I. Name.

The name of the corporation shall be “EAA Chapter 1035, Inc.” EAA Chapter 1035 is a private, non- profit corporation which will operate for the following educational purposes in the furtherance of aviation.

II. Purposes.

A. Promote to the general public all aspects of aviation as career, hobby, sport and general economic benefit to the community.

B. Cooperate with and assist governmental agencies in the development of programs relating to aviation activities.

C. Historically the chapter is closely related to the Aviation Maintenance Department of the H. H. Ellis Vocational Technical School of Danielson, Connecticut. As many members are emeritus faculty, graduates or students of the School, the Chapter aims to assist the School in its programs of aviation education, encouragement of pursuit of aviation careers, and encouraging general public interest in, and use of, the Danielson State Airport.

D. Promote and encourage aviation safety in the design, construction and operation of all types of aircraft.

E. Encourage and engage in research for the improvement and better understanding of aviation and the science of aeronautics.

F. Foster,promote and engage in aviation education.

G. Promote and encourage grass roots efforts relating to aviation research and development.

H. Foster closer fellowship among its members through the exchange of ideas of mutual interest.

I. Operate as a local Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. (the "EAA"), to cooperate with the EAA and to further the goals and purposes of that Association within the geographic area served by the corporation and to comply in all respects with all the policies and procedures of the EAA as that Association might establish for its Chapters at any time and from time to time.

III. Location of Office.

The location of the principal office of the corporation shall be at Danielson or at such other place within the State of Connecticut as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

IV. Membership.

A. Eligibility for Membership and Benefits of Membership.

i. Any person who is, at the time of application and at all times thereafter, a member in good standing of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. (or a spouse or a child of a member in good standing of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc.) is eligible for membership in this Chapter.

ii. Any eligible person desiring to become a member of this Chapter shall make an application for such membership in such form as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors and shall pay such dues as the membership may from time to time require of Chapter members.

iii. Any Honorary Member shall be any person proposed by the Board of Directors and approved by the membership.

iv. A Family Member shall be any spouse or child (18 or under) of a member of the chapter, other than an Honorary Member.

v. Except for voting rights, all members, Honorary Members and Family Members shall receive all the benefits of Chapter membership.

B. Voting Members.

i. A voting member shall be any member of the Chapter in good standing, but shall not include Honorary Members nor Family Members, provided that a spouse or child of a member, or an Honorary Member, may become a voting member of the Chapter if he or she individually meets the requirements of IV-A-i and IV-A-ii above of this section.

ii. Each voting member shall have one vote,to be exercised in person or by proxy,at each regular or annual meeting of the Chapter membership.

C. Duration of Membership.

i. Duration of membership shall be dependent upon the continued fulfillment of all the requirements which qualified the individual for the original membership so that, as an example by way of illustration and not limitation, an individual's membership in the Chapter shall terminate automatically upon his or her failure to continue as a member in good standing of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. or upon his or her failure to pay all required Chapter dues and assessments.

ii. Duration of Honorary Membership shall be for one year following his or her recommendation by the Board of Directors and approval of the membership, and the renewal of such Membership shall require the same action as for an original selection.

iii. Any member may be disciplined or expelled from membership for committing one or more actions that damage or jeopardize the Chapter; such expulsion shall require a 75 percent vote of the Chapter membership present in person at a regular or special meeting of the Chapter membership.

iv. A member may resign from the Chapter at any time upon notice in writing addressed to the Chapter Secretary.

D. Membership Dues.

i. The Chapter dues shall be as established from time to time by recommendation of the Board of Directors and approved by the membership.

ii. The Board of Directors shall establish the time and required method of payment.

iii. No dues shall be required of Honorary Members or Family Members.

iv. In the event that a person is a member of the Chapter for only a partial period, such as in the event of his or her death, resignation or expulsion, the dues for that period shall not be adjusted.

v. In the event that a membership terminates for any reason, any dues owed by that person to the Chapter shall constitute an enforceable debt owed to the Chapter and such person may be reinstated as a member only after full payment in made of any such amounts.

