 BYLAWS OF
ETOWAH
HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION, INC.
Incorporated
under the laws of the State of Georgia
ARTICLE ONE
Name,
Location, and Offices
1.1 Name.
The name of this corporation shall be
"ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION, INC."
1.2 Registered
Office and Agent. The corporation
shall maintain a registered office in the State
of Georgia, and shall have a registered agent
whose address is identical with the address of
such registered office, in accordance with the
requirements of the Georgia Nonprofit Corporation
Code.
1.3 Other
Offices. The principal office of
the corporation shall be located in the State of
Georgia. The corporation may have other offices
at such place or places, and may conduct its
affairs, within the State of Georgia, as the
Board of Directors may determine from time to
time or the affairs of the corporation may
require or make desirable.
ARTICLE
TWO
Purposes
and Governing Instruments
2.1 Nonprofit
Corporation. The corporation shall
be organized and operated as a nonprofit
corporation under the provisions of the Georgia
Nonprofit Corporation Code.
2.2 Charitable
Purposes. The corporation is a
voluntary association of individuals and
organizations the purposes of which, as set forth
in the articles of incorporation, are exclusively
charitable within the meaning of section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The
corporation was organized, and at all times shall
be operated, to serve the needs and interests and
to support the programs and activities of Etowah
High School, a public high school in Cherokee
County, Georgia, to perform the functions of, and
to carry out the purposes of Etowah High School,
in such ways as the Board of Directors shall
determine in its discretion. In furtherance of
such purposes, the corporation shall have full
power and authority:
(a) To make
distributions to or for the benefit of Etowah
High School and other related organizations that
qualify as exempt organizations under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(b) To make
distributions for other charitable and
educational purposes;
(c) To
receive and accept property, whether real,
personal, or mixed, by way of gift, bequest, or
devise, from any person, firm, trust, or
corporation, to be held, administered, and
disposed of in accordance with and pursuant to
the governing instruments of the corporation, as
the same shall be amended from time to time; and
(d) To
perform all other acts necessary or incidental to
the above and to do whatever is deemed necessary,
useful, advisable, or conducive, directly or
indirectly, as determined by the Board of
Directors, to carry out any of the purposes of
the corporation, as set forth in the articles of
incorporation and these bylaws, including the
exercise of all other power and authority enjoyed
by corporations generally by virtue of the
provisions of the Georgia Nonprofit Corporation
Code (within and subject to the limitations of
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code).
The corporation
shall serve only such purposes and functions and
shall engage only in such activities as are
consonant with the purposes set forth in this
Article Two and as are exclusively charitable and
are entitled to charitable status under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
2.3 Governing
Instruments. The corporation shall
be governed by its articles of incorporation and
these bylaws.
ARTICLE
THREE
Board
of Directors
3.1 Authority
and Responsibility of the Board of Directors.
(a) The
supreme authority of the corporation and the
government and management of the affairs of the
corporation shall be vested in the Board of
Directors; and all the powers, duties, and
functions of the corporation conferred by the
articles of incorporation, these bylaws, state
statutes, common law, court decisions, or
otherwise, shall be exercised, performed, or
controlled by or under the authority of the Board
of Directors.
(b) The
governing body of the corporation shall be the
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall
have supervision, control and direction of the
management, affairs and property of the
corporation; shall determine its policies or
changes therein; and shall actively prosecute its
purposes and objectives and supervise the
disbursement of its funds. The Board of Directors
may adopt, by majority vote, such rules and
regulations for the conduct of its business and
the business of the corporation as shall be
deemed advisable, and may, in the execution of
the powers granted, delegate certain of its
authority and responsibility to an executive
committee. Under no circumstances, however, shall
any actions be taken which are inconsistent with
the articles of incorporation and these bylaws;
and the fundamental and basic purposes of the
corporation, as expressed in the articles of
incorporation and these bylaws, shall not be
amended or changed.
(c) The
Board of Directors shall not permit any part of
the net earnings or capital of the corporation to
inure to the benefit of any member, trustee,
officer, director, or other private person or
individual.
(d) The
Board of Directors may, from time to time,
appoint, as advisors, persons whose advice,
assistance and support may be deemed helpful in
determining policies and formulating programs for
carrying out the purposes and functions of the
corporation.
