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BYLAWS
1. SESSIONS -- All sessions of this association shall be opened with a devotional period and closed with prayer.
 
2. ENROLLMENT OF MESSENGERS -- Each member church shall elect its messengers and alternates and turn in their names when the uniform church letters are sent to the association office in July.  These messengers/or alternates when enrolled during the session shall constitute the annual meetings of the association.  The Administrative Team shall assist in the registration where there are problems regarding registration and seating of messengers.  Any problem arising on the floor regarding seating of messengers, may be referred to the team for consideration, and the team shall report back to the association.
 
3. QUORUM -- The messengers in attendance at the sessions of the annual meeting of the association shall constitute a quorum.
 
4. VISITORS -- Persons not messengers to the association and visiting persons invited to sit with the association, may be given privilege to speak but not the right to vote.
 
5. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE -- Any Parliamentary question not addressed by this document shall be decided by Roberts Rules of Order, (latest edition).
 
A. RIGHT TO SPEAK -- No person shall peak more than one on any motion until all others wishing to be heard have spoken, except by unanimous consent of the body.
 
B. DEBATE -- Each member when speaking in debate, or has any communication to make to the association, shall address the moderator, and when finished shall be seated.
 
C. CONDUCT OF MESSENGER -- When a member is called to order, they shall be seated until the Moderator has determined whether they are in order.  An appeal may be made from the decision of the Moderator in this, as in any other case.  The association will, when necessary, make the final decision by two-thirds majority of the messengers present.
 
D. MOTIONS AND QUESTIONS -- All motions and questions shall be decided by a majority of votes, except the reception of new churches and amendments to the constitution and bylaws, which shall require two-thirds majority of the votes.
 
E. VOTING PROCEDURE -- When a proposition is pending and there are amendments proposed, a vote shall be taken on the amendments in order, beginning with the last.  A substitute motion shall be voted on before the original motion.
 
F. MOTIONS -- All motions made and seconded shall be put to a vote, unless withdrawn by the messenger who made the motion.
 
G. MODERATOR SPEAKING -- When the moderator shall desire to be heard in debate, or to be temporarily absent, the chair can be taken by the Assistant Moderator, or in case of the absence of both, by a messenger who the moderator and/or body selects.
 
H. SUBJECT DISCUSSION -- While speaking, no messenger shall digress from the subject under discussion, nor shall the speaker use language calculated to offend any other messenger of the association.
 
I.  EXECUTIVE BOARD BUSINESS -- The Executive Board business shall be conducted in the same manner as the associational business is conducted.
 
6.  ASSOCIATIONAL OFFICERS
 
A. The Moderator shall:
 
(1)  In a general way, coordinate the work of the association with the assistance of the Director of Missions.
 
(2) Work with the Director of Missions in preparing the agenda for meeting of the association-in-session and Executive Board.
 
(3)  Preside over meetings of the association and Executive Board-in-session.
 
(4)  Call and preside over any special meetings necessary to the work of the association.
 
(5)  Be nominated by the Nominating Team and elected by the association at the semi-annual meeting in the Spring.
 
(6)  Take office at the conclusion of the last annual meeting in the year in which election occurs.
 
(7)  Be elected annually but is limited to two one-year successive terms.
 
(8)  Encourage the development of fellowship and mutual care among the churches and church leaders.
 
(9)  Use the constitution and bylaws and most recent edition of Roberts Rules of Order to organize the activities of the association to do business in an orderly manner.
 
B. The Assistant Moderator shall:
               (1)  Render such assistance to the Moderator in his duties as the Moderator may request.
 (2)  Preside over all meetings in the absence of or at the request of the Moderator.
 (3)  Become Moderator when the Moderator moves from the association or resigns.
 
C. The Clerk shall:
 
(1)  Record minutes of all sessions of the association and Executive Board.
 
(2)  With the assistance of the associational office, record, prepare, and make available for distribution the minutes of the annual sessions and the uniform church letters.
 
D. The Treasurer shall:
 
(1)  Verify receipts and deposits of all associational funds.
 
(2)  With the assistance of the associational office submit reports to the association at its annual sessions and distribute the same to all church treasurers and executive board members.
 
(3)  Be authorized to sign checks in conjunction with the chairman of the Financial Team, the administrative secretary and the Director of Missions.  Two signatures shall be required on all checks.
 
7. EXECUTIVE BOARD -- The Executive Board shall have power to elect an assistant moderator if this office is vacated during the year, between the annual meetings.  The Nominating Team shall nominate an assistant moderator for the board's consideration.
 
8. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS -- The Moderator shall appoint all AD HOC committees when directed to do so by the Executive Board or association in session.
 
9. CHURCH REPORTS AND MESSENGERS -- Any church failing two years in succession to send a report and messengers shall be dropped from the roll.  The same shall be restored upon presentation of a record and messengers.  Any church failing to meet these requirements shall be notified following the annual meeting of the association.  That church shall be encouraged to meet these conditions at the next annual session.
 
10. BUDGET OPERATION -- The association will operate under a unified budget administered by the Director of Missions or a designated person in his absence.  The designated person shall be named by the Executive Board.  In the event an organization does not use all of its allocation of funds for the year, the unused portion will remain in the treasury of the association.
 
11. ASSOCIATIONAL YEAR -- The associational year shall be from the first day of July through the last day of June.  Annual reports to the association shall cover this period.
 
12. OFFICER ELECTION -- Officers elected at the Semi-Annual and Annual meetings shall begin their duties at the close of the final session of the Annual meeting, and shall serve through the following Annual meeting.  It shall be the duty of the clerk to organize the records and complete the work of the past year.
 
13. EXECUTIVE BOARD - SPECIAL SESSION -- The Executive Board may be called into special session by the Moderator, providing adequate notice and the subject to be discussed has been given to the affiliated member churches.
 
14. DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS -- The association shall employ a Director of Missions who will serve and function in the capacity of an Executive Secretary for the Executive Board, planning, enabling, inspiring, evaluating, and representing the association.  He shall give general supervision to the total program of the association, supervise the promotion and administration of the associational budget, direct the work of the associational office, and encourage cooperative endeavors in the fields of missions, evangelism and education.  (See the D.O.M.'s Job Description for more information concerning the D.O.M.'s work).
 
15. DOM SELECTION -- The Director of Missions shall be selected by the Executive Board upon a unanimous recommendation from the personnel committee.  For the Board to extend a call it must have a three-fourths majority vote.  The call shall be for an indefinite period of time.
 
16.  EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS -- The Director of Missions and Moderator shall serve as VOTING ex-officio members, on all teams of the association.
 
17.  ANNUAL MEETINGS -- The fall annual meeting shall be held as close to August the first (on a Thursday) as possible.  The spring meeting shall be held as close to the first of March as possible (on a Monday evening).
 
18.  TEAMS -- The association shall name such teams as may be deemed wise in carrying out the functioning and business of the association.  Such recommendation shall be brought to the association by the Administrative Team.
 
Administrative Team, Financial Team, Nominating Team, Missions And Evangelism Team, and Properties And Personnel Team.
 
19.  BYLAW AMENDMENT -- These bylaws may be amended at any annual meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the messengers present, provided such amendment shall have been read to the body at a prior session and the time announced as to when the vote on the amendment is.
 
Bylaws adopted, March 2, 1987.  Bylaws revised, March 7, 1988.
 
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