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CONSTITUTION OF THE KOMONDOR CLUB OF AMERICA, INC.

ARTICLE I
Name and Object
Section 1. The name of the club shall be Komondor Club of America, Inc Section 2. The objects of the Club shall be: a) to preserve the qualities of the Komondor as the stockguard dog developed by the Hungarians over the last 1,000 years (b) to encourage and promote the ownership, responsible breeding, training, use of stockguards, and the showing of purebred Komondor. (c) to urge members and breeders to accept the Standard of the Breed as applied by the American Kennel Club as the only standard of excellence by which the Komondor shall be judged. (d) to do all in its power to protect and advance the preservation of the Breed by encouraging sportsmanship like competition at dog shows and obedience trials and to maintain the best of human relations among the owners of the Breed. (e) to conduct sanctioned and licensed specialty shows and obedience trials under the rules of the American Kennel Club. (f) to encourage the organization of independent local Komondor specialty clubs in those localities where there are sufficient fancy of the breed to meet the requirements of the American Kennel Club. (g) to further the advancement and the appreciation of the purebred Komondor through education of its members and the general public. Section 3. The club shall not be conducted or operated for profit and no part of any profits or remainder from dues or donations to the Club shall accrue to the benefit of any member or individual. Section 4. The members of the Club shall adopt and may from time to time review and amend such By-laws as may be required to carry out these objectives.

BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I
Membership
Section 1. Eligibility. Any person eighteen years of age and older who subscribes to the purposes of this Club, and who is in good standing with The American Kennel Club, shall be eligible for membership. Section 2. Dues. Membership dues, both single and family, shall be determined annually by the Board of Directors and will be payable on or before the first day of January of each year. During the month of October the Treasurer shall send to each member a statement of his/her dues for the ensuing year. Those members who have not paid by November 20th will be sent a second notice by the Treasurer before December 1. Both dues notices will clearly state that those who have not paid by January 1st will be dropped from membership (Article 1, Section 4 (b)) and will not eligible to vote in the Annual election of directors and officers. Both single and family memberships shall not exceed $30.00 and $50.00 respectively. A single member shall be entitled to one vote, and a family membership will be entitled to two votes. Section 3. Election to Membership. (a) Each applicant for membership shall apply on a form, approved by the Board of Directors which shall provide that the applicant agrees to abide by the Constitution and By-laws and the rules of The American Kennel Club. The application shall state the name, address, and occupation of the applicant, and it shall carry the endorsement of two members in good standing. Accompanying the application, the prospective member shall submit dues payment for the current year. Applications shall be sent to the Recording Secretary. (b) Each application for membership shall be promptly submitted by the Recording Secretary to the Board of Directors. Favorable vote of eight members of the Board of Directors shall be required to elect an applicant. (c) Applications which have received an unfavorable vote of the Board of Directors may be presented by one of the applicants endorsers at the next annual or special club meeting, and the club may elect such applicant by a favorable vote of 3/4 of the members present and voting. (d) Membership applications that are received by the Recording Secretary after October 1st will not be acted on by the KCA board until January 2 of the following year.

Section 4. Termination of Membership. Membership may be terminated: (a) by resignation. Any member in good standing may resign from the club upon written notice to the Recording Secretary, but no member may resign when in debt to the Club. Dues are considered a debt to the club and they are incurred on January 1st of each year (b) by lapsing. A membership shall be considered lapsed and automatically terminated if such members dues remain unpaid after January 1st; however, the Board of Directors may grant ninety (90) days of grace to delinquent members in meritorious cases. In no case may a person be entitled to vote at the Annual election whose dues are unpaid after January 1st for the current year. Furthermore, no person whose dues have not been paid by January 1 may vote in any of the Club Meetings or by mail for any election, amendment, or motion until his dues are paid and he has been reinstated into membership by the board. (c) by expulsion. A membership may be terminated by expulsion as provided in Article Vl of these By-laws.

