ARTICLE - OFFICES
The principal office of the corporation shall be in the City of New York, County of Queens, State of New York. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places within this state as the board may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II – PURPOSES
The purposes for which this corporation has been organized are as follows:

To encourage and cultivate quality education, social activity, and good fellowship among the alumni of Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College, and to assist and promote the interest of Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College generally.

ARTICLE III – MEMBERSHIP

1. QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP

Section 1: Membership shall be open to any student who successfully completes the academic requirements for the Associate Degree of Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College and has paid the required annual membership fee.

Section 2: Membership may also be open to any student who has completed 55 credits towards the Associate Degree of Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College, who petitions the Board of Directors for said membership and if accepted pays the required annual membership fee.

Section 3: All members who meet the terms and conditions as well as the current requirements set by the board of Directors shall be active members of the Alumni Association.

Section 4: All active members shall have the right to vote, hold elective office and participate in all benefits provided for and by the Alumni Association.

Section 5: Honorary memberships may be extended to individuals who do not meet the current requirements set by the Board of Directors. These individuals must be approved for this honor by a vote of the Board of Directors. Honorary members shall enjoy all privileges and benefits provided by the Alumni Association, however, the honorary members shall not have a vote in business meetings conducted by the Alumni Association.

Honorary, Pre-alumni memberships may be extended to any individual who has earned 45 credits toward the Associated degree at F.H. Fiorello LaGuardia Community College, is in good academic standing and has at least a 2.0 Grade Point Average. Pre-alumni members shall not be charged membership dues for a period of one year. Pre-alumni members shall enjoy all the privileges and benefits provided by the Alumni Association, excluding voting privileges.

Section 6: Lifetime membership to the Alumni Association shall be open to any individual who successfully completes the academic requirements for the Associate Degree of Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College.

2. MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS

The annual membership meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held between Oct 1st and Nov 30th.

The presence at any membership meeting of not less than fifteen members shall constitute a quorum and shall be necessary to conduct the business of the corporation; however, a lesser number may adjourn the meeting for a period of not more than four weeks from the date scheduled by the By – Laws and the secretary shall have notice of the scheduled date of the meeting to be sent to all members. A quorum as herein before set forth shall be required at adjourned meeting.

A membership roll showing the list of members as of the record date, certified by the Corporation Secretary, shall be produced at any meeting of members upon the request thereof or any member who has given written notice to the corporation that such request will be made at least ten days prior to such meeting. All persons appearing on such membership roll shall be entitled to vote at the meeting.

3. SPECIAL MEETING

Special meetings of the Corporation may be called by the Executive Board. The secretary shall cause a notice of such to be mailed to all members at their addresses as they appear in the membership roll book at least ten days but not more than fifty days before the scheduled date of such meeting. Such notice shall state the date, time, place and purpose of the meeting and by whom called.

No other business but that specified in the notice may be transacted at such special meeting without the unanimous consent of all present at such meeting.

4. FIXING RECORD DATE

For the purpose of determining the members entitled to notice or to vote at any meeting of members or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to or dissent from any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining the members entitled to receive any distribution or any allotment of any rights or for the purpose of any other action, the board shall fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of members. Such date shall not be more than thirty nor less than ten days before any such meeting, nor more than thirty days prior to any other action.

5. ACTION BY MEMBERS WITHOUT A MEETING

Whenever members are required or permitted to take any action by vote, such action may be taken without a meeting by written consent. A simple majority will prevail.

6. PROXIES

Every member entitled to vote at a meeting of members or to express consent or dissent without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him/her by proxy.

Every proxy must be signed by a member or his/her attorney – in – fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the member executing it in writing, except as otherwise provided by law.

7. ORDER OF BUSINESS

The order of business at all meeting of members shall be as follows:

Roll call
Reading of the minutes of the preceding meeting
Reports of committees
Reports of officers
Old and unfinished business
New business
Good and welfare
Adjournments

8. MEMBERSHIP DUES

Membership dues shall be determined by the Board of Directors as they deem necessary and shall become effective on the 1st of September following such action.