Chicago 5th Gen Car Club of the Chicago Land Area is a non-profit organization with the intent of organizing events for the enjoyment of it’s members. The Chicago 5th Gen is governed by the bylaws and regulations set forth herein.

Article I: Name
1. The name of this organization shall be Chicago 5th Gen located in the Chicagoland area of northern Illinois, and herein referred to as Chicago 5th Gen or C5G and designated as such.

Article II: Purpose
1. To create an interest in the 5th Generation Camaros
2. To aid new comers to the product
3. To promote club events
4. To improve friendship among members
5. To exchange knowledge and ideas
6. To have social activities and participate in local Chicagoland area car events
7. To network skills, talents and careers of members who share a 5thGen interest.

Article III: Membership
1. Any member deliberately breaking club rules, not acting in a sportsmanlike manner, or showing uncooperativeness is subject to expulsion from the club by a unanimous decision of the officers. This action can also be initiated by a signed petition of any member. Further evaluation of the petition will require a 2/3rds co-chairmen decision.
2. Club members are permitted to have guests at events and at the meetings subject to any possible costs or charges for non-members, if applicable at said event or meeting.
3. Each officer, co-chair, and member is expected to volunteer his/her services in proportion to all members of the club.
4. C5G and its members shall not discriminate any member or activity/event based on Race, gender or religious affiliation or lack thereof.

Article IV: Becoming a Member
Becoming an Associate:
visit http://www.chicago5thgen.com and register. That’s it, Welcome to C5G!

Becoming a Member: To become a member, an associate will need to demonstrate that he or she owns or possesses a 5th Generation Camaro and submit annual dues of $30.00. Members not renewing their dues within 30 days of their due date will be reclassified as Associate Member until said dues are made current.

Article V: Dues and Finances
The Board has the discretion of setting Annual Dues and shall set dues annually during the January meeting each year. A dues increase or decrease will have to be approved by a Majority vote of the Board. A minimum of a quorum of the Board must be present and vote on any Dues increase or decrease. A special meeting may be called by the Board if the Club is in Financial Distress as defined by a Bank Account balance reported by the Treasurer of $100.00 or less to review the dues policy.
A Quorum is defined as six (6) out of seven (7) Board Members.

Article VI: Board Meetings
1. Board Meetings are to be held monthly at a designated place and time.
2. Meetings shall be conducted in an informal business-like manner and should be as informative as possible.
3. Club associated business should prevail at all meetings. “Bull Sessions”, “out of turn”, “off the subject”, etc., should follow the meeting and not be part of it. This will insure that the meetings are short and to the point.
4. The club officers may call a special meeting as deemed necessary.
5. The club recording secretary shall keep minutes of every meeting.
6. The following business items shall be executed at each meeting.
a) Reading and approval of minutes from previous meeting
b) Chairman reports
c) Old business
d) New business
e) Open floor suggestions for the good of the club
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7. A Quorum of the Board must be present in person or via telephone communication to vote on any additions or revisions of the bylaws and any changes, additions or revisions of said By-Laws shall only be approved upon a majority vote of said Quorum.

Article VII: Nominations and Elections
1. Officers are to be appointed on an Annual basis by the Board.
2. Nominations are to be held at the February monthly meeting. All dues paying Members may nominate a candidate to be considered by the Board for an officer position as well as nominate a new Board position to be determined by the Co-Chairs and Board. List of candidates is to be posted on the C5G site by the Secretary by January 28th, and March voting will be conducted by the Board at the March meeting .
3. Officers to be elected are: Secretary/Record Keeper, Two Events Coordinator, Membership Director, Media/Photographer Director, Website Administrator (2 positions) and Treasurer.
4. In order to be eligible to be appointed by the Board as an officer, an individual must be a Dues paying member for 13 months as of the January 1st immediately prior to the February nominating meeting.
5. In the event of the resignation of a co-chair or his /her inability to fulfill the duties of their office for a period in excess of three months the Board may elect a new co-chair. In order to be eligible to be nominated as a Co-Chair, an individual must be a dues paying member and Officer for two years and one month as of the January 1st immediately prior to the February nominating meeting.
6. In the event of resignation of an officer or Co-Chair, the Board will appoint an Interim designated officer for the remainder of said term. A quorum of the Board must be present to vote on said appointment and said appointment must be approved by a majority of said quorum present. A quorum of the Board is defined as six (6) of the seven (7) Board Members.
7. The one year terms of any officer or co-chair elected may run consecutively and are not limited in successive annual terms.

