RULES OF ORDER Roberts rule of order shall govern the parliamentary proceedings of this organization unless otherwise provided in these By-Laws.
The order of business shall be:
A) Roll call.
B) Reading of minutes of previous meetings.
C) Report of officers.
D) Unfinished business.
E) New business.
COMMITTEES
The committees of the organization shall be:
Membership Committee.
Duties: Solicit members and provide Membership Records to the Secretary.
Newsletter Committee.
Duties: Solicit ads, print and publish the State newsletter.
Events Committee.
Duties: To officiate at any organization sponsored event.
Legislative Committee.
Duties: Keep the State Director informed of all matters of interest related to the purpose of Street Bikers United Hawaii, Inc.
E) Other committees as needed, to be formed at the State level by the Executive Board and at the Chapter level by the Chapter Board.
DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE CHAIRS
A) To preside and take charge at all committee meetings.
B) To personally represent the committee at the Executive Board.
C) To be entitled to vote at the Executive Board when issues pertaining to the committee arise.
DUES
The Executive Board shall decide the membership dues. Any member behind in dues shall be considered not in good standing and shall not be entitled to vote at organizational meetings or receive any of the benefits of this organization.
All dues collected shall be deposited in the State Treasury to be administered by the Executive Board.
EXPENDITURES
All expenditures must have the prior approval of the Chapter Board. Expenditures of the State Treasury must have prior approval of the Executive Board. All reimbursements or payments will be made upon the receipt of the expenditure to the respective Treasurer. The respective Treasurer together with any one other member of the board shall sign all checks.
MEMBERSHIP
Application for membership is open to the general public.
Only dues paying members in good standing shall be eligible to hold office in the organization.
A member may be expelled for conduct unbecoming a member of the organization, but charges must first be made in writing and the accused member given a hearing before the Chapter Board. The Chapter Board shall take evidence and report its findings to the Executive Board with the recommendation that the charges be considered proven and the accused member be expelled, or the charges be considered not proven and the accused member remain a member of the organization. The Executive Board shall there upon take a vote to decide whether or not the recommendation of the Chapter Board shall be adopted. It shall require two-thirds of the general membership in order to veto the recommendation of the Executive Board.
UP COMING EVENTS
The procedure and announcement for upcoming events and when more than one event is scheduled the same day and time. SBU will not submit flyers to those that don’t follow the rules of scheduling events. Clubs that schedule an event at the same time one has already been scheduled must get in touch with each other and work things out by negotiating reasonable terms. SBU is not going to support any club that arbitrarily holds an event that was not scheduled according to the bylaws.