Georgia BMX Association, Inc.

2008 By-Laws

Article I

Name

Section 1. The name of this organization shall be: Georgia BMX Association, Inc. and shall be referred to as the Association in the following articles. Corporation #: J802521, Tax ID #: 58-2518951

Article II

Purpose

Section 1. The Association will be the governing body of all BMX (Bicycle Motocross) race tracks located in the State of Georgia, sanctioned by the NBL (National Bicycle League).

Section 2. The Association will be responsible for setting the overall policies for organized BMX racing in conjunction with the NBL in the State of Georgia.

Section 3. The Association will serve as liaison between the NBL and the BMX race tracks in the State of Georgia sanctioned by the NBL.

Section 4. The Association will be responsible for the promotion of NBL sanctioned BMX activities and for the enforcement of the rules and regulations of the NBL in the State of Georgia.

Section 5. The Association will serve as the checks and balances for all NBL sanctioned BMX race tracks in the State of Georgia.

Article III

Regular Voting Membership

Section 1. Voting privileges are bestowed upon all NBL sanctioned BMX race tracks in the State of Georgia. Each track has three votes as well as one vote for each of the Association’s Officers at all regular Association meetings for a total of fifteen (15) votes.

Section 2. A regular Association voting member shall be defined as follows: Any Association member age eighteen (18) or older from the state of Georgia.

Section 3. Each NBL sanctioned BMX race track in the State of Georgia must present their track’s voting members to the State Commissioner prior to any regular Association meeting the day of the meeting. The voting members must be agreed upon and approved by each tracks’ President. In the event that a track does not have three voting members present at an Association meeting, one of the present voting members from that track can vote twice or even three times to represent their track.

Article IV

Election-Voting Membership

Section 1. Voting privileges are bestowed upon any person who resides in the state of Georgia who is active in BMX, without regard to race, color, sex, creed, age or national origin.

Article V

Regular Meetings

Section 1. Regular meetings of the Association will be held at Competition Congress, all the Georgia NBL BMX State Qualifiers and the Georgia NBL BMX State Championship. There shall be at least six (6) regular meetings of the Association during this calendar year.

Section 2. The State Commissioner will head the Association’s regular meetings. The State Commissioner must send out via email an agenda of the meetings to all Georgia NBL sanctioned track officers at least seven (7) days prior to the meetings.

Section 3. The State Secretary must take roll call and present the minutes from the previous meeting.

Section 4. The State Treasurer shall present the Association’s financial report.

Section 5. Any one Association Officer may call a special meeting of the Association with at least fourteen

(14) days notice being given to all Georgia NBL sanctioned track officers.

Section 6. The regular meetings of the Association must consist of the following agenda:

a. Roll Call

b. Minutes of the previous meeting

c. Old business

d. Financial report

e. Committee reports if applicable

f. New business

g. Other

h. Adjournment

Article VI

Election Meetings

Section 1. The Association will hold a statewide election of Officers once a year at the Georgia State Championship race open to all election-voting members

Section 2. Nominations for State Commissioner, State Treasurer, and State Secretary shall be accepted and confirmed prior to September 11. Nominations must be presented to any track Officers or Association Officers and then presented to the State Commissioner. A list of candidates will be distributed and posted at all Georgia NBL BMX race tracks and posted on the official Georgia NBL BMX website, www.georgiabmx.org.

Section 3. Candidates who have been nominated shall be given the opportunity to present their qualifications to the election-voting members in the form of a questionnaire presented at all Georgia NBL BMX race tracks and on the official Georgia NBL BMX website, www.georgiabmx.org. The candidates will also be given the opportunity to present their qualifications the day of the election.

Section 4. The election of Officers shall be conducted at the State Championship race. The election shall be by secret ballot with the office going to the candidate receiving 50% plus 1 of the votes from the election-voting members. In the event that no one candidate receives 50% plus 1 of the votes, the candidate with the least amount of votes will be eliminated and a revote will occur. This procedure will continue until one candidate receives 50% plus 1 of the votes.