E. Meeting of Members.

i. An annual meeting of the membership shall be held in the month of October in each year, at a place (within the State of Connecticut) and time designated by the President.

ii. Special meetings of the membership may be called by the President, by the Board of Directors or by any 10 members. Notice of any such meeting shall be sent by first class mail by the secretary to all the members, which written notice shall set forth the place, date, time and purpose of the meeting within 15 days prior to such meeting.

iii. At any membership meeting, a quorum shall consist of the presence in person of 2O percent or more of the voting members in good standing and three(3) members of the Board of Directors.

iv. Except as provided in VIII below, the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary for any action,resolution or election.

v. Annual or special meetings of the members shall be called to order and presided over by the President, the Vice-President (if the President is absent) or any other Principal Officer (if the President and Vice-President are absent).

vi. Meetings shall be guided by Roberts Rules of Order, although strict adherence to those Rules shall not be required unless so requested by majority vote of the members.

V. Officers.

A. Principal Officers.

i. The Principal Officers of the Chapter shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer.

ii. The offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by one person. In addition, there may be such subordinate officers as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

iii. Only persons who are voting members of the Chapter in good standing shall be eligible to be Principal Officers or subordinate officers of the Chapter. Failure to maintain such standing shall be considered to constitute a resignation from such office.

iv. The Principal Officers shall be elected by the members at the annual membership meeting held in each odd year.

v. The term of each such Officer shall be two years and shall end at the second succeeding annual membership meeting after his or her election.

vi. In the event that there is a vacancy among the Principal Offices, whether by resignation, death or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Directors on an interim basis until the next annual membership meeting, at which time a successor Officer shall be elected by the members. Any such successor shall serve until the next annual membership meeting at which the other Principal Officers are to be elected.

B. The President.

i. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Chapter and of the Board of Directors.

ii. The President may call special meetings of the Board of Directors and, subject to the advice and control of the Board of Directors, shall have general charge of the business of the Chapter.

iii. The President shall execute with the Secretary all contracts and instruments which have first been approved by the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors may instead vest in any one or more Principal Officers or subordinate officers the authority to enter into contracts or instrument obligating the Chapter to an expenditure of less than $200.

C. The Vice President.

i. The Vice-President shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform the duties of the President in case of the absence, disability or inability for any reason of the President to perform the duties of his office.

ii. The Vice-President shall also perform such duties connected with the operation of the Chapter as he may undertake at the direction of the President or the Board of Directors.

D. The Secretary.

i. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all proceeding of the members and the Board of Directors in books provided for that purpose, and shall attend to the giving and serving of notices of all meetings of the members and of the Board of Directors.

ii. The Secretary shall keep such other books and papers as the President or Board of Directors may direct.

iii. The Secretary shall execute with the President, in the name of the corporation, all contracts and instruments which must be, and shall have been, approved by the Board of Directors,provided that the Board of Directors may instead vest in any one or more Principal Officers or subordinate officers the authority to enter into contracts or instruments obligating the Chapter to an expenditure of less than $200.

iv. The Secretary shall also perform such duties connected with the operation of the Chapter as directed by the President or the Board of Directors.

E. The Treasurer.

i. The Treasurer shall maintain general responsibility for the payment of all expenditures authorized by the Board of Directors and shall execute in the name of the Chapter, together with the President or the Vice-President, all checks for expenditures authorized by the Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors may authorize the President, Vice- President or Treasurer, or any subordinate officer, to execute all checks in an amount of less than $200.

ii. The Treasurer shall also be responsible for the receipt and deposit of all funds of the Chapter in a financial institution selected by the Board of Directors. He shall also account for all receipts, disbursements and balances on hand.

iii. The Treasurer shall further perform such duties connected with the operation of the Chapter as directed by the President or the Board of Directors. The Treasurer, and such other Principal Officers or subordinate officers as may be designated by the Board of Directors, may be bonded at the expense of the Chapter.

