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Article I Name of the Organization
Article II Mission
The mission of this organization is to publish a historical journal
pertaining to the city of Fort
Smith and surrounding area. The style of the publication is
The Journal of the
Fort Smith Historical
Society. The
Society shall collect documents, photographs, and papers. The
Society shall collect
audio and visual interviews for the purpose of making public history
presentations. The FSHS is a
non-profit organization dedicated to community service.
Article II Membership
There shall be five (5) membership categories: (l) Regular annual;
(2) Senior annual (62+); (3)
Business annual; (4) Sustaining; (5) Life. Dues for each category
will be set by the Executive Board.
Article IV Governing Body
An Executive Board composed of no less than nine (9) and no more
than twenty-one (21) members,
including editors, shall be the governing body with authority to
transact business for and in the
name of the Fort Smith Historical Society. The Board at any regular
or called meeting shall
determine the number of members of the Executive Board. The quorum
at any Board meeting shall
be one more than half of the current Board membership at the
beginning of the meeting.
The general membership of the Society shall elect the Executive
Board at the April meeting and
those elected shall serve a three year term. In case that the
Executive Board falls below nine
members before the April election or at any other time during the
year deemed appropriate, the
Executive Board may appoint a member of the FSHS to complete the
unexpired term of any Board
member who has resigned or otherwise terminated his/her service to
the Executive Board so long as
the total number of Board members does not exceed twenty-one (21).
Article V Officers
The officers of the Executive Board and the Society shall consist of
a president, a vice-president, a
treasurer, a membership secretary, a recording secretary, and a
corresponding secretary.
Article VI Editors of the Journal
The editor, or editors, not to exceed three, of
The Journal of the
Fort Smith Historical Society
are
nominated by the president of the Society and approved by a majority
of the Executive Board at a
quarterly meeting in which a quorum is present. The editors serve at
the pleasure of and with protection
by the Board with no specific length of term. Editors are full
participating members of the Executive
Board.
Article VII Meetings
The Executive Board shall meet quarterly in the months of January,
April, July, and October and
in such called meetings as the officers of the Board deem necessary.
The Board will meet in such
places and times as the officers of the Board may decide. The
general membership meeting of the
Society shall take place in April at which time the election for the
Executive Board takes place.
Article VIII Amendments
These articles may be amended at any duly called or annual meeting
of the general membership
by a two-thirds majority of members present at said meeting,
provided that notice of the proposed
amendment(s) and the time and place at which the vote is to take
place shall have been made no
less than ten (10) days prior to said meeting, by mail or by
publication, either in a newspaper of
general circulation in the community or in
The Journal of the
Fort Smith Historical Society.