By-Laws
(Revised 11/5/2022)
ARTICLE 1 Name
Section 1.1 The name of the organization shall be the American Angus
Auxiliary to the
American Angus Association ("Auxiliary").
ARTICLE II Object
Section 2.1 The object of the Auxiliary shall be to have persons
interested in the welfare of the Angus breed meet for educational, promotional, social
and other functions appropriate to this organization. It shall be a non-profit
organization.
ARTICLE III Members
Section 3.1 Members shall be active or honorary.
Section 3.2Active members are persons who are willing to uphold the
purpose of the organization and pay their annual or lifetime dues in advance to the
Secretary/Treasurer. They should be willing to serve in any capacity needed.
Section 3.3 Honorary members may be any person who has rendered
distinguished service to the organization or to the Angus breed and has been recommended
by the Auxiliary Council and elected by the membership at the Annual Meeting. Honorary
members may attend all meetings of the organization, shall be exempt from paying dues
and cannot hold office or vote unless first having attained active membership status.
Article IV Officers and Regional Directors
Section 4.1 The majority voting at the Annual Meeting shall elect the
Officers and the majority voting from each region by mail or electronic ballet shall
elect the Regional Directors.
Section 4.2 President
- Shall preside at all meetings of the organization, Executive Board and Auxiliary
Council meetings.
- Appoint a representative for each unorganized state to serve that state on the
Auxiliary Council.
- Appoint Standing Committees.
- Appoint Special Committees as authorized by the Executive Board.
- Shall be an ex-officio member of all Committees except the Nominating Committee.
- See that Committees function as they should and in a timely manner.
- Appoint members to fill vacancies in the officer and regional director positions with approval of the Executive Board.
- Appoint sufficient Tellers for the Annual elections.
- Shall become a member of the Executive Board and become Chair of the Nominating
Committee for one year at the expiration of their term as President.
- Prepare and present an Annual Report at the Annual Meeting of the American Angus
Association.
Section 4.3 Vice-President shall be known as the President-Elect.
- Shall automatically become the next President.
- Serve in the absence, incapacity or death of the President.
- Serve as a member of the Liaison Committee.
- Perform such other duties as the President may assign to her.
- Serve as Chair of the Scholarship Committee.
Section 4.4 Secretary/Treasurer
- The Secretary shall keep Meeting Minutes, Treasurer’s Reports as well as Secretary’s
notes in a notebook.
- Keep an accurate record of the minutes of the Annual, Regular Executive Board,
Auxiliary Council and special meetings, and send a true and exact copy promptly to
all members of Executive Board and Chair of the Historian Committee.
- Oversee, with the Finance Chairman, the activities of the Accountant retained by the
Auxiliary.
- Cooperate with the Accountant in keeping an accurate record of the General Fund.
- The President and Secretary shall cooperate in arranging the Order of Business for
all meetings of the Auxiliary.
- Have the accounts audited at the close of the Fiscal Year and after paying all
outstanding bills after the Annual Meeting, turn over the records to her successor
within thirty (30) days after election.
Section 4.5 Advisor (Immediate Past President)
- The duties of the American Angus Auxiliary Advisor begin immediately after the
election at the Annual Meeting of the Angus Convention.
- The Advisor shall serve a one-year term on the Executive Board and is a member of
the Auxiliary Council.
- The Advisor shall serve as Chair of the Nominating Committee and is responsible for
sending out press releases regarding nominations.
- The Advisor shall serve as the Chair of the Distinguished Woman Committee and will
serve as a member of the Finance Committee.
- The Advisor shall be responsible for implementing the memorial policy.
Section 4.6 Regional Directors
Regional Directors shall serve a term of two years but no more than two consecutive
elected terms. The terms of Regional Directors in regions 1, 2 and 3 will expire in even
numbered years. The terms of Regional Directors in regions 4, 5 and 6 will expire in odd
numbered years. Regional Director responsibilities will include:
- Assist states without organized Auxiliaries in setting up an organized state
auxiliary.
- Recruit members to the Auxiliary from their region.
- Improve communication between the Auxiliary and state and regional Angus
auxiliaries.
- Keep contact lists up to date, i.e. state officer lists and scholarship contacts.
- Secure state contacts in all states without organized auxiliaries.
- Attend Auxiliary and Executive Board meetings.
Regional Directors will be elected from the following six regions:
- Region 1 - Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Utah,
Arizona, Hawaii
and Alaska
- Region 2 - Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma
- Region 3 - Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska
- Region 4 - Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, North
Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida
- Region 5 - Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky
- Region 6 - Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, Rhode
Island,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and
District of Columbia
Article V Meetings
Section 5.1 The Annual Meeting of the Auxiliary shall be held at the
time and place of the Annual Meeting of the American Angus Association.
Section 5.2 Regular Meetings. One meeting of the Auxiliary shall be held
during the National Junior Show.
Section 5.3 Special Meetings. Shall be called by the President or by
five (5) members of the Auxiliary Council.
