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Executive Board
Larry Ruetz, President
715- 419 0450 Cell
715- 822 -2671 Work
Email: ruetz@centurytel.net
Joe Steinbeck, Vice President
612-281-8809 Cell
Email: jpstein@centurytel.net
plmstein@discover-net.net
Vacant, Treasurer
Andrea Schullo, Secretary
635-2108 - Home
Email: aschullo@centurytel.net
Rice Lake Board Members
Denise Maresca
715-859-6597 - Home
715-651-6120 - Cell
Email: dmaresca@hamptonproducts.com
Jennifer Smith
715-458-2691 Home
715-205-0465 - Cell
Email: bjarlsmith@chibardun.net
Cumberland Board Members
Melissa Weaver
715-822-4736 - Home
715-419-0500 - Cell
Email: Melissa8224736@yahoo.com
Paul Freitag
715-822-4473 - Home
Email: pfreitag@centurytel.net
Spooner Board Members
Kim Thompson
635-7922 - Home
416-0676 - Cell
Email: kthompson1021@yahoo.com
Cindy Blonk
296-7030 - Cell
Email: Blonk@centurytel.net
Board of Director links
Attached is the expense voucher for reimbursement for NFSC related expenses Board Members need to use to submit for reimbursement costs.
NFSC Member Expense Voucher
NFSC BY-LAWS
Article I. Organization
Section 1. Name: The Organization shall be known as the Northwoods Figure Skating Club, (Incorporated).
Section 2. This Club shall have its headquarters in the Northwest Sports Complex in Spooner Wisconsin.
Section 3. The Northwoods Figure Skating Club is a nonprofit, non-stock incorporated organization.
Article II. Purpose
Section 1. The purpose shall be:
A: to encourage the instruction, practice, and advancement of the Club members in Free Skating, Moves in the Field, Synchronized Skating, all types of figure skating and basic Hockey.
B: to foster and promote local, regional, national, and international amateur figure skating skills and competition in conjunction with such organizations as the United States Figure Skating Association and the International Skating Union.
C: to generally do and perform such other acts as my be necessary, advisable, proper, or incidental in the realization of the objectives and purposes of the organization.
Article III. Officers
Section 1. Officers: The officers shall be President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The past President shall act in an advisory capacity to the officers.
Article IV. Election of the Officers
Section 1. Method of election: Candidates for all offices, except President shall be nominated by a Nomination Committee selected by the Board of Directors and also by nomination in the spring meeting of the membership. Such officers shall be elected by the membership at the spring meeting by ballot and shall hold office for their designated term until successors are chosen.
Article V. Duties of the officers
Section 1. Duties of the President: It shall be the duty of the President to take charge of the Club; to preside at all meetings of the general membership and the Board of Directors. He/She shall have the entire supervision and management of the Club and its property pending the approval of the Board of Directors; the power to suspend any member for violating the By-Laws or Regulations of the Club, pending the approval of the Board; to call special meetings and Club meetings. The President, together with the Secretary, shall sign all agreements and contracts made by the Club, upon the approval of the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Duties of the Vice-President: It shall be the duty of the Vice-President to assist the President in the discharge of his/her duties and in his/her absence assume his/her duties and officiate in his/her stead.
Section 3. Duties of the Secretary: It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep the minutes of the meetings of the Club and the Board of Directors and to supervise all the reports and documents connected with the business of the Club; to keep a roll of membership together with the dates of their admission and a record of all members admitted, deceased, suspended, or expelled. He/She shall supervise the correspondence of the Club, prepare and issue notices of all meetings of the Club and Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the power whenever they deem necessary to appoint an acting Secretary.
Section 4. Duties of the Treasurer: It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to have charge of the funds of the Club and shall keep a record of all receipts and disbursements and shall render a written report when requested by the President or Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the power whenever they deem it necessary to appoint an acting Treasurer. The funds shall be deposited in the name of the Club in the Shell Lake State Bank. All disbursements by check shall be signed by the Treasurer or the President or another designated officer or member of the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Removal/Temporary appointment of Officers: Any Officer may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the organization will be served thereby. Election or appointment of an officer shall not in itself constitute contract rights. A vacancy in any principal office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or otherwise shall be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
Article VI. Board of Directors
Section 1. Members: There shall be a Board of Directors composed of the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, two board members and one rink coordinator representing each rink that the Club regularly contracts ice with and skates at, and a membership chairperson.