(e) The
Board of Directors is authorized to employ or
retain such person or persons, including an
executive director or officer, attorneys,
trustees, agents, and assistants, as in its
judgment are necessary or desirable for the
administration and management of the corporation,
and to pay reasonable compensation for the
services performed and expenses incurred by any
such person or persons.
3.2 Regular
Board of Directors.
(a) The
initial directors of the corporation shall be the
five (5) persons named in the organizational
minutes of the incorporator of the corporation.
The regular Board of Directors of the corporation
shall consist of no fewer than three (3) members,
which number shall always include the president,
the vice president(s), the treasurer, the
secretary, the then serving chairmen of all
standing committees of the Board of Directors,
and the then serving principal of Etowah High
School, or his or her designee (hereinafter the
"designated director"), together with
such other directors as may be elected from time
to time in accordance with these bylaws.
(b) No
person (other than the designated director) who
is not a parent of a student at a school in the
Cherokee County School System may be elected to
serve as a director of the corporation. If a
director (other than the designated director)
ceases to be a parent of such a student during
his or her term of office, such director may
complete his or her term of office or continue to
serve as a director for one year, whichever
period is longer; but such director may not be
reelected for another term unless and until he or
she becomes a parent of such a student once
again.
(c) There
shall be a minimum of three (3) directors, and
the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the
precise number of directors by resolution adopted
from time to time by a majority of all the
directors then in office.
3.3 Manner
of Election and Term of Office. Except
as provided in Section 3.2 above, the regular
directors of the corporation shall be elected by
the Board of Directors of the corporation by a
vote of the directors as provided in Article Four
of these bylaws. Each director other than the
designated director shall take office at the time
specified by the Board of Directors and shall
continue in office for a term of up to two (2)
years, as determined by the Board of Directors,
and thereafter until his or her successor has
been elected and has qualified or until his or
her earlier death, resignation, retirement,
disqualification, or removal. No director (other
than the designated director) shall be eligible
to serve for more than six (6) consecutive years.
Subject to the foregoing, after six (6)
consecutive years in office, a director shall not
be eligible to be reelected to the board for at
least one (1) year.
3.4 Removal.
Any director other than the designated
director may be removed, either for or without
cause, at any regular, special, or annual meeting
of the Board of Directors, by the affirmative
vote of a majority of all the directors then in
office, if notice of intention to act upon such
matter shall have been given in the notice
calling such meeting. A removed director's
successor may be elected at the same meeting to
serve the unexpired term.
3.5 Vacancies.
Except in the case of the designated
director, any vacancy in the Board of Directors
arising at any time and from any cause, including
the authorization of an increase in the number of
directors, may be filled for the unexpired term
at any meeting of the Board of Directors by a
majority of the directors then in office. Each
director so elected shall hold office until the
expiration of his or her term, or the unexpired
term of his or her predecessor, as the case may
be, and until his or her successor has been
elected and has qualified, or until his or her
earlier death, resignation, retirement, removal
or disqualification.
3.6 Committees
of the Board of Directors. By
resolution adopted by a majority of the full
Board of Directors, the Board of Directors may
designate from among its members one or more
executive committees, each consisting of three
(3) or more directors, which number shall always
include the president of the corporation and the
designated director. By resolution adopted by a
majority of directors present at a meeting at
which a quorum is present, the Board of Directors
may designate from among its members one or more
other committees, each consisting of two (2) or
more directors. Except as prohibited by law, each
committee shall have the authority as set forth
in the resolution establishing said committee.
See also Article Eight ("Committees of
Directors").
3.7 Compensation.
No director may receive compensation for his
or her services as a director of the corporation.
ARTICLE
FOUR
Meetings
of the Board of Directors
4.1 Place
of Meetings. Meetings of the Board
of Directors may be held at any place within the
State of Georgia as set forth in the notice
thereof or in the event of a meeting held
pursuant to waiver of notice, as may be set forth
in the waiver, or if no place is so specified, at
the principal office of the corporation.
4.2 Annual
Meeting; Notice. An annual meeting
of the Board of Directors may be held at the
principal office of the corporation or at such
other place as the Board of Directors may
determine on such date and at such time as the
Board of Directors shall designate. Unless waived
as contemplated in Section 5.2, notice of the
time, date, and place of such annual meeting
shall be given by the secretary in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.1 no fewer than
ten (10) nor more than fifty (50) days before
such meeting.
