Table of Contents

• ARTICLE I. OFFICES
  • Section 1.1 Business Office
  • Section 1.2 Registered Office
• ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP
  • Section 2.1 Membership
  • Section 2.2 Dues
  • Section 2.3 Annual Membership Meeting
  • Section 2.4 Special Membership Meetings
  • Section 2.5 Place of Membership Meeting
  • Section 2.6 Notice of Membership Meeting
  • Section 2.7 Conduct of Membership Meetings
  • Section 2.8 Fixing of Record Date
  • Section 2.9 Membership List
  • Section 2.10 Membership Quorum and Voting Requirements
  • Section 2.11 Membership Action by Written Ballot
  • Section 2.12 Proxies
  • Section 2.13 Voting of Membership
  • Section 2.14 Corporations' Acceptance of Votes
  • Section 2.15 Members Electing Directors
  • Section 2.17 Corporate Records
  • Section 2.18 Members' Rights to Inspect Corporate Records
• ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
  • Section 3.1 General Powers
  • Section 3.2 Number, Tenure, and Qualifications of Directors
  • Section 3.3 Removal of Directors
  • Section 3.4 Board of Director Vacancies
  • Section 3.5 Ex-Officio Members of the Board
  • Section 3.6 Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors
  • Section 3.7 Special Meetings of the Board of Directors
  • Section 3.8 Board of Director Meetings by Conference Telephone
  • Section 3.9 Notice of, and Waiver of Notice for, Special Director Meetings
  • Section 3.10 Director Quorum
  • Section 3.11 Directors, Manner of Acting
  • Section 3.12 Conduct of Board of Director Meetings
  • Section 3.13 Director Action Without a Meeting
  • Section 3.14 Director Committees
  • Section 3.16 Compensation, Loans to, or Guarantees for Directors
• ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS
  • Section 4.1 Number of Officers
  • Section 4.2 Appointment and Term of Office
  • Section 4.3 Removal of Officers
  • Section 4.4 President
  • Section 4.5 The Vice-President.
  • Section 4.6 The Registrar
  • Section 4.7 The Secretary
  • Section 4.8 The Treasurer
  • Section 4.9 Salaries, Loans to, or Guarantees for Officers
• ARTICLE V. NOTIFICATION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
  • Section 5.1 Notification of Attorney General
• ARTICLE VI. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES
  • Section 6.1 Indemnification of Directors
  • Section 6.2 Advance Expenses for Directors
  • Section 6.3 Indemnification of Officers, Agents and Employees
  • Section 6.4 Mandatory Indemnification
• ARTICLE VII. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS; SPECIAL CORPORATE ACTS
  • Section 7.1 Contracts
  • Section 7.2 Loans
  • Section 7.3 Checks, Drafts, etc.
  • Section 7.4 Deposits
• ARTICLE VIII. PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS
  • Section 8.1 Prohibited Transactions
  • Section 8.2 Prohibited Activities
  • Section 8.3 Corporate Funds Used For Indemnification.
• ARTICLE IX. EMERGENCY BYLAWS
  • Section 9.1 Emergency Bylaws
• ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS
  • Section 10.1 Amendments
• ARTICLE XI. FISCAL YEAR

The corporation's principal office shall be located either within or outside of Montana. The corporation's most current Annual Report, filed with the Montana Secretary of State, shall identify the location of the principal office. The corporation may have other offices, either within or outside of Montana. The board of directors may designate the location of these other offices. The secretary of the corporation shall maintain a copy of the records required by section 2.18 of Article II at the principal office.

The corporation's registered office shall be located within Montana at the address of the corporation's registered agent. The location of the registered office may be, but need not be, identical with that of the principal office if the latter is located within Montana. The board of directors or a majority of the members may change the registered agent and the address of the registered office from time to time, upon filing the appropriate statement with the Secretary of State.

(A) Membership. Members are players who are duly registered, have submitted a copy of their birth certificate, have submitted a pictured identification, have complied with all registration requirements of Montana Youth Soccer Association and United States Youth Soccer Association, and have paid all registration fees. Each member shall have one vote. The vote shall be exercised by the player, if he or she is eighteen years or older, or by the person who was required to sign the player's consent form, if the player is less than eighteen years.

(B) Membership Admission. When each member has fulfilled the requirements of paragraph (a) he or she shall be enrolled as a member.

(C) Nondiscrimination. Membership in the corporation shall be available without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental handicap or national origin, or ancestry.

(D) Membership Rights and Obligations. All members have the same rights, privileges, and obligations.

(E) Nontransferability of Membership. Membership in this corporation is nontransferable and nonassignable.

