ByLaws

Bylaws of the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance
(adopted May 3, 2012)

The name of the organization shall be the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance (“LSLA”).

The LSLA is organized to provide supporting infrastructure and tools, coordinate activities and share knowledge among Libertarian Party State Chairs and Affiliate Parties.

Voting Members shall consist of the State Chairs ofaffiliate State Libertarian Parties. If a State Chair is unable to attend, the Vice-Chair of the corresponding State Party, or any other person selected by the State Chair of the corresponding State Party, may participate in his absence.
The Executive Board may authorize additional nonvoting classes of membership.

a. The officers of the organization shall be Chair,Vice Chair, Secretary, Treasurer and one At-large member. These officers shall perform the duties prescribed by these bylaws and by the parliamentary authority adopted by the organization.
b. Officers shall be elected by ballot at biennial meetings and their term of office shall begin at the close of the meeting at which they are elected.
c. No offices shall be combined.
d. The board shall appoint new officers if vacancies occur, such officer to complete the term of the office vacated.
e. The Treasurer shall publish a report at the end of any quarter in which a financial transaction was made.

The officers of the organization, including the at-large member, shall constitute the Executive Board. The Executive Board shall have control and management of all the affairs, properties and funds of the organization consistent with these Bylaws. Board meetings may be called by the Chair and shall be called upon the written request of a majority of the Board. The Executive Board may delegate its authority in any manner it deems necessary.

a. The date and place of the annual meeting shall be set by the Executive Board for the purpose of electing officers, receiving reports of officers and committees, and for any other business that may arise.
b. Special Meetings may be called by the Executive Board or upon written request of a majority of State Chairs.
c. Notice of each meeting along with any proposed bylaw amendment submitted shall be given to each member by email not less than 45 days before the meeting. It shall be the responsibility of each member to provide the Secretary a valid email address.
d. Quorum shall be a majority of those members registered.

Provided notice as specified above is given, the Executive Board, committees, and the Voting Members may conduct business by any communications medium, including without limitation teleconference, email, or any other electronic means that two-thirds of the respective body adopts, provided that said bodyalso adopts and publishes to the LSLA membership a set of rules governing such conduct. In the absence of such a set of rules, a new set of rules may be published via email and voted upon via teleconference.

All meetings of the Executive Board or of the Voting Members shall be recorded and such minutes published to the Voting Members within72 hours of adjournment.

The rules contained in the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the organization in all cases in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any special rules of order the organization may adopt.

These Bylaws may be amended at any meeting of the organization by a majority vote, if notice is provided as described elsewhere in these bylaws, or by a two-thirds (2/3) vote if such notice was not provided. The Secretary is authorized to correct article and section designations, punctuation, and cross-references andto make such other technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to reflect the intent of the LSLA. Report of such changes must be made to the Voting Members at the earliest time practicable.

These Bylaws were approved at a Regular Meeting of the State Chairs in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 3, 2012.