NBYFL

I. Board of Officers

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Categories: Operations & Policy Manual

    1. Elections. Officer elections will be held in January each year beginning with the year 2015 as provided for in Article V of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.

      2. Duties, Power, Compensation, Vacancy, Expansion and Removal. Officer duties, powers, compensation, expansion, vacancy and removal will be such as provided for in Article V of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.

        3. Term. The initial Board of Officers shall be designated by the Board of Trustees, and shall serve as provided for in the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. One person may hold more than one office, except no person may simultaneously hold the office of President and Secretary, or President and Treasurer.  Officers shall be reelected by a majority vote of the Board of Officers for two (2) year terms, but shall serve until their replacements are elected and qualified. There is no limit to Officers serving consecutive terms.

          4. Compliance. The Board of Officers has authority and is responsible for League’s full compliance with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.

            5. League Business. The Board of Officers must have President, Secretary, and 3 additional separate Officer members present (in-person, via telephone conference or video conference) and a majority vote to conduct new business on behalf of NBYFL. No Proxies.

              6. Operations and Procedures. Board of Officers are responsible for establishing, maintaining, enforcing, voting and amending League operation procedures and policies which are to serve and uphold NBYFL’s mission, in full compliance with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, and further the League’s goals and objectives.

                7. Amendments. In accordance with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, Board of Officers, Coaches, and League Staff may bring forth in writing an amendment idea or suggestion to be submitted to the President at any time for open discussion at any subsequent meeting of the Board of Officers. The amendment idea shall be voted on by the Board of Officers at the next occurring Board of Officers’ meeting.  A majority vote of the Board of Officers is required for an amendment to pass.

                  8. Meeting(s). The Board of Officers will meet no less than nine (9) regular times per year, and by special meeting as called by the President, but are unless otherwise notified scheduled to meet monthly on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. 


                  (a)The first meeting of the Committee to convene each year will be held in January, after the end of previous program sessions, and is considered the Annual Meeting, at which:

                      1. Newly elected officer will assume their positions in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
                      2. a formal review of previous year’s business will be reported
                      3. New nominations for Level Specific Head Coach Appointments will be made

                    (b) Meetings may be rescheduled by the President due to arising conflicts.

                      (c) Attendance at Meetings is mandatory for Board of Officers. Any Officer missing three consecutive meetings (without good cause) or four out of six meetings will be placed on probationary status and lose voting privileges for next two called meetings (special or regular). Any Officer placed on probation three times for absences may be removed on the third time from the Board of Officers by action of the President.


                        9. Consensus. While the Board of Officers may, at its discretion, have a preference to operate with a consensus of coach and staff involvement and support, any allowance of consensus building among Officers and coaches and staff by Officers, from time to time, frequently or otherwise, does not constitute nor mandate a change in policy. While a Board of Officers may choose, with a majority, to include coach and staff input as it deems fit, even in the conducting of business of the League, such coach and staff input does not disavow, absolve or alleviate in any manner the burden of responsibility of the Board of Officers for all business and courses of action taken, conducted or made at any time in the operation of the League. Nor does it, at any time, become a standard of procedure in the governance of the League, for which the Board of Officers is solely empowered and wholly responsible. 

                            1. The Board of Officers, should as a matter of practice, in consensus building, only include input from Coaches who fully participate at and in meetings, activities and events as well as who are deemed in Good-Standing by virtue of the Policies set forth below in Section II of this Policy Manual.