(F) Termination of Members. The corporation may suspend or terminate a member from the corporation if the board of directors has made a good faith determination that it is in the best interests of the corporation to do so. In addition, the corporation may only suspend or terminate a member from the corporation pursuant to the following procedure, which shall be carried out in good faith. The procedure provides:

1. the corporation must, by first class mail, give the member written notice of the suspension or termination not less than 15 days' prior to the effective date of the proposed action and an explanation of the reasons for it; and
2. an opportunity for the member to be heard, orally or in writing, not less than five days before the effective date of the suspension or termination by a person or persons authorized to decide that the proposed suspension or termination does not occur; or
3. the board of directors may conduct the hearing, or in its sole discretion, may allow a committee of the board of directors or a committee of members, to hold the hearing and make the determination.

Notwithstanding the above provisions, the corporation shall consider a membership terminated if (1) the member has not paid his or her participation fee, without excuse.

(F) Term and Expiration of Membership. The board of directors may establish a membership term. If the board of directors establishes a term, membership shall last until the term expires. Regardless of whether the board of directors determines a term, membership shall expire before the end of the term if the member has been suspended or terminated in accordance with section 2.1(e), or when the member resigns or dies.

The board of directors shall determine the annual participation fees. If participation fees are not paid, the board of directors may terminate members for nonpayment. The board may (but is not required to) notify members of nonpayment of dues and may provide a grace period in which to pay dues.

General.  The members shall convene their annual meeting on the first Monday of December in each year, beginning in 2002 at the hour of 7:00 o'clock PM, or at any other time on any other day that the Board of Directors agrees upon.  At the annual meeting the members shall transact any business as may come before the meeting, and shall include business as indicated in Bylaw 2.7(B).

(A) Who May Call. A majority of the board of directors, a request by a group of members representing a majority of the club sanctioned teams. If a group representing a majority of the club sanctioned teams request a special meeting, they must do so in writing, and sign, date, and deliver the demand to any corporate officer at least 10 days before the corporation must give notice of the meeting; the president shall then call the special meeting on these members' behalf.

The board of directors may designate any place within Gallatin County, Montana where the principal office is located as the meeting place for any annual or special meeting of the members. The members may change the meeting place if all the members entitled to vote at the meeting agree by written consents to another location. The written consent maybe in the form of a waiver of notice or otherwise. The new location may be either within or outside the State of Montana. If the board of directors does not designate a meeting place, then the members shall meet at the principal office of the corporation in Montana.

(A) Required notice. The secretary of the corporation shall deliver notice of the membership meeting to each record member.

(C) Effective Date. The secretary shall deliver the notice, either personally, by mail, by newspaper, by public broadcast, or by notice on the Club's web page not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting. Notice shall be deemed to be effective at the earlier of the following:

1. The date when the notice was deposited in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the member at the member's address as it appears on the corporation's record books; or
2. The date shown on the return receipt (if sent registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee); or
3. The date when received, published, or broadcast; or
4. The date 5 days after deposit in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to an address other than that shown in the corporation's current member record book.

(D) Adjourned Meeting. If the members adjourned any membership meeting to a different date, time, or place, the secretary need not give notice of the new date, time and place, if the new date, time, and place are announced at the meeting before adjournment. But if the board of directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, or must fix one, (see section 2.9 of Article II) then the secretary must give notice, in accordance with the requirements of paragraph (b) and (c) of this section, to those persons who are members as of the new record date.

(E) Waiver of Notice. A member entitled to a notice may waive notice of the meeting (or any notice required by the Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act or bylaws), by a writing signed by the member. The member must send the notice of waiver to the corporation (either before or after the date and time stated in the notice) for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records.

A member's attendance at a meeting:

1. waives the member's right to object to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the member at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting.
2. waives the member's right to object to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the member objects to considering the matter when it is presented.

(F) Contents of Notice. Unless the Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act, requires it, the notice of an annual membership meeting need not include a description of the meeting's purpose or purposes. However, the notice of each special membership meeting shall include a description of the meeting's purpose or purposes.

Regardless of whether the notice is of an annual or special membership meeting, if a purpose of the meeting is for the members to consider either:

1. a proposed amendment to the articles of incorporation (including any restated articles requiring member approval);
2. a plan of merger;
3. the sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all, or substantially all of the corporation's property;
4. the dissolution of the corporation; or
5. the removal of a director,

then the notice must state this purpose and be accompanied by a copy or summary, if applicable, of the:

1. amendment to articles;
2. plan of merger; or
3. transaction for disposition of all the corporations' property.

Likewise, if the corporation indemnifies or advances expenses to a director as defined by the Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act the secretary shall report this information in writing to all the members with or before notice of the next membership meeting.