4.3 Regular
Meetings; Notice. Regular meetings
of the Board of Directors may be held from time
to time between annual meetings at such times, on
such dates, and at such places as the Board of
Directors may prescribe. Notice of the time,
date, and place of each such regular meeting
shall be given by the secretary in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.1 no fewer than
seven (7) nor more than thirty (30) days before
such regular meeting.
4.4 Special
Meetings; Notice. Special meetings
of the Board of Directors may be called by or at
the request of the president or by any two of the
directors in office at that time. Notice of the
time, date, place, and purpose of any special
meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given
by the secretary in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5.1 at least twenty-four
(24) hours before such meeting; provided that
notice shall be given at least seven (7) days
prior to any special meeting the purpose of which
is to remove a director or to approve a matter
which would require the approval of members, if
the corporation had members.
4.5 Waiver.
Attendance by a director at a meeting shall
constitute waiver of notice of such meeting,
except where a director attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting to the transaction
of business because the meeting is not lawfully
called. See also Article Five ("Notice and
Waiver").
4.6 Quorum.
At meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority
of the directors then in office shall be
necessary to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business.
4.7 Vote
Required for Action. Except as
otherwise provided in these bylaws or by law, the
act of a majority of the directors present at a
meeting at which a quorum is present at the time
shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Adoption, amendment, and repeal of a bylaw are
provided for in Article Fourteen of these bylaws.
Vacancies in the Board of Directors may be filled
as provided in Section 3.5 of these bylaws.
4.8 Action
by Directors Without a Meeting. Any
action required or permitted to be taken at a
meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken
without a meeting if a consent in writing,
setting forth the action so taken, is signed by
at least a majority of all of the directors then
in office. Such consent shall have the same force
and effect as a majority vote at a meeting duly
called. The signed consent, or a signed copy,
shall be placed in the minute book.
4.9 Telephone
and Similar Meetings. Directors
may participate in and hold a meeting by means of
conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other.
Participation in such a meeting shall constitute
presence in person at the meeting, except where a
person participates in the meeting for the
express purpose of objecting to the transaction
of any business on the grounds that the meeting
is not lawfully called or convened.
4.10 Adjournments.
A meeting of the Board of Directors, whether
or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned by a
majority of the directors present to reconvene at
a specific time and place. It shall not be
necessary to give notice of the reconvened
meeting or of the business to be transacted,
other than by announcement at the meeting which
was adjourned. At any such reconvened meeting at
which a quorum is present, any business may be
transacted which could have been transacted at
the meeting which was adjourned.
4.11 Proxies.
Except where proscribed by applicable law, a
director may vote in person or by proxy executed
in writing by the director or by his or her
attorney-in-fact. A proxy shall not be valid
after eleven (11) months from the date of its
execution, unless a longer period is expressly
stated therein.
ARTICLE
FIVE
Notice
and Waiver
5.1 Procedure.
Whenever these bylaws require notice to be given,
the notice shall be given in accordance with this
Section 5.1. Notice under these bylaws shall be
in writing unless oral or other notice is
reasonable under the circumstances. Notice may be
communicated in person, by telephone, teletype,
or other form of wire or wireless or electronic
communication, or by mail or private carrier. If
these forms of personal notice are impracticable,
notice may be communicated by a newspaper of
general circulation in the area where published,
or by radio, television, or other form of public
broadcast communication. Written notice, if in a
comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest
of the following:
(1) When
received or when delivered, properly addressed,
to the addressee's last known principal place of
business or residence;
(2) Five
(5) days after its deposit in the mail, as
evidenced by the postmark, if mailed with
first-class postage prepaid and correctly
addressed; or
(3) On the
date shown on the return receipt, if sent by
registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, and the receipt is signed by or on
behalf of the addressee.
Oral notice is
effective when communicated if communicated in a
comprehensible manner.
In calculating
time periods for notice, when a period of time
measured in days, weeks, months, years, or other
measurement of time is prescribed for the
exercise of any privilege or the discharge of any
duty, the first day shall not be counted but the
last day shall be counted.
