Young Democrats of Greater Saint Louis By-Laws

Ratified on this 26th day of October in the year of 2009.

The Young Democrats of Greater Saint Louis is an organization that encourages theregistration of young voters, promotes an interest of young people in the politicalprocess and within the party, brings about community involvement on a whole,educates the community, and works for the election of fellow Democrats to office.

I. Membership

A. Membership within the Young Democrats of Greater Saint Louis YDSTL shallconsist of regular members and honorary members.B. Regular members shall be between the ages of fourteen (14) to thirty-six (36) andreside within the Greater St. Louis Region.C. Honorary members shall be anyone over the age of thirty-five (35) or who residesoutside the Greater St. Louis Region.D. Membership fees shall be $20, collected when a membership form is filed, and shallexpire on December 31st of that given year.E. Membership shall be yearly starting from January 1st and ending on December 31st.F. Yearly dues are required by the February meeting in order to be a renewing memberin good standing.G. Membership is available to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion,national origin, sex, disability, veteran’s status, gender or sexual orientation.

II. Voting Rights

A. All regular members in good standing shall retain all non-endorsement votingprivileges at the meetings.B. Votes from the membership shall be taken on all matters relating to the by-laws.C. Votes shall be taken on all matters that the membership consider important andrelevant to the organization including all expenditures of $1,000.

III. Meetings

A. Meetings shall be held at least once a month at a date, time and location agreedupon by the executive board and posted on the website at least seven days in advance.B. Meetings shall be free and open to the public.C. Business meeting agenda shall consist of these parts, in this order:Gavel to Order by the PresidentPledge of AllegianceRoll Call by SecretaryGuest PresentationsMinutes from Previous MeetingTreasurers ReportOfficers’ ReportsCommittee ReportsOld BusinessNew BusinessAnnouncements

IV. Executive Board

A. The Young Democrats of Greater Saint Louis shall be governed an elected fiveperson executive board. The board consists of a president, vice-president, treasurer,secretary, and membership committee chair. A social committee chair, a fundraisingcommittee chair and a communications committee chair shall also be elected.B. All members in good standing shall be eligible to hold office including all electedDemocratic committee persons, but excluding all other elected officials.C. Elections of the executive board and other officers shall be held during the Marchmeeting following a general election, with terms lasting two years.D. Any candidate who receives a majority of votes shall be considered the winner. Inthe event no candidate receives a majority of votes, votes shall be recast for the top twocandidates until one receives a majority.E. The President shall be the principal administrative officer of the organization. Thepresident shall preside over the meetings, present all pertinent information to themembership, call for elections to fill vacant seats, be the first signature for allorganizational checks, assist the treasurer in formulating a working budget for theorganization, promote the expansion of the organization and form special committeesas needed. The president or their designee may serve as an ex officio member of allcommittees.G. The Vice-President shall assume the duties of the president, if the president isunable to perform the duties of the office. The vice president shall assist the presidentin the performance of the president’s duties, especially committee appointments. Uponassuming the presidency, the vice-president shall call for an election of a new vicepresident at the next meeting.