(A) Conduct of Meeting. The president, or in the president's absence, the vice-president, or in their absence, any person chosen by the members present shall call the membership meeting to order and shall act as the chairperson of the meeting. The chairperson (or a person designated by the chairperson) shall establish rules of the meeting that will freely facilitate debate and decision making. The chairperson will indicate who may speak when and when a vote will be taken. The secretary of the corporation shall act as the secretary of all meetings of the members, but in the secretary's absence, the presiding officer may appoint any other person to act as the secretary of the meeting.

(B) Order of Business. The order of business at a membership meeting shall be as follows:

1. call to order,
2. reading of prior minutes,
3. report of officers and committees; and the election of directors if that is the purpose of the meeting,
4. business specified by the notice if one is given,
5. old business,
6. new business,
7. announcements/adjournment.

At the annual meeting, the president and treasurer shall report on the activities and financial condition of the corporation.

(A) Purpose of Fixing a Record Date. The board of directors may fix in advance a date, referred to as the record date, for the purpose of determining which members are entitled to vote. The record date shall not be more than 30 days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring a determination of members, is to be taken.

(A) Contents of List. After the board fixes a record date for notice of a meeting, the officer or agent maintaining the corporation's record books shall prepare a complete record of the members entitled to notice of the meeting. The record shall include the address of each member.

(B) Inspection. The membership list must be available for inspection by any member, beginning two business days after the secretary gives notice of the meeting for which the list was prepared. The list will continue to be available throughout the meeting. The list shall be located for inspection at the corporation's principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting is to be held. A member, the member's agent, or attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect and, subject to the requirements of section 2.19 of Article II, to copy the list during regular business hours. The member shall be responsible for any reasonable inspection and copying expenses. The corporation shall maintain the membership list in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.

(C) Limitations on Use of Membership List. Without consent of the board, a membership list or any part of it may not be obtained or used by a person for any purpose unrelated to a member's interest as a member. This prohibition against use of a membership list for unrelated purposes includes but is not limited to:

1. using the list to solicit money or property unless the money or property will be used solely to solicit the votes of members in an election to be held by the corporation;
2. using the list for any commercial purpose; or
3. the selling or purchasing of the list.

(A) Quorum. Fifty percent (50%) of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter must be represented at a meeting of members to constitute a quorum on that matter. Once a vote is represented for any purpose at a meeting, the corporation shall deem it present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of the meeting unless a new record date is or must be set for that adjourned meeting.

(B) Voting. If a quorum exists, and the votes cast in favor of an action constitute a majority of the required quorum, then the corporation shall consider the action on a matter approved.      

(A) Authority. Members may take any action without a meeting if action by ballot is authorized by the board of directors and the corporation delivers a written ballot to every member entitled to vote on that matter.

(B) Contents. A written ballot must set forth each proposed action and provide the members with an opportunity to vote for or against each proposed action.

(C) Approval. The corporation shall consider an action by written ballot approved only when: the number of votes cast by ballot equals or exceeds the quorum that the bylaws require to be present at a meeting authorizing the action; and the number of approvals equals or exceeds the number of votes that the bylaws require to approve the matter at a meeting.

(D) Solicitations. All solicitations made in advance of the meeting for votes by written ballot must: indicate the number of responses needed to meet the quorum requirements, state the percentage of approvals necessary to approve each matter other than election of directors, and specify the time by which a ballot must be received by the corporation to be counted.

(E) Revocation. A written ballot for the issues open to vote may not be revoked once given for that issue(s).

At all membership meetings, a member may vote in person or by written ballot but may not vote by proxy. Proxies will not be allowed.

Each member (subject to the provisions of section 2.9) is entitled to one vote on each matter voted on by the members. Unless otherwise stated in these bylaws, when members vote to take action on a matter, a majority vote shall carry.

(A) When Signature Corresponds to Member's Name. If the name signed on a vote, ballot, consent, or waiver corresponds to the name of a member, the corporation if acting in good faith is entitled to accept the vote, consent, or waiver and give it effect as the act of the member.

(B) When Signature Doesn't Correspond to Member's Name. If the name signed on a vote, consent, or waiver does not correspond to the name of its member, the corporation if acting in good faith is nevertheless entitled to accept the vote.

(C) Doubt About Validity of Signature. The corporation is entitled to reject a vote, ballot, consent, or waiver if the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis for doubt about the validity of the signature on it or about the signatory's authority to sign for the member.

(D) No Liability. The corporation and its officer or agent who accepts or rejects a vote, ballot, consent, or waiver in good faith and in accordance with the standards of this section are not liable in damages to the member for the consequences of the acceptance or rejection.

(A) Method of Election of Board Directors.  The board of directors shall be elected by written ballot without a meeting.

