ASSOCIATION OF

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS

Proposed

CHAPTER BYLAWS

August 30, 2002

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I - NAME................................................................................................................................................................. 1

ARTICLE II - ASSOCIATION PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES......................................................................... 1

SECTION 1. Purpose.................................................................................................................................................... 1

SECTION 2. Objectives................................................................................................................................................ 1

ARTICLE III - CODE OF ETHICS.................................................................................................................................. 3

SECTION 1. Purpose..................................................................................................................................................... 3

ARTICLE IV - MEMBERSHIP........................................................................................................................................... 3

SECTION 1. Members.................................................................................................................................................. 3

SECTION 2. Full Members.......................................................................................................................................... 3

SECTION 3. Early Career Members.......................................................................................................................... 3

SECTION 4. Special Early Career Members............................................................................................................ 3

SECTION 5. Retired Members.................................................................................................................................... 3

SECTION 6. Lifetime Members.................................................................................................................................... 3

SECTION 7. Honorary Members................................................................................................................................. 3

SECTION 8. Corporate Members............................................................................................................................... 3

SECTION 9. Duties of Members................................................................................................................................. 3

SECTION 10. Resignation of Members....................................................................................................................... 3

SECTION 11. Removal of Members............................................................................................................................ 4

SECTION 12. Reinstatement........................................................................................................................................ 4

ARTICLE V - MEETINGS OF MEMBERS.................................................................................................................. 4

SECTION 1. Calls to Meeting.................................................................................................................................... 4

SECTION 2. Notice of Meetings................................................................................................................................. 4

SECTION 3. Quorum.................................................................................................................................................... 4

SECTION 4. Voting Rights.......................................................................................................................................... 4

SECTION 5. Voting Actions......................................................................................................................................... 5

ARTICLE VI - CHAPTER GOVERNANCE................................................................................................................ 5

SECTION 1. Chapter Executive Committee (CEC)................................................................................................ 5

ARTICLE VII - CHAPTER OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS................................................................................ 6

SECTION 1. Chapter Officers...................................................................................................................................... 6

SECTION 2. Chapter Directors.................................................................................................................................... 7

ARTICLE VIII - NOMINATION, ELECTION AND FILLING OF VACANCIES.................................... 7

SECTION 1. Nominations........................................................................................................................................... 7

SECTION 2. Campaigning.......................................................................................................................................... 8

SECTION 3. Balloting................................................................................................................................................. 8

SECTION 4. Election Results..................................................................................................................................... 8

SECTION 5. Filling of Vacancies.............................................................................................................................. 8

ARTICLE IX - COMMITTEES, SUB-COMMITTEES AND TASK FORCES............................................ 9

SECTION 1. Formation............................................................................................................................................... 9

SECTION 2. Membership............................................................................................................................................ 9

SECTION 3. Terms of Office...................................................................................................................................... 10

SECTION 4. Responsibilities................................................................................................................................... 10

ARTICLE X - FISCAL, MEMBERSHIP AND PROGRAM YEAR................................................................... 10

SECTION 1. Fiscal Year............................................................................................................................................ 10

SECTION 2. Membership and Recognition Year................................................................................................. 10

SECTION 3. Program Year....................................................................................................................................... 10

ARTICLE XI - FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES................................................................................................. 10

SECTION 1. Authority............................................................................................................................................... 10

SECTION 2. Budget.................................................................................................................................................... 11

ARTICLE XII - DUES.......................................................................................................................................................... 11

SECTION 1. Dues ...................................................................................................................................................... 11

SECTION 2. Waiver of Dues - Military Dues......................................................................................................... 11

ARTICLE XIII - DISSOLUTION..................................................................................................................................... 11

ARTICLE XIV - PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY................................................................................................ 12

ARTICLE XV - AMENDMENTS..................................................................................................................................... 12

SECTION 1. General.................................................................................................................................................. 12

SECTION 2. Origination of Bylaws and Policies and Procedures Amendment ............................................ 13

SECTION 3. Processing Procedures ...................................................................................................................... 13

ARTICLE XIX - LIABILITY OF OFFICERS AND INDEMNIFICATION.................................................. 13

SECTION 1. Limitation on Liability....................................................................................................................... 13

SECTION 2. Indemnification.................................................................................................................................... 13

Association of Government Accountants

Ozarks Chapter

BYLAWS

Article I

Name

The name of this organization is the Association of Government Accountants – Ozarks Chapter (hereinafter referred to as "the Chapter”). This Chapter is a part of the Association of Government Accountants (hereinafter referred to as "the Association” or “AGA”).

