BYLAWS
ANCHORAGE TRAILS AND GREENWAYS COALITION
ADOPTED JANUARY 27, 1994
ARTICLE I. NAME
The name of this organization is Anchorage Trails and Greenways Coalition.
ARTICLE II. PURPOSE
The purposes of the Anchorage Trails and Greenways Coaltion are to
1. Provide donated community work assistance to municipal, state, and federal agencies responsible for building and maintaining public trails in the Municipality of Anchorage.
2. Assist with implementation of the Anchorage Trails Plan.
3. Promote cooperation among governmental agencies, trail users, and trail user organizations.
4. Sponsor forums, conferences, and other activities to collect, exchange, and disseminate information relating to trails and greenways; and
5. Raise or receive and spend monies, and receive equipment or labor from any source, for purchasing, conveying, mortgaging or leasing real and personal property for the accomplishment of the purposes stated herein.
ARTICLE IiI. CORPORATION PROPERTY
Section 1. Neither the memership list, name, nor assets, real, personal, and financial, of this corpIioration shall be used for any purpose other than this corporation's business.
ARTICLE IV. MEMBERSHIP
Section 1. Members. Members are all persons, agencies, and organizations who subscribe to the Purpose, Mission and Goals of the Anchorage Trails and Greenways Coalition, request membership and are current on dues as set under Article IV, Section 3.
Section 2. Rights of Members Members are entitled to participate in the Annual Membership meeting held each year in March. Members are entitled to vote for Board Members at this meeting.
Section 3. Dues. Dues shall be as set by the Board.
ARTICLE V. FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal of the corporartion shall begin the first day of March of each year and end on the last day of February.
ARTICLE VI. MEETINGS
Section 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Anchorage Trails and Greenways Coalition shall be held the first Thursday of March in each fiscal year at a time and place to be determined by the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall send notices to each member at least fourteen (14) days but not more than thirty (30) days in advance of the date set for the annual meeting.
Section 2. The purpose of the annual meeting shall be to:
A. Elect Board members;
B. Hear reports on action taken during the past year; and
C. Conduct other business as necessary.
Section 3. Board of Directors Meetings. The Board of Directors shall meet at least six (6) times a year, at a time and place determined by the Board.
Section 4. Quorum. At any scheduled meeting of the Coalition, at least one half of the elected and currently seated membes shall constitute a quorum. When a quorum is present, a majority of those present shall decide any question.
ARTICLE VII. VOTING
Section 1. Voting. Each Board member shall have one (1) vote.
Section 2. Proxy Voting. Voting by proxy shall not be permitted. Board members must be present to vote.
ARTICLE VIII. Board of Directors.
Section 1. Number of Board Members. The authorized number of Board members shall be seven (7) to eleven (11).
Section 2. Ex-Officio Board Members. There shall be three (3) ex-officio Board members appointed to serve on the Board of Directors: one from the Municipal Parks and Recreation Deivsion, one from the Municipal Planning Department, and one from the Municipal Assembly, and one from the State Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. Ex-officio members are not entitled to vote.
Section 3. Appointment and Term of Office.
A. Initial Board. The members of the Initial Board shall be those persons whose names and addresses are attached to these Bylaws as Exhibit A.
B. Subsequent Elections. Members of the initital Board shall serve terms of one (1), two (2), or three (3) years, arranged so that three (3) of the seats on the Board become vacant each year. Subsequent elections to the Board shall be for terms of three (3) years, arranged so that three (3) seats on the Board become vacant each year. Upon the expiration of the term of any initial Board member or any Board member subsequently elected, that seat shall be filled by Board election. No Board member may serve more than three (3) consecutive terms.
C. Seating. A Board member is officially "seated" by attending a Board meeting.
D. Nominations. The Board shall appoint a nominating committee which shall solicit nominations for vacancies and submit a list of candidates one (1) month prior to any election.
Section 4. President of the Board. At each annual meeting following the election of Board members s provided in Section 3(B) above, the Board shall elect, from among themselves, a President of the Board, who shall preside at all meetings of the Board.
Section 5. Vacancies.
A. Events Causing Vacancies. A vacancy on the Board shall be deemed to exist at the occurrence of any of the following:
(1) The death, resignation, or removal of any Board member;
(2) If a Board member misses over 25% of the meetings in any given year.
B. Resignation. Any Board member may resign effctive on giving notice to an officer unless the notice specifies a later time for the resignation to become effective.
C. Filling of Vacancies. Any vacancy caused by the death, resignation, or removal of a Board member or by a determination of vacancy as provided in A(2) agove shall be filled as provided in Article VIII,3(B). The newly elected Board member shall complete the term of the member replaced.
ARTICLE IX. OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers. The Anchorage Trails and Greenways Coalition shall have the following officers: President of the Board, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
Section 2. Election of Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board and shall serve in that office for one (1) year.
Section 3. Responsibilities of Officers.
A. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall preside at all meetings of the Corporation. The President shall be empowered to act, speak for, or otherwise represent the Corporation between meetings of the Board. The President shall appoint committees to carry out the Corporation's business.
B. Vice-President. The Vice President shall report directly to the President. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice President shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the President. The Vice President shall have such other duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
C. Secretary. The Secretary shall report directly to the President, and shall attend to the following :
(1) Minutes. The Secretary shall keep minutes of all meetings and actions of the Board, with the time and place of regular and special meetings, the names of those present, and the proceedings of such meetings.
(2) Notices and Other Duties. The Secretary shall give notice of all meetings of the Board. The Secretary shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the Bylaws.
D. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall report directly to the President, shall be the chief financial officer of the Corporation, and shall keep and maintain adequate and correct records of the Corporation, inlcuding accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, and other matters customarily included in teh financial statements. The books shall be open to inspection by any Board member at all reasonable times.
ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS
Bylaws may be adopted, amended, or repealed by a majority vote of the entire seated Board. The full text of any proposed Bylaw amendment shall be furnished to the members of the Board with the notice of the meeting at which such proposed amendment is to be considered. Notice of any meeting at which adoption, amendment or repeal of any Bylaw is to be considered shall be by first class mail at least seven(7) days in advance of the meeting.
