Article I - Name

The name of this organization shall be OK Hollands

Article II - Objectives

Section 1. To encourage, promote, and improve the breeding of Holland Lop Rabbits.

Section 2. To promote and conduct exhibitions of Holland Lop Rabbits.

Section 3. To advocate the use of pedigreed stock and the registration facilities offered by the American Rabbit Breeders Association, Incorporated.

Section 4. The Club shall be a non profit organization.

Article III - Affiliations

Section I. This Club shall be affiliated with the American Rabbit Breeders Association, Incorporated and the Holland Lop Rabbit Specialty Club, Incorporated.
Article IV
Authority

Section 1. The Club shall have the authority to make such laws, establish such rules and adopt such regulations as may be necessary for the governing of its members.

Section 2. The Club shall have the authority to require members to obey its laws, rules, and regulations in all matters pertaining to the Club. It may inflict such penalties as it deems necessary for the disobedience of its will, however its members shall not be required to commit any act that would be unlawful.

Section 3. Roberts Rules of Order shall be considered as the final authority for this Club on all questions not specifically covered by the Constitution and By-Laws.

Article V - Membership

Section 1. Any person may become a member of this club by paying dues and submitting an application as provided in the By-Laws. By submitting an application members agree to comply with all laws, rules, and regulations of the club.

Section 2. All individual members including any youth Board members, except youth members, shall have the right to vote in person at annual or special meetings of the Club. Individual members may not vote by proxy. All individual members and youth Board members, except youth members, shall also have the right to vote by mail for the election of officers or upon any other matters submitted by the Board if Directors.

Section 3. The Board of Directors reserves the right to accept or reject, for cause, any application for membership or renewal.

Article VI - Officers

Section 1. The elective officers of this Club shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, and a Board of Directors consisting of four (4) members. To the extent possible Directors should represent geographic areas throughout the state. All officers shall be elected for a one year term by and from the membership.

Section 2. The elective officers of the Club shall assume their responsibilities on the First Day of the year following their election. They shall serve for the period for which they were elected, or until their successors are elected and qualified.

 Article VII - Meetings

Section 1. Each annual meeting of this club shall be held in conjunction with the Tulsa State Fair Rabbit Show.

Section 2. The President shall call a special meeting of the Club when so requested, in writing, by at least five members of the club in good standing. At any special meeting there shall be considered only the special business for which the meeting was called.

Section 3. At any meeting of the Club, five members of the Club in good standing shall constitute a quorum. No person shall act as proxy for a member. If no quorum, shall be present, the presiding officers shall adjourn the meeting to a day and hour of his designation.

Article VIII - Amendments

Section 1. Any proposed amendment to the Constitution shall be made in writing, signed by Five (5) members of the club in good standing, and be received by the President no later that August 1, if it is to be presented at the annual meeting. All proposed amendments are to be confined to one subject.
Section 2. Any proposed change in, or amendment to, the Constitution may be submitted to the members of the club at any time by mail ballot, or e-mail, to be voted upon, and the ballots counted, in the same manner as is provided for balloting for the election of officers. An affirmative two-thirds majority of the ballots cast shall be required for passage of any proposed change or alteration.

Section 3. A Resolution adopted at an annual or special meeting of the club shall take effect January1 following such annual or special meeting. Any change or alteration voted by mail or e-mail ballot shall take effect 30 days after the certification by the Election Committee