Roswell Community Little Theatre

Serving Roswell since 1958        (575) 622-1982               www.RoswellLittleTheatre.com

Bylaws RCLT         Revised June 7, 2005

                 C.  Annual Meeting:  The Annual Meeting of the RCLT shall be held the first Tuesday of May of each year at 7:30 pm at the principal office of the Corporation.

                 D.  Notice of Annual Meeting:  Notice of Annual Meeting may be given by the telephone calling committee, email or by mail to all members in good standing of RCLT.  Notice of such shall be given not less than five (5) days preceding date of the meeting.

                 E.  Special Meetings:  Special general meeting may be held from time to time at the call of the President or a majority of the Executive Board.  Notice of Special Meetings shall be given in the manner prescribed for the Annual meeting.  Notice of Special meeting shall state the business to be conducted at such meetings.

Article 5  Officers  

The officers of RCLT, Inc. shall be a Board of Directors consisting of a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Building Supervisor, and four (4) Directors elected from the voting membership, and the immediate Past President then active in the organization.  The Past President shall serve for one (1) year to assist the new President, then must be elected from the voting membership as another Director.  If the current Director is re-elected, there will be five (5) Directors elected that year instead of four (4), until there is another Past President to serve.

Article 6 Nominations and Elections of Officers and Board Members of RCLT

                 A.  Nominations:  A nominating committee, appointed by the President, shall develop a slate of potential candidates for all elective offices.  That slate shall be presented to the membership at the April General meeting.  Nominations may also be made from the floor during the May annual meeting. 

                 B.  Elections:  The Officers and Board members shall be elected annually at the regular annual meeting and shall serve from June 1 for one (1) year.  The nominees shall be active voting members in good standing of RCLT.  For an individual to be nominated as President of RCLT, he or she must have served on the Board as a member for two (2) years or as an elected officer for one (1).  All other officer or Board member candidates shall have been RCLT members in good standing for a minimum of one (1)year at the time of nomination.  In the event of a contest of a officers position or Board member position of RCLT, the President shall appoint two (2) or more tellers, who shall provide secret ballots for the members present and voting.  Such tellers shall not be candidates for office.  The tellers will count the ballots and report the result to the President, who shall announce the names of the persons elected.  On application of five (5) or more members present and voting, the ballots shall be recounted in the presence of the membership, and any challenged ballots shall be counted or denied by majority vote of the members present and voting.  In the event that a nominee is unopposed, a motion to elect by acclamation will be entertained and no written vote will be necessary.

Article 7   Duties of the Board of Directors

                 A.  The President shall be the executive head, shall appoint all committees, and shall preside at all meetings.  In the event of a vacancy in the office of President, the Vice President shall assume the office and title of President during the unexpired term of the President.  The  President shall not vote except in the case of a tie.  The President shall not preside as chair person over a committee, but shall oversee and serve as ex officio member of all committees. 

                 B.  The Vice President shall assist the President.  This person shall preside in the absent of the President, and may serve as a chairperson over  committees.

                 C.  The Secretary shall keep records of membership, record all attendance at meetings, make the required reports, record and preserve the minutes of all meetings and assist the President as necessary.      

                                                  

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