When we meet on June 17th in our family organization business meeting the Board would like to propose the following changes to the John and Hannah Knight Libby Carter Family charter.
The changes pertain two to areas:
1) Article II - We want to rename this Mission Statement where we more clearly state what we are about and to add a Vision Statement paragraph describing that the board will at least bi-annually develop a working plan of what we need to do (a vision statement) and publish this to the organization as a whole.
2) To help facilitate this we want to formally add to the charter board member list two positions: Publicist and Media Specialist. Their titles and duties along with a couple of edits to current positions are listed in the document.
The strikeouts in the document are those items to be removed - the red type face is the material proposed to be added.
Here is the document:
CHARTER OF THE
JOHN AND HANNAH KNIGHT LIBBY CARTER FAMILY
ORGANIZATION
ARTICLE
I NAME OF ORGANIZATION
The name of this
organization shall be the JOHN AND HANNAH KNIGHT LIBBY CARTER FAMILY.
ARTICLE
II PURPOSE OF THIS
ORGANIZATION
The
purpose of this family organization is to promote awareness of and to strengthen
the family bonds between the many descendants of John CARTER and Hannah Knight
LIBBY. These members may be either direct descendants or related through
marriage.
It
is not our intention to exclude anyone who can trace their roots back to
our
progenitor, Richard CATER I, born between 1598-1611 in Devon, England and died
between 1677-1679 in the Colony of New Hampshire. In fact you are most welcome
to join and highly encouraged to do so.
Members are encouraged to
be involved in the following specific purposes of this organization.
a. Continue to search out our ancestry back as
far as it can be done by collaborating and sharing of our information.
b.
To make available known accurate information about descendants of John and
Hannah Knight Libby Carter.
c. Foster a kinships between the descendants of
John and Hannah Knight Libby Carter as we seek them out and provide a way for
them to interact.
d.
To educate family members and others of the history and family traditions
within the genealogical lines of the membership.
MISSION STATEMENT
The
mission of the John and Hannah Knight Libby Carter Family is to provide a platform
for all the descendants of John and Hannah Knight Libby Carter to be able to
communicate with each other, develop stronger inter-generational ties,
learn more about their family, and preserve their heritage for future
generations.
VISION STATEMENT
To more fully accomplish the
mission of this organization the officers shall, after being elected, create or
rework the organization’s vision statement. This organization’s vision
statement shall include details of how the board intends to strengthen family
bonds between the descendants of John & Hannah Knight Libby Carter,
coordinate research efforts for the ancestry and descendants of John &
Hannah Knight Libby Carter, and make available accurate information concerning
John & Hannah Knight Libby Carter, their ancestors, and their descendants.
ARTICLE
III MEMBERSHIP
Membership shall be
opened to the descendants of John and Hannah Knight Libby Carter their husbands
and wives. Membership shall be accepted
in written or electronic form.
Individuals applying for membership shall provide their basic
information such as full name and known ancestry, current address, and a way to
contact them via phone, or email. An
associate membership (without voting rights) will be extended to others who
descend from our ancestor Richard Cater I but don’t come through John and
Hannah. Both
membership and associate membership shall have an account with
www.carterville.com.
ARTICLE
IV OFFICERS
Officers shall consist of
a President, Vice President, Treasurer, Webmaster, Family Genealogist and , Secretary, Publicist and Social Media Specialist. Officers shall be nominated and voted upon by
the members of this organization at the close of the biennial meeting. Their terms shall begin at the close of the
annual meeting and end upon the election of the next annual meeting.
ARTICLE
V BOARD OF TRUSTEES
The property, business,
and affairs of this organization shall be managed by the Board. The officers elected shall make up the Board
of Trustees with the President being the Chairman of the Board. The officers shall meet at least yearly either
in person or via phone, instant messaging, or email. The Board shall appoint such ad hoc or
standing committees as may be deemed necessary for the conduct of business and
other activities of the organization.
ARTICLE
VI FINANCE
Membership to this organization
shall be free. Financing shall be
governed by the Treasurer. All money
asked for from the membership shall be through donations. It is suggested that a ten dollar donation be
made upon the request for membership and a minimum ten dollar donation be made
at each biennial meeting.
