(CVMA Bylaws – Current to January 2022)
(Proposed/to be adopted in April 2022)
The Board of Governors shall hold meetings as may be necessary to properly conduct the business of the Association. It shall be the duty of each Governor to be present at each duly called meeting of the Board of Governors. Failure to attend two consecutive meetings or a total of three (3) meetings over a two-year period shall constitute good cause to initiate replacement proceedings. “Good cause” for such proceedings shall include but not be limited to minimum attendance as well as expected performance as defined by the Board of Governors in the Association’s Policy Manual.
The Board of Governors shall, in keeping with Article II, Section 1, of these Bylaws, select a date and a location (whether in-person, virtual, or hybrid) for the Annual Meeting of the Association.
The Board of Governors shall investigate objections to the acceptance of membership applications in accordance with Article I, Section 4.E. of these Bylaws and make the final decision relative to all such objections.
The Board of Governors shall receive from the Association’s Finance Committee at its Annual Meeting, or at such other times as may be designated, a proposed budget covering all anticipated expenditures of the Association for the following year. It shall be the duty of the Board of Governors to study, make such changes as are deemed necessary, and approve the budget of the Association.
The Board of Governors shall provide proper headquarters for the Association.
The Board of Governors shall be vested with the authority to:
A. Select, enter into contract and employ the Executive Director.
B. Discharge the Executive Director for cause.
C. Establish the salary and expense account of the Executive Director.
D. Dictate the policies and duties of the Executive Director.
E. At its discretion, elect an Executive Director Pro-Tem who shall perform the duties of the Executive Director in the event of the absence or inability of the Executive Director to conduct the affairs of that office. Unless the Board of Governors determines otherwise, the presumption is that the Association’s Assistant Executive Director would perform the duties of the Executive Director in the event of any such absence or inability on the part of the Executive Director.
The Board of Governors shall have complete charge of the property and all financial affairs of the Association, including the management of all Association publications.
The Board of Governors may, at its discretion, elect an Assistant Treasurer from the membership who shall perform the duties of the Treasurer in the event of the absence or inability of the Treasurer to conduct the affairs of that office in the Association.
The Board of Governors shall, in the event that the President-Elect is unable for any reason whatsoever to perform the duties of the office, elect a President-Elect from the membership of the Board of Governors.
The Board of Governors shall report all of its actions deemed pertinent to the welfare of the Association at a designated meeting of the House of Delegates.
The Board of Governors shall elect the Association’s Delegate and the Alternate Delegate to the AVMA as provided for in Article XIV, Section 7 of these Bylaws.
The duties of the Executive Director shall be such as are delegated by the Board of Governors of the Association.
The Sergeant-at-Arms shall admit to the meetings of the Association only those persons authorized by these Bylaws or as otherwise directed by the Board of Governors.