Common use of ADDITIONAL PRINCIPLES WHICH MUST BE CONTAINED IN AFFILIATE Clause in Contracts

ADDITIONAL PRINCIPLES WHICH MUST BE CONTAINED IN AFFILIATE. S BY-LAWS OR OFFICIAL POLICY A. Team Membership All teams of Affiliate shall register with CAHA. B. Government The government and authority of Affiliate shall be vested in a Board of Directors composed of at least three representatives, as determined by Affiliate, selected through an annual democratic election process. A majority of the Board must always be composed of representatives selected by such election process. The officers of Affiliate, selected by the membership or the Board of Directors, shall include at least a president, vice president and secretary/treasurer. It is recommended that the terms of directors and officers be staggered. C. Voting Each member of Affiliate shall be entitled to one vote in the process adopted by Affiliate for the election of its Board of Directors. The governing documents of the Affiliate shall clearly define membership in the Affiliate. Voting for the members of the Board of Directors shall be a democratic process wherein each member is entitled to one vote. In the absence of other criteria, each family that participates in the activities that are provided under the jurisdiction of the Affiliate shall be deemed to be a member and shall be entitled to one vote. D. Annual Meetings Any action(s) or policy(s) adopted or requested to be adopted by the Board of Directors or the officers of Affiliate shall be reported to its membership, or their duly authorized representatives, at least once each year at a meeting called for such purpose, with notice and agenda of such meeting being given to all members of Affiliate no less than fifteen (15) days in advance of the holding of the meeting, which meeting shall be open to all members of Affiliate.