Article II

Association Purpose and Objectives

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

AGA serves professionals in the government financial management community by providing quality education, fostering professional development and certification, and supporting standards and research to advance government accountability.

The purpose of the Association and Chapter is to be a professional organization dedicated to the advancement of government financial management. The Association shall serve its members by providing or sponsoring appropriate educational programs, encouraging professional development, influencing governmental financial management policies and practices and serving as an advocate for the profession. The Association shall serve government officials and the public by sponsoring efforts to ensure full and fair accountability for all public monies and by providing a variety of pro bono services throughout the United States and its territories that support that end.

SECTION 2. OBJECTIVES

The Association and Chapter shall have the following objectives:

(a) Primarily to instruct, train and inform government financial managers in the fields of accounting, auditing, budgeting, systems, and financial management. This continuing education process will provide for the professional development of government financial managers so that they may better serve the public.

(b) To encourage and provide educational events for the interchange of ideas among financial managers in government service and among government and non-government financial managers.

(c) To contribute to the advancement of financial management principles and standards and through educational events promote appropriate utilization of financial management methods and techniques to improve management control and accountability to the public.

(d) To bring together professional financial managers in the government and the community for educational and other constructive endeavors.

(e) To promote the observance of professional standards and ethics in the accomplishment of government financial management activities.

(f) To recognize the unique skills and knowledge required of professionals who specialize in government financial management by sponsoring a professional certification program.

Article III

Code of Ethics

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

In order to foster the highest professional standards and behavior, and exemplary service to all levels of government, the AGA Code of Ethics has been developed as guidance for the members of the Association, certified government financial managers (CGFMs), and for the information of their employers. AGA members and/or CGFMs are expected to abide by the Association’s Code of Ethics and the Chapter has adopted the AGA Code of Ethics.

Article IV

Membership

SECTION 1. MEMBERS

As established in the Bylaws of the Association, the members of the Chapter shall consist of Full Members, Early Career Members, Special Early Career Members, Retired Members, Lifetime Members, Honorary Members and Corporate Members.

SECTION 2. FULL MEMBERS

This class of membership requires six or more years of government experience acceptable to the Membership Committee, involving the professional performance of financial management activities in an operational, administrative and/or supervisory capacity. This class is also available to individuals with similar experience outside the government who are engaged in educational or private sector activities having the same objectives as the Association, or who have made a contribution toward the improvement of government financial management.

SECTION 3. EARLY CAREER MEMBERS

This class of membership is available to individuals whose experience does not meet the quantitative (i.e., 6 or more years) and/or qualitative requirements for full membership.

SECTION 4. SPECIAL EARLY CAREER MEMBERS

This class of membership is available to individuals in their first year of employment and/or college/university students. This class of membership is not available to individuals who have been employed in the financial management field for one (1) year or more.

SECTION 5. RETIRED MEMBERS

This class of membership is available to individuals who have retired from and are no longer substantially working in the government financial management community.

SECTION 6. LIFETIME MEMBERS

This class of membership is to be designated at the discretion of the National Executive Committee to recognize a member's distinguished service to the Association over a sustained period of time.

SECTION 7. HONORARY MEMBERS

This class of membership is to be designated at the discretion of the National Executive Committee to recognize distinguished service to the Association and/or exemplary contributions to governmental financial management. Only highly noteworthy nationally recognized individuals who cannot meet the requirements for a full or retired member will be considered.

SECTION 8. CORPORATE MEMBERS

This class of membership is available to commercial activities/ventures (e.g., company, corporation, partnership, and sole-proprietor) that are actively engaged in and support AGA's purpose and objectives.

SECTION 9. DUTIES OF MEMBERS

It is the duty and responsibility of members to:

(a) Endorse the purpose and objectives of the Chapter and the Association;

(b) Uphold and be guided in their professional conduct by the Association's Code of Ethics; and

SECTION 10. RESIGNATION OF MEMBERS

Members may resign at any time, except that no member shall be permitted to resign while under investigation for a violation of the Association's Code of Ethics.

SECTION 11. REMOVAL OF MEMBERS

(a) Disciplining of members is performed by the Association under the terms of the AGA Bylaws and as provided in the Association's Policies and Procedures.

(b) A member who has been appropriately invoiced and who fails to pay his or her membership dues for a period of two months after the due date shall be suspended automatically as a member of the Association. Suspended members who continue to fail to pay their membership dues shall be removed automatically from the rolls of the Association four months after the suspension date.

(c) The National Executive Committee as provided in the Association's Policies and Procedures may suspend membership in the Association.

SECTION 12. REINSTATEMENT

The Association's National Executive Committee may prescribe the conditions, policies and procedures under which members may be reinstated.