ARTICLE II
Meetings
Section 1. Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting of the Club shall be held in conjunction with the Clubs National Specialty Show at such time and place as may be designated by the Board of Directors by majority vote. Written notice of the Annual Meeting shall be mailed to each member in good standing by the Recording Secretary not less than thirty (30) days prior to the meeting. The quorum for the Annual Meeting shall be 20% of the members in good standing. Section 2. Special Club Meetings. Special Club Meetings may be called by the President or by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors. A Special Club Meeting shall also be called by the Recording Secretary upon receipt of a petition signed by 20% of the members of the Club in good standing. Written notice of such meetings, stating the business to be conducted, shall be mailed to each member in good standing by the Recording Secretary at least fourteen (14) days prior to and not more than thirty (30) days prior to the meeting, and no other business shall be conducted at that meeting. The quorum of such a meeting shall be 20% of the members in good standing. Section 3. Board Meetings. The Board of Directors shall hold an annual meeting in conjunction with the Clubs National Specialty Show, at such time and place as may be designated by the President, or in his/her absence, by the Recording Secretary. Other meetings of the Board shall be held at such times and places as designated by the President or by a majority vote of the entire Board. Written notice of such annual meeting shall be mailed to each member of the Board at least 14 days prior to the date of the meeting. Meetings are defined as gatherings where attendees see and/or hear each other. This includes meeting (in person) physically in the same room or conducting a meeting by video conference or teleconference. The Board shall pass a standing rule to regulate video conference or teleconference call meetings. Minutes of the Board meeting shall be circulated to the Board members for their approval or revision within ten (10) days of the meeting. They must be approved or revised within ten (10) days of receipt by the Board members and circulated to the membership as soon as possible thereafter. A quorum for meeting of the Board of Directors is fixed at a majority of the members of the Board of Directors as designated in Article III, Section 1. The Board of Directors may conduct its business (voting) through the Recording Secretary at meetings or through mail, fax, or e-mail. In order for business to be conducted by e-mail the following precautions must be in place. 1) Every board member must be provided with the means to participate; 2) A procedure must be in place to verify the identity of the individuals participating to insure that they are the eligible members of the board; 3) A mechanism must be in place to verify that the eligible board members are listening; 4) All board members must agree to participate in this manner. Any business (voting) transacted by, fax, mail, or email must poll the entire Board membership,and must be reduced to writing and sent to each Board member within five (5) days of the vote by the Recording Secretary.This ballot must be returned to the Recording Secretary within ten (10) days and must be kept by the Recording Secretary for a period of one year.

ARTICLE III
Directors and Officers
Section 1. Board of Directors. The Board of Directors (or Board) shall be comprised of the President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, AKC Delegate and five Regional Directors, all of whom shall be members in good standing who are residents of the United States or its possessions or territories. They shall be elected for two year terms and shall serve until their successors are elected. The Officers (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, the AKC Delegate,) will be elected odd numbered years and the Regional Directors shall be elected in even numbered years. General management of the Clubs affairs shall be entrusted to the Board. Actions of the President and/or the Board may be overruled by a majority vote of the entire membership specifically polled by a secret ballot sent out by the Recording Secretary on the matter concerned. Such a polling may be called for by a petition of the members signed by 33% of the members in good standing.

