Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.| Identifier | Return Reference | Explanation |
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| OTHER EXPENSES | FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 | DESCRIPTION: MEMBER SUPPORT. AMOUNT: 1,184. DESCRIPTION: MANAGMENT OUTSOURCED. AMOUNT: 33,630. DESCRIPTION: MEETINGS AND EVENTS. AMOUNT: 20,839. DESCRIPTION: MARKETING. AMOUNT: 15. DESCRIPTION: COMPUTER EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 5,892. DESCRIPTION: INSURANCE. AMOUNT: 1,650. DESCRIPTION: BANK CHARGES. AMOUNT: 2,183. DESCRIPTION: TAXES, LICENSES AND FEES. AMOUNT: 157. DESCRIPTION: PHONE. AMOUNT: 600. DESCRIPTION: SUPPLIES. AMOUNT: 252. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 66,402. |
| OTHER ASSETS | FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 | DESCRIPTION: PREPAID EXPENSE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 2,678. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 2,678. DESCRIPTION: DUE FROM NAJC CHARITIES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 2,216. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 0. |
| OTHER LIABILITIES | FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 | DESCRIPTION: DUE FROM NAJC CHARITIES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 6,014. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 3,313. DESCRIPTION: DEFERRED MEMBER DUES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 200. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 0. |
| LINE 34 | THE BYLAWS HAVE BEEN AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: | SECTION 1. DATE. THE ELECTION OF THE BOARDS ELECTED SEATS SHALL BE HELD EACH YEAR. ALL BALLOTS MUST BE CAST BY BY 5:00 PM ON THE 1ST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH OF APRIL, AND THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION MUST BE CERTIFIED BY THE ELECTION JUDGES AND REPORTED TO THE PRESIDENT BY 5:00 PM ON THE 2ND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH OF APRIL EACH YEAR. SECTION 2. NOMINATION OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS. IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL CAUSE TO BE PROVIDED TO EACH MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING, A ROSTER OF ELIGIBLE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN GOOD STANDING AND A NOMINATION FORM THAT MAY BE SUBMITTED BY ANY MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING, AND WHICH MAY NOMINATE ANY ELIGIBLE MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING. THE NOMINATION FORM MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF THE ORGANIZATION ON OR BEFORE THE 4TH TUESDAY IN FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR. UPON RECEIPT OF ALL NOMINATION FORMS, THE PRESIDENT (OR THE PRESIDENTS DESIGNEE), SHALL CONTACT ALL NOMINEES AND INQUIRE WHETHER EACH NOMINEE ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD. IF A NOMINEE RESPECTFULLY DECLINES THE NOMINATION, THAT NOMINEE WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL BALLOT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 4 OF THIS ARTICLE. EACH NOMINEE WHO ACCEPTS NOMINATION FOR CANDIDACY SHALL BE A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD, AND SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL BALLOT AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 4 OF THIS ARTICLE. EACH CANDIDATE SHALL BE PROVIDED A CANDIDATES FORM, WHICH SHALL ALLOW EACH CANDIDATE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND A STATEMENT OF INTEREST BY THE CANDIDATE. THE CONTENT OF THE CANDIDATES FORM SHALL BE PROVIDED ALONG WITH THE OFFICIAL BALLOT, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 4 OF THIS ARTICLE. IN ORDER TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE OFFICIAL BALLOT, THE CANDIDATES FORM MUST BE RETURNED TO THE OFFICE OF THE ORGANIZATION ON OR BEFORE THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE 2ND TUESDAY OF MARCH OF THAT YEAR. DURING THE MEMBERSHIP MEETING HELD IN MARCH IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THE ELECTION IS BEING HELD, EVERY CANDIDATE SHALL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN EQUAL MEASURE IN A CANDIDATES FORUM, THE FORMAT AND TIME OF WHICH IS TO BE DETERMINED AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE PRESIDENT. SECTION 3:ALL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE MEMBERS FOR TWELVE (12) MONTHS AS OF MARCH 31ST OF THE YEAR IN WHICH THE ELECTION IS BEING HELD OR WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION TO THE BOARD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CURRENT PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT-ELECT, THOSE RESTRICTED BY AGE AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE III, SECTION 6, AND AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE IV, SECTION 3 REGARDING CONSECUTIVE TERMS. SECTION 4: THE BOARD SHALL PROVIDE AN OFFICIAL BALLOT CONTAINING THE NAMES AND IDENTIFYING PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALL CANDIDATES WHO ACCEPTED A NOMINATION AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2 OF THIS ARTICLE. THE OFFICIAL BALLOT SHALL BE PROVIDED TO ALL MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING SO AS TO GIVE EACH MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGNATE A CHOICE OF THE CANDIDATE(S), AS PROVIDED IN SECTION VI OF THIS ARTICLE. THE OFFICIAL BALLOT SHALL BE FURNISHED TO EACH MEMBER BY THE 2ND TUESDAY OF MARCH IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THE ELECTION IS BEING HELD. THE BALLOTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED AND RETURNED TO THE NAJCCS PRINCIPAL OFFICE ON OR BEFORE 5:00 PM ON THE 1ST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH OF APRIL OF EACH YEAR, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION I OF THIS ARTICLE. BALLOTS NOT RECEIVED BY THE NAJCCS PRINCIPAL OFFICE BY SUCH TIME SHALL NOT BE COUNTED. SECTION 5:TEN (10) DAYS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD SHALL APPOINT THREE (3) JUDGES (ELECTION JUDGES), WHO ARE NEITHER CANDIDATES FOR A POSITION ON THE BOARD NOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WHO SHALL HAVE SUPERVISION OVER THE ELECTION. THE ELECTION JUDGES FORFEIT THEIR RIGHT TO HAVE COUNTED A COMPLETED BALLOT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 6 OF THIS ARTICLE. IF ANY ELECTION JUDGE SUBMITTED A BALLOT TO THE NAJCCS PRINCIPAL OFFICE THAT BALLOT SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THOSE BALLOTS COUNTED AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 6 OF THIS ARTICLE. SECTION 6:BY THE 2ND TUESDAY OF MARCH IN THE YEAR IN WHICH THE ELECTION IS BEING HELD, AND AT LEAST FOURTEEN (14) DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE FIXED FOR THE ELECTION, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 1 OF THIS ARTICLE, EACH MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING SHALL BE PROVIDED THE OFFICIAL BALLOT PREPARED ACCORDING TO SECTION 4 OF THIS ARTICLE. THE OFFICIAL BALLOT SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES TO BE FILLED AND THAT THE MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING IS TO VOTE FOR THAT NUMBER OF CANDIDATES, NEITHER MORE NOR LESS, AND TO SUBMIT THE BALLOT TO THE NAJCCS PRINCIPAL OFFICE BEFORE 5:00 PM ON THE DATE OF THE ELECTION. ALL TIMELY BALLOTS RECEIVED AT THE NAJCC OFFICE SHALL BE COUNTED. ANY BALLOT PURPORTING TO VOTE FOR MORE OR LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES NECESSARY TO FILL THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES OF ELECTED SEATS SHALL NOT BE COUNTED. EVERY MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING SHALL BE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT A COMPLETED BALLOT AS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION; AND NO MEMBER SHALL BE PERMITTED TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE BALLOT COUNTED. ANY DUPLICATE BALLOTS SHALL NOT BE COUNTED, AND THE DETERMINATION OF WHICH BALLOT TO COUNT SHALL BE MADE BY AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE JUDGES, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5 OF THIS ARTICLE. SECTION 7:. AT THE HOUR FIXED FOR THE CLOSING OF THE ELECTION SET FORTH IN SECTION 6 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE JUDGES OF THE ELECTION SHALL COLLECT THE TOTAL SUBMITTED BALLOTS AND SHALL COUNT THEM. THE LEGAL COUNSEL (OR PRESIDENTS DESIGNEE IF LEGAL COUNSEL UNABLE TO ATTEND), SHALL BE PRESENT DURING VOTING PROCESS AND SHALL BE CHARGED WITH ENSURING FAIRNESS OF THE PROCESS, AND INSTRUCTION OF THE ELECTION JUDGES TO ENSURE THAT THE COUNTING OF THE BALLOTS IS DONE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. THE COUNTING OF THE BALLOTS MAY BE DONE MANUALLY, OR MAY BE COUNTED BY A TESTED AND RELIABLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM. THE ELECTION JUDGES SHALL REPORT THE RESULTS AS SOON AS IS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE TO THE PRESIDENT. THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES REQUIRED TO FILL THE VACANCIES WHO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES SHALL BE DULY ELECTED. IN CASE OF A TIE IN THE ELECTION, THE ELECTION JUDGES SHALL CAST BALLOTS FOR THE CANDIDATE(S) OF THEIR CHOICE, WHICH THE LEGAL COUNSEL SHALL COLLECT FROM EACH ELECTION JUDGE AND SHALL COUNT THEM WITH THE TOTAL BALLOTS. THE ELECTION JUDGES SHALL CERTIFY AS THE ELECTED PERSON OR PERSONS THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES. IF THE ELECTION JUDGES HAVE CAST LOTS FOR THE CANDIDATE(S) OF THEIR CHOICE AND THE TIE IS NOT BROKEN, THEN THE LEGAL COUNSEL (OR PRESIDENTS DESIGNEE) PRESENT ACCORDING TO THIS SECTION SHALL CAST LOTS FOR THE CANDIDATE(S) OF HIS/HER CHOICE AND SHALL BREAK THE TIE WITH FINALITY, AND THE ELECTION JUDGES SHALL CERTIFY AS THE ELECTED PERSON OR PERSONS THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES. |
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