refund of sanction fees will be made by FTR unless authorized. All sanctions must be used on the date stated on the sanction. However, any sanction postponed by extreme hardship or weather conditions may be rescheduled by the Executive Committee. A minimum of three week’s notice must be given to the general membership prior to the rescheduled sanction date. Sanctions cancelled by the promoter or withdrawn by the Executive Committee may be transferred to another promoter by a two-thirds majority vote of the Executive Committee. A minimum of three week’s notice must be given to the general membership prior to the transferred sanction date. 6. FTR may refuse to grant a sanction, and may withdraw or cancel a sanction already granted, for any reason which FTR deems to be in the best interest of the sport, including, without limitation, the violation of any rules in this book. 7. Notifications required by Section E. Sanctions, unless otherwise specified, shall be sufficient if timely placed on the home page of the FTR web site and the FTR Hotline. F. Rule Changes 1. General a. Proposed rule changes for the following competition year will be submitted to the appropriate committee for consideration. Any proposed new rules and rule changes must be specific in that they denote identify the location in the rule book (chapter, section, paragraph, title, and number), include the original wording for comparison, and identify whether these changes are rule changes or amendment changes. In addition, all other portions of the rule book which are affected by the proposed changes must also be addressed to prevent conflicts in language, intent, or rules. b. These proposed rule changes will be published in the following FTR Magazine for exposure to the general membership. c. These rules will be voted upon by the appropriate committee at the first meeting following said publication and presented to the Board of Directors for final approval. 2. Emergency Rule Changes a. A proposed rule change to be implemented immediately will be deemed an Emergency Rule Change.” b. Approval will require a two-thirds majority “YES” vote of the total committee membership and FTR Executive Committee; and does not require magazine publication prior to approval. 3. Implementation a. All new general rules will go into effect at the beginning of the next competition year. b. All new emergency rules will go into effect immediately upon approval of this committee and Executive Committee.
B. Meetings: Same as II B. IV. Land Use Committee (Vice President) A. Responsibility: To establish contact with other land users and to coordinate the trail riders’ activities and interests with these groups. Also, to work with the other committees to insure that the trail riders legitimate use of public land is not impaired. B. Meetings: Same as II B. V. Members Relations Committee (FTR Secretary) A. Responsibility: To actively seek new members for the Florida Trail Riders and to insure that all members receive the benefit of the organization; to distribute FTR membership packets; to distribute FTR membership posters; to coordinate the efforts of the FTR Magazine staff. B. Meetings: Same as II B. C. FTR Magazine Staff: Responsible to publish and distribute a monthly magazine to the membership informing them of FTR business. Composition includes an Editor and an Advertising Manager. The selection of both positions shall be made by vote of the Executive Committee from among those seeking the jobs. The fee for both jobs is to be set by the Executive Committee on a year-to-year basis. D. Scholarships: An Annual Scholarship will be awarded at the FTR Banquet to one of those FTR members or family member of an FTR member who submits the proper forms to the Selection Committee. The Selection Committee will choose the recipient using guidelines setup by the Executive Committee to award the scholarship. Article XV - Bylaws: I. The order of business at organization meeting shall be: • Roll call • Introduction of guests • Reports by officers and committee chairmen. • Unfinished business • New Business II. Appointment and duties of committees: A. Committees shall be composed of volunteers. B. Chairmen shall be appointed by the Executive Committee. C. The chairman of any committee shall have charge of said activity subject to such orders as the Executive Committee may direct. D. Chairmen will have the power to draft additional members as needed.
II. Legislative Committee (Vice President) A. Responsibility: To promote effective legislation at the city, county, and state levels to benefit responsible trail riders and to insure that trail riders interests are represented. B. Meetings: This Committee will meet before the general membership meeting each year and make a report to the general membership. All other meetings will be called by the chairman as the need arises. C. Responsible for keeping all FTR Charters current (incorporation, AMA, etc.) D. Responsible to insure that the FTR Constitution, Bylaws, and Rule Book are kept up to date.
III. Dues Sanction Fees and Head Tax: A. Determined by the Board of Directors. Dues, Sanction Fees, and Head Tax may be changed at any time by majority vote of the Board of Directors at an official meeting of the Board of Directors. Constitution and Rule Change procedures in Article XIII and Article XIV shall not apply to the setting of the dollar amount of Dues, Sanction Fees, and Head Tax. Board of Directors, by majority vote at an official meeting shall have the authority to allocate dues for a specific purpose.” B. Reviewed each year. C. Dues shall be calculated on a competition year basis for general membership, promoters and associates. D. Monies from head tax and team competition to be paid to FTR will apply to the purchase of the year end awards. All excess funds at competition year end will be applied to the General Fund.
III. Public Relations Committee (Vice President) A. Responsibility: To present the responsible motorcyclist to the public with presentations, films, slides, publications. To promote the year end FTR Awards Banquet.
IV. Expulsion: A. A member may be expelled for conduct unbecoming of a member of the organization. B. Charges must first be made in writing and the accused member
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