Article 1 - Formal Title
What is the official name of the
organization that operates the market.
Article 2 - Purpose
Why does the organization exist?
What is its purpose and/or mission?
Article 3 - Membership
Qualifications for becoming a member. [Who can apply, not who is guaranteed membership.]
Responsibilities of membership. [pay dues, act responsibly, show up at market, etc.]
Article 4 - Steering
Committee: Officers and their Duties defined
How the makeup Steering Committee is determined [by election?].
Who is eligible for the Committee [current market members only?]
What are the offices of the organization and what are their duties and responsibilities. [Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Market Master, etc.]
Length of terms of office [elected annually?].
Should the Committee include members with no specific duties? [at-large positions]
Can the Steering Committee create other ad hoc or standing committees [or do the Steering Committee members have to do everything themselves?]?
Article 5 - Meetings
Time period during which at least one meeting of the organization must take place [for example, between December and April].
Purpose of that meeting. [standard agenda to which other items to be added]
Member privileges, number of votes per membership.
Define quorum required for meeting to be valid. [See Quorums discussion on the Intro page.]
Amount of prior notice required. [One week? Two? A month?
Article 6 - Records
Are the records of the organization open to all members? [If yes, say so.]
What records shall be kept? [Treasurer's report, meeting minutes and decisions made.]
Article 7 - Dues and
Liquidation
How are the dues to be set (not
the amount, but the procedure) and who they should be paid to. [Treasurer? Membership coordinator?]
Penalty for failure to pay dues.
What will happen to the organization's assets upon dissolution of the organization? [Distributed among current membership? Donated to local non-profit?]
What about non-cash assets (signs, tables, tents, etc.)?
Article 8 - Amendments
How amendments to the by laws
are to be made; amount of prior notice given; percentage vote
required to pass amendments.
Page created and maintained by Tom
Roberts
Created: 9-Mar-2008.
