ARTICLE
I --- NAME
The name of this organization is COMPUTER BOOTERS OF SUN LAKES
hereinafter sometimes referred to as "Group" or "Club".
1. To encourage and assist in the dissemination to it’s members and others of general knowledge concerning computers and their utilization.
2. To facilitate the exchange of information among members about all brands of personal computers, related hardware and software products, and techniques others, and seek help in solving specific problems with their computer equipment and for their utilization.
3. To provide a forum for members where they may share their knowledge with others, and seek help in solving specific problems with their computer equipment and applications.
In furtherance of such purposes, the Club may:
1. Affiliate or cooperate with societies, associations, and groups having similar interests
in Computer sciences and practices.
2. Publish and distribute to members a periodical newsletter relating to the activities and Interests of the Group, and such other similar literature as the Board of Directors may from time to Time authorize.
3. Maintain, and make available to members free or at minimal cost, a library of public domain software, shareware when distribution thereof is legally and ethically permissible, and other applications on disk.
4. Accumulate and make available to members, and encourage the use of, such books, magazines, and other literature, in any form, as may promote their understanding or use of computers, peripherals, and software.
5. Own, operate, and maintain computer equipment and software useful in demonstrating to members the use of computers and related hardware and software.
6. Upon approval in each specific instance by the Board of Directors, sponsor and encourage participation in special activities, including workshops, tutoring of groups in computer and software utilization, and the organization of special interest groups; and permit such reasonable charges therefore, and reasonable compensation of individuals, as may be necessary to make the particular activity substantially self- supporting. This section pertains only to activities sponsored by the Club, and nothing herein shall preclude any member, on his own initiative, from offering or providing instruction or other services and charging fees or collecting and retaining other compensation therefore.
Unless the Board of Directors or the President of the Club shall otherwise direct, announcement of any such activities by a member may be made at Club meetings and in newsletters distributed to members of the Club; provided, that it shall not be made to appear that the activities of such member are under the sponsorship of the Club.
ARTICLE III --- MEMBERS
Membership in this Club shall be available to all persons who are members of any
Sun Lakes Homeowners' Association. Any restrictions imposed by the facility in
which meetings are held shall take precedence over the preceding statement. As a
condition of membership, each member of the Club shall pay such dues and fees,
and comply with such other regulations and requirements, as may from time to
time be approved and adopted by the Board of Directors of the Club, or set forth
in these by-laws as they now exist or as they may be hereafter amended