Bylaws of the Elf Khurafeh Shrine Clown Unit

Revision: 2022-09-14

Published: Sep 14, 2022

An electronic copy of these bylaws are available at https://bylaws.ekshrineclowns.com.

Contents:

• 1. Public Image
  • 1.1. Title
  • 1.2. Branding
• 2. Purpose
• 3. Parliamentary Authority
• 4. Membership
  • 4.1. Membership Classes
    • 4.1.1. Apprentice Members
    • 4.1.2. Regular Members
    • 4.1.3. Life Members
    • 4.1.4. Honorary Members
    • 4.1.5. Retired Members
    • 4.1.6. Removed Members
  • 4.2. Clown Name
    • 4.2.1. Retired Names
  • 4.3. Membership Dues
    • 4.3.1. One-Time Dues
    • 4.3.2. Annual Dues
    • 4.3.3. Nonpayment of Dues
    • 4.3.4. Suspension for Nonpayment of Dues
    • 4.3.5. Remission of Dues
  • 4.4. Membership Card
  • 4.5. Regalia, Equipment & Supplies
  • 4.6. Unit Insignia
  • 4.7. Clown Jacket
  • 4.8. Clown Jeweled Fez
  • 4.9. Initiation Ceremony
• 5. Officers
  • 5.1. Elected Officers
    • 5.1.1. Elected Officer Positions
      • 5.1.1.1. Director
      • 5.1.1.2. President
      • 5.1.1.3. First Vice President
      • 5.1.1.4. Second Vice President
      • 5.1.1.5. Secretary
      • 5.1.1.6. Treasurer
    • 5.1.2. Election Process
    • 5.1.3. Officer Installation
    • 5.1.4. Removal of an Elected Officer
    • 5.1.5. Filling Vacant Positions
  • 5.2. Appointed Officers
    • 5.2.1. Apprentice Director
    • 5.2.2. Skit Director
• 6. Elected Board
  • 6.1. Board Members
  • 6.2. Board Meetings
• 7. Committees
  • 7.1. Standing Committees
  • 7.2. Special Committees
• 8. Meetings
  • 8.1. Regular Meeting
  • 8.2. Annual Meeting
  • 8.3. Special Meeting
  • 8.4. Meeting Cancellation
  • 8.5. Electronic Meeting
  • 8.6. Voting at Meetings
• 9. Outings
  • 9.1. Outing Requests
  • 9.2. Outing Approval
  • 9.3. Discretionary Outings
  • 9.4. Shrine Events
  • 9.5. Unapproved Outings
  • 9.6. Outing Attendance
  • 9.7. Outing Compensation
  • 9.8. Outing Guests
  • 9.9. Outing Chairman
  • 9.10. Outing Conflicts
  • 9.11. Accommodations
  • 9.12. Rules
• 10. Statement of Condition
• 11. Amendment Process