PEACE RIVER SCHUTZHUND CLUBBY-LAWS

Article I - Organization

NAME:

1. The name of the organization shall be Peace River Schutzhund Club.

2. The organization shall be a non-profit club organized under the laws of the State of Florida.

Article II - Objectives

The nature, objective and purpose of the organization shall not be for gain or profit to the officers,members or employee thereof. The specific purpose for which it is formed are as a not-for-profit,charitable and education to proclaim the following objectives:

A. The promotion of the working dog for Schutzhund and rescue work.

B. To support any movement that demonstrates the advantages of Schutzhund training.

C. To support and organize trials for Schutzhund dogs.

D. To interest the public in Schutzhund training and rescue work as being a benefit to the public.

E. Any additional objectives as the board of directors may announce by resolution.

Article III - Membership

APPLICATION:

Application to the membership of the organization shall be made to the secretary or in their absence tothe vice-president, in writing, upon forms provided by the organization. Honorary members shall beappointed by a majority vote by the board of directors.

Invites are allowed to visit up to three times without making application to becoming a member of theclub. All handlers will be required to fill out a holds Harmless Agreement before being allowed to work adog.

Article IV - Meetings

A. PLACE OF MEETINGS:

The board may designate any place, either within or out of the State of Florida, as the place ofmeeting for any annual, special or board meeting called by the board.

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B. ANNUAL MEETING:

The annual membership meeting shall be held during the month of September and eachSeptember thereafter. The board shall set the date of such meeting. The members shall elect a boardof directors and transact such business as may properly come before the meeting. At least two weeksprior to the meeting date, the secretary shall mail to every member in good standing at the membersaddress as it appears on the membership roll, notice of the time and place of such annual meeting.

C. REGULAR MEETINGS:

Regular meetings of the board shall be held upon call of the president or a majority of theboard with one week notice but not less than quarterly.

Regular meetings of the entire membership, as aforesaid, shall not normally be required. Allbusiness affairs of the organization should be, as far as practicable, transacted by the board. The boardmay make such rules and regulations covering matters as it may, in its discretion, determine necessary.

D. SPECIAL MEETINGS:

Special meetings of the members may be called by the board, the president, or by writtenrequest of the majority of the members. The notice of any such special meeting shall state the purposeof the meeting, the time and place thereof and shall bemailedtoeachmember.being entitled to vote atany such meeting, not less than ten nor more than thirty days before the date of such meeting.

Special meeting of the board shall be held upon notice to the officers and the directors andmay be called by anyone of these, upon three days notice to each, either personally or by mail.

E. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING:

The presence, in person or proxy, of not less than two thirds of the members in good standingon the membership roll, shall constitute a general membership meeting and shall be necessary toconduct the business of the organization.

F. QUORUM:

Two thirds of the members of the board shall constitute as a quorum and must be present eitherin person or proxy and is needed in order to conduct the business of this organization.

G. VOTING:

Every member shall be entitled at any meeting, annual, special, or general to vote upon eachproposal present provided that said member is in good standing and fees are paid as specified in articleIII paragraph F.

H. PROXIES:

Any member in good standing, being entitled to vote, may be represented and vote by proxyinstrument given to a member and such proxy shall entitle the holder thereof to all the rights of the saidmember unless the instruments shall provide otherwise.

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I. GUEST:

Members may bring their guest to any meeting and/or training session but in no instance mayenter into the activities of the club during training hours except by invitation of the president and/ortraining director and then must sign a holds harmless agreement.

Article V-Officers

A. OFFICERS, ELECTION, AND TERMS:

1. The officers of this club shall be elected by the members in good standing by secret ballot.This election is to be held at the annual meeting in September.

2. The members shall elect a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, and trainingdirector. They will have duties and powers as hereinafter provided.

3. All officers shall be elected and hold office for a period of two years(effective electionSeptember 1998), namely October 1st till September 30th or until their successors havebeen elected.

4. The board of directors may appoint a successor to fill any unexpired term.

5. No salaries will be paid.

B. PRESIDENT:

The president shall be chief executive officer of this club and shall have the same powers andduties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation. Thepresident shall preside at all meetings, shall act as executive head of the organization at all times andshall be a member of all committees of the club. He shall preside at all meetings of the membership andin the absence or non election of the chairman of the board of directors shall authorize or restrict, heshall execute all bonds, mortgage or other contracts in behalf of the organization and shall cause theseal to be affixed to any instrument requiring it.

Any bonds, mortgages or other contracts an officer may execute in behalf of the organization, heshall not be held individually liable and the club shall defend said officer on all actions arising from thesigning of said instruments.

C. VICE PRESIDENT:

During the absence or disability of the president shall have all the powers and function of thepresident.