  (B) Nominating Committee. A nominating committee appointed by the board shall exist for written ballot without meeting. The committee shall call a meeting to nominate candidates for directors' positions. This meeting shall be held at least five days before the ballot is sent to members. The names on the ballot will include those selected by the nominating committee and those names placed in nomination by members signing petitions to place an individual's name on the ballot. The board need not place an individual nominated by petition on the ballot, unless the individual receives signatures of 20 or more members and presents same to the Secretary, at least five days before the mailing of the written ballot.

(C) Election by Ballot. Written Ballots for Director shall be mailed out not more than twenty and not less than fifteen days before the election. Each ballot shall list the nominees chosen in accordance with subsection (b) of this section 2.15. In addition, each ballot shall include the number of lines for "write-in" candidates equal to the number of directors to be elected. The election by ballot shall be conducted following section 2.12 of these bylaws.

(D) Setting the Date for Ballot.  The Board shall set the date for the written ballot to elect Board of Directors in October and shall give notice of the election to the membership at least thirty days before the written ballot is to be sent to the membership.  Notice shall be the same as that required by Section 2.6(C). 

(E) Determination of Winners of Election. Those nominees elected to the board shall be those nominees receiving the largest number of votes. For example, if three board positions are open, the three receiving the highest number of votes will be elected. Cumulative voting is not authorized. If part of the election is to complete a previous director's term, then that term shall be filled by the nominee receiving the fewest votes of those who are elected to the Board.

Section 2.17 Corporate Records

(A) Minutes and Accounting Records. The corporation shall keep a permanent record of the minutes of all meetings of its members and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the members or board of directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors acting in place of the board and on behalf of the corporation. The corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.

(B) Membership List. The corporation shall maintain a record of the members' names and addresses. The membership list shall indicate each member is entitled to one vote.

(C) Form. The corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.

(D) Other Records. The corporation shall keep a copy of the following records at its principal office or at a location from which the records may be recovered within two business days:

1. its articles or restated articles of incorporation and all amendments to them currently in effect;
2. its bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;
3. resolutions adopted by its board of directors;
4. the minutes of all membership meetings, and records of all actions taken by members without a meeting, for the past three years;
5. the financial statement furnished for the past three years to the members;
6. a list of the names and business addresses of its current directors and officers; and,
7. its most recent annual report delivered to the Secretary of State.

(A) Absolute Inspection Rights of Records by Members. A member (or a member's agent or attorney) is entitled to inspect and copy, at a reasonable time and location specified by the corporation, any of the records of the corporation described in section 2.18(d)(1)-(7). The member must give the corporation written notice or a written demand to inspect at least five days before the date on which the member wishes to inspect and copy.

(B) Conditional Inspection Right. The member (or the member's agent or attorney) may inspect and copy, at a reasonable time and reasonable location specified by the corporation, additional records (listed in section 2.19(c)) if the member meets the following criteria:

1. the member must give the corporation a written demand to inspect made in good faith and for a proper purpose at least five business days before the date on which the member wishes to inspect and copy; and
2. the member must describe with reasonable particularity:
   1. (i) the member's purpose and
   2. (ii) the records that the member desires to inspect; and
3. the corporation must approve that the records are directly connected with the member's purpose.

(C) Additional Records. If the member meets the requirements of section 2.19(b), the member may inspect and copy:

1. excerpts from minutes of any meeting of the board of directors, records of any action of a committee of the board of directors acting on behalf of the corporation, minutes of any meeting of the members, and records of action taken by the members without a meeting, to the extent not subject to inspection under paragraph (a) of section 2.18;
2. accounting records of the corporation; and
3. subject to provisions of section 2.10(c), the membership list.

(D) Copy Costs. The right to copy includes the right to photograph, Xerox, or copy by other reasonable means. The corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the member. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records.

ARTICLE III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of the board of directors. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of the board of directors.

Election for directors shall be held at a convenient time in December or January, as determined by the Board of Directors.

A director may be removed, with or without cause, if a majority of the members present at a duly constituted meeting vote for the removal. Likewise, the members must acquire a majority vote present at a duly constituted meeting to remove directors or the entire board elected by them. Removal is effective only if it occurs at a meeting called for that purpose. Notice must be sent to all members and directors that a purpose of the meeting is removal.

If a vacancy occurs on the board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, the directors may fill the vacancy until the next annual election. When the directors elect a director to fill a vacancy resulting from an elected director's failure to complete a three year term, the "interim" director's term shall expire at the next annual election of directors, at which time a permanent director will be elected, but solely for the purpose of finishing the three year term of the original director. 

If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office. 

If a director resigns effective at a specific later date, the directors may fill the vacancy, before the vacancy occurs, but the new director may not take office until the vacancy actually occurs. 

When the directors elect a director to fill a vacancy, the director's term expires at the next membership meeting at which members elect directors.