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(Continued By-laws)

Article VIII: Voting
1. The Current Board Positions that all the Board will vote on are;

Secretary/Record Keeper,
Two Event Coordinators,
Membership Director,
Media/Photographer Director,
Website Administrator,
Treasurer

The number of individuals necessary to fill each officer category to be voted on will be directly related to the clubs’ needs as decided by the Co-Chairmen during the February Board meeting.
These positions will be filled on an annual basis at the March Membership Meeting.

2. One nomination per Dues paying Member. Dues Paying Members are determined as of January 1, immediately prior to the February nomination meeting. The Secretary shall establish a separate Thread on the C5G website on January 28th of each year for the Purpose of Members to Nominate Candidates to be considered for Board officers positions and or for nominations for new possible positions to be considered by the co-chairs and Board.
3. Associate members will have no nominating privileges.
4. Official C5G Event Designation will be the exclusive right of the Board. The Board only will vote on publishing an event as an Official C5G event. Board Members may discuss informally outside the confines of a formal meeting such event designation. Proposals will be the responsibility of the Board, Event Proposal Votes, if necessary will be cast by Board members only
5. If necessary, “at event” voting shall be subject to a membership vote by members present at get-togethers.
6. Co-chairmen may only vote in a tie-breaker situation. With the exception of the above, “at event” voting.
7. The winner of the Board election will then be passed to the Co-Chairmen for approval. Upon approval that member will obtain the position he/she was elected for one year.

Article IX: Club Rules
1. Only C5G officers or Co-chairmen can post official club information on-line.
2. Only C5G officers or co-chairs can post links to commercial enterprises on line. Members understand and acknowledge that C5G allows certain vendors to advertise on the club website and host or sponsor events which all earn revenue for C5G. The officers and co-chairs reserve the right to delete or remove any post which conflicts with a contributing C5G sponsor or Event.
3. Also feel free to voice your opinion or criticism at any time, however, if its non-constructive or inflammatory, please PM a Chairman before posting to allow us to address the issue or concern as to not to detract from the positive position of Chicago 5th Gen.
4. C5G RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CENSURE ANY AND ALL POSTS. C5G officers or Co-Chairman have the immediate right to censure, edit, remove or delete any posts on the Official Club Website which are deemed in that officers judgment to be, sexually explicit, discriminatory on race, gender or religious beliefs, encourage violations of any State or Federal Laws, Argumentative, Disruptive to the Club, derogatory to the Club or any Member of the Club, disparages the reputation of the club, exposes the club to legal or financial risk, in violation of club rules, or Sponsorship protocol as set from time to time by the Board. Members understand and acknowledge that any constitutional or state freedom of speech rights are specifically limited to the extent that said speech does not conflict with the above Club Rules, objectives or policies.

Article X: Event Rules/Meet Ground Rules
Intent: Keep our reputation as a group in good standing.