Article VI Executive Board and Auxiliary Council
Section 6.1 Executive Board. The elected Officers and Regional Directors
form the Executive Board to transact business requiring immediate attention between
meetings.
Section 6.2 The Auxiliary Council shall be comprised of the following:
- 6.2.1. State or Regional auxiliary representatives. The President of each
state/regional auxiliary is entitled to serve on the Auxiliary Council, or an
appointed representative from that state/region if the President is unable to serve.
Representative is appointed by the President of state/region.
- 6.2.2 Director at large. Each unorganized state shall have a representative
appointed by the Auxiliary President.
- 6.2.3 Chair of all national committees or in her absence a member of that committee.
- 6.2.4 All Past Presidents of the Auxiliary will be members of the Auxiliary Council.
- 6.2.5 Only members of the Auxiliary Council shall have the right to introduce a
motion or vote at Auxiliary Council meetings. Any member attending shall have the
right of discussion.
ARTICLE VII Standing Committees
Section 7.1 There shall be the following standing committees and in addition such other committees as deemed necessary to carry on the work of the Auxiliary. The committees will report their activities and any recommended actions related to their committee to the membership.
Section 7.2 Awards Committee.
- In charge of awards given in recognition of junior Angus members’ achievements.
Section 7.3 Program & Hospitality Committee.
Plan programs and make all arrangements for meetings, following guidelines presented by
the President.
- 7.3.1 Select members to serve as hostesses during the Annual Meeting
Section 7.4 Finance Committee.
- 7.4.1 Shall prepare books for audit by Committee appointed by the President.
- 7.4.2 Plan and present a budget for the next fiscal year to the members at the
annual meeting.
- 7.4.3 Shall oversee the management of all Auxiliary funds held by the Angus
Foundation.
- 7.4.4 The Finance Committee and Executive Board shall review the amount of monies in
all Auxiliary funds held by the Angus Foundation on at least an annual basis.
Section 7.5 By-Laws Committee.
Prepare and make available By-Law forms as a guide for state auxiliaries.
- 7.5.1 Review By-Laws of the states before they are adopted to prevent conflict with
existing national rules.
- 7.5.2 Review existing By-Laws and recommend changes when necessary.
Section 7.6 Membership Committee.
- 7.6.1 The duties of the Chair shall be to maintain the membership files and collect
the dues, transmitting the money to the Accountant.
- 7.6.2 Consider, advise and act upon the ways of building and maintaining membership
in the Auxiliary.
Section 7.7 Education Committee.
- 7.7.1 Cooperate with established groups in the distribution of reliable information
concerning merits of meat in human diet and beef in particular.
- 7.7.2 Collect, file and publicize kitchen tested recipes using beef.
- 7.7.3 Educate the public as to the excellence of Angus beef.
Section 7.8 Scholarship Committee.
- 7.8.1 The Scholarship Committee shall consist of eight members. The President-elect
shall be Chair. The eight members shall be appointed by the President and confirmed
by the Executive Board and shall serve for a period of four (4) years with two
retiring and two new members appointed annually. In the event of a vacancy, an
individual shall serve only the time represented by the unexpired term of the member
the individual was appointed to replace.
- 7.8.2 The duty of the Committee shall be to conduct the annual National Scholarship
contest including the judging of the entries in the contest.
- 7.8.3 If due to the number of entries or the absence of a member of this Committee
the Chair may appoint such additional members to consider and judge the entries as
may be reasonably needed with the approval of the President and the Executive Board.
- 7.8.4 No scholarship award may be made to a child, grandchild, brother or sister of
the President, President-Elect, Secretary/Treasurer, Advisor or any member assisting
in the judging of the entries.
- 7.8.5 All monies received for the scholarship fund shall be deposited as provided in
Article X and all bills incurred by the Scholarship Committee shall be paid from the
general fund.
- 7.8.6 The amount of the scholarship awards and the number of them shall be
established each year as follows: The Scholarship Committee, upon receipt from the
Angus Foundation of an estimate of the income of the funds' interest, shall
recommend to the Executive Board, the number of awards and the amount of money of
each award.
- 7.8.7 It is recognized that the scholarship principal funds were received by this
Auxiliary for scholarship purposes only and are therefore dedicated funds to be held
for this single purpose.
Section 7.9 Public Relations Committee.
- 7.9.1 Public Relations Committee will compose and publicize news items from the
state auxiliaries and cooperate with the American Angus Association’s Public
Relations Director and Editor of the Angus Journal.
- 7.9.2 The Public Relations Committee shall manage and oversee electronic
communications, the Auxiliary’s website page and social media as directed by the
Executive Board.
Section 7.10 Ways and Means Committee.
- 7.10.1 Fund Raising.
- 7.10.2 Study and advise on methods of raising funds.
- 7.10.3 The Chair shall have the Committee’s books audited at the close of the fiscal
year.
Section 7.11 Nominating Committee. See Article VIII below.
Section 7.12 Liaison Committee.
- 7.12.1 Shall find ways to work more closely with American Angus Association.