Section 2. Officers. The Clubs Officers, consisting of the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, and AKC Delegate shall serve in their respective capacities both with regard to the Club and its meetings and the Board and its meetings (a) The President shall preside at all meetings of the Club and of the Board, and shall be the chief executive officer of the Club and the Board. He/she shall have the duties and powers normally appurtenant to the office of the President in addition to those specifically specified in these By-Laws. He/she shall have the sole authority to nominate members of all regular and special committees, except the Nominating Committee, and, with the approval of the Board, to appoint them and discharge them. He/she shall perform such other duties as may be assigned him/her from time to time by the Board. If the nominations of a President are declined by the Board, he/she may solicit a petition by 33% of the members of the Club for a vote to override the Boards ruling. If such a petition is granted, the membership in good standing shall be polled by a secret ballot and a majority vote [Article IV, Section 2 (c)] of the members in good standing shall uphold the Presidents nominations. (b) The Vice-President shall have the powers and exercise the duties of the President in case of the Presidents death, absence for more than three months, or incapacitation. The Presidents absence or incapacitation must be certified by 2/3rds of the Board. (c) (1) The Recording Secretary shall keep a record of all meetings of the Club and of the Board and of all votes taken by mail, and of all matters of which a record shall be ordered by the Club. He/ she shall notify members of meetings, notify new members of their election to membership, notify Officers and Directors of their election to office, keep an up-to-date roll of the members of the Club with their addresses and carry out such other duties as are prescribed in these By-Laws. All references to Secretary contained elsewhere in these By-laws, except for the provisions of Section (c) (2) below, refer to the Recording Secretary. Recording and Corresponding Secretary may be combined if deemed feasible by the Board. (c) (2) The Corresponding Secretary shall have charge of all general correspondence and inquires concerning the Club and the Breed. (c) (3) The President (or any other Officer or Director) may however, communicate directly by mail with the members of the Board or with the general membership if he/she wishes, but a copy of any such communication must be made available to the Recording Secretary, upon request. (d) The Treasurer shall collect and receive all monies due or belonging to the Club. He/she shall deposit same in a bank designated by the Board, in the name of the Club. Both the Treasurer and the President shall be authorized signatures for this account. He/she shall pay by check, from the funds of the Club, all bills approved by the Board. He/she shall keep a record of the sources and amount of all monies received and all disbursements made, and shall render complete financial reports to the members of the Club annually as of December 31st, and at the Annual Meeting. His/her books shall be at all times open to inspection by the Board. The books can be opened at any time to the general membership at the discretion of the Treasurer, by a majority vote of the Board, or as a result of petition signed by 20% of the membership. The Treasurer shall be bonded in an amount the Board shall determine. Each year an audit of the previous years Treasurers books shall be made by a member or members of the club at the direction of the board. The books shall be made available by the Treasurer by January 31 and the audit shall be submitted to the board by March 1. (e) The offices of Recording Secretary and Treasurer may be combined if deemed feasible by the Board or by a vote of the majority of the members in good standing. (f) A Delegate to the American Kennel Club (if any) shall be nominated and elected as are other officers. Section 3. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring on the Board or among the Officers during the year shall be filled until the next Annual Election by a majority vote of all the then members of the Board at the first regular meeting following the creation of such vacancy, or at a Special Board Meeting called for that purpose, or by mail; except that a vacancy in the office of the President shall be filled automatically by the Vice-President and the resulting vacancy in the office of Vice-President shall be filled by the Board. Section 4. Discipline of Officers. Any Officer whose conduct or malfunction in office is deemed injurious to the best interests of the Club may by a vote of the majority of the Board be suspended from the rights and privileges of that office at a Board meeting held for that purpose. At the time such suspension is sought, the entire membership must be informed by the Recording Secretary, or by some other Officer if the action is against the Recording Secretary, of the action being taken and the charges on which it is based. No Officer may be suspended unless the charges preferred against him/her have been sent to him/her by mail at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting where the charges are to be heard and he/she be given an opportunity to appear in his/her own defense and bring witnesses and counsel if he/she deems it necessary. Failure to appear to answer charges, except for good cause as determined by the Board, shall constitute an automatic removal from office, and all records pertinent to the office must be returned to the Recording Secretary, or to the President if the Recording Secretary is involved, within ten (10) days. Such suspension or removal by the Board may be overruled by the general membership if 20% of the members in good standing petition a polling [Article IV, Section 2 (c)] of the membership on this matter, and if a majority of the members voting vote to support that petition. Section 5. Regional Directors. The other Directors shall represent separate geographical Regions of which they shall be residents at the time of their nomination and election to office. The geographical distribution and number of Regions shall be decided by a 2/3rd vote of the members of the Board, but in no case shall the number of Regions be fewer than

three (3) or more than nine (9). Any change in the geographical distribution or number of the Regions shall take effect on the next March 1st of an odd numbered year unless the changes in Regions are made after the Nominating Committee has submitted its slate of Regional Director Nominees, in which case the changes shall be delayed one Club year to the beginning of the second succeeding Club year. The Regions shall be drawn so as to make the representation of members of each Region as nearly equal as possible. Every fifth year the President shall nominate, and with the approval of the Board, shall appoint a Special Committee to reconsider the alignment of Regions so as to maintain the representation of members in each Region to be as nearly equal as possible. Election of Regional Directors of Regions so drawn shall be by the general membership. The responsibilities of the Regional Directors shall include but not be limited to: overseeing supported entries, matches, or specialties, which may be held in their Regions, and providing assistance to the members of the general public in their Regions. Each Regional Director shall be specifically charged with regular communication with the members of his/ her Region.

