This page indicates the additions and
deletions to the WODC Bylaws as
approved by
the membership on February 7, 2004. (No changes were made to the WODC
Constitution.)
The latest WODC documents are available here.
ARTICLE I. MAILING/MEMBERSHIP LIST
The Club shall maintain a mailing list which shall include all Club members, and other persons and organizations that the Club wants to keep informed of Club activities. The individual, family, and institutional members on said list shall be mailed notices of all meetings of members, as well as the WODC newsletter. A member may be deleted from the list if the member has not paid dues for the previous two membership years, or notifies the Club that the member is withdrawing from membership.
ARTICLE II. FISCAL YEAR AND DUES
Section 1. The fiscal year is the calendar year.
Section 2. Dues for each class of membership are set by resolution of the membership.
ARTICLE III. EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL
MEETINGS
Educational and social
meetings, at which no Club business is decided, may be held at any place
or time, at the call of the President, or, by authorization of the Club,
at the call of another officer or an appropriate committee. Reasonable
announcements of such meetings shall be given, and reasonable efforts will
be made to notify the membership. Depending on the number and frequency of
such meetings, the officers or committees calling them shall help the
Secretary to give notice.
ARTICLE IV. REPORTS AND INFORMATION
Section 1. At the Annual Meeting, the President shall report on the general status of the Club and on its property in his charge. The Secretary shall present the minutes of the last Annual Meeting and of all special meetings held since then. The Treasurer shall report on the club's financial transactions during the previous calendar year and the partial year prior to the Meeting, and shall give a comparative statement of the Club's assets and liabilities for the same periods. Committee chairmen and officers with special assignments shall report on their activities.
Section 2. On reasonable request and at reasonable times and places, any officer or committee chairman shall make available to any member, for inspection and copying, any or all Club records or documents in the officer's or chairman's charge.
ARTICLE V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
There shall be an Executive Committee, comprised of the Club officers and committee chairs. The Executive Committee may meet at times and places set by the President. The Executive Committee may conduct business in the name of the Club between meetings of the membership.
ARTICLE VI. NOMINATING COMMITTEE
By June 1 of each year, the President with the advice and consent of the Executive Committee shall appoint a Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall submit to the Annual Meeting of members its nominations for persons to be elected as officers of the Club. The Nominating Committee may also submit to the President for discussion at Annual Meeting its recommendations for chairs of committees to be appointed by the President, and/or its recommendations regarding committees to be established by the President.
ARTICLE VII. OTHER COMMITTEES
Other committees may be designated by resolution of the Club membership, and said resolution may specify the chairperson and/or members of said committee, or authorize the President to appoint any chairperson and committee members. The President shall appoint the chairs of all committees. The President may establish or discontinue any committee with the advice and consent of Executive Committee. The normal committees shall be: Trails Committee, Membership Committee, Newsletter Committee, Publications Committee, and Activities Committee. Chairpersons and members of committees shall serve from the date of their appointment by the President (normally January 1) until the following January 1.
The undersigned, being persons of lawful age, associate under the provisions of the Laws of New Hampshire RSA 292 by the following:
Article 1: The name of the corporation shall be the Wonalancet Out Door Club
Article 2: The objects for which the corporation is established
are for provision and care of paths, trails and other facilities for
persons visiting the White Mountain National Forest and other
mountain and forest lands; regarding these lands, to promote their
conservation and the enforcement of the laws regarding their conservation
and use, to promote communication between their owners and the public on
these issues, and to promote discussion and education on all these
matters; and for the social recreation of
the corporation's members; no part of the corporation's
property shall benefit any member or associate of the cooperation, or any
private person, except for reasonable compensation paid to employees or
agents.
Article 3: In case of dissolution of corporation, the assets shall be distributed to such charitable religious, scientific, literary or educational institutions as shall then be qualified to receive contributions which are deductible under the United States Internal Revenue Code, with preference given to institutions conducting the public activities set forth above in the Sandwich Range of the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Article 4: The address at which the business of this corporation is to be carried on is Wonalancet, New Hampshire, 03897 (The corporation's activities are presently carried on in Albany, Sandwich, Tamworth and Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, and may be carried on in other places in New Hampshire and elsewhere.)
Article 5: The amount of capital stock, if any, or the number of shares is NONE.
Article 6: No part of the net earnings of the Corporation shall be used for the personal benefit of, or be distributable to, any of its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons, except that the Corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments in distributions in furtherance of the purposes set forth herein.
Article 7: Notwithstanding any other provisions of these articles, the corporation shall not carry on any other activities not permitted to be carried on (a) by a corporation exempt from federal income tax under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or (b) by a corporation, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of the Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code.
Article 8: No substantial part of the activities of the corporation shall be carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation (except as otherwise provided by Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (h)) including not participating in, or intervening in (including the publication or distribution of statements), any political campaign on behalf of any candidates for public office.
Article 6 9: Signatures and post
office address of incorporators
George E. Zink, Wonalancet, NH 03897
Katherine A. Semmes, Wonalancet,
NH 03897
Lillian W. Bowles, Wonalancet, NH
03897
Charles E. Behr, Tamworth, NH
03886
Clara E. Read, Tamworth, NH 03886
Town (or City) Clerk's office, Town (or City) of {blank}
Received and recorded this 26 day of
August 1976
Town (or City) Clerk Ruth I. Beckwith
{signature}
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Filed for record this 12th day of October 1976 at 9:00 A.M. o'clock
Frank E. Adams
{signature}
Acting Deputy Secretary of State
{Recorded in the Records of Voluntary Corporations, Volume 817, Page 155.)