The name of this organization shall henceforth be known as Georgia-Alabama NewspaperAdvertising and Marketing Executives and referred to in an abbreviated form as Georgia-Alabama N.A.M.E.

1. To encourage the continuing existence of a body of people representing the paid daily newspapers of Georgia and Alabama to meet one time annually for the purpose of promoting and improving newspaper advertising and marketing techniques.

2. To promote a cooperative and friendly attitude among Georgia and Alabama daily newspapers, and to discuss and exchange ideas pertaining to newspaper advertising and marketing for the betterment of the newspaper industry in general.

1. An active Member shall be a morning, evening or Sunday newspaper, or a combina-tion of both, located in Georgia or Alabama, and shall be represented by its Advertising Director, Marketing Director, Advertising Manager, General or Business Manager, Publisher or other representative indicated by the member newspaper.

2. National newspaper representatives, advertising agencies, and other representativesof allied trades may hold Associate Membership in the Association.

3. Application for membership shall be in writing. When approved, member executive’s newspaper will be billed for dues.

4. Annual dues shall be set by the Board of Directors with approval of the general membership.

5. Members six months in arrears will have no voice in any business pertaining to the Association and their membership may be cancelled by a majority action of the Board of Directors.

1. The Officers of this Association shall be a President, Executive Vice President, First Vice President, Second Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer.

2. The President shall be the Chief Executive of the Association. The President shall preside at all meetings and serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The President shall issue call for the regular annual meetings to be held at the discretion of the officers and the Board of Directors. The President shall appoint all committees and shall see that a regular election is held in accordance with paragraph 5 in this Article.

3. If for any reason the President is unable to perform the duties of office, the Executive Vice President shall occupy the position of President and perform the duties of the office, having the same authority as the President.

4. The Secretary/Treasurer shall be appointed and serve at the discretion of and under the supervision and direction of the President and Board of Directors. The duties of the office shall be: To handle all details pertaining to correspondence, keeping of Association records of all meetings and handling convention details and arrangements and other normal secretarial duties.To render bills for, to receive and distribute all monies belonging to the Association according to its by-laws, and be responsible for the same. The Secretary/Treasurer shall keep an up-to-date roster of the membership, shall render a report of the condition of the treasury at each annual meeting. Bond in the amount of $1,000 shall be furnished by the appointed Treasurer and said bond premium shall be paid by the Association. Compensation for the Secretary/Treasurer shall be set by the Board of Directors.

5. (A) All Officers and Directors shall be elected for one year by a majority vote of the members of the Association present and voting. Nominations may be submitted by a committee of three (3) or more appointed by the President, or by any member, from the floor of the general meeting.

5. (B) The Nomination Committee is requested, but not specifically bound by these by-laws, to nominate the slate of Officers which will balance the Board of Directors mem-bership as equally as possible between the two states. Subsequent ARTICLE VI, para-graph 2 states that five (5) of the ten (10) elected Directors must be from Alabama and five (5) from Georgia. Associates would alternate states each year if elected to office.

6. Vacancies for whatever cause among the Directors and Officers shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Directors.

1. The Association shall meet annually. The date and place to be determined by the President and Board of Directors. No member shall be entitled to vote at any meeting without first being registered and having his credentials as a member in good standing of the Association. Each member shall delegate his vote to one representative.

2. In the event of providential reasons, should there not be a meeting, then the President shall appoint a Nominating Committee of three (3) or more to proceed with the election of the new Officers and Directors by mail. Each member shall be sent a ballot so that his or her vote may be cast and so that additional nominations may be made.

1. The authorities of this Association shall be vested in, and exercised by, its Board of Directors who shall have full control and management of the affairs and funds of the Association.

2. The Directors of the Association shall be ten (10) in number, in addition to the Immediate Past President, who shall be an ex-officio member of the Board. The total number of combined Officers and Directors shall be fifteen (15).

3. Eight (8) Officers and/or Directors shall constitute a quorum. Any Director’s meeting, duly called, at which less than a quorum shall be obtained, shall be adjourned.

These by-laws may be amended or repealed in whole or in part by a majority of the mem-bers qualified to vote, in person or by proxy, at any annual or special meeting. A record of such amendments to be kept by the Secretary and affixed to a copy of the by-laws dur-ing the term of office in which amendment was made.