ARTICLE I: NAME, PURPOSE AND VISION
Section 1: The name of the organization shall be the ‘Pratoriate Foundation’ a Non-Profit Organization also hereafter known as the Foundation.
Section 2: The Foundation was formed with the purpose of upholding the following principals that being one the most important thing in existence is intelligence and further that second to that is knowledge as dictated by the Foundation Board of Directors.
Section 3: The Foundation vision for the execution of Section 2 is: “providing a sustainable, multi-location, searchable repository for personal and social development to help create a better world through providing knowledge and training.”
ARTICLE II: MEMBERSHIP
Section 1: Membership is not open but is by invite only where anyone willing to uphold Article 1, Section 2 and willing to not hold the organization The Foundation, or other Foundation members, the Foundation board of director members, or sponsors libel for any harm regarding Foundation membership, or Foundation related events, can publicly apply for review as the Board should direct.
Section 2: All current members are able to vote for the board of directors when such elections are held as directed by the Board of Directors.
Section 3: The Board of Directors will reserve the right to remove or bar any one from membership without reason.
Section 4: The Board of Directors reserves the right to create types of membership including nonvoting categories of membership or board members.
ARTICLE III – MEETINGS OF MEMBERS
Section 1: An annual board meeting shall be set by the Board of Directors each year open to all members where the time and date shall be posted on the web site, or otherwise posted to membership, to the best of the board’s ability; save under risk to the members or board.
Section 2: Board meetings shall be open to all members and may be held as often as needed as designated by the board of directors as well as may be held electronically at the discretion of the board.
Section 3: Regular meetings shall be held as designated by the Board of Directors.
Section 4: Additional meetings can be held by the Board for any other reason including organizational verticals, committee’s or sub-groups as defined by certain members or Board Members.
ARTICLE IV – BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1: The Board of Directors shall consist of 5 members appointed or voted on by members or grand fathered in upon organization.
Section 2: The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the overall policy and direction of the Foundation and set all critical roles within the organization and have the right to appoint officers as needed, manage all legal matters, set meeting schedules, events, event sponsor ships, managing online properties and oversee all organizational operations.
Section 3: The Board of Directors will meet as often as deemed necessary.
Section 4: The Board may define a set of committees, as deemed by the Board of Directors as important to the organization.
Section 5: The Board of Directors shall set up and appoint an executive director to manage day to day operations as needed; whom would be responsible for acting in the organization’s best interest and the best interest of the community.
Section 6: The Board of Directors shall set up and appoint a treasurer to manage accounting and/or audit the organizations accounting.
Section 7: Board of Directors shall consider a vote one way or the other as final and effective as long as any majority of board members total is in agreement on the vote.
Section 8: The Board of Directors shall reserve the right to appoint any other officers as needed.
Section 9: The Board of Directors shall appoint any vacant roles as soon as possible on the Board of Directors.
Section 10: The Board of Director members may resign at will pending written on paper or electronic format to the board of Directors.
Section 11: The Board of Directors may appoint as many as the Board may direct additional non-voting members of the Board that may participate on the board in every other way in Board activities other than voting and may vote if voting members are not present as a stand in where a majority of the voting members are present.
ARTICLE V – BY LAW AMENDMENTS, EDICTS, MOTIONS
Section 1: The Board of Directors may amend the Foundation By-laws by a majority vote at any time short of amending Article 1 Section 3. Section 2: The Board of Directors may vote on and then declare ‘rules’ called edicts that are long term effective rules on top of the By-Laws.
Section 3: The Board of Directors may vote on and declare ‘commands’ called ‘motions’ that are to be carried out by any members of the organization.
Section 4: Any member of the Board of Directors may define and propose motions or edicts.
Section 5: The Executive Director may issue motions and edicts that are in effect but must be reviewed by the Board of Directors. The Executive Director must then notify the Board of such motions and edicts so the Board may review and/or reject upon a vote. The Executive Director may not issue any motion or edict that changes the parameters of the By-Laws.
ARTICLE VI – PRIVACY POLICY
Section 1: The personal information the Foundation collects shall not be provided to any third parties, in any way, without express permission from the person in question. The Foundation must take all reasonable precautions to protect and safeguard membership information and respect the privacy of members.
ARTICLE VII – OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION
Section 1: The Article 4 lays out officers that are required by the organization. Additionally other officers maybe appointed as needed according to Article 4 which may include any role as the Foundation Board may direct, but they are required to define that role.
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