Article V

Meetings of Members

SECTION 1. CALLS TO MEETING

General membership meetings to advance the objectives of the Chapter may be called on such dates and at such times and places as may be designated by the Chapter President.

SECTION 2. NOTICE OF MEETINGS

Notice of each general membership meeting of the Chapter must be provided to each member of the Chapter at least 7 days prior to the meeting.

SECTION 3. QUORUM

Twenty percent of the members or 15 members, whichever is less, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business presented at any Chapter meeting of the membership.

SECTION 4. VOTING RIGHTS

All members shall have the right to vote on Association and Chapter matters. The usual occurrence will be the voting for National Officers and Chapter Officers and Directors. Each chapter member, through the member's right to vote on chapter matters, elects the representatives to the Associations National Board of Director's.

SECTION 5. VOTING ACTIONS

Matters requiring a vote by the Chapter members shall be approved by a plurality, i.e., most votes of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Exceptions to the plurality rule are: changes in the Chapter’s Bylaws, Chapter dues increases, and the reversal of action of the Chapter Executive Committee (CEC) in regard to formal policies and procedures of the Chapter, which require approval of two-thirds (2/3) of those Chapter members. (See Article XV, Sections 1. and 3.).

IF PERMITTED BY STATE LAW: Written Ballots: The Chapter members may act by written ballot, providing ballots, together with a brief description and rationale of the matter to be voted on, are sent to each Chapter member. Ballots not returned within the period provided in the notice accompanying that such ballot should be counted as abstentions. The number of ballots returned must equal at least the number of Chapter members necessary for a quorum for an in-person meeting, and that the ballots cast in favor of the particular matter is equal to at least a majority of the quorum.

Article VI

Chapter Governance

SECTION 1. CHAPTER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (CEC)

(a) The governing body of the Chapter shall be the CEC consisting of the following:

Chapter President (Chair of the CEC)

Chapter President-elect (Vice-Chair of the CEC)

Immediate Past Chapter President

Chapter Secretary,

Chapter Treasurer

Chapter Directors

(b) Meetings of the CEC shall be held monthly at the call of the President or any 4 members of the CEC. A quorum is 4 persons.

(d) The President shall preside at all meetings. In the absence of the President, the officer to preside shall be determined in the following succession: President-elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary, and Treasurer.

(e) In lieu of a meeting, the chapter President may call for a poll vote (via mail, email or phone) on matters requiring a CEC vote. For poll votes, a majority of the CEC members is required to approve a matter presented.

(e) Unless precluded by other sections of the Bylaws and without limitations regarding other matters, the CEC shall have among its responsibilities the following matters:

(1) Promulgate the policies and programs of the Association and Chapter

(2) Adopt an Annual Budget and approve revisions thereof in excess of ten percent of budgeted expenditures.

(3) Establish a Chapter dues schedule for all classes of Chapter members.

(4) Develop a Policy and Procedures Manual for the Chapter and see that it is implemented. Also approve all changes in the manual.

(5) Review all actions and programs of the Chapter’s Committees, Sub-committees, and Task Forces. The CEC may require a Committee, Sub-committee or Task Force to appear before it at appropriate times.

Article VII

Chapter Officers and Directors

SECTION 1. CHAPTER OFFICERS

(a) The Chapter Officers shall be the President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary, and Treasurer. There shall also at least 4 Directors.

(b) The President shall be the prior year's President-elect and shall serve for a one-year term in addition to any period in which he/she filled a vacancy in the office of President.

(c) The President-elect, Treasurer-elect and Secretary shall be elected annually for a one-year term as provided in Article VIII.

SECTION 2. CHAPTER DIRECTORS

(a) The Chapter Directors shall include at least the following positions:

Director of Communications (website, etc.)

Director of Early Careers (scholarships, etc.)

Director of Membership

Director of Professional Certification (i.e. CGFM)

(b) Directors shall be elected annually for a 1 year term.

SECTION 3. REMOVAL OF CHAPTER OFFICERS AND/OR DIRECTORS

(a) The responsibilities of Chapter Officers and/or Directors are set forth in the bylaws. Chapter Officers and/or Directors are expected to perform those duties. The Chapter Executive Committee may remove any Chapter Officer and/or Director by a majority vote, if the applicable Chapter Officer and/or Director is not meeting the stated responsibilities.

Article VIII

Nomination, Election and Filling

Vacancies for Officers and Directors

SECTION 1. NOMINATIONS

(a) The Nominating Committee shall select from the names submitted to it by the chapter membership, including a member of the Nominating Committee, one candidate each for the offices of President-elect, Treasurer-elect, and Secretary, and not more than