ARTICLE IV
The Club Year. Voting, Nominations Elections
Section 1. Club Year. The Clubs Fiscal Year shall begin on the first day of January and end on the 31st day of December. The Clubs Official Year shall begin on the 1st day of March and end on the last day of February. Section 2. Voting. (a) At the Annual Meeting or at a Special Meeting of the Club, voting shall be limited to members in good standing who are present at the meeting. (b) Election of Officers and Directors, Amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws and to the Breed Standard shall be decided by written secret ballot cast by mail. Voting by proxy shall not be permitted. The Board may decide to submit other specific questions for decision of the membership by written ballot cast by mail. The membership by a written petition signed by 33 % or more of the members in good standing shall require the Recording Secretary to submit question (or questions) separately and promptly (i.e. within ten (10) days of its receipt) to the membership for their consideration. Such ballots, unless otherwise specified as in the case of Amendments to the By-Laws and Constitution and to the Breed Standard, shall be decided by a majority of the membership. (c) Any polling of the membership, whether on special issues or regular elections, must be by secret and separate ballots. No ballot may be a part of any other publication, save as specified in Article Vl, Section 4 and Article Vll, Section 2. Section 3. Nominations for Officers and Regional Directors. No person may be a candidate in a Club election who has not been nominated in accordance with these By-Laws. A Nominating Committee shall be chosen by the Board of Directors annually between July 1 and September 15th. Any member of the Board may nominate individuals for the Nominating Committee. Selection shall require a majority of all members of the Board. The Nominating Committee shall consist of three members in good standing, not more than one of whom may be a member of the current Board. The Board, again by majority vote of the entire Board, shall name a Chair for the Committee, who may be nominated by any member of the Board. The Nominating Committee may conduct its business byby mail, telephone, or actual meeting. A record must be kept of that Committees actions. That record is to be turned over to the Recording Secretary and made available to the Club Historian [Article IV, Section 4 (g)]. (a) The Nominating Committee shall nominate from among the members of the Club in good standing who are residents of the United States one candidate for each office and for each other position on the Board and shall procure the acceptance of each nominee so chosen. The Committee shall then submit its slate of candidates to the Recording Secretary on or before October 1st. The Recording Secretary shall then mail the list including the full name of each candidate to each member of the Club by October 15th, so that additional nominations may be made by the members in good standing if they so desire. Nominees for Regional Director will be chosen by the Nominating Committee so that there will be one candidate from each geographical Region as defined in the Appendix to these By-Laws. (b) Additional nominations of eligible members for any position may be made by written petition addressed to the Recording Secretary and received at his/her regular address on or before November 15th, signed by five (5) members and accompanied by the written acceptance of each additional nominee signifying his/her willingness to be a candidate. No person shall be a candidate for more than one position, save as specified in Article III, Section 2, (e) above, and the additional nominations that are provided for here-in may be made only from those members who have not accepted a nomination of the Nominating Committee. (c) If no valid additional nominations arc received by the Recording Secretary on or before November 15th, no balloting shall be required; the Board shall declare that the Nominating Committees slate has been elected by acclamation and will assume office on the following March 1st. Section 4. Annual Election. (a) If one or more valid additional nominations are received by the Recording Secretary on or before November 15th, he/ she shall mail on or before January 16th to each member in good standing as of January 1st, a ballot listing all nominees for each office or Regional Directorship. Nominees shall be listed alphabetically for each Office or Regional Directorship. The ballot shall be sent together with a blank envelope and a return envelope

