ACBL UNIT 161
STANDING RULES
September, 2003
General:
1. The governing authority of Unit 161 is the Board of Directors.
2. A Unit Parliamentarian shall be appointed by the President, with the approval of the Board, and must be present at all Unit Board meetings. If a Parliamentarian is not appointed, or is not present, the Board may select an acting-Parliamentarian from its membership (without loss of rights) or from the gallery.
Tournaments:
3. The game director of NAOP and GNT Unit Final games shall be paid $60 ($30 per session). The playing fee shall be $5 per person, per session.
4. All revenue from NAOP & GNT games will be deposited in the Club Treasury where the game was held. A check for the gross revenues will then be forwarded to the Unit Secretary-Treasurer who will reimburse all expenses.
5. Each club participating in a Unit STAC will be reimbursed $3 per table.
6. No funds may be advanced for any tournament before its budget is approved by the Board.
7. The ACBL-designated Tournament Director and Assistant Directors may be countermanded or negotiated only with prior approval of the Board of Directors.
8. Unit 161 bidding boxes may be loaned to other units within District 10 for tournaments with the agreement that any damaged or missing, boxes will be replaced by the borrower.
Fiduciary Control:
9. The Secretary-Treasurer shall forward the Treasurer‚s report to all Board members 15 days prior Unit Board meetings.
10. An Audit Committee of 3 members, chaired by a Board member, shall be appointed by the President to review the records of the Secretary-Treasurer once a year, prior to the annual meeting.
11. The Secretary-Treasurer is authorized to spend up to $750 annually for expenses.
Elections:
12. If there is no regularly scheduled Autumn meeting of the Board, the President shall call a special meeting to receive the report of the Nominating Committee 45 days prior to the annual meeting, as required by the By-Laws. That report shall be forwarded promptly to all clubs, so that anyone wishing to file a petition to run for a Board position will have the required 15 days to do so.
13. An Election Commission (Chairman & Tellers), appointed by the Board, will conduct elections at the annual meeting and any other elections to be held at called meetings of the membership or by way of mail-in ballots.
14. In a contested election, there will be three voting times of one hour each: 1 hour prior to Friday's evening session, 1 hour prior to Saturday's afternoon session, and 1 hour prior to the Sunday morning session