Branch Bylaws

Meetings of the Branch

1. The Branch shall meet at least once annually at any time and place that the Board of Directors may select (“Annual Meeting of the Branch”).
2. Special meetings of the Branch may be called at any time and place that the Board of Directors may decide.
3. The Executive Director shall give, or cause to be given, to each member of the Branch no less than fourteen (14) days’ notice of a meeting of the Branch, excepting the Annual Meeting of the Branch for which at least twenty-five (25) days’ notice shall be given.
4. Notice of a meeting of the Branch may be given to the members of the Branch by one or more of the following methods:
   1. by mail, courier, or personal delivery to each member;
   2. by telephonic, electronic, or other communications facility;
   3. in a publication of the Branch that is sent to all members.
5. Upon written requisition of at least five percent (5%) of the membership of the Branch specifying the intended purpose of the meeting, the Board of Directors shall call a special meeting of the Branch at the earliest practical time.
6. The quorum of any session of an Annual Meeting or special meeting of the Branch is the lesser of twenty-five (25) members or five percent (5%) of the membership.
7. The Board of Directors shall make arrangements for the Annual Meeting of the Branch and shall prepare the program and may appoint a committee to assist in the arrangements and program.
8. The usual rules of order at public meetings govern at all meetings of the Branch.