When the directors elect a director to fill a vacancy resulting from an elected director's failure to complete a three year term, the "interim" director's term shall expire at the next annual election of directors, at which time a permanent director will be elected, but solely for the purpose of finishing the three year term of the original director.

The officers, director of coaches, attorney, accountant, designated referee liaison, and committee chairpersons shall serve as non-voting, ex-officio members of the board. They are members by virtue of their office. Each ex-officio member officer or director may attend board meetings and participate in discussion; however, each ex-officio member shall be entitled to one vote only if the individual is a regularly elected or appointed board member.

The board of directors shall hold a regular meeting immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual membership meeting. No notice of the meeting other than this bylaw is required. The board of directors may provide, by resolution, the date, time and place (which shall be within the county where the company's principal office is located) of additional regular meetings. Regular board of director meetings may be held by conference telephone, if convened in accordance with section 3.8.

The presiding officer of the board, or the president, may call and give notice of special meetings of the board of directors. Those authorized to call special board meetings may fix any place within the county where the corporation has its principal office as the special meeting place. Special board of director meetings may be held by conference telephone, if convened in accordance with section 3.8.

If, authorized by the board of directors, the board of directors or any designated committee of the corporation may participate in a board or committee meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment, provided all persons entitled to participate in the meeting received proper notice of the telephone meeting (see section 3.9), and provided all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. A director participating in a conference telephone meeting is deemed present in person at the meeting. The chairperson of the meeting may establish reasonable rules as to conducting the meeting by phone.

(A) Notice. The corporation's secretary shall give either oral or written notice of any special director meeting at least two days before the meeting. The notice shall include the meeting place, day and hour. If the meeting is to be held by conference telephone, (regardless of whether it is regular or special), the secretary must provide instructions for participating in the telephone meeting.

(B) Effective Date. If mailed, notice of any director meeting shall be deemed to be effective at the earlier of:

1. Five days after deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the director's business office, with postage prepaid; or
2. 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 director); or
3. the date when received.

(C) Waiver of Notice. Any director may waive notice of any meeting. The waiver must be in writing, signed by the director entitled to the notice, and filed with the minutes or corporate records.

A director's attendance at a meeting waives the director's right to object to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting; this shall be true unless the director, at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon arrival), objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting, and does not vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

Neither the secretary nor director needs to specify in the notice or waiver of notice the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any special board meeting.

A majority of the number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any board of director meeting.

(A) Required Number to Constitute Act. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present (when the vote is taken) shall be the act of the board of directors. If no quorum is present at a meeting of directors, the directors may not take action on any board matter other than to adjourn the meeting to a later date.

(B) Director Approval. The corporation shall deem a director to have approved of an action taken if the director is present at a meeting of the board unless:

1. the director objects at the beginning of the meeting (or promptly upon arrival) to holding it or transacting business at the meeting; or
2. the director's dissent or abstention from the action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting; or
3. the director delivers written notice of dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action taken.

The directors may act on any matter generally required or permitted at a board meeting, without actually meeting, if: all the directors take the action, each one signs a written consent describing the action taken, and the directors file all the consents with the records of the corporation. Action taken by consents is effective when the last director signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date. A signed consent has the effect of a meeting vote and may be referred to as a meeting vote in any document.

(A) Creation of Committees. The board of directors may create one or more committees and appoint individuals to serve on them.

(B) Selection of Members. To create a committee and appoint members to it, the board must acquire approval by the majority of all the existing directors when the action is taken.

(C) Required Procedures. Sections 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13 and 3.14 of this Article III, which govern meetings, notice and waiver of notice, quorum and voting requirements, conduct of the board of directors, and action without meetings apply to committees and their members. In addition, the committees shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings and report the same to the board of directors. The committees are subject to all the procedural rules governing the operation of the board itself.

(D) Authority. Each committee may exercise the specific board authority which the board of directors confers upon the committee in the resolution creating the committee. Provided, however, a committee may not:

1. approve or recommend to members dissolution, merger, or the sale, pledge, or transfer of all or substantially all of the corporation's assets;
2. elect, appoint, or remove directors or fill vacancies on the board of directors or on any of its committees; or
3. adopt, amend, or repeal the articles or bylaws.

(E) Audit Committee. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, may create an audit committee. The committee shall have the power to appoint, oversee, and assist accountants or auditors in any audit or review of the records of the corporation.

(A) Director Compensation. The board of directors may, upon approval of the majority of that board, pay each director expenses, if any, of attendance at each board meeting or committee meeting of the board. The directors shall not be paid a salary or fee for attending the meeting. A director may, however, serve the corporation as an employee and receive compensation.

(B) Loans to or Guaranties for Directors. The corporation may not lend money to or guarantee the obligation of a director of the corporation.

ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS

The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a vice-president, a registrar, a secretary, and a treasurer. The board of directors shall appoint each of these officers. The board may appoint other officers and assistant officers, if it deems it necessary. If the board of directors specifically authorizes an officer to appoint one or more officers or assistant officers, the officer may do so. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the corporation.

The board of directors shall appoint officers of the corporation for a term that the board determines. If the board does not specify a term, the officers shall hold office for one year or, within that year, until they resign, die or are removed in a manner provided in section 4.3 of Article IV.

A designation of a specified term does not grant to the officer any contract rights, and the board can remove the officer at any time prior to the termination of the designated term.

The board of directors may remove any officer or agent any time, with or without cause. The removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person removed. A board's appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

The president shall be the principal executive officer of the corporation. The president shall be subject to the control of the board of directors, and shall in general supervise and control, in good faith, all of the business and affairs of the corporation. The president shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the members and of the board of directors. The president may sign, with the secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation that the board has authorized, corporation deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other board authorized instruments.

If the board of directors appoints a vice-president, the vice president shall perform the president's duties if the president is absent, dies, is unable to act. If the vice-president acts in the absence of the president, the vice-president shall have all presidential powers and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president. (If there is no vice-president, then the treasurer shall perform the presidential duties.) Any vice-president may sign and issue, with the secretary or an assistant secretary, certificates for shares of the corporation that have been authorized by board resolution. The vice-president shall perform any other duties that the president or board may assign to the vice-president.

The registrar shall keep accurate records of all players and other members, for the purposes of club membership, player registration, team rosters, and insurance records. Assist players in obtaining player cards and assist in preparing team player books.

The secretary shall in good faith: (1) create and maintain one or more books for the minutes of the proceedings of the members and of the board of directors; (2) provide that all notices are served in accordance with these bylaws or as required by law; (3) be custodian of the corporate records; (4) when requested or required, authenticate any records of the corporation; (5) keep a current register of the post office address of each member; and (6) in general perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and any other duties that the president or the board may assign to the secretary.

The treasurer shall: (1) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; (2) receive and give receipts for moneys due and payable to the corporation from any source, and deposit all moneys in the corporation's name in banks, trust companies, or other depositaries that the board shall select; (3) submit an annual accounting to the secretary for inclusion in the corporate records; and (4) in general perform all of the duties incident to the office of treasurer and any other duties that the president or board may assign to the treasurer. If required by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful performance of the treasurer's duties and as insurance against the misappropriation of funds. If a bond is required, it shall be in a sum and with the surety or sureties that the board of directors shall determine.

The board of directors may fix and or adjust salaries of the officers from time to time. The corporation may not lend money to or guarantee the obligation of an officer of the corporation.

The secretary of the corporation shall notify the attorney general of the State of Montana when dissolution, indemnification, merger, removal of directors, and the sale of assets (as defined in the Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act) occur. The secretary shall deliver notice in the manner required by each event and cooperate with the Attorney General in providing necessary information.

1. Dissolution.
   1. In the event of dissolution, the secretary shall give the Attorney General written notice that the corporation intends to dissolve at or before the time the secretary delivers articles of dissolution to the secretary of state. The notice must include a copy or summary of the plan of dissolution.
   2. The corporation shall not transfer or convey assets as part of the dissolution process until 20 days after the secretary has given the written notice required by section 5.1(1)(I) to the Attorney General or until the Attorney General has consented in writing to the dissolution or indicated that the Attorney General will not take action in respect to transfer or conveyance, whichever is earlier.
   3. When the corporation has transferred or conveyed all or substantially all of its assets following approval of dissolution, the board shall deliver to the Attorney General a list showing those, other than creditors, to whom the corporation transferred or conveyed assets. The list must indicate the address of each person, other than creditors, who received assets and an indication of what assets each received.
2. Indemnification
   1. The secretary of the corporation must give the Attorney General written notice of its proposed indemnification of a director. The corporation may not indemnify a director until 20 days after the effective date of the written notice.
3. Merger
   1. The secretary of the corporation must give the Attorney General written notice of a proposed merger of the corporation, and include with the notice a copy of the proposed plan of merger, at least 20 days before consummation of any merger.
4. Removal of Directors
   1. The secretary of the corporation must give written notice to the Attorney General if the corporation or at least 10% of its members commence a proceeding to remove any director by judicial proceeding.
5. Sale of assets
   1. The secretary of the corporation must give written notice to the Attorney General 20 days before it sells, leases, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its property if the transaction is not in the usual and regular course of its activities, unless the Attorney General has given the corporation a written waiver of this subsection.