addressed to the Counting Organization, marked Ballot, and bearing the name and return address of the member to whom it was sent. So that the ballot may remain secret, each voter, after marking her/his ballot, shall seal it in the blank envelope, which shall then be placed in the second envelope addressed to the Counting Organization. The voter must sign the outer envelope above his/her name and return address. Ballots must be received by the Counting Organization no later than February 15th, and shall be counted on the first business day following. The outer envelope shall be checked against the Recording Secretarys list of members in good standing as certified by the Treasurer to verify the eligibility of the voter. When all of the outer envelopes have been checked, the inner blank envelope will be removed, mixed indiscriminately, opened, and the ballots counted. A copy of the Counting Organization report shall be mailed by the Recording Secretary to all members within two (2) weeks of the counting, along with a list of the members eligible to vote, with a checkmark by the name of each member whose vote was counted. The persons receiving the highest number of votes for each position will be declared elected. (b) The Counting Organization shall be selected by a Counting Committee consisting of three (3) members in good standing, no more than one of whom may be a member of the Board who is notup for reelection. The Committee shall be appointed by the President, with the approval of the Board, annually, on or before October 15th. On or before December 15th, the Committee shall submit to the Board its selection of a Counting Organization with a schedule of the attendant costs. The costs are to be financed by an annual allocation of $1.00 from each members dues to a fund specifically for this purpose. The Board may, at its discretion, add to the fund. Any amount in the fund over $500.00 shall be deemed an excess and shall be distributed to other funds as the Board deems necessary. If the Counting Organization can be paid out of the money available in the fund, the Board shall be bound by the recommendation of the Committee. (c) Results of the voting shall be published in the next issue of the Club publication, the Komondor Komments. (d) If any nominee at the time of voting shall be unable to serve for any reason, such nominee shall not be elected, and the vacancy so created shall be filled by the Board in accordance with Article III, Section 3. (e) Newly elected Officers and Directors shall take office on the first day of March of each year. (f) Previous Officers and Regional Directors must turn over their Club records to their successors within thirty (30) days of publication of the election results. (g) An Editor of the official Club publications, Komondor Komments, and a Correspondent to Purebred Dogs, shall be appointed by the board from its members in good stranding by May 1st and shall serve for the Clubs year. (h) There will be a Club Historian who shall have access to all Club records for all years prior to the current operating year. He/she shall be appointed every two years, in the year when the Officers are elected, by the Board from the members in good standing within sixty days after the Board has taken office. He/she shall be nominated by the President, as are committee members [See Article III, Section 2 (a)]. He/she will have the responsibility of preparing a historical record of the Clubs past and keeping the Clubs history up to date save for the current year. The Club Historian will not be a member of the Board unless elected to one of the regular Board positions.

ARTICLE V
Committees
Section 1. Each year after the beginning of the Clubs Official Year and before May 1st the President shall nominate with the approval of the Board a Disciplinary Committee consisting of three current board members. The function of this committee is to adjudicate any disciplinary charges of members that the board has entertained jurisdiction under Article VI, Section 2. Once a disciplinary charge has been assigned to the committee, the members on the committee shall continue to serve until their verdict is rendered even though their term may have expired. The President may also nominate each year and, with the approval of the Board, appoint Standing Committees to advance the work of the Club in such matters as shows, obedience trials, trophies, breed information, membership, stock guard use, and other matters which may well be served by such committees. Standing Committees are defined, in accordance with Roberts Rules of Order, as constituted to perform a continuing function, and remain in existence permanently or for the life of the assembly that establishes them. In an ordinary society, the members of such a committee serve for a term corresponding to that of the officers, and continue their duties until their successors have been chosen. Thus a new body of committee members is normally appointed at the beginning of each administration. Special or Select Committees may also be appointed to aid the President on particular projects. A Special or Select Committees is defined, following Roberts Rules of Order, as appointed, as the need arises, to carry out a specified task, at the completion of whichthat is on presentation of its final report to the assemblyit automatically ceases to exist Membership on such committees will be nominated and approved as specified in Article III, Section 2(a) The Board, after consultation with the President, may also nominate and appoint a Special Committee to aid it for a special purpose. The committees function and membership will ordinarily remain intact until that purpose is fulfilled. An example of such a Special Committee would be one formed to organize a future Specialty Show. Its function could potentially continue after the year in which it was formed. Whenever Special or Standing Committees are appointed, the general membership must be fully notified as soon as possible by the Recording Secretary. The appointment, along with the reasons for the committee, must be published in the earliest edition of Komondor Komments.

Section 2. All committees shall always be subject to the final authority of the Board. Any committee appointment may be terminated by a majority of the full membership of the Board upon written notice to the appointee. The President may nominate and with Board approval appoint [See Article III, Section 2(a)] successors to those persons whose services have been terminated. Section 3. Ordinarily all committee members must be members in good standing, but exceptions can be made to the requirement if the Board deems a nonmember participant may be of special benefit to the Club. Committee appointees shall receive written notice and accept the position in writing to the Recording Secretary. Section 4. Committee membership terminations by the Board of Directors, like all other Board actions, may be overturned by a majority vote of the members polled as a result of a petition to override such an act signed by 33% of the membership in good standing.

