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- Bylaws of CCP/M
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- Article I - Name
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- The name of this organization shall be the Connecticut CP/M
- Users' Group, hereinafter referred to as CCP/M.
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- Article II - Purposes and Limitations
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- Section A) The purposes of CCP/M are:
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- 1. to encourage enthusiasm, and to foster common interest in the
- personal computer as an information processor for personal,
- business and entertainment use
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- 2. to expand knowledge of computers and computer programs while
- learning from others by sharing their experiences
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- 3. to provide support and encouragement to all owners of CP/M-
- based machines and to support the uses and implementation of
- extensions to CP/M (Z System and the like).
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- Section B) This organization shall be limited in that:
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- 1. this organization shall not engage in any activities that are
- not in furtherance of the purposes stated in this article.
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- 2. this organization will neither support nor condone any
- violation of copyright law or software licensing provisions.
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- Section C) This organization is not affiliated with Digital
- Research and recognizes that CP/M is a registered trademark of
- Digital Research.
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- Article III - Membership Rights and Responsibilities
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- Section A) Dues will be $15 per year. The year is September 1
- thru August 31. Members joining after the midpoint of the year
- (March 1) need to pay $7.50 to hold full member status til
- September 1.
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- Section B) Membership shall be composed of those individuals
- current with their dues.
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- Section C) Voting rights shall be vested only in those
- individual members who have attended a minimum of five meetings
- and are current with their dues.
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- Section D) Only voting members may hold office.
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- Section E) Dues may be changed, for the next dues year, at any
- meeting by a simple majority vote of those voting members present
- and voting.
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- Article IV - Elected Officers
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- Section A) The elected officers of CCP/M shall be the President,
- Program Coordinator, Treasurer and Secretary.
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- Section A1) The Executive Board of CCP/M shall consist of the
- elected officers and other current appointees.
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- Section B) The officers shall be elected at the September
- monthly meeting.
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- Section C) The term of office shall be one year with no limit on
- re-election.
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- Section E) A special election may be called at any time during
- the year if:
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- 1. An officer relinquishes his or her office, or
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- 2. An officer is found to be unable to fulfill his or her duties
- for any reason.
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- Article V - Appointed officers
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- Section A) The appointed officers of this organization shall be
- Newsletter Editor and Public Domain Software Librarian.
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- Section B) The elected officers shall, in September, by a vote
- of simple majority, fill the Public Domain Software Librarian and
- Newsletter Editor positions. An elected officer may hold an
- appointed office.
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- Article VI - Duties of Officers
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- The duties of the elected and appointed officers include but are
- not limited to the following:
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- Section A) The President shall 1) preside at meetings of the
- organization 2) sign all documents on behalf of the organization
- 3) encourage the members in general to participate fully
- according to their talents.
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- Section B) The Program Coordinator shall 1) conduct meetings in
- the President's absence 2) assist the President in performing
- his/her duties 3) solicit suggestions for programs of interest
- to members and 4) plan the monthly meetings.
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- Section C) The Treasurer shall 1) receive and disburse all
- monies of this organization and keep an accurate account of them
- 2) maintain a current membership list.
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- Section C1) The Secretary shall have primary responsibility for
- keeping records important to CCP/M. Unless otherwise noted, the
- copies of records maintained by the Secretary will be considered
- official. [S|H]e shall 1) take notes of monthly meetings and
- submit them for publication in the newsletter 2) preserve all
- documents, records papers etc. of this organization.
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- Section D) The Newsletter Editor shall 1) solicit, write and
- edit articles for publication in the newsletter and 2) ensure
- that the newsletter is published.
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- Section E) The Public Domain Software Librarian shall keep,
- organize and distribute all programs (disk and hardcopy) in the
- CCP/M software library.
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- Section F) All vacancies in any office shall be filled as soon
- as possible as follows:
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- 1. If a vacancy occurs in the office of President, the Program
- Coordinator shall serve as President for the remainder of the
- unexpired term.
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- 2. Any other vacancies, including the vacancy in the Program
- Coordinator's position created by a vacancy in the President's
- office, shall be filled by a majority vote of the paid-up
- membership.
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- Article VII - Nominations and Committees
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- Section A) The President will accept nominations, for elected
- positions in CCP/M, submitted before August 1st of each year. The
- nominations will be announced at the August regular meeting.
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- Section B) The President may authorize "ad-hoc" committees as
- he/she deems necessary.
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- Article VIII - Meetings of CCP/M
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- Section A) There will be a monthly meeting of CCP/M to be held
- at a published time and place.
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- Section B) Special meetings of CCP/M shall occur on occasion
- which take advantage of the joint interests of CCP/M and other
- similar organizations.
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- Article IX - Rules of Order
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- Robert's Rules of Order shall govern CCP/M in all cases in which
- they apply and in which they do not confict with these Bylaws.
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- Article X - Dedication of assets and dissolution
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- Section A) Upon the dissolution of CCP/M, the officers shall
- select charitable, scientific or educational organization(s) and
- donate to them the funds that remain after all debts are paid.
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- Section B) No part of CCP/M's net assets shall inure to the
- benefit of any member of CCP/M except as reasonable compensation
- for services rendered.
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- Article XI - Amendments
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- The following procedure shall be followed in amending the Bylaws
- of CCP/M:
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- 1. Proposed amendments to the Bylaws shall be submitted in
- writing by an interested member to the elected officers.
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- 2. These proposed amendments shall be published in the next
- newsletter.
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- 3. A two-thirds majority of the voting members at the following
- monthly meeting will adopt the proposed amendments.
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- Last changed on 09/03/89 by Lee R. Bradley, Secretary, CCP/M
- Again, on 11/13/89. Moved N/L Editor 1) and 2) to Secretary.
- Spell Checked with PPSPELL and updated lexicon.
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- Notes: We discussed the definition of quorum. Must finalize
- this matter. 11/16/89.
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