ARTICLE VI. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES

(A) General. An individual made a party to a proceeding because the individual is or was a director of the corporation may be indemnified against liability incurred in the proceeding, but only if the indemnification is both:

1. determined permissible and
2. authorized, as defined in subsection (b) of this section 6.1 (The indemnification is further subject to the limitation specified in subsection (d) of section 6.1.)

(B) Determination and Authorization. The corporation shall not indemnify a director under section 6.1 of Article VI unless:

1. Determination. Determination has been made in accordance with procedures set forth in the Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act that the director met the standard of conduct set forth in subsection (c) below, and
2. Authorization. Payment has been authorized in accordance with procedures listed in the Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act based on a conclusion that the expenses are reasonable, the corporation has the financial ability to make the payment, and the financial resources of the corporation should be devoted to this use rather than some other use by the corporation.

(C) Standard of Conduct. The individual shall demonstrate that:

1. the individual acted in good faith; and
2. the individual reasonably believed:
   1. (i) in acting in an official capacity with the corporation, that the individual's conduct was in the corporation's best interests;
   2. (ii) in all other cases, that the individual's conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation's best interests; and
   3. (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, that the individual had no reasonable cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful.

A director's conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose the director reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants in or beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement of subsection (c)(2)(ii).

The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, is not, of itself, a determination that the director did not meet the standard of conduct described in this section.

(D) No indemnification Permitted in Certain Circumstances. The corporation shall not indemnify a director under section 6.1 of Article VI if:

1. the director was adjudged liable to the corporation in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation; or
2. the director was adjudged liable in any other proceeding charging that the director improperly received personal benefit, whether or not the individual acted in an official capacity.

(E) Indemnification Limited. Indemnification permitted under section 6.1 of Article VI in connection with a proceeding by the corporation or in the right of the corporation is limited to the reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding.

The company may pay for or reimburse, in advance of final disposition of the proceeding, the reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is a party to a proceeding if:

1. by following the procedures of the Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act the board of directors determined that the director met requirements (3)-(5) listed below; and
2. the board of directors authorized an advance payment to a director; and
3. the director has furnished the corporation with a written affirmation of the director's good faith belief that the director has met the standard of conduct described in section 6.1 of Article VI; and
4. the director has provided the corporation with a written undertaking, executed personally or on the director's behalf, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that the director did not meet the standard of conduct; the director's undertaking must be an unlimited general obligation, but need not be secured, and the corporation may accept the undertaking without reference to financial ability to make repayment; and
5. the board of directors determines that the facts then known to it would not preclude indemnification under section 6.1 of this Article VI or the Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act.

The board of directors may choose to indemnify and advance expenses to any officer, employee, or agent of the corporation applying those standards described in sections 6.1 and 6.2 of Article VI.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of these bylaws, the corporation shall indemnify a director or officer, who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director or officer was a party because he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation, against expenses incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding.

ARTICLE VII. CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS; SPECIAL CORPORATE ACTS

The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute or deliver any instruments in the name of and on behalf of the corporation and such authorization may be general or confined to specific instruments.

Section 7.2 Loans

The corporation shall not allow anyone to contract on behalf of it for indebtedness for borrowed money unless the board of directors authorizes such a contract by resolution. The corporation shall not allow anyone to issue evidence of the corporation's indebtedness unless the board of directors authorizes the issuance by resolution. The authorization may be general or specific.

The board of directors shall authorize by resolution which officer(s) or agent(s) may sign and issue all corporation checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, and notes or other evidence of indebtedness. The board of directors shall also determine by resolution the manner in which these documents will be signed and issued.

The treasurer of the corporation shall deposit all funds of the corporation, that are not being used, in banks and other depositories; the board of directors shall authorize by board resolution the exact location of the banks and depositories.

Section 8.1 Prohibited Transactions

(A) Prohibition Against Sharing in Corporation Earnings. No member, director, officer, employee, committee member, or person connected with the corporation shall receive at any time any of the net earnings or pecuniary profit from the operations of the corporation; provided that this shall not prevent the corporation's payment to any person of reasonable compensation for services rendered to or for the corporation in effecting any of its purposes as determined by the board of directors.

(B) Prohibition Against Issuance of Stock, Dividends, Distributions. The corporation shall not have or issue shares of stock. No dividends shall be paid. No part of the income or assets of the corporation shall be distributed to any of the persons listed in section 8.1(a) without full consideration. The corporation is prohibited from lending money to guarantee the obligation of a director or officer of the corporation. (See sections 3.16(b) and 4.9). No member of the corporation has any vested right, interest or privilege in or to the assets, property, functions or activities of the corporation. The corporation may contract in due course, for reasonable consideration, with its members, trustees, officers without violating this provision.