5.2 Waiver.
Any notice may be waived before or after the date
and time stated in the notice. Except as provided
herein, the waiver must be in writing, signed by
the person entitled to the notice, and delivered
to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes
or filing with the corporate records. A person's
attendance at or participation in a meeting
waives any required notice to him or her of the
meeting unless such person at the beginning of
the meeting (or promptly upon his or her arrival)
objects to holding the meeting or transacting
business at the meeting and does not thereafter
vote for or assent to action taken at the
meeting.
ARTICLE
SIX
Board
of Advisors
6.1 Appointment.
The Board of Directors may appoint such
persons as it reasonably deems necessary or
desirable to act as the Board of Advisors of the
corporation. To the extent possible, the Board of
Advisors should consist of persons whose
integrity, capability, experience, knowledge of
the communities and institutions served by the
corporation, and community standing will help the
Board of Directors carry out its functions. The
number of persons appointed to constitute the
Board of Advisors shall be determined in the sole
discretion of the Board of Directors.
6.2 Purpose.
It shall be the function and purpose of the Board
of Advisors to advise the Board of Directors on
matters relating to the business and affairs of
the corporation, and to suggest or be available
for consultation with regard to projects or
activities which the corporation may undertake,
consistent with its exempt purposes, in
furtherance of its goals and objectives.
ARTICLE
SEVEN
Officers
7.1 Number
and Qualifications. The executive
officers of the corporation shall consist of a
president, one or more vice presidents, as
determined by the Board of Directors, a
secretary, and a treasurer. The Board of
Directors may from time to time create and
establish the duties of such other officers or
assistant officers as it deems necessary for the
efficient management of the corporation, but the
corporation shall not be required to have at any
time any officers other than a president, a
secretary and a treasurer. Any two (2) or more
offices may be held by the same person.
7.2 Election
and Term of Office. The executive
officers of the corporation shall be elected by
the Board of Directors and shall serve for terms
of one year and until their successors have been
elected and have qualified, or until their
earlier death, resignation, removal, retirement,
or disqualification. While holding such office,
the president of the corporation shall serve as a
member of the Board of Directors of the
corporation.
7.3 Other
Agents. The Board of Directors may
appoint from time to time such agents as it may
deem necessary or desirable, each of whom shall
hold office during the pleasure of the board, and
shall have such authority and perform such duties
and shall receive such reasonable compensation,
if any, as the Board of Directors may from time
to time determine.
7.4 Removal.
Any officer or agent elected or appointed by
the Board of Directors may be removed by the
Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the
best interests of the corporation will be served
thereby. However, any such removal shall be
without prejudice to the contract rights, if any,
of the officer or agent so removed.
7.5 Vacancies.
A vacancy in any office arising at any time
and from any cause may be filled for the
unexpired term at any meeting of the Board of
Directors.
7.6 President.
The president shall be the chief executive
officer of the corporation and shall preside at
all meetings of the Board of Directors. The
president shall also serve as a member, with
right to vote, of the executive committee of the
Board of Directors and as a voting member, ex
officio, of any and all other committees of
directors. He or she shall be authorized to sign
checks, drafts, and other orders for the payment
of money, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness issued in the name of the
corporation, and statements and reports required
to be filed with government officials or
agencies; and he or she shall be authorized to
enter into any contract or agreement and to
execute in the corporate name, along with the
secretary, any instrument or other writing; and
he or she shall see that all orders and
resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried
into effect. He or she shall have the right to
supervise and direct the management and operation
of the corporation and to make all decisions as
to policy and otherwise which may arise between
meetings of the Board of Directors, and the other
officers and employees of the corporation shall
be under his or her supervision and control
during such interim. He or she shall perform such
other duties and have such other authority and
powers as the Board of Directors may from time to
time prescribe.
7.7 Vice
Presidents. The vice presidents,
in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise
determined by the president or by the Board of
Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of
the president, perform the duties and have the
authority and exercise the powers of the
president. They shall perform such other duties
and have such other authority and powers as the
Board of Directors may from time to time
prescribe or as the president may from time to
time delegate.
7.8 Secretary.
(a) The
secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board
of Directors and record, or cause to be recorded,
all votes, actions and the minutes of all
proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose
and shall perform, or cause to be performed, like
duties for the executive and other committees
when required.
(b) The
secretary shall give, or cause to be given,
notice of all meetings of the Board of Directors.
