted for such office.
  6. In the event of absence, death, disability or resignation of the Chairman and the Chairman-Elect during the interval between the biennial meeting, the Executive Committee shall fill such vacancy or vacancies by the appointment of a member or members of that Committee. Such appointment or appointments shall remain in force until the next regular meeting of the section.
ARTICLE IX. PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
  1. Robert’s Rules of Order, latest edition, shall be the governing authority in any matter not specifically covered by these bylaws.
  2. Nothing in these bylaws shall conflict with the Constitution and Bylaws of the North Carolina Library Association.
ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS

These rules may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at a meeting called in accordance with the bylaws of this Section; or by a mail ballot, provided that (1) the request for such action be submitted to the Executive Committee in writing and signed by 15 members of the section; (2) the total number of returned ballots be not less than 25 percent of the membership of the Section; and (3) two-thirds of the mailed ballots returned shall be in the affirmative.