President - Christy Post

Vice President - Lesa Jenkins

Treasurer - Ian Thomas

Secretary - Bri Mooney

AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF BYLAWS OF

FALCON MUSIC BOOSTERS, INC., F/K/A

FALCON BAND BOOSTERS, INC.

ARTICLE I

NAME

Section 1.1 – Name. The name of the corporation shall be FALCON MUSIC BOOSTERS, INC.

ARTICLE II

Section 2.1 – Location. The principal of business of the corporation shall be in the care of the President, at the residence of the incumbent President, or in care of Fitch Senior High School, 101 Groton Long Point Road, Groton, Connecticut, 06340, until otherwise designated by the Board of Directors by Resolution.

ARTICLE III

PURPOSE

Section 3.1 – Certificate of Incorporation. The purposes for which this corporation is established and the nature of the business to be transacted by it, the powers of the corporation, the powers of the directors, the disposition of its assets on dissolution, and all matters concerning the conduct and regulation of the business of the corporation shall be set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby incorporated herein and made a part of these Bylaws.

ARTICLE IV

INITIAL ORGANIZATION

Section 4.1 – Initial Organization. The corporation shall be organized without capital stock and shall be operated exclusively for the purpose of helping to create and maintain school and community spirit through projects and activities related to music at Fitch Senior High School, Groton, Connecticut. It is a non-profit corporation. No part of its net earnings or profits shall benefit any individual, or be used or appropriated for other than the aforementioned purposes, except that reasonable compensation may be paid for services rendered to or for the corporation affecting one or more of its purposes.

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 5.1 – Officers. The officers of the corporation shall be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. No person may hold more than one such office. No one may be an officer who is not either a parent or guardian of a music student, an alumnus, a parent or guardian of an alumnus, or interested in the welfare of the Music Programs at Fitch Senior High School.

Section 5.2 – Nomination and Election. The President, the Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be members of the Board of Directors, shall be elected by the Board of Directors at the organizational meeting of the corporation, and thereafter at the Annual Meeting of the Corporation. The Board may appoint an Assistant Secretary and/or Assistant Treasurer, and if appointed, the Assistant Secretary and/or Assistant Treasurer may also hold one of the offices mentioned in Section 5.1, above. No director shall be disqualified from voting in a director’s election of office by virtue of being a candidate for office.

Section 5.3 – Term. Officers of the corporation shall hold office for one (1) year, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Section 5.4 – Compensation. Officers shall serve without compensation, provided that they may be reimbursed for expenses determined by the Board to have been incurred in protecting the corporation or advancing the purposes of the corporation.

Section 5.5 – President. The President shall be chief executive of the corporation. The President, or the designee of the President, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The President shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board and of committees of the Board are carried into effect. In general, the President shall perform all duties incident to the office of the President (and chairperson of the Board of Directors) and such other duties as from time to time the Board may designate. The President may sign checks, drafts, and notes if the treasurer is absent, disabled or otherwise unavailable.

The President, together with the Secretary, shall sign all agreements and contracts made by the corporation upon the approval of the Board of Directors.

Section 5.6 – Vice President. The Vice President shall have such general responsibility as may be assigned to the Vice President from time to time by the Board or by the President. At the request of the President, or in the event of absence, resignation, removal, disability, or death of the President, the Vice President shall carry out all duties of the President. When so acting, the Vice President shall have all the powers of and be subject to all of the restrictions upon the office of the President. If the Vice President is unable to serve in this capacity, the Board shall elect a member of the Board to so act.

Section 5.7 – Secretary The Secretary shall ensure the preparation of, and shall keep, the minutes of all Board and committee meetings. The Secretary shall keep the official list of all Directors and shall issue reports and correspondence as directed by the President of the Board. The Secretary shall perform all duties incident to the office of the Secretary and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Secretary by the Board or the President.

Section 5.8 – Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all funds and securities of the corporation. The Treasurer shall keep full and accurate accounts of assets, liabilities, receipts, and disbursements, and other transactions of the corporation in books belonging to the corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit all monies and other valuable effects of the corporation in the name off and to credit of the corporation in such banks or other depositories as may be designated byt the Board. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and to the Directors at the Annual Meetings of the corporation, or whenever they may require it, a statement of all transactions conducted by the Treasurer and an account of the financial condition of the corporation. The Treasurer shall be responsible for preparing a proposed annual budget for the consideration of the Board of Directors and for preparing such amendments to such proposed budgets as the Board may direct. In general, the Treasurer shall perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer by the Board or the President.

ARTICLE VI

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 6.1 – Personnel. The Board of Directors shall consist of nine (9) members in total, and shall include the officers of the corporation. Each director must be either a parent or guardian of a music student, an alumnus of a Fitch Senior High School, a parent or guardian of an alumnus of Fitch Senior High School, or someone interested in the welfare of the Music Programs at Fitch Senior High School.

Section 6.2 – Election. Each year, all persons interested in the Falcon Music Boosters shall meet at a date, time and place designated by the President for the purpose of electing Directors to succeed those Directors whose term next expires. Said meeting should be sometime during the last quarter of the school year which marks the end of the term of service for those Directors who are being replaced, and not later than two weeks prior to the Annual Meeting of the Corporation, so due notice of the Annual Meeting can be given to the Directors so selected. Participation in such selection process shall be voluntary, and the failure of such individual to participate in such election shall not prohibit such person from being elected.

Section 6.3 – Representation. Under no circumstance shall any director be entitled to more than one vote on any matter or to be counted as more than one Director for any purpose, including quorums.

Section 6.4 – Term. Subject to the limitations in Section 6.1, above, each elected Director shall serve for a term of one year or until a successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until resignation or death. No Director, except he or she who is a music teacher assigned the Fitch High School Music Programs, may serve on the Board for more than six (6) years in succession.

Section 6.5 – Duties. The Board of Directors shall have full charge of the property and business of the corporation with full power and authority to manage and conduct the same. The Directors specifically shall not be empowered to engage in any activity which causes or may reasonably be expected to cause the corporation to lose its exemption under Section 510(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 an organization description in Section 501(c)(3) of said Code.

Section 6.6 – Compensation. Directors shall serve without compensation, provided that they be reimbursed for expenses determined by the Board to have been incurred in protecting the corporation or advancing the purpose of the corporation.

Section 6.7 – Powers. The Board of Directors may make such contrats and employ such agents, servants, brokers, and attorneys as it deems necessary and appropriate to the accomplishment of the corporate purposes and, when authorized by the Board by resolution set forth in the minutes of the corporation, officers of the corporation and committees appointed pursuant to Section 8.1 of these Bylaws may do the same on behalf of the Board. Directors and officers, and firms and corporations in which directors and officers are interested, may be parties to such contracts or which it so employs may be paid reasonable compensation for performing such contract or rendering such services; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the powers which the Board of Directors, or committees appointed by the Board, or the officers of the Corporation, would have absent this section.

Section 6.8- Removal of Director. Any director may be removed, either with or without cause, at any time by affirmative roll call vote of not less than six (6) of the directors at a special meeting of the Board of Directors called for the purpose of considering such removal, provided that written notice of such meeting and purpose shall have been given to the director(s) whose removal is to be considered by first class mail to the director’s most recent address shown on the Corporation’s records.

Section 6.9 – Vacancies. Except as otherwise provided by the Bylaws, in the event any office of director, officer, or employee appointed by the Board, becomes vacant due to death, resignation, or removal, the vacancy may be filled for the unexpired term by a majority vote of the remaining directors.

ARTICLE VII

MEMBERS

Section 7.1 – Membership. The Corporation has no members, and shall be governed by its Board of Directors.

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