(c) The
secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of
the corporation and, when authorized by the Board
of Directors or the president, affix it to any
instrument requiring it. When so affixed, it
shall be attested by his or her signature or by
the signature of the treasurer or an assistant
secretary.
(d) The
secretary shall be under the supervision of the
president. He or she shall perform such other
duties and have such other authority and powers
as the Board of Directors may from time to time
prescribe or as the president may from time to
time delegate.
7.9 Assistant
Secretaries. The assistant
secretaries in the order of their seniority,
unless otherwise determined by the president or
by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence
or disability of the secretary, perform the
duties and have the authority and exercise the
powers of the secretary. They shall perform such
other duties and have such other powers as the
Board of Directors may from time to time
prescribe or as the president may from time to
time delegate.
7.10 Treasurer.
(a) The
treasurer shall have custody of the corporate
funds and securities and shall keep full and
accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements
of the corporation and shall deposit all monies
and other valuables in the name and to the credit
of the corporation into depositories designated
by the Board of Directors.
(b) The
treasurer shall disburse the funds of the
corporation as ordered by the Board of Directors,
and prepare financial statements each month or at
such other intervals as the Board of Directors
shall direct.
(c) If
required by the Board of Directors, the treasurer
shall give the corporation a bond (in such form,
in such sum, and with such surety or sureties as
shall be satisfactory to the board) for the
faithful performance of the duties of his or her
office and for the restoration to the
corporation, in case of his or her death,
resignation, retirement, or removal from office
of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other
property of whatever kind in his or her
possession or under his or her control belonging
to the corporation.
(d) The
treasurer shall perform such other duties and
have such other authority and powers as the Board
of Directors may from time to time prescribe or
as the president may from time to time delegate.
7.11 Assistant
Treasurers. The assistant
treasurers in the order of their seniority,
unless otherwise determined by the president or
by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence
or disability of the treasurer, perform the
duties and have the authority and exercise the
powers of the treasurer. They shall perform such
other duties and have such other powers as the
Board of Directors may from time to time
prescribe or as the president may from time to
time delegate.
ARTICLE
EIGHT
Committees
of Directors
8.1 Executive
Committees. By resolution adopted
by a majority of the directors in office, the
Board of Directors may designate from among its
members one or more executive committees, each of
which shall consist of at least three (3) or more
directors, including the president of the
corporation and the designated director. Each
such executive committee, to the extent provided
in such resolution, shall have and exercise the
authority of the Board of Directors in the
management of the affairs of the corporation; but
the designation of any such executive committees
and the delegation thereto of authority shall not
operate to relieve the Board of Directors, or any
individual director, of any responsibility
imposed upon it or him or her by law.
8.2 Other
Committees of Directors. Other
committees, each consisting of two (2) or more
directors, not having and exercising the
authority of the Board of Directors in the
management of the corporation may be designated
by a resolution adopted by a majority of
directors present at a meeting at which a quorum
is present. Except as otherwise provided in such
resolution, members of each such committee shall
be appointed by the president of the corporation.
Any member of any committee may be removed by the
person or persons authorized to appoint such
member whenever in their judgment the best
interests of the corporation shall be served by
such removal.
8.3 Advisory
and Other Committees. The Board of
Directors may provide for such other committees,
including committees, advisory groups, boards of
governors, etc., consisting in whole or in part
of persons who are not directors of the
corporation, as it deems necessary or desirable,
and discontinue any such committee at its
pleasure. It shall be the function and purpose of
each such committee to advise the Board of
Directors; and each such committee shall have
such powers and perform such specific duties or
functions, not inconsistent with the articles of
incorporation of the corporation or these bylaws,
as may be prescribed for it by the Board of
Directors. Appointments to and the filling of
vacancies on any such other committees shall be
made by the president of the corporation, unless
the Board of Directors otherwise provides. Any
action by each such committee shall be reported
to the Board of Directors at its meeting next
succeeding such action and shall be subject to
control, revision, and alteration by the Board of
Directors, provided that no rights of third
persons shall be prejudicially affected thereby.
See Article Six ("Board of Advisors").
8.4 Term
of Appointment. Each member of a
committee shall continue as such until the next
annual meeting of the Board of Directors and
until his or her successor is appointed, unless
the committee shall be sooner terminated, or
unless such member shall be removed from such
committee, or unless such member shall cease to
qualify as a member thereof.