Section 2. Method of Election: The candidates for the Board shall be nominated by a nomination committee selected by the Board of Directors and also by nomination in the spring meeting of the membership. The President shall serve a two year term and be elected every other odd year: the Vice-President shall serve a two year term and be elected every other even year; the Secretary and the Board members shall be elected in the Spring of even numbered years; the Treasurer and one Board member from each rink shall be elected in the Spring of odd numbered years. If a Directorship becomes vacant, the Board shall appoint a Club member as a Director for the balance of the year. At the next regular meeting of the membership, a Director shall be elected for the unexpired term in any.
Section 3. If a quorum is not present at the spring meeting, election of officers shall be by ballot.
Section 4. Removal of Directors: A Director may be removed from the office by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members taken at a meeting of the membership called for that purpose.
Section 5. Vacancy: A vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or otherwise shall be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term of such Director.
Section 6. Past President: The outgoing Past President shall serve as a non-voting advisor to the Board for the year following his/her presidency. The Past President shall attend and participate in all Board meetings.
Article VII. Powers and Duties of the Board of Directors
Section 1. Meetings: The Board of Directors shall meet at least once in every month during the skating season. The date of such meeting shall be set by the President or in his/her absence, the Vice-President.
Section 2. Quorum: Five members shall constitute a quorum.
Section 3. Authority: They shall have the entire authority in the management of affairs and finance of the Club and shall have general control of all its property. All rights and powers connected therein shall be vested in them.
Section 4. Rules: They shall make such rules as they deem proper respecting the use of the Clubs property, prescribe rules for the admission of strangers, fix penalties for offenses against the rules, and make rules for their own government of the committees appointed by them.
Section 5. Appropriations: All appropriations from the funds of the Club shall be approved by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Audits: They shall audit records of the Treasurer and of the Committees annually.
Section 7. Indebtedness: They shall have the power to limit the indebtedness of a member of the Club.
Section 8. Standing Committees: They shall appoint all standing committees with full authority over them except as hereinafter provided and shall appoint such other committees as shall seem to them necessary.
Section 9. Expenditures and Revenue: They shall prepare and submit to the fall meeting a program of anticipated expenditures for the coming year, together with proposals of sources of revenue to meet same.
Article VIII. Committees
Section 1. Names: The Standing Committees shall be (1) Membership, (2) Fund Raising, (3) Rules and Ice, (4) Show, (5) Program, (6) Costume, and (7) Advertising.
Section 2. Board Meeting: The Chairman of the Standing Committees may be requested by the President to attend special meetings of the Board of Directors. They may enter into and take part in all discussions, but may not vote.
Article IX. Membership
Section 1. Geographical scope: Open
Section 2. Member in good standing: A member in good standing is current with all financial obligations in conjunction with USFS regulations. Any member not in good standing will not be allowed any ice time and no ice show participation. NFSC may limit indebtedness.
Amendment article IX membership section 2: Member in good standing: a member in good standing is current with all financial obligations in conjunction with USFS regulations, is paid current with all USFS coaches and all USFS clubs, full or associated. Any member not in good standing will not be allowed any NFSC club ice time or events in conjunction with NFSC club and no ice show participation. NFSC may limit indebtedness. (2007)
Section 3. Application for Membership: Each candidate for membership must be proposed in writing. Application for membership must be subscribed by the candidate, must state his/her name, address, date of birth, age, telephone number, and include an agreement to comply with the Constitution of NFSC.
Section 4. Suspend or Expel: The Board of Directors shall have the power to suspend or expel any member for violations of the Constitution and By-Laws of NFSC, or for conduct which they shall deem improper, but no member shall be expelled or suspended for longer than 30 days without warning.