ARTICLE VI
Discipline
Section 1. American Kennel Club Suspension. Any member who is suspended from the privileges of The American Kennel Club shall be suspended automatically from the privileges of this Club for a like period. Section 2. Charges. Any member may prefer charges against a member for alleged misconduct prejudicial to the best interests of the Club or the Breed. Written charges with specification must be filed in duplicate with the Recording Secretary together with a deposit of $50.00, which shall be forfeited if such charges are not sustained by the Board or the Disciplinary Committee following a hearing. The Recording Secretary shall promptly send a copy of the charges to each member of the Board or present them at a Board Meeting. The Board shall first consider whether the actions alleged in the charges, if proven, might constitute conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the Club or the Breed. If the Board considers that the charges do not allege conduct which would be prejudicial to the best interest of the Club or Breed, it may refuse to entertain jurisdiction. If the Board entertains jurisdiction of the charges, the Recording Secretary shall promptly send one copy of the charges to the accused by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested. The Board shall then turn the matter over to the Disciplinary Committee to conduct a hearing. The Disciplinary Committee shall then promptly send notice to the accused by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, requesting that the defendant decide whether the hearing is to be conducted in person or by mail. The defendant must exercise his/her option within fourteen (14) days of receipt of said notice, or the Disciplinary Committee shall make the decision. Disciplinary Committee shall set a date for a hearing not less than three (3) weeks or more than six (6) weeks after the accused has chosen whether he/she prefers that the hearing be conducted in person or by mail [See Article Vl, Section 3]. The Disciplinary Committee shall act in all respects for the Board including setting the date, time, and place of any hearing of the charges. Section 3. Hearing. (a) If the hearing is conducted by mail, both parties shall be requested to submit to the Disciplinary Committee within the time limits specified in Section 2 above, all evidence available. Such evidence shall be in written form, and must be sworn to. Within thirty (30) days of the date the evidence is submitted, the Disciplinary Committee shall render a decision based on a majority vote. (b) The defendant shall have the right to be represented by counsel in any of the proceedings. (c) If the defendant elects to have a hearing in person, the Disciplinary Committee shall, by telephone Conference Call, determine the date and place of the hearing, and the Recording Secretary shall promptly advise the defendant of the date and place of the hearing, with the assurance that the defendant may personally appear in his/her own defense and bring witnesses if he/she so desires. Said hearing in person shall be held not less than three (3) weeks nor more than six (6) weeks from the date of election. (d) Whether the hearing is conducted by mail or in person, careful records of what is written or stated shall be kept. Disciplinary matters must be conducted in Executive Session, and the minutes of such hearings, or the record of such proceedings must be acted upon only in executive session. (e) Should the charges be sustained after hearing all the evidence and testimony presented by the complainant and the defendant, the Disciplinary Committee may by a majority vote suspend the defendant from all privileges of the Club for not more than six (6) months from the date of the hearing, if the hearing is conducted in person, or until the next Annual Meeting if that will occur after six (6) months. If the Disciplinary Committee deems that punishment insufficient, it may also recommend to the membership that the penalty be expulsion. In such cases, the suspension shall not restrict the defendants right to appear before his/her fellowmembers at the ensuing Club meeting which considers the Disciplinary Committees recommendation. Immediately after the Disciplinary Committee has reached a decision, its findings shall be put in written form and filed with the Recording Secretary. The Recording Secretary, in turn, shall notify each of the parties of the Trial Boards decision and penalty, if any. Section 4. Expulsion. Expulsion of a member from the Club may be accomplished only at a meeting of the Club following a hearing or decision and upon the Disciplinary Committee recommendation as provided in Section 3 of this Article. Such proceedings must occur at the next annual meeting of the Club but not earlier than thirty (30) days after the date of the Disciplinary Committee recommendation. The defendant shall have the privilege of appearing in his/her own behalf, with counsel, though no evidence shall be taken at this meeting. The President shall read the

charges and the finding of the Disciplinary Committee and shall invite the defendant, if present, to speak on his/ her own behalf. The meeting shall then vote by secret written ballot on the proposed expulsion and on whether the members support the suspension. A 2/3rds vote of those present and voting at the meeting shall be necessary for expulsion. If the defendant so elects, the full membership may be polled by secret ballot instead of having the proceedings take place at the annual meeting of the club. A 2/3rds vote shall be necessary for expulsion. If the membership is polled by secret ballot, the defendant as well as the President shall have the right to issue a statement to the full membership. Both statements will be sent out with the secret ballot. If expulsion is not so voted, the Disciplinary Committee s suspension shall stand, unless the meeting or polling specifically votes against such suspension by majority vote. The ballot must ask the members to signify whether they support expulsion and whether they support suspension.