8.5 Chairman.
One member of each committee shall be
appointed chairman thereof.
8.6 Vacancies.
Vacancies in the membership of any committee
may be filled by appointments made in the same
manner as provided in the case of the original
appointments.
8.7 Quorum.
Unless otherwise provided in the resolution of
the Board of Directors designating a committee, a
majority of the whole committee shall constitute
a quorum; and the act of a majority of members
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of the committee.
8.8 Rules.
Each committee may adopt rules for its own
government, so long as such rules are not
inconsistent with these bylaws or with rules
adopted by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE
NINE
Special
Committees
9.1 Special
Committees. The president,
with the approval of the Board of Directors,
shall appoint such other committees,
sub-committees, or task forces as may be
necessary or desirable and which are not in
conflict with other provisions of these bylaws;
and the duties of any such committees shall be
prescribed by the Board of Directors upon their
appointment.
9.2 Term
of Appointment. Each member of a
committee shall continue as such until the next
annual meeting of the Board of Directors or until
his or her successor is appointed, unless the
committee shall be sooner terminated, or unless
such member shall be removed from such committee,
or unless such member shall cease to qualify as a
member thereof.
9.3 Chairman.
One member of each committee shall be
appointed chairman thereof.
9.4 Vacancies.
Vacancies in the membership of any committee
may be filled by appointments made in the same
manner as provided in the case of the original
appointments.
9.5 Quorum.
Unless the Board of Directors directs otherwise,
a majority of the whole committee shall
constitute a quorum; and the act of a majority of
the members present at a meeting at which a
quorum is present shall be the act of the
committee.
9.6 Rules.
Each committee may adopt rules for its own
government, so long as such rules are not
inconsistent with these bylaws or with rules
adopted by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE
TEN
Distributions
and Disbursements
10.1 Distributions
and Disbursements. The Board of
Directors, not less frequently than annually,
shall (a) determine all distributions to be
made from net income, capital gain, and principal
of the corporation (including funds held by
trustees, custodians, or agents of the
corporation) pursuant to provisions of the
articles of incorporation, these bylaws, and the
donors' directions if and to the extent
applicable as provided herein; (b) make, or
authorize and direct the respective trustees,
custodians, or agents having custody of funds of
the corporation to make, payments to
organizations or persons to whom payments are to
be made, in such amounts and at such times and
with such accompanying restrictions, if any, as
it deems necessary to assure use for the
charitable purposes and in the manner intended;
and (c) determine all disbursements to be
made for administrative expenses incurred by the
corporation and direct the respective trustees,
custodians, or agents having custody of funds of
the corporation as to payments thereof and funds
to be charged.
10.2 Vote
Required for Determinations. All
such determinations shall be made by the
affirmative vote of a majority of directors
present at a meeting duly called at which a
quorum is present, unless otherwise expressly
provided in these bylaws or by direction of the
donor as a condition of the gift.
10.3 Distribution
of Capital. Determinations may be
made to distribute capital from funds given
without directions as to principal or income or
capital gain, as well as pursuant to directions
expressly permitting use of principal; but the
Board of Directors shall inform the trustee,
custodian, or agent having custody of the funds
of the corporation as far in advance as the Board
of Directors deems practicable so as to permit
the trustee, custodian, or agent to adjust its
investment policies accordingly, and may, upon
advice from the trustee, custodian, or agent as
to how the desired distribution and any necessary
liquidation of investment can be accomplished
most economically, adjust its directions for
distributions so far as it deems practicable
accordingly.
10.4 Determination
of Effective Agencies and Means for Carrying Out
the Charitable Purposes of the Corporation.
The Board of Directors shall gather and analyze
facts and conduct such investigation and research
as from time to time may be necessary or
desirable in order to determine the most
effective agencies and means for carrying out the
charitable purposes and functions of the
corporation, and may direct disbursements for
such fact gathering and analysis, investigation,
and research from funds given for such purposes
or from funds given without designation as to
purpose. Disbursements for other proper
administrative expenses incurred by the Board of
Directors, including salaries for such
professional and other assistance as it from time
to time deems necessary or desirable, shall be
directed to be paid so far as possible, first
from any funds designated for such purposes, and
any balance out of income and capital gain of the
funds of the corporation or such of its principal
as is not specifically restricted against such
use.