Section 5. Responsibilities for Guests: Members shall be responsible for the conduct and indebtedness of all persons admitted to the Clubs property at their request.
Section 6. Voting Privileges: At the time of registration, it shall be decided who shall have the voting privileges for the single membership and the family membership. If the member is not of legal age, the parent or guardian assumes voting privileges as so desired.
Article X. Club Meetings
Section 1. Time: There shall be two annual stated Club membership meetings each year. One stated meeting shall be held within one month after skating season opens in the fall; the other shall be the first night of full Ice Show rehearsal in the spring.
Section 2. Special Meetings: The Secretary shall call special meetings at the direction of the President.
Section 3. Quorum: Ten percent of all active members of the Club shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Section 4. Notices: Notices of stated and special meetings shall be mailed by the Secretary to every member at least five days in advance thereof, and/or shall be posted by the Secretary for same length of time on the Club bulletin board.
Section 5. Conduct of Meeting:
A. Order of business sequence. At stated and special meetings, the following order of business shall be observed:
1. Roll Call
2. Reading the minutes of the previous meeting
3. Reports of Officers
4. Reports of Committee
5. Election of Officers
6. Old Business
7. New Business
8. Adjournment
B. Rules of Order. Order of Motions: when a question is before the meeting, no motion shall be entertained except:
1. To Adjourn
2. To lay on the table
3. The previous question
4. To postpone
5. To commit
6. To amend
C. Majority Vote: except as otherwise provided, all questions shall be determined by majority vote.
D. The Chairman shall have the casting vote in case of a tie. If the result be then a tie, the motion shall be declared lost.
E. Roberts Rule of Order: all questions of parliamentary practice not herein provided for shall be determined in accordance with Roberts Rule of Order.
Article XI. Fees, Dues, and Assessments
Section 1. Registration fees, dues, and assessments shall be set forth each fiscal year by the Board of Directors.
Section 2. A yearly subscription to Skating magazine will be included in the yearly dues.
Section 3. The family of all registered skaters is required to volunteer for a minimum of 1 hour during the Fall session of skating lessons and one hour during the Winter session of skating lessons. If a family should be unable, or chose not to fulfill this requirement, a buyout will be accepted for each session, according to the current buyout policy of NFSC. The buyout per family per session is $40.00. Examples of this one hour of volunteer time may include but are not limited to: rink monitor, music player, stapling, addressing, copying, compiling, folding, checking in skaters, collecting forms, arranging club property (i.e. storage unit), being a board member, or handing out badges/forms.
Amendment article XI fees, dues, and assessments section 3: All NFSC members are required to participate in one or more of the seasons fundraisers (excluding the show sponsor fundraiser). (2007)
Article XII. Conflict Resolution
If any Club member(s) has a complaint against another member(s) for an infraction of any bylaw or rule other than skating rules, they may file such a complaint in writing to the Board of Directors. Such complaint will then be investigated and resolved according to the Clubs conflict resolution policy that the Club is required to adopt and have in effect in accordance with the bylaws of U.S. Figure Skating.
Each Club has the flexibility to create and adopt their own conflict resolution policy.
Prior to filing a grievance through U.S. Figure Skating, you must prove that resolution at the local level was attempted, and a fee of $125 is now required to file a grievance with U.S. Figure Skating.
Article XIII. Amendments
These bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed, and new bylaws may be adopted by affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the members at any annual or special meeting of the membership at which a quorum is in attendance and which there has been a previous notice to all members setting forth proposed changes to the bylaws.
Adopted this 31st day of December, 1991.
Amended this 31st day of August, 1993.
Amended this 22nd day of September, 1994.
Amended this 11th day of November, 1995.
Amended this 18th day of March, 1999.
Amended this 10th day of March, 2000.
Amended this 23rd day of October 2000.
Amended this 29th day of March 2001.
Amended this 14th day of April 2002.
Amended this 10th day of April 2003.
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Spooner, WI 54801
Phone: 715-419-0450
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