- 7.12.2 Shall cooperate with like organizations of other breeds on matters of mutual
interest.
- 7.12.3 The President-Elect shall be a member of this Committee.
Section 7.13 Historian Committee.
- 7.13.1 Shall keep an Auxiliary Scrapbook of programs, news clippings, pictures and
any important events pertaining to the organization.
- 7.13.2 The scrapbook shall contain an accurate list of State and Regional Auxiliary
Officers and the annual report of each State and Regional Auxiliary submitted by
printing deadline.
ARTICLE VIII Nominations and Elections Section
8.1 Nomination Committee.
- 8.1.1 Shall consist of five members no two of whom shall be from the same state; two
are elected by the active members at the Annual Meeting and two members elected by
the Executive Board of the Auxiliary at their Annual Meeting. The Chair shall be the
Advisor of the Auxiliary.
- 8.1.2 Maintain a record during the year of the qualified persons for positions of
leadership.
- 8.1.3 For the election of Regional Directors, the Nominating Committee will work
with state and/or regional auxiliaries and members to recruit candidates for
Regional Director. Members will have the opportunity to nominate a Regional Director
candidate from their respective region. All names of nominees who consent to accept
the position and complete an information form will go on the Regional Director
ballot. The ballots for each region electing a director will be emailed via The Post
and/or an email blast to the current official list of members in those regions and
members will only vote for nominees in their region. The nominee receiving the
largest number of votes shall be elected. The Nominating Committee Chair is
responsible for issuing and counting the returned ballots. The regional director
ballots and returned ballots may be provided by U.S. mail, electronic methods or
such other method as approved by the Board.
- 8.1.4 For the election of Officers, shall prepare a ticket of one (1) and not more
than two (2) candidates for each officer position to be filled and secure prior
consent of all candidates to have their names appear on the ballot.
- 8.1.5 At the appointed time for the election of the Officers, the Chair shall read
the report of the Nominating Committee to the members. The President shall call for
nominations from the floor (per Robert's Rules of Order).
- 8.1.6 For the Officers, the election shall be by ballot and a majority of all
ballots cast shall be necessary to elect
- 8.1.7 For the election of Officers, the President shall have appointed the Tellers
before the meeting. They shall prepare the ballots and provide one to each member
and count when all have voted.
- 8.1.8 For the election of Officers, if there should be but one candidate for each
office, candidates shall be declared elected by a motion from the floor.
ARTICLE IX Dues and Fiscal Year
Section 9.1 Dues.
Dues to be determined by the Executive Board.
Section 9.2 Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Auxiliary shall be
from October 1 to September 30 and the annual financial records shall be closed
September 30.
ARTICLE X Finances
Section 10.1Funds of the Auxiliary shall be used for necessary operating
expenses and constructive work benefiting the American Angus cattle industry.
Section 10.2 Scholarship Fund.
- 10.2.1 The Angus Foundation will receive and manage the investment on behalf of the
American Angus Auxiliary of all American Angus Auxiliary scholarship funds.
- 10.2.2 All monies received by the American Angus Auxiliary for the Scholarship Fund
shall be transferred to the Angus Foundation.
Section 10.3 General Fund.
- 10.3.1 There shall be a separate account maintained at a bank chosen by the
Executive Board in the name of the American Angus Auxiliary General Fund into which
all money received by the Auxiliary shall be deposited. The Executive Board shall
determine who will be authorized to perform bank transactions on behalf of the
Auxiliary.
- 10.3.2 The money received by the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee shall be
deposited into the General Fund or as directed by the Executive Board.
Section 10.4 Educational Awards Fund
- 10.4.1 The Angus Foundation will receive and manage the investment on behalf of the
Auxiliary for the purpose of funding awards.
- 10.4.2 All monies received by the Auxiliary for the Awards Fund shall be transferred
to the Angus Foundation.
- 10.4.3 Any donations to establish a named award or ongoing award in honor or memory
of a person will be accepted through an agreement with the Auxiliary. The agreement
will specify funding of the award, length of time the award will be given and
criteria for the award. Funds will be managed through the American Angus Auxiliary
Awards Endowment Fund.
Section 10.5
Should the Auxiliary cease to exist, the balance of all accounts held by the Auxiliary will be turned over to the American Angus Association to be used for the same purpose as originally intended.
ARTICLE XI Quorum
Section 11.1 A quorum for the annual, regular and special meetings of the Auxiliary shall be a majority of the voting members present in person and via the Executive Board approved electronic platform.
Section 11.2 A quorum of the Auxiliary Council shall consist of those members present including two members of the Executive Board, totaling not less than six qualified members.
ARTICLE XII Parliamentary Authority
Section 12.1 1 Robert’s Rules of Order Revised shall be the guide on all points not contained in these By-Laws.
ARTICLE XIII Amendments
Section 13.1 These By-Laws may be amended at the Annual Meeting by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members voting provided notice of the proposed amendment is provided no less than thirty (30) days prior to the Annual Meeting by publication in the Angus Journal or The Post.