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LARC Charter
LAKELAND AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC.
LAKELAND, FLORIDA
AMENDED CHARTER
The members, officers, and directors of LAKELAND REPEATER ASSOCIATION,
INC., a Florida non-profit corporation, chartered on March 1, 1976 by the
State of Florida, do hereby file this Amended Charter under and pursuant
to the Laws of the State of Florida relating to non-profit corporations.
ARTICLE I
The name of the corporation shall be LAKELAND AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, Inc.,
and its principal offices shall be Lakeland, Florida and such other places
within twenty-five (25) miles of Lakeland, Florida, as may be hereafter
selected.
ARTICLE II
The general nature of the aims, purposes, and objectives of this non-profit
body corporate shall be:
- A. To carry out a recognized program of evaluation and study of
radio techniques, methods, adn equipment, within the frequencies authorized by the Federal Communications Commission for the amateur radio service. The results of such activity to be made available to any interested individual or group of individuals as may seek the club's assistance.
- B. To make available to City, County, State, or Federal agencies
the services of the members, equipment, adn knowledge in any activity determinded
to be in the best interest of the community or nation.
- C. To provide regular opportunities for recreation and social
interaction for members, family, and friends.
- D. To provide a focal point where information pertinent to the
interest of the members may be correlated, evaluated, and reported.
- E. To develop a better understanding of amateur radio within the
general public and/or other groups.
- F. To become a central point of information, resources, and services
for the amateur radio members in the area. It is intended that technical
assistance required by amateur radio members may be obtained from this
organization.
- G. This body corporate shall have, in general, all rights and
powers which were granted explicitly and by necessary implication in Chapter
617.021 Florida Statutes at the time of original incorporation and all
amendments thereto as may be presently in force or may hereinafter enacted.
- H. In oreder to implement the foregoing general objects, privileges,
rights, and powers, this corporation, acting by and through its officers,
shall have the right and power to make and enter into contracts and binding
agreements of whatever nature; and shall have the right to acquire, own,
hold, lease, and manage every type and class of property, real or personal,
tangible or intangible, and shall have the power to admit members; and
shall have the capacity to sue and be sued under the laws of the State
of Florida.
ARTICLE III
This corporation shall at all times require for its continued legal
operation, a membership of not less than eleven (11) individual active
persons. There shall not be any maximum number of members, nor shall
membership be restricted solely to residents of Polk County, Florida.
Membership shall be upon an annual renewal basis. The by-laws shall
provide terms and conditions of membership, admission, suspension, and
termination.
ARTICLE IV
The affairs of this corporation shall be administered by the following
officers:
- A. The President
- B. The Vice President
- C. The Secretary
- D. The Treasurer
No person shall hold during any administrative year, more than one office,
and no officer may delegate the powers of his or her particular office
to another member, whether officer or not. The funds of this organization
shall be expended only by means of checks, orders, or drafts, in written
form, signed by the Treasurer, or in the absence or inability to serve
by the Treasurer, the President.
ARTICLE V
This corporation shall be administered by a Board of Directors of not
less than five (5) nor more than thirteen (13) members. The total
number shall always be an odd rather than an even number. The by-laws
shall provide for the total number, terms, powers, and methods of selection,
removal, suspension, and replacement.
ARTICLE VI
There shall be at least one meeting of the general membership each year.
ARTICLE VII
This corporation shall have perpetual existence unless sooner dissolved
by law.
ARTICLE VIII
Amendments to the Charter may be proposed by the Board of Directors
or by written petition addressed to the Secretary signed by 10% of the
membership in good standing. Amendments proposed by such petition
shall be promptly considered by the Board of Directors and must be submitted
to the members with recommendations of the Board by the Secretary for a
vote within three months of the date when the petition was received by
the Secretary.
ARTICLE IX
The Charter may be amended by a 2/3 vote of the members present and
voting at any regular or special meeting called for the purpose, provided
the proposed amendments have been included in the notice of the meeting
and mailed ot submitted to each member at least fifteen days prior to the
date of the meeting.
ARTICLE X
This non-profit corporation shall not issue shares of stock, but may
issue bonds, notes, or debentures. No part of this corporation's
property whether income, money, real or tangible property, shall ever be
distributed to members, officers, or directors. This corporation
may pay compensation and reimburse expenses, in reasonable amounts, to
members, directors, officers, and parties for service actually rendered
and expense actually incurred for the benefit of teh corporation.
In the event of final liquidation of this corporation, the net assets,
after the cost and expense of such dissolution and final liquidation had
been discharged, shall be distributed, as may be determined by the Board
of Directors, to a recognized and qualified charitable, educational, or
governmental organization.
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