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- Sec. 1
- Upon receiving a Charter from Toastmasters International, and so long as this Club
remains in good standing with Toastmasters International, this Club shall be a member of
Toastmasters International, entitled to all the rights and powers, and subject to all the
duties and requirements, of member Clubs as may be stated from time to time in the
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of Toastmasters International, in the District
Administrative Bylaws, in the Constitution, and in policy bulletins issued by the
Toastmasters International Board of Directors.
- Sec. 2
- This Club shall also be affiliated with such District of Toastmasters International as
the Board of Directors may designate, and shall be represented on that District Council as
provided in the District Administrative Bylaws.
- Sec. 3
- This Club shall make per capita membership payments and other payments on all individual
members as required by Toastmasters International, provided that there shall be no change
affecting the financial obligations of this Club to Toastmasters International except
after notice by publication in The Toastmaster magazine.
- Sec. 4
- This Club is an independent legal entity, separated from Toastmasters International and
every other member Club of Toastmasters International, subject only to the express terms
and conditions of affiliation stated in this Constitution and in the Toastmasters
International documents identified in Section 1 of this Article. As
such, this Club is fully responsible for its own debts, liabilities, and other
obligations, and any creditor of this Club shall look only to the assets of this Club for
payment, and not to Toastmasters International nor to any other member Club of
Toastmasters International, nor to any individual member of this Club.
- Sec. 5
- This Club is entitled to representation at all Toastmasters International Annual
Business Meetings as provided in the Bylaws of Toastmasters International, and at any
other meetings of the voting members of Toastmasters International, at Regional
Conferences, and at District and Are Council meetings. This Club shall select its
representatives in sufficient time for the Club President or Club Secretary to validate
the proper credentials for them. In the event this Club is not represented at the Annual
Business Meeting or the Regional Conference by personal representatives selected from this
Club, the Executive Committee of this Club shall appoint and authorize a proxy with
authority to act. Proxies for District Council Meetings shall be selected as set forth in Article VII, Sec. 9, above.
Such representative or proxy shall be an active individual member of a Toastmasters
International member Club and must be in good standing with Toastmasters International
under Article III, Sec. 8, of the Bylaws of Toastmasters International.
- Sec. 6
- The Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of Toastmasters International, as they may
be amended by their terms from time to time, and this Constitution, as it may be amended
from time to time as provided in Article
XII below, shall govern this Club and all other Toastmasters Clubs affiliated with
Toastmasters International. This Club shall adopt no policy and shall take no action in
conflict with the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Toastmasters International, with
this Constitution, or with any policy or purpose of Toastmasters International. This
Constitution shall at no time be in conflict with the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or
policies of Toastmasters International as they may be amended from time to time. This Club
shall not have the power to amend any reference in its Bylaws to this Constitution.
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