{"id":18948,"date":"2019-10-16T10:54:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T15:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-239962-1536752.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=18948"},"modified":"2021-07-30T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T18:31:11","slug":"bylaws","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-239962-1536752.cloudwaysapps.com\/bylaws\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf Seniors of America, Inc. , Inc. Bylaws"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
The name of this association shall be Deaf Seniors of America, Inc. , Incorporated, hereinafter referred to as “DSA.”<\/p>
Definition: DSA is a welcoming organization. We welcome all people who are deaf and\/or hard of hearing regardless of other disabilities they may have.<\/p>
Notice of each electronic Board meeting will be provided at least 24 hours prior to the electronic meeting. The notice will include a description of electronic means to be used to connect remote to the Board meeting.<\/p>
Elected Board Member shall assume their respective duties immediately after adjournment of the biennial national conference. Appointed Board Members shall assume their respective duties immediately upon accepting appointment by the Board.<\/p>
If viable, the Board shall be empowered to appoint an executive director to serve as the chief administrative officer of the DSA. The executive director shall report to the president of the DSA and shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member of the Board.<\/p>
All persons either elected or appointed to an office (including but not limited to any Board or Committee members), prior to acceptance and during tenure of that position, shall consider each item of business, where they have a vote or decision authority, to determine if a real or perceived conflict exists with the interests of the Organization. A conflict of interest is defined as any situation in which a member\u2019s decisions or votes could substantially and directly affect the member\u2019s professional, personal, financial or business interests. In the event that a person nominated for or holding an office finds himself or herself in such a position, he or she shall promptly disclose the conflict of interest to the Board and recuse himself or herself at any Board or committee meeting from any deliberations or vote on the matter giving rise to the conflict of interest. Board shall review a copy of the disclosure statement.<\/p>
The DSA shall indemnify any Board member or employee of the DSA against expenses actually incurred by such person in connection with the defense of any civil action, suit, or proceeding in which such person is made a party by reason of being or having been such Board member or employee and is found to be not liable. Such indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which such Board member or employee may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of the Board, or otherwise.<\/p>
Robert\u2019s Rules of Order. Unless otherwise provided for in these bylaws, the current edition of Robert\u2019s Rules of Order Newly Revised shall be the parliamentary authority of the DSA.<\/p>
Upon the affirmative vote of a three-fourths (3\/4) of the membership of the DSA, DSA shall be dissolved or otherwise shall cease to exist and all assets of the DSA shall revert to 501(c)(3) organizations whose primary object is the interest of deaf senior citizens.<\/p>
I certify that I am the duly elected Secretary of the Deaf Seniors of America, Inc. Association; that these Amended and Restated bylaws are the Bylaws of this organization as adopted by the affirmative vote of the members present at the DSA Business Meeting, September 7, 2019 – Seattle, Washington. <\/strong><\/p> Signature in file September 30, 2019 Updated: September 2019 Article I: Name The name of this association shall be Deaf Seniors of America, Inc. , Inc. , Incorporated, hereinafter referred to as “DSA.” Definition: DSA is a welcoming organization. We welcome all people who are deaf and\/or hard of hearing regardless of other disabilities they may have. Article II: Objectives Section […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-239962-1536752.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-239962-1536752.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-239962-1536752.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-239962-1536752.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-239962-1536752.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-239962-1536752.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress-239962-1536752.cloudwaysapps.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Donalda Ammons, DSA Pro-Temp Secretary<\/strong><\/p>
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