BYLAWS OF ATLANTIC CITY MUSICIANS AFM LOCAL 661-708

BYLAWS OF ATLANTIC CITY MUSICIANS' ASSOCIATION LOCAL 661-708

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS

ARTICLE XIV: REMOVAL OF OFFICERS

Section 1 Any officer of the Local may be charged for removal from ofice for misfeasance or malfeasance by the action of a majority of the Management Council, or by a petition signed by ten percent of the membership in good standing of the Local. The petition shall be filed with the Secretary-Treasurer unless the Secretary-Treasurere is the charged party, in which case the petition shall be presented to the President.

Section 2 Charges against an Officer must allege serious misconduct in office, or repeat failure to perform substantive duties of his/her office as prescribed in the Bylaws of the Local. The charges must be specific as to the alleged act(s) of serious misconduct and/or duties he/she is alleged to have failed to perform.

Section 3 The charged Officer must be notified of the specific charges in writign by the Secretary-Treasurer or President, as the case may be, within ten days of the Management Council action, or filing of the petition.

Section 4 The President, or the Vice-President, if the President is the charged party, shall call a special membership meeting to elect a five member trial board, which shall select its Chairman, to conduct a hearing on the charges. None of the trial board members shall be officers of the Local, but all must be members in good standing. Notice of this special membership meeting shall be mailed to all members in good standing at least fifteen days prior to the meeting and shall contain the date, time and place of the meeting, plus the purpose of the meeting as stated above in the specific allegations(s) against the Officer.

Section 5 The Trial Board shall call and conduct a full and fair hearing of the charges at the earliesst feasible date, but no sooner than fifteen days after the trial board's selection. Immediately following the hearing, the trial board shall render its decision as to the guilt or innocence of the accused and advise the Secretary-Treasurer or President, as the case may be, of its decision.

Section 6 If the trial board has found the accused Officer guilty, the President, or the Vice-President if the President is the charged party, shall promptly call a special membership meeting to review the decision of the trial board and vote by secret ballot to sustain or deny such decision. Notice of the special membership meeting shall be mailed to all members in good standing at least fifteen days prior to the meeting, and shall contain the date, time and place of the meeting, plus the purpose of the meeting as stated above.

Section 7 If two-thirds of the members in good standing voting at the meeting vote to sustain the guilty findings of the trial board, the Officer shall stand removed from office, and the vacancy shall be filled as provided for elsewhere in these Bylaws.