Central States Shrine Association By-Laws
CENTRAL STATES SHRINE ASSOCIATION BY-LAWS
INDEX
ARTICLE IV
ARTICLE V
ARTICLE VI
ARTICLE VII
ARTICLE VIII
ARTICLE I
Section 1. This association shall be known as the Central States Shrine
Association.
ARTICLE II
Section 1. Membership in this Association shall be composed of all Temples located in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Colorado and Arkansas, who shall so elect.
Section 2. The purpose of this Association shall be to promote the Welfare of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North America, and the welfare of the Temples of this Association.
ARTICLE III
Section 1. Each Temple may elect three representatives to this association; however, except as noted in Section 2 (c), should any regularly elected representative not attend any meeting of the association, then the Potentate of the affected Temple may appoint a substitute Temple representative by giving notice in writing to the Secretary of the Association at least one day in advance of the date of registration for such meeting.
Section 2 (a). Officers. The Representatives shall elect from their membership the following officers: President, First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, Third Vice-President, Fourth Vice-President, Fifth Vice-President, Sixth Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. The office of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by the same representative. The officers shall be elected at the annual meeting and shall serve until their successors are elected.
*(b) The Temple members of this Association shall have the exclusive right to nominate from among their member Nobles the Sixth Vice President of the Central States Shrine Association at the Annual Meeting once every twenty-three (23) years upon the following schedule, which schedule shall be repeated with the Temples nominating in the same order beginning in the year 1999:
*(Amended 3 / 1991)
*(c) In that the Temple Nominee for Sixth Vice-President must be a Representative of the Association the year that he is proposed for election, the Temple is authorized to have (1) one additional Noble as a representative of the Association for the year. *(Adopted 3/1999)
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TEMPLE |
STATE |
6th V.P. |
YEAR PRESIDENT |
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Isis |
Kansas |
1999 |
2005 |
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Kaaba |
Iowa |
2000 |
2006 |
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Ararat |
Missouri |
2001 |
2007 |
|
India |
Oklahoma |
2002 |
2008 |
|
Al Kaly |
Colorado |
2003 |
2009 |
|
Sahara |
Arkansas |
2004 |
2010 |
|
Sesostris |
Nebraska |
2005 |
2011 |
|
Abdallah |
Kansas |
2006 |
2012 |
|
E1Kahir |
Iowa |
2007 |
2013 |
|
Moolah |
Missouri |
2008 |
2014 |
|
Bedouin |
Oklahoma |
2009 |
2015 |
|
El Jebel |
Colorado |
2010 |
2016 |
|
Scimitar |
Arkansas |
2011 |
2017 |
|
Tehama |
Nebraska |
2012 |
2018 |
|
Mirza |
Kansas |
2013 |
2019 |
|
Abu Bekr |
Iowa |
2014 |
2020 |
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Abou Ben Adhem |
Missouri |
2015 |
2021 |
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Akdar |
Oklahoma |
2016 |
2022 |
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Midian |
Kansas |
2017 |
2023 |
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Moila |
Missouri |
2018 |
2024 |
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Tangier |
Nebraska |
2019 |
2025 |
|
Arab |
Kansas |
2020 |
2026 |
|
Za-Ga-Zig |
Iowa |
2021 |
2027 |
(d) If a vacancy occurs in the office of President or a Vice-President, the remaining officers of the association, with the advice of the Potentate of the Temple of such deceased, resigned, or disabled officer, shall fill such vacancy from among the member Nobles of the affected Temple who are qualified to hold an office under the By-Laws of this association, and such appointed Noble shall take the place in line formerly held by such deceased, resigned, or disabled officer, until the next regular business session of the association. Such appointed Noble shall have the same status as the deceased, resigned, or disabled officer.
(e) If a vacancy shall occur in the office of Secretary-Treasurer, the President of this association shall forthwith appoint a Noble of this association in the place and stead of said Secretary-Treasurer, and such replacement shall serve in that capacity as though he had been regularly elected until the next regular business session of the association. Such appointee must be in good standing in his Temple which is affiliated with this association.
Section 3. Each representative present at a meeting shall be entitled to vote.
Section 4. All Past Presidents of the Association shall be Ad Vitam members thereof, with full power and privileges.
Section 5. All members of the Imperial Divan and Past Imperial Potentates belonging to a member Temple of this Association shall be members thereof.
Section 6. All officers of the Central States Shrine Association shall be representatives at Large at all meetings with full power and privileges.
Section 7. Registration at any meeting of the Central States Shrine Association, or representatives from a majority of both the States and the Temples comprising said Association shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business that may come before such meeting.
Section 8. The officers of this association shall meet one or more times between the dates of the Ceremonial and Business Session.
ARTICLE IV
Section 1. The annual meeting of this association shall be a business session and the association may hold a Ceremonial Session. The President of the Central States Shrine Association shall have the authority to make appointments and to adopt and implement such policies and other decisions which he deems appropriate. The host temple's Potentate and Divan shall assist and support the President with respect to the adoption and implementation of policies and other decisions. (Amended 3/7/1997)
Section 2. The President shall call all meetings of the association by giving the affiliated Temples at least 10 days written notice. Upon the written request of any 10 or more affiliated Temples of this association, it shall be the duty of the President to call, within 10 days of receipt of such request, a special meeting of the association to be held within 30 days after receipt of the written request.
