Massachusetts Corporation Bylaws

							              Massachusetts
                 Chess
               Association
                  Inc.



   Bylaws, Articles of Organization, and
           Related Documents




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 NOTE: This document recreates the original bylaws, with changes.
Changes are noted as: (1) deleted text is “strikeout”, (2) added text is
          “double underlined”, unless otherwise noted.
   Bylaws of the Massachusetts                interested in chess may become,
     Chess Association, Inc.                  respectively, a member or an affiliate.
                                              There shall be four classes of
(in committee as of Dec 28, 1999, Donna       memberships, and one class of
          Alarie Chairperson)                 affiliation.
                                                       a. Adult Membership. Any
             Section 1                        individual over 18 years of age or over,
 Name, Purpose, Location, Corporate           may become an Adult member upon
       Seal, and Fiscal Year                  payment of annual dues of $12.00. Adult
                                              members have full voting rights.
1.1     Name and Purpose. The name                     b. Junior Membership. Any
of the corporation shall be                   individual under 18 years of age may
“Massachusetts Chess Association,             become a Junior member upon the
Inc.”. and purposes The purpose of the        payment of annual dues of $6.00. Junior
corporation shall be as set forth in the      members have no voting rights. Junior
articles of organization. The                 members, at their option, can convert to
Massachusetts Chess Association will be       Adult members, by payment of the pro-
referred to as MACA in the balance of         rated Adult dues, upon their 18th
this document.                                birthday. Junior members do not
                                              automatically convert to Adult members.
1.2      Location.        The principal                c. Life Membership. Any
office of the corporation in the              individual over 18 years of age may
Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall           become a Life member upon the
initially be located at the place set forth   payment of one-time dues of $175.00
in the articles of organization of the        ($100.00 if 65 or older) and subsequent
corporation. The Executive Board may          Executive Board approval. A member
change the location of the principal          may be conferred a Life membership
office in the Commonwealth of                 with no fee by the Executive Board’s
Massachusetts effective upon filing a         unanimous vote (of those present and
certificate with the Secretary of the         voting) at any meeting after reasonable
Commonwealth.                                 and sufficient notice. Life members have
                                              full voting rights.
1.3     Corporate Seal.    The                         d. Family Membership. The
Executive Board may adopt and alter the       spouse or child or sibling of any Adult or
seal of the corporation.                      Junior or Life member residing at the
                                              same address may become a Family
1.4     Fiscal Year. The Fiscal Year of       member upon payment of annual dues of
the corporation shall, unless otherwise       $4.00. Family members have no voting
decided by the Executive Board, end on        rights.
June 30 in each year.                                  e. Adult, junior, and life
                                              members are voting members and can
              Section 2                       vote in elections and membership
         Members and Affiliates               meetings. Family members cannot vote
                                              and do not receive a subscription to the
2.1     Membership and Affiliation.           official organ.
        Any individual or organization
         e. f. Affiliation. Any organization   paying additional appropriate annual
may become an affiliate upon payment           dues.
of annual dues of $25.00, the filing of an             a.      A Life membership
“Affiliate Information Form”, and the          expires immediately upon receipt of
Executive Board’s 2/3 vote (of those           written notification by the Executive
present and voting) at any meeting after       Board, of the member’s death or
reasonable and sufficient notice.              resignation.
         g.       i) Any individual may                b.      A membership expires
become a subscriber upon the payment           immediately upon receipt of written
of annual dues of $12.00                       notification by the Executive Board, of
                  ii) Any New England          the member’s death or resignation.
primary or secondary school may                        c.      There is no refund of
become a subscriber upon payment of            membership dues upon resignation or
annual dues of $6.00.                          death.
                  iii) Any New England
library may become a subscriber upon           2.3      Length of Affiliation.
the payment of annual dues of $6.00                     Affiliations shall expire on the
                  iv) Any chess club may       fifteenth day of the month, same month
become a subscriber upon the payment           following year, after payment of dues.
of annual dues of $12.00.                      Affiliations may be extended for
         f. h. The Executive Board may         additional years by paying additional
establish surcharges for special               appropriate annual dues.
circumstances, such as the cost of Chess                b.      An affiliation expires
Horizons postage.                              immediately upon receipt of written
         g. i. The Executive Board may         notification by the Executive Board, of
offer, for a specified time, incentives,       the affiliation’s dissolution, or
consistent with MACA’s tax-exempt              resignation.
status, for the purpose of promoting                    c.      There is no refund of
membership and raising funds.                  affiliation dues upon dissolution or
         j. The Executive Board may            resignation.
conclude agreements with other
organizations to provide it’s magazine or
other materials at rates to be set by the      2.4      Powers and Rights. In addition
MACA Executive Board. Such                     to the rights vested in the by-laws
agreements shall not confer membership         elsewhere and the articles of
status in MACA to this organization or         organization, the members shall have
its members, or benefits beyond receipt        such other powers and rights as the
of such materials.                             Executive Board may designate.

2.2     Length of Membership. Adult
and Junior memberships and affiliations
shall expire on the fifteenth day of the
month, same month following year,
twelve months after payment of dues.
Memberships and affiliations may be
extended for an additional years by