VI. Board of Directors.

A. General.

i. The powers, business and property of the Chapter shall be exercised, conducted and controlled by a Board of Directors consisting of nine (9) persons.

ii. Class I Directors, who shall be those persons who are the Principal Officers of the Chapter from time to time.

iii. Three (3) Class II Directors, who shall be elected by the Chapter members as hereinafter described.

iv. Three (3) Class III Directors, who shall be elected by the Chapter members as hereinafter described.

v. Only persons who are EAA and Chapter voting members in good standing shall be eligible to be Directors of the Chapter and a failure to maintain such standing shall be considered to constitute a resignation from the Board.

vi. No compensation shall be paid to Directors for serving on the Board.

B. Election.

i. The Class II Directors shall be elected by the members at the annual membership meeting held in each even year.

ii. Class III Directors shall be elected by the members at the annual membership meeting held in each odd year.

iii. In the event that these By-Laws are adopted at a time when there are already Directors serving in office, the classification of the existing Directors as Class II or Class III Directors shall be determined by the President.

iv. The term of office for each Class II and Class III Director shall expire at the next annual membership meeting in the odd or even year in which such Class is regularly to be elected.

C. Vacancies.

i. In the event that a Class II or Class III Director resigns, dies or otherwise becomes ineligible or unable to serve on the Board of Directors, the vacancy thereby created shall be filled by the members at the next annual membership meeting and the person so elected shall serve as a Class II or Class III Director, as the case may be, until the next annual membership meeting in the odd or even year in which such Class is regularly to be elected.

ii. The fact that there are one or more vacancies on the Board at any time shall not affect the validity of any action taken during the period of such a vacancy.

D. Meetings.

i. An Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held during the month of October of each year, at a time and place (within the State of Connecticut) selected by the President.

ii. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or by direction of no less than three Directors.

iii. Notice of a special meeting shall be in writing and shall state the time, the place and the purpose of the meeting. Such notice shall be mailed or personally delivered to each Director at least 48 hours prior to the time and date of the meeting.

iv. A quorum shall require the presence of a majority of the Directors then serving in office and the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present shall be sufficient for any action, resolution or election.

v. Each Director shall have one vote at every annual or special meeting. Voting shall be in person and no proxies or mail ballots shall be permitted.

vi. Any action required to be taken by the Board of Directors may instead be taken by unanimous written consent of all the Directors then serving in office.

VII. Elections.

A. Nominating Committee

i. A nominating committee consisting of three (3)Chapter members shall be selected by the Board of Directors no less than 60 days prior to the annual membership meeting.

ii. The committee shall select at least one candidate for each Principal Office and position on the Board of Directors to be filled at such meeting.

iii. The committee shall consider all eligible candidates and also accept nominations from the floor at the September meeting.

iv. The committee shall present the slate of candidates to the members not less than fifteen (15)days prior to the meeting, either by mail or by including such slate in a publication mailed to the members.

B. The officers shall be elected by the members present in person or by absentee ballot at the annual membership meeting. Absentee ballots shall be delivered to the Secretary at least one day prior to the meeting.

VIII. Dissolution.

A. The Chapter may be dissolved by a two-thirds majority vote of the membership. Upon dissolution of this corporation, it’s assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (or future corresponding section of the Code).

B. Preferably such exempt purposes will be in the furtherance of the goals and purposes of the Chapter as enumerated above. Such distribution of assets as well as the disposition of the Chapter records and materials to successor EAA Chapter or to the Experimental Aircraft Association of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, will be the responsibility of the Board of Directors.

IX. Amendments.

These By-Laws may be amended or restated by a majority vote of the members present in person or by absentee ballot at the annual membership meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose, provided that the required vote shall be 85 percent with respect to any amendment, deletion or other change to I, II-H, IV-A-i, IV-C-i and VIII hereof. Absentee ballots shall be delivered to the Secretary at least one day prior to the meeting.

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