10.5 Furtherance
of Charitable Purposes. In
furtherance of the charitable purposes and
functions of the corporation, when needs therefor
have been determined and with appropriate
provisions to assure use solely for such
purposes, the Board of Directors may direct
distributions to such persons, organizations,
governments, or governmental agencies as in the
opinion of the Board of Directors can best carry
out such purposes and functions or help create
new qualified charitable organizations to carry
out such purposes and functions.
In no event may
the Board of Directors expend charitable monies
for purposes inconsistent with federal or state
law, or with the policies, regulations,
administrative guidelines or vision of the
Cherokee County School System.
10.6 Distributions
to Other Schools Within Etowah High School
Innovation Zone. When the
corporation has received unrestricted non-Etowah
family contributions of cash, securities, and/or
real estate totaling $1,000,000, the corporation
shall distribute one-half (1/2) of all such
contributions in excess of $1,000,000 to such
schools within the Etowah High School Innovation
Zone which do not have their own affiliated
foundations as the Board of Directors may
designate. Such distributions shall be made at
least annually. For this purpose,
"non-Etowah family contributions" mean
contributions from persons or organizations other
than members of families with students at Etowah
High School and other than businesses and
foundations owned or controlled by such families.
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
Contracts,
Checks, Deposits, and Funds
11.1 Contracts.
The Board of Directors may authorize any
officer or officers, agent or agents of the
corporation, in addition to the officers so
authorized by these bylaws, to enter into any
contract or execute and deliver any instrument in
the name and on behalf of the corporation. Such
authority must be in writing and may be general
or confined to specific instances.
11.2 Checks,
Drafts, Notes, Etc. All checks, drafts or
other orders for the payment of money, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness issued in the
name of the corporation shall be signed by such
officer or officers, agent or agents, of the
corporation and in such other manner as may from
time to time be determined by resolution of the
Board of Directors. In the absence of such
determination by the Board of Directors, such
instruments shall be signed by the treasurer or
an assistant treasurer and countersigned by the
president or a vice president of the corporation.
11.3 Deposits.
All funds of the corporation shall be
deposited from time to time to the credit of the
corporation in such banks, trust companies or
other depositories as the Board of Directors may
select.
11.4 Gifts.
The Board of Directors may accept on behalf
of the corporation any contribution, gift,
bequest, or devise for the general purposes or
for any special purpose of the corporation.
ARTICLE
TWELVE
Indemnification
and Insurance
12.1 Indemnification.
In the event that any person who was or is a
party to or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, seeks
indemnification from the corporation against
expenses, including attorneys' fees (and in the
case of actions other than those by or in the
right of the corporation, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement), actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
with such action, suit, or proceeding by reason
of the fact that such person is or was a
director, officer, employee, trustee, or agent of
the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee, trustee, or agent of another
corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or
for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust, or
other enterprise, then, unless such
indemnification is ordered by a court, the
corporation shall determine, or cause to be
determined, in the manner provided under Georgia
law whether or not indemnification is proper
under the circumstances because the person
claiming such indemnification has met the
applicable standards of conduct set forth in
Georgia law; and, to the extent it is so
determined that such indemnification is proper,
the person claiming such indemnification shall be
indemnified to the fullest extent now or
hereafter permitted by Georgia law.
12.2 Indemnification
Not Exclusive of Other Rights. The
indemnification provided in Section 12.1 above
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
to which those seeking indemnification may be
entitled under the articles of incorporation or
bylaws, or any agreement, vote of members or
disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to
action in his or her official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such
office, and shall continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director, officer, employee,
trustee or agent, and shall inure to the benefit
of the heirs, executors, and administrators of
such a person.
12.3 Insurance.
To the extent permitted by Georgia law, the
corporation may purchase and maintain insurance
on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee, trustee, or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request
of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee, trustee or agent of another
corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or
for profit, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise.
ARTICLE
THIRTEEN
Miscellaneous
13.1 Books
and Records. The corporation shall
keep correct and complete books and records of
account and shall also keep minutes of the
proceedings of its Board of Directors and
committees having any of the authority of the
Board of Directors. The corporation shall keep at
its registered or principal office a record
giving the names and addresses of the directors
and any other information required under Georgia
law.