Section 3 (a) The association's Business Session shall be held prior to March 10th annually at which time the representative shall select the place of the next annual meeting and the next Ceremonial Session. The association may approve the site and time for any meeting four years in advance.
(b) The President shall appoint a six member standing committee for the purpose of recommending the site of annual meeting, and the Ceremonial Session, at each annual business meeting. Each member of the standing committee shall serve a term of three years, at which time their replacement shall be appointed to serve three years. Two regular appointments shall be annually. The President may appoint a member to serve the unexpired term created by a vacancy upon the standing committee. The committee shall make its recommendations as to the times and sites for the annual meetings and Ceremonial Sessions to the representative in regular annual meeting session. The floor shall also be opened for motions as to meeting sites and times other than as recommended by the standing committee. Selections shall be made by majority vote of the representatives present and voting at the annual meeting.
(c) No Temple may be considered for any such meeting unless it supplies satisfactory evidence to the committee and/or the representatives of its ability to accommodate the meeting.
Section 4. Upon the occurrence of a National emergency rendering, in the judgement of the President, if impractical to hold annual meetings or Ceremonial Sessions, the President shall give each affiliate Temple notice that such sessions will be omitted during the existence of the National emergency requiring such omission of annual meetings. The officers shall then exercise all duties and powers ordinarily vested in the members of the association by the calling of an emergency meeting and any action taken therein shall have the same force and effect as if regularly done by the membership of the association. The officers at such emergency meeting shall elect officers of the association by advancing each Vice-President to the next higher office, but the lowest Vice- president's position shall remain vacant until the next regular meeting of the association.
Section 5. If the Imperial Potentate's consent may be obtained, pursuant to Sec. 335.17, there shall be formed a Ceremonial Session Corporation by the host Temple of a Ceremonial Session. The officers of this corporation shall be president, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer- The potentate of the host Temple shall be the president of the Corporation and the President of the Central States Shrine Association shall be the Vice-President.
Section 6. At least 10 days prior to the first business session following a Ceremonial Session, the Ceremonial Session Corporation and its officers shall furnish an Independent Certified Audit of such Ceremonial Session to the Secretary of this association for presentation to the representatives at the annual session.
Section 7. The housing contract negotiated with the local hotels and motels by the Ceremonial Corporation must be made available to the member Temples at the time they make their housing arrangements. Copies of the hotel and motel contracts negotiated by the Corporation must be a part of the certified audit.
Section 8. All meetings provided for herein are subject to the written authorization of the Imperial Potentate for the dates and places therof as provided in 209.1 of the Imperial By-Laws.
ARTICLE V
Section 1. (Fees) Each member Temple shall pay an annual membership fee of $150.00 (3/3/00) on or before the Annual Meeting.
Section 2 (a) Any member Temple by its invitation may hold a Ceremonial Session or business Session of member Temples, except that the association's annual session and Ceremonial Session shall be approved by the representatives as provided in Article IV, supra.
(b) (1) A registration fee of Ten dollars ($12.50) (3/2/01) for each visiting Noble and for each member of such visiting Nobles' family, or other person in attendance as his guest, shall be charged at each Ceremonial Session; provided, however, that the host Temple shall be prohibited from receiving any room surcharge, compulsory entertainment package fee, or other hidden charges, rebates, or fees in addition to the registration fee.
(2) Any Temple found, by a majority vote of the Representatives of the Central State Shrine Association present and voting at a Business Session, to be in violation of this Section 2(b) shall be ineligible and denied the privilege of hosting any Session of the Central States Shrine Association until all such room surcharges, compulsory entertainment package fee or any other hidden charges or fees have been fully refunded in every instance to each Temple in the amount that has been unlawfully charged. A penalty often percent (10%) per annum of the aforementioned prohibited charges shall be added to that money due each Temple demanding a refund of the overcharge; said interest to commence from the date of demand for such refund and to continue until the overcharge plus interest has been refunded to the Temple requesting the refund.
(c) At each Business Session there shall be charged a registration fee of *One-Hundred Dollars ($100.00) (3/16/02) for each duly elected representative, and a like fee for his lady and for each and every other person present and registered.
(d) The proceeds paid at any meeting shall be receipted to the Temple entertaining such Session, and a report thereof shall be furnished in compliance with Article V, Section 5 of these By-Laws.
**Section 3. In Ceremonial Session parades, the line-up of Temple Units shall be as follows:
1. First, the Units of the Temple of the President of the Central States Shrine Associations.
2. Second, the Units of the Host Temple for that Ceremonial Session.
3. Third, the Units of the Temple which had the greatest increase, by percentage, in the number of its Noble during the immediately prior calendar year. * *(Amended 3 / 1994)
4. The Units of the remaining Temple shall follow in order, beginning with the Temple of the First Vice President, that a Noble from each Temple shall serve as President of this Association as provided by Article III, Section 2 (b) of these By-Laws. **(Amended 3 / 1996)
Article V continued
Article VI
Article VII
Article VIII
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