By-Laws

By-Laws

Dues

1. Annual Dues of one hundred dollars ($100.00) from each club, organization, or

association.

Elections

1. Elections will be held every two (2) years for the offices of ACM. Nominations will

be in September. Elections will be in November. Newly elected officers will be

placed in their offices in January.

Officers

1. Elected officers of the Board of Advisors shall be: Chairman, Vice Chairman,

Secretary, Treasurer, Sgt-at-Arm, and Chaplain.

2. A Coalition Liaison shall be appointed by the Coalition and recognized by the ACM

Board of Advisors.

3. Representatives from each member club or organization can hold no more than one

office.

4. In the event that an officer cannot fulfill his duties, an interim officer will be

appointed by the Board for the remainder of that officer’s term.

Meetings

1. Meetings shall follow “Robert’s Rules of Order.”

2. Meetings shall open with the “Pledge of Allegiance” and a prayer. Each meeting will

also close with a prayer.

3. Meetings will be held on the first Saturday of every other month at 2:00 pm. This will

begin January, 2008. A representative from each club, organization, association, and

the AIM attorney should be in attendance. The Board shall rotate the meeting

locations around the state. The secretary shall notify membership of each upcoming

meeting.

Voting

1. Each club or organization may appoint a representative to vote at the meetings. The

club or organization must be in good standing as approved by the Board of Advisors.

Voting will be made by a showing of a voting device received by the representative

when signing in before the meeting begins.

2. Person(s) having multi-membership may only represent one club or organization.

3. One vote per member club or organization in good standing. The members of the

Board of Advisors will have no vote. In the event that a member club or organization

does not have a representative present, the board member from that club or

organization will be allowed to vote.

Monies

1. ACM shall have an account for dues and appropriated monies. The account will need

at least two (2) signatures. The account shall be the responsibility of the elected

treasurer. The ACM account will be audited at the discretion of the Board of Advisors

or at the start of a new term of officers.

2. Monies shall be spent or appropriated by the Board of ACM for projects and

operations of the ACM with full disclosure and accountability to the full membership

of the ACM.

3. No two members of any one household shall have check signing abilities.

Amendments to By-Laws

1. The ACM shall not make any rules that alienate any club or organization. All

motorcycle clubs, organizations, and associations are welcome.

2. By-laws will be reviewed and amendments added in writing annually.

Annual NCOM Convention

1. The ACM shall send one representative to the convention.

2. Reasonable expenses will be approved by the Board of Advisors and paid by the

ACM.

Discipline

1. Each member club or organization shall be responsible for their members and/or their

members’ actions.

Amendments:

MMC: Jan 5, 2008

1. All future groups/organizations seeking membership shall go through an approval process.

A. Petition/apply for membership

B. Approved by the Board of Advisors

C. All petitioners are on probation for a period of 60 days beginning at the next regularly scheduled meeting after the membership was requested.

D. Approval by the Members of the Board after probation.