Contemporary Forum

ARTICLE III	Membership
As amended October 9, 2002	Membership Requirements:
	1.	Membership in Phoenix Art Museum
	2.	Payment of annual dues determined by the Board of Directors paid in July of each year.

ARTICLE IV	Board of Directors
As amended December 12, 2007	The affairs of this organization shall be conducted by a Board of Directors of not less than 10 and no more than 30 members. The Board of Directors may cause the number of members to increase or to decrease and when a vacancy occurs, the President may nominate a member with the approval of the Board to fill such vacancy as may occur pending the next annual meeting of the members. If there are less than 30 members, the President also may nominate additional members with the approval of the Board, up to 30 members, pending the next annual meeting of the members. All Board members must be members in good standing of Contemporary Forum. The Board of Directors shall meet by notice with all members informed at least 10 days prior to the declared date. The Board of Directors shall be elected at the regular annual meeting which shall be held in the month of May. Announcement of such meetings will be made to all members at least 10 days in advance of the meeting. If the election results in less than 30 members, the President may nominate additional members with the approval of the Board, up to 30 members, thereafter. Any director who misses three regular meetings of the board, from July to June, unless excused by the president, shall automatically be dropped from the Board of Directors. The immediate past president will be a member of the Executive Committee. If the immediate past president is no longer a member of the Board of Directors because his or her term on the Board has been completed, the immediate past president will remain a nonvoting member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for one additional year.

ARTICLE V	Nominating Committee
As amended April 11, 2007	The President of the Board of Directors shall appoint a member of the Board of Directors to serve as Chair of a five member Nominating Committee, which is to be appointed by the Chair and approved by the Board of Directors. The Nominating Committee shall present names of proposed directors to the membership to be voted on at the annual meeting in May. The Nominating Committee shall also present a prepared slate of candidates for the officers of the Board of Directors to be voted on at the annual meeting. The slate of officers for President and Vice President shall be limited to current members of the Board of Directors who have held their position for a minimum of two years, except that former Contemporary Forum Board Members who have had prior cumulative experience on the Contemporary Forum Board of two years or more can serve as an officer upon returning to the Board. All officers shall be current members of the Board of Directors, except that the President may be elected from among Directors whose term of office has expired immediately preceding such election of officers.

ARTICLE VI	Officers
As amended May 14, 1985	The Board of Directors shall elect a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers in addition to the officers herein above named as it shall deem necessary, who shall be authorized to perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VII	Term
As amended December 12, 2007	Board members shall be elected to serve a three year term with one third of the Board being elected each year. If there are less than 30 members, the President also may nominate additional members with the approval of the Board, up to 30 members, pending the next annual meeting of the members. No Board member may serve more than two successive full three year terms. Officers will be elected for a one year term, but may, if elected, serve two successive one year terms. The founding members of the Board of Directors are:
		Jeri Worthington, President	Leonard Hantover	Patty Hart
		Robert Rosner, Vice President	Jolyon Grant	Dennis Brydon
		Lynn Rigberg, Vice President	Caralee Allsworth	Mervyn Ross
		Marilyn Burgy, Secretary	Steve Woodward	Leonard Lehrer
		Fred Nachman, Treasurer	Alan Goldman	Alex Simons
			Betty Levitt	B. Eric Bron

ARTICLE VIII	Duties of Officers
As amended May 14, 1985	The President shall preside at all meetings, shall perform duties usually assigned to such an office and shall attend the Museum’s Board of Trustees meetings. The Vice President shall act as assistant to the President on all occasions and, in the absence or inability of the President, the Vice President shall have the powers of the President. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the Board of Directors Meetings and all records necessary, except financial. The Treasurer shall have the custody and control of the funds of the Contemporary Forum and its financial records. All checks must be signed by any two of the following: Treasurer, President, Vice President or Secretary.

ARTICLE IX	Executive Committee
As amended October 9, 2002	The Executive Committee shall consist of the officers of the Board of Directors, the immediate past president, the Chair of the Acquisitions Committee and the Chair of the Nominating Committee. The Executive Committee may make necessary decisions between meetings of the Board of Directors which do not require a vote of the Board or full membership.

ARTICLE X	Committees
As amended November 13, 2002	There shall be at least one committee, known as the Acquisitions Committee, whose chair shall be appointed by the President of the Board of Contemporary Forum. The Acquisitions Committee, in consultation with the Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art of Phoenix Art Museum, shall present the works of art, when funds are available, for partial or full purchase, to the Board of Contemporary Forum for the consideration and approval as an acquisition. Such works of art will in turn be presented to the Collections Committee of Phoenix Art Museum's Board of Trustees for acceptance into the Museum's collection. The President, subject to approval of the Board of Directors, may appoint additional standing and ad hoc committees. The duties and powers of these committees will be determined by the President.

ARTICLE XI	Quorum
As amended May 14, 1985	More than 50% of the members present at a regular or special Board of Directors meeting shall constitute a quorum. Any action approved by a majority of the quorum present at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Board of Directors, except for amendments to these bylaws. A quorum of any general membership meeting shall consist of those members present, plus a quorum of the Board.

ARTICLE XII	Miscellaneous
As amended October 9, 2002	1.	Amendments – These bylaws may be amended by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. A copy of all amendments will be sent to the Board of Trustees of Phoenix Art Museum.
	2.	The fiscal year shall be July 1 to June 30, to coincide with that of Phoenix Art Museum.
	3.	Financial records shall be maintained according to generally accepted accounting principles and Phoenix Art Museum policies; financial records will be sent to Phoenix Art Museum staff for review and be included in the annual independent audit of the Museum.