(C) No Personal Distributions Upon Dissolution. None of the persons listed in section 8.1(a) shall be entitled to share in the distribution of any of the corporation's assets upon the dissolution of the corporation. All members of the corporation are deemed to have expressly agreed that, upon the dissolution or the winding up of the affairs of the corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the assets of the corporation, after all debts have been satisfied, then remaining in the hands of the board of directors, shall be distributed, transferred, conveyed, delivered, and paid over exclusively to the organization or organizations as the board of directors may designate. Receiving organizations must be organized and operated exclusively for charitable, education, religious or scientific purposes and at the time qualify as an exempt organization or organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as it now exists or may later be amended.

(D) Other Prohibitions. Neither the corporation, nor its directors, nor its officers have any power to cause the corporation to do any of the following with Related Parties:

1. make any substantial purchase of securities or other property, for more than adequate consideration in money or money's worth;
2. sell any substantial part of its securities or other property, for less than an adequate consideration in money or money's worth.

For the purpose of this subsection, Related Parties means any person who has made a substantial contribution to the corporation, or with a brother, sister, spouse, ancestor, or lineal descendant of the person giving, or with a corporation directly or indirectly controlled by the person giving.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of these bylaws, no member, director, officer, employee or representative of this corporation shall take any action or carry on any activity by or on behalf of the corporation not permitted to be taken or carried on by an exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and its regulations as they now exist or as they may later be amended, or by an organization, contributions to which are deductible under section 170(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and regulations as they now exist or as they may later be amended.

Corporate funds may be used to benefit officers and directors by way of indemnification, but only if such indemnification is authorized by Article VI of these bylaws.

ARTICLE IX. EMERGENCY BYLAWS

(A) General. The following provisions of this Article IX, section 9.1 "Emergency Bylaws" shall be effective during an emergency which is defined as when a quorum of the corporation's directors cannot be readily assembled because of some catastrophic event.

(B) Notice of Board Meetings. During an emergency, any one member of the board of directors or any one of the following officers: president, any vice-president, secretary or treasurer, may call a meeting of the board of directors. Notice of the emergency meeting need be given only to those directors and officers whom it is practicable to reach, and may be given in any practical manner, including by publication and radio. The notice shall be given at least six hours prior to commencement of the meeting.

(C) Temporary Directors and Quorum. During an emergency, one or more officers of the corporation present at the emergency board meeting shall be considered to be temporary director(s) for the meeting. The number of officers needed shall equal the number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum. The officers shall serve in the order of rank, and within the same rank, in order of seniority. In the event that less than a quorum (as determined by Article III, section 3.10) of the directors are present (including any officers who are to serve as directors for the meeting), those directors present (including the officers serving as directors) shall constitute a quorum.

(D) Actions Permitted to be Taken. The board as constituted in paragraph (c), and after giving notice as described in paragraph (b) may:

1. Officer's Powers. Prescribe emergency powers to any officer of the corporation;
2. Delegation of Any Power. Delegate to any officer or director any of the powers of directors;
3. Lines of Succession. Designate lines of succession of officers and agents, in the event that any of them are unable to discharge their duties;
4. Relocate Principal Place of Business. Relocate the principal place of business or designate successive or simultaneous principal places of business;
5. All Other Action. Take any other action, convenient, helpful, or necessary to carry on the business of the corporation.

ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS

(A) General. An amendment (including adding and replacing sections) to a corporation's bylaws must be approved by the majority of members of the corporation except that the board may approve of amendments, if the amendment does not relate to the number of directors, the composition of the board, the term of office of directors, or the method or way in which directors are elected or selected, or the method for amending these bylaws. Not withstanding the above, The Statement of Purpose of the corporation shall not be amended without a three fourths vote of the members at a duly called meeting at which no proxy or written ballots will be permitted.

(B) Club Policies. After the end of the Spring season of each year and prior to the next year's registration, the policies of the club may be ratified or amended by the existing board of directors. After the policies have been ratified or amended they may not be amended until the end of the forthcoming Spring season. If no action is taken by the board of directors to amend the policies, they shall be deemed to be ratified. Club policies shall be deemed to posses the authority of a resolution of the board of directors.

(C) Notice of Meeting to Vote Amendment. If the board or the members seek to have the amendment approved by the members at a membership meeting, the secretary of the corporation shall give written notice to the corporation members of the proposed membership meeting, in accordance with section 2.7. The notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the proposed amendment and must contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the amendment.

(D) Approval of Amendment by Written Consent or Written Ballot. If the board or the members seek to have the amendment approved by the members by written consent or by written ballot, the material soliciting the approval must contain or be accompanied by a copy or a summary of the amendment.

(E) Members' Rights. The corporation's members may amend or repeal or reinstate any bylaw amended, deleted or added by the board of directors.

ARTICLE XI. FISCAL YEAR

The Corporate year shall be from July 1 to June 30.