Trustees, Friends, and Advocates Section

Bylaws

Article I - Name

The name of this organization shall be the Trustees, Friends, and Advocates Section of the North Carolina Library Association.

Article II - Objectives

The objectives of this organization shall be:

Section 1. To promote library service in general and especially in the development of libraries and library service throughout North Carolina;

Section 2. To provide library trustees, Friends, and advocates the opportunity of working together on problems important to all libraries in North Carolina as well as the local libraries on their duties and responsibilities;

Section 3. To stimulate the interest of trustees, Friends, and advocates in becoming better informed on their duties and responsibilities as effective policy makers and advocates for North Carolina libraries;

Section 4. To cooperate with and support the programs of the North Carolina Library Association and of the State Library of North Carolina and to help unify library action in the State;

Section 5. To provide an effective means of influencing support for and passage of adequate library legislation; and

Section 6. To promote complete use of library facilities and resources.

Article III - Membership

North Carolina Library Association members who are not currently employed in a library and who state a preference for this Section at the time of payment of the Association dues shall be eligible for membership.

Article IV - Officers

Section 1. The officers of this Section shall be: Chair, Chair-Elect, who serves as Vice-Chair, a Secretary, and two Directors appointed by the Chair. The Chair-Elect and the Secretary shall be elected at the regular biennial meetings and shall serve a two-year term or until their successors are elected and have assumed their duties. The Directors are appointed by the Chair to serve during his term of office. The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, Chair-Elect, Secretary, the immediate past Chair and two Directors. The Executive Committee shall have general supervision of the Section and shall have the power to act in the interval between biennial meetings.

Section 2. The Section shall elect one member who currently serves as a library trustee of a North Carolina public library to serve as “the chairman of the North Carolina Association of Library Trustees” and to thereby serve on the Public Library Certification Commission. A current member of the Executive Committee shall be eligible for this office if he currently serves as a library trustee of a North Carolina public library.

Article V - Affiliation

The officers of this Section shall work closely with the library consultants in the State Library of North Carolina.

Article VI - Meetings

Section 1. The regular meeting of this Section shall be held at the time and place of the biennial meeting of the North Carolina Library Association.

Section 2. Special meetings may be called at the discretion of the Chair, the Executive Committee, or upon the written request, signed by 20 percent of the membership and delivered to the Executive Committee of the Section.

Section 3. A quorum for the transaction of the business of the Section shall consist of those members present.

Section 4. Notification of any meeting must be mailed to all members no later than 14 days prior to the date of the meeting.

ARTICLE VII. ELECTIONS

The Chair shall appoint a Nominating Committee of three persons. The Nominating Committee shall secure a nominee for each office to be filled at the regular meeting, secure the consent of the nominee in advance, and report its nominations at the meeting. A majority vote of those members attending a regular meeting shall constitute election.

Article VIII – Duties of Officers

Section 1. The Chair shall appoint such committees and define their duties as may be necessary to carry on the work of the Section.

Section 2. The Chair of the Section shall serve as ex officio member on all committees with the exception of the Nominating Committee. The Chair shall serve as Chair of the Executive Committee.

Section 3. New committees may be created and old committees discontinued by the Executive Committee provided such action is not contrary to the wishes of the membership of the Section as expressed at the most recent meeting of the Section.

Section 4. The Chair-Elect (Vice-Chair) shall be elected to the office, and shall assume the responsibilities and perform the duties of the Chair in the event of absence, death, disability or resignation of the Chair. He shall serve as Chair during the two years following his term as Chair-Elect.

Section 5. The Secretary shall perform all duties normally expected for such office.

Section 6. The Executive Committee shall fill any vacancy to an elective office or a committee during the interval between biennial meetings. Such appointments shall remain in force until the next regular meeting of this Section..

Article IX – Parliamentary Authority

Section 1. Robert’s Rules of Order, latest edition, shall be the governing authority in any matter not specifically covered by these bylaws.

Sectin 2. Nothing in these bylaws shall conflict with the constitution and Bylaws of the North Carolina Library Association.

Article X - Amendments

Any of these bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed at any meeting of the Section by a two-thirds vote of the members present, provided that written or published notice of the time and place of the meeting and the proposed changes has been given to the members at least 30 days prior to the meeting.