D. TREASURER:

The treasurer shall have custody of the organizations funds and security, keep full and accurateaccounts of receipts and disbursements in the books, deposit all money and other organization valuablesin the name of or to the credit of the organization in such depository as may be designated by the board.They shall disburse the funds of the organization as may be ordered or authorized and render to thepresident and the membership a statement of the accounts at regular and/or annual meetings of the clubor whenever the president or board requires it. They shall render a statement of the financial condition ofthe organization to the auditing committee whenever they require it. At the annual meeting the treasurershall report the full financial condition of the organization.

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E. SECRETARY:

The secretary shall attend all meetings annual, regular or general and all board meetings. Shallkeep record of all votes and minutes of all meetings, shall have charge of all correspondence and shallkeep the enroll membership. The secretary shall keep the seal of the organization, shall affix it to anyinstruments when authorized by the board or president to do so. Shall maintain a list, in alphabeticalorder of all members in good standing entitled to vote at the meetings of the organizations and shallperform any other duties as may be assigned by the president.

F. TRAINING DI.RECTOR:

The training director shall be in charge of all organizational activities at the training groundsduring normal training hours. A member must attend 5 consecutive club training days/nights prior to anytrial before Training Director will sign Trial entry form. The Training director or his designee will observeall 3 phases of Schutzhund (Obedience, Protection, and Tracking). The training director at his discretioncan make exceptions. He shall be a member of the organization.

Article VI-Board of Directors

A. GENERAL:

The business of this organization shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of the ninemembers, including the five members officers of the organization. The four non-officer members of theboard shall be elected at the annual meeting for a term of one year. Nominations for the four positionsof the non-officers shall be in writing stating the name of the nominee and shall be directed to thesecretary at least 10 days prior to the annual meeting and the said shall be endorsed by not less than twoadditional members in good standing. In the event there are not enough members willing to serve, thenan officer may be elected in the position of a director.

B. VACANCIES:

If the office of any director becomes vacant, the members of the board at a regular or specialmeeting called for that purpose by a majority vote of the board present may elect any qualified person tofill such vacancy and hold office for the unexpired term.

C. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS:

A director may be removed with cause by a vote of the majority of the members entitled to voteat a special meeting called for that purpose.

D. THE MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS:

The board, by resolution, may designate two or more of their members to form a committeewhich, to the extent in any such resolution or by the by-laws, may exercise the powers of the board in themanagement of the business of the organization. The committee is limited to board members.

Article VII-Amendment

These by-laws may be altered, repelled and/or amended by two thirds vote of the board at anyregular or special meeting for that purpose. They may be altered, repelled and amended by themembers of this organization at the annual meeting by a two-thirds majority of all members presententitled to vote at such annual meeting.

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Article VIII-Loans, checks, deposits and contracts

A. LOANS

No loan shall be contracted on behalf of the organization and no evidence of indebtedness shallbe issued in its name unless authorized by a resolution of the board members.

B. CHECKS, DRAFTS, ETC.:

All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences ofindebtedness issued in the name of the organization shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent oragents of the organization and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by theresolution of the board.

C. DEPOSITS:

All funds of the organization, not otherwise employed, shall be deposited to the credit of theorganization in such bank, trust company or depositories as the board may select.

D. CONTRACTS:

All contracts, deeds, mortgages, leases, bills of sale and other documents shall be signed in theorganization's name by the president or the vice president, unless otherwise required by law, or unlessotherwise permitted by resolution of the board.

Article IX-The Empowered Representative

The organization, at each annual meeting, will elect from the general membership a person whowill be the corporate delegate to the parent organization, the DVG. This delegate must be an activemember in good standing with the organization. They must not have any disciplinary actions pendingfrom the DVG. All dues payable to both the organization and DVG must be paid .. The delegate must beempowered to represent the organization in all matters. The delegate will begin their one year term asthe organizations empowered representative of the board of directors of the DVG effective with theannual meeting of the DVG in the month of June each year.

Article X-Corporate Dues to DVG

This organization must pay to the treasurer of the DVG an annual fee as prescribed by thatorganization, upon the date of affiliation with DVG and every year thereafter, and an other dues calledupon by DVG.

Article XI-Fiscal Year

The fiscal year shall end August 31st of each year.

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Article XII-Order of Business

The order of business of the organization shall be subject to the agenda as set and establishedby the president. Robert's Rules of Order shall apply to the manners of the conduct for all meetings.

Article XIII-Dissolution

The organization may dissolve at any time by the written consent of not less than two-thirds ofthe full members. In the event of dissolution, other than for the purpose of reorganization whetherVOluntary or involuntary or by the operation of law, none of the assets of the property of the organizationnor the proceeds thereof shall be distributed to the members of the club. After payment of all debts ofthe organization, its property and assets shall be given to an organization for the benefit of dogs whichwill be previously selected by the members at a regular or special membership meeting.

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