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BYLAWS
3 FOR WHCCA
ARTICLE 3. BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
3.1 General Powers
The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board of Directors.
3.2 Number
The Board shall consist of twelve Directors. The number of Directors may be
changed from time to time by amendment to these By-Laws, provided that no
decrease in the number shall have the effect of shortening the term of an
incumbent Director.
3.3 Qualifications
Directors shall be members of the Corporation. Directors may have such
other qualifications as the Board may prescribe by amendment to these
By-Laws.
3.4 Election of Directors
3.4.1 Initial Directors
The initial Directors named in the Articles of Incorporation and elected at
the first annual meeting shall serve until the second annual meeting of
members.
3.4.2 Successor Directors
3.4.2.1 At the second annual meeting following
incorporation, a Board of Directors consisting of twelve Directors shall be
elected with terms as follows:
One-third (1/3) shall be elected for one-year terms,
One-third (1/3) shall be elected for two-year terms,
One-third (1/3) shall be elected for three-year terms.
3.4.2.2 At all succeeding annual meetings, Directors
shall be elected to replace those members whdse
terms expire as of that annual meeting.
3.5 Term of Office
With the exception of the terms of the initial Directors, unless a Director
dies, resigns or is removed, he or she shall hold office until the third annual
meeting of the members following his or her election. No Director elected
at the second annual meeting following incorporation, or any succeeding
annual meeting may serve consecutive terms. It is the intent of this
provision that any of the initial Directors named in the Articles of
Incorporation, any Director elected at the first annual meeting, or any
individual appointed to fill the remaining portion of the term of a
Director who dies, resigns or is removed may serve a succeeding term.
3.6 Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Board shall be held without notice immediately
following and at the same place as the annual meeting of members for the
purposes of electing officers and transacting such business as may properly
come before the meeting.
3.7 Regular Meetings
By resolution, the Board may specify the date, time and place for the
holding of regular meetings of the Board without other notice than such
resolution.
3.8 Special Meetings
Special meetings of the Board or any committee designated and appointed by
the Board may be called by or at the written request of the President, any
Director or, in the case of committee meetings, by the chair of the
committee.
3.9 Place of Meetings
All meetings shall be held at a place designated by the Board.
3.10 Quorum
A majority of the number of Directors fixed by or in the manner provided by
these By-Laws shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at
any Board or Board Committee meeting.
3.11 Manner of Acting
The act of the majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which
there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board, unless the vote of a
greater number is required by these By-laws, the Articles of Incorporation
or applicable Washington law.
3.12 Action by Board Without a Meeting
Any action which could be taken at a meeting of the Board may be taken
without a meeting if a written consent setting forth the action so taken is
signed by each of the Directors. Any such written consent shall be inserted
into the reco~d of Board Meetings as if it were a
Board Meeting.
3.13 Resignation
Any Director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the
President or by giving oral or written notice at any meeting of the Board.
3.14 Removal by Members
At a meeting of the members called expressly for that purpose, one or more
Directors (including the entire Board) may be removed from office, with or
without cause, by two-thirds of the votes cast by members then entitled to
vote on the election of Directors represented in person at a meeting of
members at which a quorum is present.
3.15 Removal by the Board
A Director may be removed by a vote of two-thirds of the Directors at a
meeting of the Board for cause. Consideration shall be given to removal of
a Director who fails to attend three (3) consecutive meetings of the Board
of Directors.
3.16 Vacancies
A vacancy in the position of the Director may be filled by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the remaining Directors though less than a quorum of
the Board is present. A Director who fills a vacancy shall serve for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office. A
Director who is appointed to fill a vacancy may run for and be elected to sen/e a succeeding full term, but is otherwise
prohibited from serving successive terms in accordance with these By-laws.
3.17 Board Committees
The Board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the Directors in office,
may designate and appoint one or more standing or temporary committees,
each of which shall consist of two or more Directors.
3.18 Other Committees
The Board, by resolution adopted by a majority of the Directors in office,
may designate and appoint one or more standing or temporary committees
consisting of two or more members as it deems necessary to accomplish the
business of the corporation.
3.19 Compensation
The Directors shall receive no compensation for their seivice
as Directors but may receive reimbursement for expenditures incurred on
behalf of the corporation.
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