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8 <br /> Adopted by the UNRBA Board of Directors Feb. 16,2011 <br /> acts and functions not inconsistent with law, the Articles and these Bylaws. <br /> The Board of Directors shall be responsible for attainment of the objectives specified in the <br /> Articles and the Bylaws. Specifically, the Board of Directors shall be responsible for the governance, <br /> maintenance, operation, and conduct of the affairs of the Association, and the financial oversight of the <br /> Association, including, but not limited to, the preparation and implementation of an annual budget and <br /> a long-term capital expenditure plan. <br /> In addition to its general management responsibilities, and without limitation, the Board of <br /> Directors shall perform the following specific duties: <br /> (a) establish annual organizational goals; <br /> (b) manage the Association's finances, including approving the annual budget and <br /> recommending an appropriate dues structure to the membership; <br /> (c) allocate the Association's resources; <br /> (d) approve programs and activities of the Association's committees, including any studies to be <br /> conducted by such committees, and provide oversight of such committees; <br /> (e) adopt organizational positions and-policy statements; <br /> (f) manage the Association's activities; <br /> (g) establish relationships with other organizations, provided, that such relationships shall be in <br /> the interest of the Association; <br /> (h) hire or contract with such persons, firms, or entities as the Directors may determine to <br /> provide services for or on behalf of the Association; <br /> (i) authorize participation in litigation to protect the Association's interests; provided, however, <br /> that the Association shall not initiate or join in any litigation as an amicus or in a similar <br /> capacity without the approval of 3/4 of the Directors in attendance at a properly noticed and <br /> called meeting at which a quorum of the Directors is present; <br /> (j) authorize participation in lobbying to protect the Association's interests; provided, however, <br /> that the Association shall not engage in any lobbying without the approval of 3/4 of the <br /> Directors in attendance at a properly noticed and called meeting at which a quorum of the <br /> Directors is present; and <br /> (k) ensure orderly long-range planning for the organization. <br /> 7.2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall consist of one Director <br /> appointed by each Member as described below. In addition, each Member shall appoint one alternate <br /> who shall have full voting authority in the absence of the appointing Member's regular Director. Each <br /> Director shall serve for a three-year term until said Director's resignation, retirement, removal, <br /> 4 <br />