ARTICLE
VII AMENDMENTS AND VOTING
Amendments to these
articles or to the By-Laws shall be submitted to the active membership and will
require for acceptance a majority vote of those attending the official meeting
open to all the membership. Any matters
of organization business submitted to the active membership will require for
passage a majority of all votes cast at the official meeting. Members not in
attendance shall be able to cast their votes either by mail, or email. Review
of the Charter and By-Laws shall be done by the Board of Trustees at least
every ten years. Changes shall be voted
on by the membership.
BY-LAWS OF THE
JOHN AND HANNAH KNIGHT LIBBY CARTER FAMILY
ORGANIZATION
SECTION
1
In addition to the
meeting open to the membership, special meetings of the Board of Trustees may
be called. Adequate notice shall be
given prior to the time the meeting is called.
All matters shall be determined by a majority vote of those attending
either regular or special meetings, or if determined by email, then by a
majority of those responding.
SECTION
2
Requests for donations
shall be established by the Board of Trustees. Donation monies shall be used to
finance this organizations website, reunions, and other projects approved by
the membership.
SECTION
3
The
duties of the Officers of the organization shall be:
(1) The President shall preside at all meetings,
shall have the authority to call special meetings, shall appoint ad hoc and
standing committees as may be needed or approved by the Board, and generally
supervise the activities of the organization.
(2) The Vice President shall assist and counsel
the President. The Vice President will
serve in the absence of the President.
If for any reason the latter cannot serve or if the office of President
is vacated, the Vice President shall assume the President’s responsibilities
with the help of the past president.
(3) The Treasurer shall handle all finances of
the organization, keeping careful records of all transactions, issuing proper
receipts for all contributions, and making certain that all expenditures are
duly authorized and recorded. They will
report to the Board annually with an audit of the year’s transactions.
(4) The Webmaster will be responsible for
maintaining and updating the organization Carterville.com
website. The Webmaster shall
also prepare notices and other communications which go to the membership, and
will see that the Board of Trustees and the officers are duly notified of all
meetings.
(5) The
Family Genealogist will be responsible for gathering genealogical data on all of
the descendants of John and Hannah Knight Libby Carter and sharing such
data with the members of the organization through the
Carterville.com web site.
(6)
The Secretary will be responsible for recording and documenting activities
conducted by the organization. The Secretary shall help
prepare notices and other communications which go to the membership, and will
see that the Board of Trustees and the officers are duly notified of all
meetings. The Secretary shall also keep minutes of all meetings and will
be responsible for seeing that a mailing list is maintained.
(7) The Publicist will be responsible for maintaining the
organization’s web page which will be part of the Carterville.com web site;
correspond electronically or otherwise with the membership on a regular basis;
promote reunions and other activities of the Association.
(8) The Social Media Specialist will be responsible for developing a
social media presence in various mediums (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube,
etc.) that will reach out especially to our younger members and engage them in
the activities of the organization.
We started out at the Carterville Park - named for John H Carter who farmed to the south of the park on the Provo Bench. This is a beautiful park and a most fitting place to meet. At 10 AM we held our business meeting. Val Dunn gave our financial report. We then brought the group up to date on the Carterville Cemetery situation back in Iowa. The group elected to not do anything at this time with regards to attempting to purchase this property. We will discuss this further in future communications with the group. We did discuss the possibility of placing a headstone or memorial in the Fletcher Cemetery in Tioga, IL for John Carter. Robert Givens said he would talk to the cemetery people and find out if this is a feasible project. The Charter for The John and Hannah Knight Libby Carter Family Organization was amended as proposed with two minor additions. Next we elected the officers of the organization. The slate of previous officers, since they were willing to continue, were elected to serve for the next two years (with the two new positions added.) The list is as follows:
We also recognized Charles Carter who was instrumental in forming this organization and has worked tirelessly on its behalf for over a decade. He gave a short talk about the granite bench that the organization placed here a number of years ago. It recognizes all the pioneer children of our family buried here and across the plains and nation who lie in unmarked graves. It is shaped as a bench so family members may come here and sit and reflect on our family's history and the sacrifice of those who came before.
