Section 2.01. There shall be two (2) classes of membership as follows: (1) Active Members; and (2) Associate Members; and (3) Honorary Members. Active Members only shall have voting rights in the Association. In all other respects, the membership and other rights, interests, and privileges of all members, regardless of class, shall be equal.

Section 2.02. (a) An applicant for Active Membership shall first qualify for and become a duly licensed amateur radio operator and be interested in amateur radio communications for pleasure and for service to the community in emergency situations.

(b) To be eligible for Associate Membership, an applicant must be interested in amateur radio communications for pleasure and for service to the community in emergency situations.

(c) Associates Membership will be bestowed by a majority vote of the Board of Directors; such membership allowing attendance at club meetings and functions; but no dues will be assessed to these members and they will not have voting rights.

This term to be for a period of one year.

Section 2.08. The Association shall keep a membership roster containing the name and address of each member. Termination of the membership of any member shall be recorded in the book, together with the manner of termination and the date on which such membership ceased. Such roster shall be kept at the Association's principal office or by the Membership Chairperson.

Section 3.02. Members shall meet regularly on the second Saturday of each month at 1300 hours local time, October through April. And the second Thursday of the month at 19:30 hours, May through September. Directors and officers shall be elected at the regular meeting held in April of each year.

Section 3.07. A quorum shall consist of thirteen (13) active members.

Section 3.10. (a) Voting shall be by voice vote, provided, however, that election of directors and officers shall be by secret ballot. Members shall not be permitted to vote or act by proxy, and cumulative voting shall not be authorized. Absentee ballots will be supplied at the personal request of any active member. Absentee ballots must be received at the TARA

post office box the day before the April general meeting.

(b) A nominating committee, consisting of three (3) members, shall be appointed by the President no later than the february general meeting of each year. The nominating committee will present the slate of candidates to the membership at the march general meeting. Additional candidates may be nominated by any regular member at the March general meeting. Nominations will be closed at the march general meeting.

(c) If there is no opposition to the nominating committees slate, the officers and directors will be appointed by acclamation. The newly elected officers and board will take office effective at the close of the April general meeting.

section 4.07 (c) Vacancies caused by the death, resignation, or disability of a director or directors, or by his or their removal as provided in these Bylaws, or by an amendment of the Constitution increasing the number of directors authorized, shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.

Section 4.08. (a) Board Meetings shall be held at the principal

office of the Association unless otherwise provided by the Board.

(b) The Board shall meet at the boards discretion.regularly on the third Thursday of each month at 8:00 P.M., unless such day falls on a legal holiday, in which event, the regular meeting for that month shall be dispensed with or shall be held at the same hour and place on the next succeeding day, or shall be held at such time and place as may be designated by the resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 4.09. The Board of Directors shall consist of the Officers of the Association, the immediate past President, Five (5) elected members from the general membership. Any member who holds two (2) positions on the Board of Directors shall have two (2) votes.

ARTICLE 5. OFFICERS

Section 5.01. The Officers of the Association shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Association may also have at the discretion of the Board of Directors, one (1) or more assistant secretaries, one (1) or more assistant treasurers, a sargent at arms, land such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint.

Section 5.11. Subject to the provisions of Article 7. of these Bylaws, the Treasurer shall:

(a) Have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all funds and securities of the Association, and deposit all such funds, within 5 working days, in the name of the Association, in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as shall be selected by the Board of Directors.

section 5.10 (e) Keep at the principal office of the Association a membership book containing the name and address of each member, and, in any case where membership has been terminated, record such fact in the book, together with manner of termination and the date in which the membership ceased.

Section 10.01. We, the undersigned, are all of the persons named as first directors of the Constitution of this Association, and hereby consent to and do adopt the foregoing Bylaws, consisting of fourteen (14) pages, as the Bylaws of said Association.