SUSANVILLE LIBRARY DISTRICT

LASSEN COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, INC.

BY-LAWS

ARTICLE I - Name

Section 1: The name of this organization shall be Susanville District Library Lassen County Friends of the Library, Inc.

Section 2: The headquarters of this organization is 1618 Main Street, Susanville, CA 96130

ARTICLE II - Purpose

Section 1: The purpose of this organization shall be to stimulate public awareness, support and use of the Susanville District Library Lassen Library District, to assist in maintaining and improving existing Library services and to encourage new Library programs.

Section 2: The extent to which this organization and the Lassen Library District address the areas of support of Section 1 shall be guided by a Memorandum of Understanding. 

ARTICLE III - Membership

Section 1: Membership in this organization shall be open to all individuals in sympathy with its purposes. Memberships can be entered into at any time and are effective for one year from the date the membership dues are paid.

Section 2: Each individual membership shall be entitled to one vote in person. If a membership is in the names of two or more people, any vote made by one person or by a majority of persons counts for everyone as the single vote.

ARTICLE IV - Officers

Section 1: The officers of this organization shall be: President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The positions shall be filled as needed. These members shall comprise the Executive Board.

Section 2: The slate of Officers shall be proposed at the September November quarterly meeting and then voted on at the December February quarterly meeting. Officers shall assume the duties of office immediately, and for a term of one year.

Section 3: Officer vacancies shall be appointed by the Executive Board and will be effective until the next regular election.

Section 5: When officer positions are vacant, other officers can temporally serve in two positions with the exception that the President and Vice President cannot also serve as the Secretary or the Treasurer.

Section 6: Officers shall serve as uncompensated volunteers to the organization.

ARTICLE V - Duties of Officers

Section 1: The President shall preside at meetings, be responsible for coordinating committee activity, and be an ex-officio member of all committees. In the absence of the President, the Vice-President shall preside.

Section 2: The Secretary shall record the minutes of each meeting, maintain the record of current memberships, and as directed by the Executive Board, carry on correspondence and assist the President in the filing of required federal and state reports. The Treasurer is responsible for the finances.

Section 3: The Treasurer is responsible for the finances: maintaining the financial ledger, paying expenses, depositing revenues, providing a report of the financials to quarterly member meetings and assist the President and/or the Secretary in the filing of annual tax returns.

 Section 4: A minimum of two and a maximum of three Officers shall be duly authorized by the membership to withdraw funds from the Friends of the Library bank account, pursuant to Article IX, provided that two of the three shall be the President and the Treasurer.

Section 5. All officers, either as a group or individually, and with or without member participation, shall work to promote membership growth, complete applications for grants, execute fund-raising activities and create associated informational materials that promote the activities of the organization.

ARTICLE VI - Executive Board

Section 1: The Executive Board shall consist of the Officers of the organization. A minimum of two officer positions must be occupied for the Executive Board to be viable.

Section 2: The Executive Board shall have the authority to appoint committees and committee chairpersons consistent with the purposes of this organization.

Section 3: The Executive Board shall meet at the regularly scheduled meetings of the organization and/or as needed.

Section 4: The District Librarian may serve as advisor to the Executive Board.

ARTICLE VII - Meetings

This organization shall meet regularly, once each quarter, on the second Wednesday first Thursday of March, June, September and December February, May, August and November. Unless otherwise announced, the meetings shall be held at 5:00 p.m 4:00 p.m. at the Susanville District Library Lassen Library District. Additional meetings, or a change in time or place may be scheduled by the President.

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ARTICLE VII - Dues

Section 1: Dues shall be payable annually. and shall become payable on the first of July of each year, excepting that "Lifetime" members will not be subject to annual dues.

Section 2: There shall be three classes of dues:

Regular - $10 (Available to Students and Senior Citizens) $20

Family - $25

Benefactor - $100

Section 3: Foundation donation

Foundation membership shall be conferred to individuals, businesses and organizations upon a donation of $500 or more. A plaque will be placed in the Library listing Foundation members, and individual plaques of appreciation will be provided to each member.

Section 4 3: The annual rate of dues shall be set by the membership at the regularly scheduled quarterly meeting in March February.

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ARTICLE IX - Expenditures

Section 1: Routine operating/administrative expenditures, not to exceed $60 per quarter, may be allocated at any time by two members of the Executive Board authorized to withdraw funds from the bank account. Such expenditures will be presented at quarterly meetings as a consent agenda item.

Section 2: Non-routine/administrative expenditures exceeding $60 per quarter shall be approved by a majority of those present at a regularly scheduled meeting prior to them being paid.

ARTICLE X - Parliamentary Procedure

Common sense shall govern the proceedings of this organization.

ARTICLE XI - Amendments

Amendments to these Bylaws may be proposed at any meeting and voted on at the next subsequent meeting of the general membership. Approval of proposed amendments shall require a two-thirds vote of the memberships present.

ARTICLE XII - Dissolution

Section 1: A decision to dissolve the organization shall require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the membership thus voting to be adopted.

Section 2: In the event of the dissolution of the organization, all assets will be turned over to another nonprofit, charitable or educational organization to be selected by a majority of the Executive Board at the time of such dissolution. The Executive Board shall also take all actions required to terminate the organization’s obligations and to file required reports with appropriate local, state and federal agencies.

Bylaws adopted: March 10, 2004 xxxxx.xx 2026

(These Bylaws contain several changes from the original Bylaws adopted November 12, 1986, as amended on March 10, 2004, all properly voted on and adopted by two-thirds vote. Attested to by: ______________, Secretary.)