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Constitution 

of the 

Irish Cultural Society

of San Antonio Texas

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Promoting Awareness of Irish Culture

CONSTITUTION



Article I
Name

The name of this Society shall be 
The Irish Cultural Society of San Antonio, Incorporated
(hereinafter referred to as the Society.)

Article II
Purpose

The purposes of the Society are primarily cultural.


Article III
Objectives

The objectives of the Society are:
    (a)  To promote Irish music, theater, art, literature, 
science and other cultural and educational interests.
    (b)  To encourage study and research of Irish history 
with special emphasis on the history of the Irish people 
in Ireland and in Texas.
    (c)  To provide a suitable forum for presentations on 
Irish culture.
    (d)  To initiate active collaboration and cooperation 
with other organizations with similar cultural objectives.
    (e)  To provide cultural self-enrichment opportunities.
    (f)  To be open to such other objectives as are 
consonant with the objectives of the Society.

Article IV
Members

Section 1.   Qualifications
    A.   The membership shall consist of persons who are
in accord with the objectives of this Society.
    B.   Membership is by invitation only, and persons 
invited for membership shall qualify by their interest in 
one or more of the objectives of the Society.

Section 2.    Types of Membership
    There shall be three classes of membership.
    A.   Active:   Active members shall subscribe to the 
objectives of  the Society, shall participate actively 
in the work of the Society, shall have the right to vote 
and hold office on the Board.
    B.   Associate:  Associate members  are persons who 
are actively interested in the objectives of the Society 
but are unable to participate actively.  Associate 
members shall not vote or hold office on the Board.
    C.   Honorary Members:  Honorary members may be so 
designated by a majority vote of the active membership 
present at a regular meeting or a meeting called for 
that purpose.  Honorary members may not vote or hold 
office, but should be sympathetic to the objectives of 
the Society.
Section 3.  Election to Membership
    Active members shall be those elected as such in
accordance with the by-laws of the Society.
Section 4.     Membership Fees
    There shall be membership fees in accordance with
the by-laws of the Society.

Article V
Governance of the Society

Section I
    The direction of the Society,  the management of its 
affairs. and the control and disposition of its property 
and funds, pursuant to the objectives of the Society, 
shall be vested in the active membership.
Section  2.  Officers and Board
    A.  The officers of the Society shall be a President, 
a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.
    B.  The Board of Directors shall be comprised of the 
elected officers, the chairpersons of all standing 
committees and two members at large.
    C.  The Board of Directors shall have the powers and 
perform the duties described in the by-laws.
Section  3.  Term of Office
    A.  Election of officers and all other Board Membership 
shall be at the annual general meeting.  This election shall 
be by secret ballot.  Those elected shall hold office for 
two years for all elections.
    B.  The election shall be held as follows:
        (1.) The Vice-President and the Treasurer shall be 
elected in the year following the election of the President, 
the Secretary and the Membership Chairperson.
        (2.) All other elected officials shall be elected on 
the same year as the Vice-President.
    C.  A vacancy arising in the Board shall be filled for 
the remainder of the term by secret ballot of the active 
membership.
Section  4.     Nominating Committee
    Nominations to all elective positions shall be by a 
committee elected by the active membership in accordance with 
the by-laws of the society or from the floor, of the assembly.

Article VI
Meetings

    The annual general meeting and regular meetings of the 
Society as well as board meetings shall be held in accordance 
with the by-laws of this society.

Article VII
Committees

Section 1
    A. Standing Committees shall be Membership, Planning and 
Programming, Public Relations, Social, and Scholarship.
    B.  The officers shall constitute and Executive Committee 
for the purpose of dealing with extraordinary matters arising 
between the meetings of the Society.
    C. The active membership may elect such other Special 
Committees as are deemed necessary for the accomplishment 
of special tasks.
Section  2
    A.  The chairperson of each standing committee shall 
choose the members of their committee.
    B.  The President shall be an ex-officio, nonvoting 
member of all committees with the exception of the 
nominating committee.
    C.  The Chairperson and members of each committee 
shall perform the duties of that committee in accordance 
with the by-laws of the Society.





Article VIII
Parliamentary Authority


    The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's 
Rules of Order shall govern this Society in all cases to
which they are applicable and in which they are not
inconsistent with any special rules of order this Society 
may adopt.






Article IX
Amendments of the Constitution


    This constitution can be amended at any time provided 
that the amendment be read at a previous regular meeting, 
be approved by two-thirds majority of the Board Members, 
be sent to each member in writing at least fourteen days 
previous and the amendment as originally presented be
approved by secret ballot by two-thirds of those present 
and voting.
































 



On May 11, 1975 the constitution was approved.

On Oct 19, 1975 Member ship rules changed to open membership

to anyone with cultural interests similar to those of the

society's founding members.

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