Section 5. A special meeting shall be called to fill any vacancies of the Association’s Officers. All the Georgia NBL sanctioned BMX tracks shall conduct the special election. The election shall be by secret ballot and the office will go to the candidate receiving the majority of the votes received from all the NBL tracks.

Section 6. Any Officer may be removed from office by a three-fourths vote of the regular voting members at a regular or special meeting.

Article VII

Association Officers

Section 1. The Association’s Officers for 2008 shall be defined as follows: A State Commissioner, a State Secretary and a State Treasurer which all must reside in the State of Georgia.

Article VIII

Duties of Officers

Section 1. The State Commissioner shall be elected to a term of one (1) year, which shall run from State Championship to State Championship. The State Commissioner should preside at any and all regular and special Association meetings. The State Commissioner shall be the final authority for scheduling of all competition of NBL sanctioned BMX tracks in the State of Georgia. The State Commissioner shall be the liaison for the State of Georgia to the NBL. The State Commissioner shall be responsible for presenting to the Competition Congress of the NBL the policies that would be in the best interest of this Association. The State Commissioner shall be responsible for the representation of Georgia in the NBL Presidents Cup race. The State Commissioner shall be the Chief Track Official at all Georgia State NBL sanctioned BMX races. The State Commissioner shall be responsible to see that all local tracks are organized with an active Parents Association and that the Parents Associations are maintaining proper bookkeeping, minutes for meetings and abiding by their By-Laws. The State Commissioner shall be responsible to see that all local track personnel are properly trained, and that all local races are carried out in accordance with the rules of NBL. The State Commissioner shall be responsible for the recruiting of any new NBL sanctioned tracks in the State of Georgia. The State Commissioner is expected to attend the NBL's Competition Congress and will be re-imbursed for their accommodation and conference registration fee (not to exceed $300). If the State Commissioner is unable to attend, he may nominate a representative who would be entitled to claim the same expenses.

Section 2. The State Secretary shall be elected to a term of one (1) year, which shall run from State Championship to State Championship. The State Secretary should attend all regular Association meetings. The State Secretary shall record the roll call and the minutes of all Association meetings. The State Secretary shall at all regular Association meetings read the minutes from the previous Association meeting. The State Secretary shall be responsible for all race reports turned into the NBL following each State Qualifier and the State Championship. The State Secretary shall be the official points keeper for the State of Georgia. The State Secretary shall assist the State Treasurer with race registration plus the hosting track’s Clerk at all State Qualifiers and the State Championship.

Section 3. The State Treasurer shall be elected to a term of one (1) year, which shall run from State Championship to State Championship. The State Treasurer should attend all regular Association meetings. The State Treasurer shall present the State’s finances at all regular Association meetings. The State Treasurer shall be responsible for all monies given to the Association for pre and post registration at all State Qualifiers and the State Championship. The State Treasurer shall be responsible for registration start up cash at all State Qualifiers and the State Championship. The State Treasurer along with one other Officer of the Association shall count, record and signoff on all monies immediately following the event. The State Treasurer shall collect and disburse all funds, ensure that all checks are signed by two (2) authorized Officers (the signing Officers cannot be from the same family). The State Treasurer shall maintain good order of financial records.

Section 4. No Association Officer shall be entitled to receive any salary or compensations, other than that in conjunction with reimbursement for expenses with the presentation of receipts.

Article IX

Committees

Section 1. The Association shall form committees as it sees necessary. Some examples of these committees would be to protect the safety of NBL members, the promotion of Georgia NBL BMX at large and the sponsorship of Georgia NBL BMX.

Section 2. Committees shall consist of Association members.

Section 3. Committees shall be approved by the Association and must present progress reports at all regular meetings of the Association.

Article X

Amendments

Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended by the following procedures:

a. Thirty (30) days written notification of the proposed changes given to the Officers of the Association and the Association’s voting members.

b. Proposed changes can be accepted with the approval of 50% plus 1 of the Association’s voting members present at a properly called meeting.