Structure

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Charter

Pumping Station One

• 1 Purpose

• • 1.1 HackPittsburgh is a collaborative workshop community based in Pittsburgh PA, that allows members to come together to share skills & tools to pursue their projects and ideas. Our goal is to build a diverse group of creative people and give them the means necessary to fulfill their dreams.

Our membership is open to everyone, but the typical makeup is inventors, "makers", hackers, tinkerers, artists, roboteers, families, entrepreneurs, youth groups, FIRST robotic teams, and arts and crafts enthusiasts.

Basically if you're in the 'burgh' and have a creative itch to scratch drop by!

• • 1.2 Specific Goals

• 2 Location

• 3 Membership

• • 3.1 Designation of Membership Classes
  • 3.2 Full Members
    • 3.2.1 Eligibility
    • 3.2.2 Rights and Responsibilities

• 4 Meetings
  • 4.1 Regular Meetings will occur at a monthly basis on the ** weekend of the month.

• • 4.2 Annual Meetings will occur in *** where the officers will be voted on.

• • 4.3 Notice of Meetings will be sent out through mailing lists and, when available, through newsletters.

• • 4.4 Meeting Procedure

• 5 Voting
  • 5.1 Votes of the Membership
    • 5.1.1 Issues Proper for a Vote of the Membership
    • 5.1.2 Quorum
    • 5.1.3 Submitting an Issue for Vote
    • 5.1.4 Notice
    • 5.1.5 Voting By Proxy
    • 5.1.6 Voting Procedures
    • 5.1.7 Majority will be decided by count or by an uncontested Issue that has been seconded
  • 5.2 Votes of the Directors
    • 5.2.1 Quorum for elections will be either 10 members or 10% of the membership, whichever is less
    • 5.2.2 Submitting an Issue for Vote can only be made by members in good standing that have been registered longer than 1 month.
    • 5.2.3 Notice
    • 5.2.4 Remote Attendance
    • 5.2.5 Voting Procedures
    • 5.2.6 Majority
• 6 Officers
  • 6.1 Eligibility
  • 6.2 Nomination
  • 6.3 Elections
  • 6.4 Naming Rights
  • 6.5 Offices
    • 6.5.1 President
    • 6.5.2 Vice President
    • 6.5.3 Secretary
    • 6.5.4 Treasurer
    • 6.5.5 Chief Technical Officer
  • 6.6 Expiration of Term
  • 6.7 Resignation
• 7 Directors
  • 7.1 Eligibility
  • 7.2 Nomination
  • 7.3 Election
  • 7.4 Responsibilities
    • 7.4.1 Officer Oversight
    • 7.4.2 Drafting the Agenda
  • 7.5 Meetings
  • 7.6 Expiration of Term
  • 7.7 Resignation
• 8 Amendment of Bylaws after initial acceptance must be made by the board of officers.

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• 1.1 ARTICLE I NAME, MISSION, AND OFFICES
• 1.2 ARTICLE II MEMBERSHIP
• 1.3 ARTICLE III DIRECTORS
• 1.4 ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES
• 1.5 ARTICLE V OFFICERS
• 1.6 ARTICLE VI PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS
• 1.7 ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
• 1.8 ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS
• 1.9 HackPittsburgh Certification of Bylaws

HacDC HacDC Bylaws

• 1 Article I : Why We Exist
  • 1.1 Section 1: General Purposes
  • 1.2 Section 2: Specific Purposes
• 2 Article II: Who We Are
  • 2.1 Section 1: Designation of Membership Classes
  • 2.2 Section 2: Voting Membership Class Qualifications
  • 2.3 Section 3: Voting Membership Class Election
  • 2.4 Section 4: Voting Membership Dues
  • 2.5 Section 5: Voting Membership Rights and Responsibilities
  • 2.6 Section 6: Voting Membership Resignation and Termination
  • 2.7 Section 7: Non-Voting Membership
• 3 Article III: How we meet
  • 3.1 Section 1: Regular Meetings
  • 3.2 Section 2: Annual Meetings
  • 3.3 Section 3: Special Meetings
  • 3.4 Section 4: Notice of Meetings
  • 3.5 Section 5: Quorum
  • 3.6 Section 6: Voting
  • 3.7 Section 7: Conduct of Meetings
• 4 Article IV: The Ministers
  • 4.1 Section 1: Role, Number, Qualification, Term and Compensation
  • 4.2 Section 2: Duties of the Coordinator in Chief
  • 4.3 Section 3: Duties of the Minister of Information
  • 4.4 Section 4: Duties of the Keeper of the MIBS
  • 4.5 Section 5: Duties of the Minister of Finance
  • 4.6 Section 6: Duties of the Ministers as whole to provide an Annual Report
  • 4.7 Section 7: Ministers are Directors
• 5 Article V: The Board of Directors
  • 5.1 Section 1: Role, Size, Term and Compensation
  • 5.2 Section 2: Meetings
  • 5.3 Section 3: Elections
  • 5.4 Section 4: Quorum
  • 5.5 Section 5: Voting
  • 5.6 Section 6: Resignation, Termination and Vacancies
• 6 Article VI: Committees
• 7 Article VII: Amendments

Other resources at:

http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Documentation