1. Please don’t enter or leave the meet at higher than parking lot speeds, there’s no need to prove your car has an exhaust or that your car is capable of high speeds.
2. Absolutely no burnouts.
3. Keep the noise from your car audio system to a minimum; we’re not running IASCA competitions at our meets/cruises either.
4. Please do NOT litter, pick up after yourself and keep our meet spots clean.
5. If you bring a guest, please help us keep them mindful that we’re all guests of the business/place hosting our meet/cruise.
6. Everyone please do approach guests/strangers and say “what’s up?/intro”. Aside from being polite and useful (i.e. hey ya get to meet new people), it helps discourage any hecklers/troublemakers from slipping “under the radar”/unnoticed only to cause trouble later.
7. Just a reminder, at these meets a lot of people (not just C5G members) have cameras and/or video cameras. If we behave inappropriately, we could be captured on film/memory card/tape. Do not be surprised if you show up on YouTube or the 10 o’clock news if you misbehave.
8. Media/Guest Policy: Please understand that while we do not outright hate non-5th Gens, our entire point is that we’re not like every other car club/website! To that end, we politely ask that folks that aren’t yet 5th Gen drivers or folks that bring guests to please bear with us and help us out by not parking immediately next to/between 5th Gens, etc., by breaking cruise/touring groups. Why? We take a lot of pictures and videos and would appreciate everyone’s help in allowing us to get good group shots.
9. During a cruise, if you see that the car behind you got caught at the light, try to stay back a little and keep them in sight so they may be able to catch up.
10. Get out there and have fun!

Article XI Indemnity:

Associates, Members, Understand, acknowledge and accept that by your willingness to participate in this organization or any event planned or participated in by this Organization , you hereby agree to indemnify and hold harmless Chicago 5th Gen, it’s Chairmen, Officers and/or members, sponsors, agents and invitees and hereby releases the same from any and all loss, liability, damage and/or cost you may incur arising out of participating in this or any event. By participating you hereby assume full responsibility for any risk of bodily injury, death, or property damage arising out of, or related to the event, the website, the actions of the board, its officers, agents, whether caused by negligence, contractual or otherwise.

Chicago 5th Gen Car Club, Working Constitution and By-Laws, 3rd February, 2011

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Wow, we actually have by-laws. Didn't know that, thanks for the info.

To be deleted once fixed:

Typo:

Article X: Event Rules/Meet Ground Rules

8. Media/Guest Policy: Please understand that while we do not outright hate non-5th Gens, our entire point is that we’re not line every other car club/website! To that end, we politely ask that folks that aren’t yet 5th Gen drivers or folks that bring guests to please bear with us and help us out by not parking immediately next to/between 5th Gens, etc., by breaking cruise/touring groups. Why? We take a lot of pictures and videos and would appreciate everyone’s help in allowing us to get good group shots.

I think should be "like".

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Article II: Purpose
1. To create an interest in the 5th Generation Camaro’s
Should this be just "Camaros"
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Article VIII: Voting
2. One nomination per Dues paying Member. Dues Paying Members are determined as of January 1, immediately prior to the February nomination meeting. The Secretary shall establish a separate Thread on the C5G website on January 28th of each year for the Purpose of Members to Nominate Candidates to be considered for Board officers positions and or for nominations for new possible positions to be considered by the c0-chairs and Board.

Should be a "o"
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Article X: Event Rules/Meet Ground Rules

2. Absolutely no burnouts.

While I understand this rule, we do occasionally break it and are "sometimes" encouraged to do so. I remember The Rockford Hooters Cruise last year as an example. Can this be reworded to "Discouraged" or some other word so that when we are at certain meets that burnouts may be allowed, or even appropriate, it wouldn't be "breaking the rules"?
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There are various periods and other punctuations that are missing but that isn't my game so my proof reading is now done. i think I got everything or at least I hope I did.

T.

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Article X, section 8 there is a type-o....... Can you find it?

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Wow! I am impressed! Thanks for reading. Lawdog I will make the typo corrections and send you back a copy for your records.

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I get to do lots of proof reading at work.

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I also didnt know this thanks for the thread Marc

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WHATEVER, Now stop trying to be a pain in my A#$%@ Thanks for the edits though good job, but I think you might have just a wee bit too much time on your hands, HEHE

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Are ya gonna adopt Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised for business meetings? LOL

Everyone have their copy?

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