13.2 Corporate
Seal. The corporate seal (of which
there may be one or more exemplars) shall be in
such form as the Board of Directors may from time
to time determine.
13.3 Fiscal
Year. The Board of Directors is
authorized to fix the fiscal year of the
corporation and to change the same from time to
time as it deems appropriate.
13.4 Internal
Revenue Code. All references in
these bylaws to sections of the Internal Revenue
Code shall be considered references to the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as from time to
time amended, to the corresponding provisions of
any applicable future United States Internal
Revenue Law, and to all regulations issued under
such sections and provisions.
13.5 Construction.
Whenever the context so requires, the masculine
shall include the feminine and neuter, and the
singular shall include the plural, and
conversely. If any portion of these bylaws shall
be invalid or inoperative, then, so far as is
reasonable and possible:
(a) The
remainder of these bylaws shall be considered
valid and operative; and
(b) Effect
shall be given to the intent manifested by the
portion held invalid or inoperative.
13.6 Table
of Contents; Headings. The table
of contents and headings are for organization,
convenience and clarity. In interpreting these
bylaws, they shall be subordinated in importance
to the other written material.
13.7 Relation
to Articles of Incorporation. These
bylaws are subject to, and governed by, the
articles of incorporation.
ARTICLE
FOURTEEN
Amendments
14.1 Power
to Amend Bylaws. The Board of
Directors shall have the power to alter, amend,
or approve these bylaws or adopt new bylaws.
14.2 Conditions.
Action by the Board of Directors with respect
to bylaws shall be taken by the affirmative vote
of a majority of all of the directors then
holding office, provided that no action may be
taken with respect to bylaws without the approval
of the designated director.
ARTICLE
FIFTEEN
Tax-Exempt
Status
15.1 Tax-Exempt
Status. The affairs of the
corporation at all times shall be conducted in
such a manner as to assure the corporation's
status as an organization qualifying for
exemption from taxation pursuant to section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE
SIXTEEN
Director
or Officer Conflicts of Interest
16.1 Conflict
of Interest Transaction. No
director or officer of the corporation, or any
family member of such director or officer, or any
corporation, partnership, association, trust or
other entity in which such director or officer,
or family member of such director or officer,
serves as a director, officer, partner or
trustee, or has a financial interest, shall be
permitted to enter into any contract or
transaction with the corporation unless:
(a) Such
director or officer discloses to the Board of
Directors of the corporation the material facts
as to his or her or his or her family member's
relationship with or interest in the entity
proposing to enter into the contract or
transaction with the corporation, and the Board
of Directors authorizes the contract or
transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the disinterested directors (even though the
disinterested directors may constitute less than
a quorum); and
(b) The
contract or transaction is fair to the
corporation.
16.2 Fairness
to the Corporation. Factors to be
considered in determining whether the contract or
transaction is "fair" to the
corporation include an examination of the
following:
(a) The
price and terms of the contract or transaction
(the price and terms of the contract or
transaction may vary, but must be on a level
which the Board of Directors would accept in an
arm's-length negotiation, in light of the
knowledge that the Board of Directors would
reasonably have acquired in the course of such
negotiation); and
(b) Whether
the Board of Directors would reasonably determine
that the contract or transaction was in the best
interests of the corporation.
16.3 Remedies
for Violation of Conflict of Interest
Requirements. If a director or
officer of the corporation, or any family member
of such director or officer, or any corporation,
partnership, association, trust or other entity
in which such director, officer or family member
of such director or officer serves as a director,
officer, partner or trustee, or has a financial
interest, enters into any contract or transaction
with the corporation without complying with the
requirements described above, the Board of
Directors may, at its sole discretion:
(a) Void
the contract or transaction in its entirety and
recover from such director or officer any damages
and expenses suffered or incurred by the
corporation as a result of the contract or
transaction; or
(b) Modify
the price and terms of the contract or
transaction so that the corporation receives a
price and terms comparable to what the
corporation would receive in an arm's-length
negotiation.
ARTICLE
SEVENTEEN
Adoption
of Bylaws
Etowah High School
Foundation, Inc. was organized under the laws of
the State of Georgia on April 24, 2001. These
bylaws were adopted, and became effective, as of
the 24th day of April, 2001.

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