ARTICLE VII
Amendments
Section 1. Proposal of Amendments. Amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws and to the Standard for the Breed may be proposed by the Board or by written petition addressed to the Recording Secretary signed by 20% of the membership in good standing. Amendments proposed by such petition shall be promptly considered by the Board and must be submitted to the members with the recommendation of the Board by the Recording Secretary for a vote not later than thirty (30) day after the date the petition was received by the Recording Secretary. Section 2. Voting. The Constitution and By-Laws and the Standard for the Breed may be amended at any time provided a copy of the proposed amendment has been mailed by the Recording Secretary to each member of the Club in good standing on the date of the mailing, along with the Boards recommendation, accompanied by a ballot on which he/ she may indicate his/her choice for or against the action to be taken. The ballot shall be secret and will be conducted as is the ballot for elections of C1ub Officers and Regional Directors, as specified in Article IV, Section 4. A notice shall specify a date not less than thirty (30) days after the date of mailing by which date the ballots must be returned to the Counting Organization to be counted. A favorable vote of 2/3rds of the members in good standing who return valid ballots within the time limit shall be required to effect any such amendment. Section 3. No amendment to the Constitution and By-Laws or to the Standard for the Breed that is adopted by the Club shall become effective until it has been approved by the Board of Directors of The American Kennel Club.

ARTICLE VIII
Dissolution
Section 1. The Club may be dissolved at any time be the written consent of not less than 2/3rds of the members. In the event of the dissolution of the Club, other than for purposes of reorganization, whether voluntary or involuntary, or by operation of law, none of the property of the Club nor any proceeds thereof nor any assets of the Club shall be distributed to any members of the Club. After payment of the debts of the Club, its property and assets shall be given to a charitable organization for the benefit of dogs as selected by the Board.

ARTICLE IX
Order of Business
Section 1. The order of business to be followed at the Regular Annual Mecting must be, and at any other meeting of the Club, the order of business, so far as the character and nature of the meeting may permit, shall be as follows: Roll Call Minutes of last meeting Report of President Report of Recording Secretary Report of Corresponding Secretary Report of Treasurer Report of AKC Delegate Report of Committees Unfinished business Election of new members New business Adjournment Section 2. At meetings of the Board, the order of business, unless otherwise directed by a majority vote of those present, shall be as follows: Roll call Reading of minutes of last meeting

Report of President Report of Recording Secretary Report of Treasurer Report of AKC Delegate Report of Committees Unfinished business New business Adjournment

ARTICLE X
Mailing Address, Records, Club Insignia, Club Publications
Section 1. Mailing Address. The mailing address of the Club shall be that of the incumbent Recording Secretary. Section 2. Records. All Club records and ballots shall be made available by their custodian for examination by any member in good standing upon request, at the place of custody of said records. All election ballots shall be kept by the Recording Secretary for 12 months. The Recording Secretary shall be the custodian of all records of the Club. Officers and Regional Directors shall deposit a copy of all records within a month of the date of the records with the Recording Secretary who must turn all records over to his/ her successor within one month of termination of his /her term of office. Section 3. Club Insignia. The official Club Insignia shall be a representation of a Komondor, either head study or full body representation, as approved by the membership, and may be used for any purpose in representing the Breed for his Club. Any member in good standing may use the insignia for his/her personal use, but in no case for commercial purpose other than representing oneself as breeder/member. Section 4. Club Publications. The official publication of this Club shall be called Komondor Komments and shall be published at such intervals as may be determined by the Board. In addition to the Komondor Komments, the Board may cause to be published, from time to time, copies of the Official Breed Standard and such other materials which in their opinion would promote the objectives of this Club.

ARTICLE Xl
Parliamentary Authority
Section 1. The rules of parliamentary procedure comprised in Roberts Rules of Order, Revised, shall govern the proceedings of this Club and the Board, subject to such By-Laws as have or may be adopted.

APPENDIX The Regions shall be defined as (as amended May, 2008) Region I: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. All Canadian Provinces east of Manitoba (Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) Region II: Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. All foreign countries except Canada. Region III: Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Region IV: Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas and Colorado. Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Region V: Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, and Hawaii. British Columbia, Yukon and the North West Territories. Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii, British Columbia.
Adopted January 17, 1967 Amended September 28, 1968 Amended February 11, 1970 Amended January 9, 1984 Adopted July, 1990 Amended June, 2004 Realigned effective May 2008

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