| Quotation from material
given to new
District
Directors:
ACBL Board
of
Directors
The following material
outlines
the duties and responsibilities of a District Director.
- The Board of Directors shall
be
composed
of one (1) member from each District of the ACBL. There shall be
only one (1) vote per District which shall be cast by the District
Director,
or in his/her absence by the First Alternate Director, and in his/her
absence,
by the Second Alternate Director.
- Directors shall be elected
for a term
of
three (3) years or until their successors are elected.
- The term of office shall
commence
January
1 of the year following the election.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
- The Board of Directors shall
hold
regular
meetings each year.
- Special meetings may be
called by the
President
of the Board of Directors and must be called upon the written request
of
a majority of the members of the Board of Directors.
DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
- The general duties of the
Board of
Directors
shall be to manage, conduct, supervise and control the business and
activities
of the ACBL.
- Specific duties shall
include, but
not
be limited to:
- Sanction all ACBL
sponsored
bridge
events;
- Select tournament sites
for the
Spring, Summer
and Fall North American Bridge Championships;
- Approve budgets for the
Spring,
Summer and
Fall North American Bridge Championships;
- Determine masterpoint
requirements
for ranking
of players;
- Provide a mechanism for
the
awarding
of masterpoints
to members;
- Establish life master
requirements;
- Provide for an annual
audit of
all
funds of
the ACBL;
- Provide written reports to
the
Board
of Governors;
- Employ personnel as
necessary to
carry out
the programs of the ACBL;
- Adopt regulations
establishing
binding and
compulsory arbitration to settle disputes between the ACBL and its
members;
- Initiate and/or consider
Bylaw
amendments;
- Designate those
individuals who
shall sign
all checks or demands for money and notes of the ACBL;
- Designate funds of the
ACBL;
- Acquire, hold, administer,
maintain
and dispose
of all property of the ACBL;
- Establish regulations for
the
chartering of
Units;
- Establish regulations for
the
payment of annual
dues for members and annual service charges for life members;
- Establish regulations for
the
selection of
Honorary Members;
- Establish guidelines for
Units
and
Districts;
- Adopt an annual budget;
- Perform such other duties
as may
be
assigned
in the Bylaws, in the Articles of Incorporation, or as are prescribed
in
the parliamentary authority.
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