ORANJ - BYLAWS

BYLAWS OF THE

ORGANIZATION OF RESIDENTS ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW JERSEY

Article I -Name

Section 1 The name of this organization shall be the ORGANIZATION OF RESIDENTS ASSOCIATIONS OF NEW JERSEY (ORANJ)

Article II - Purpose

Section 1 The purpose of this organization is to work for the well-being of all Continuing Care Retirement Communities including:
a) to share information among Residents Associations on matters of common interest and concern.
b) to monitor, to seek to influence and promote the enactment and enforcement of laws and regulations which pertain to Continuing Care Retirement Communities.

Article III - Membership

Section 1

a) Every Residents Association of a Continuing Care Retirement Community certified by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs shall be eligibleto be a member of this organization and shall be a member by paying the annual dues.
b) Every member Residents Association shall have one vote on all matters calling for a vote. Votes shall be cast by the president of the respective associationsor by the designated representative.
c) The member associations of the Continuing Care Retirement Communities shall be divided into geographical districts. The Executive Committee shall decide the number of districts and the placements into each district. The assignment may be changed at the discretion of the Executive Committee.
Section 2

Annual dues for the following calendar year shall be proposed by the Executive Committee and voted on by the delegates at the October meeting. The fiscal year shall be from November 1 through October 31 of the following year.

Article IV - Officers

Section 1 The officers of the organization shall be a President, a Vice-President from each district, and a Secretary-Treasurer. The officers shall serve for a period of two years and may be reelected. The President may be reelected for not more thanone additional term.
Section 2 The election and the installation of officers shall take place at the regularly scheduled October meeting.
Section 3 a) The President shall preside at all regular meetings of the Organization and of the Executive Committee.
b) The President, with the consent of the Executive Committee, shall appoint all committee members and their chairpersons other than the Nominating Committee.
c) The Vice-Presidents shall maintain contact with member associations of the Continuing Care Retirement Communities in their respective districts toward the goal of enabling the Organization Of Residents Associations Of New Jersey to better serve their interests, and shall seek to inform nonmember associations of Continuing Care Retirement Communities in their districts of the purpose of the Organization of Residents Association Of New Jersey and invite them into membership.
d) The Secretary-Treasurer shall take the minutes at all meetings and handle all correspondence and financial transactions pertaining to the business of the Organization.
Section 4 a) In the absence or inability of the President to serve, the Vice-Presidents shall appoint one of their number to perform the duties of the President.
b) In the event that any office other than that of the President shall become vacant, the President, with the consent of the Executive Committee, shall designate a person to fill that office until the next election.

Article V – Committees

Section 1 a) The Executive Committee shall consist of the officers of the Organization, the committee chairpersons, and the immediate past president.
b) The Executive Committee shall have the power to act between regularmeetings of the Organization and shall report all such actions at the nextregular meeting of the Organization. The Executive Committee shall prepare the agenda for each meeting of the Organization.
Section 2 Committees shall be established by the Executive Committee, and may be dissolved, replaced, or reorganized by that committee.
Section 3 a) A Nominating Committee of three members shall be appointed by the Executive Committee by June l of any year in which an election is necessary. One member shall be designated chairperson.
b) The committee shall nominate all officers. Suggestions for candidates shall be submitted in writing to the Nominating Committee by July 1.
c) At least thirty days before the October regular meeting the Nominating Committee shall notify the Secretary of the slate.
d) Additional nominations for officers may be made from the floor at the October regular meeting with the consent of the nominee.

Article VI -Meetings

Section 1 a) There shall be at least two regular meetings of the Organization each year, one in April and the other in October. These meetings shall normally be heldon the third Wednesday of these months and shall be called to orderat 10:00 A.M. The Executive Committee has the authority to change the date and time of these meetings. Special meetings may be called at any time at the discretion of the Executive Committee.
b) A quorum at a meeting shall consist of a representative present from fifty percent of the member associations.

Article VII -Parliamentary Authority

Section 1 All business shall be conducted according to these bylaws. Any procedure not so covered shall be governed by the current version of Robert's Rules of Order, as interpreted by the President.

Article VIII –Amendments

Section 1 These bylaws may be amended by the Organization at any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote of the voting representatives present, provided the proposed amendments have been presented in writing to the Presidents of all member associations of the Continuing Care Retirement Communities at least thirty days before a regular scheduled meeting of the Organization.
As approved by the Executive Committee on February 19, 2003.
As approved by the Spring Meeting, April 16, 2003.
As amended and approved by the Spring Meeting, April 21, 2004.
As amended and approved by the Fall Meeting, October 20, 2004.
As amended and approved by the Fall Meeting, October 19, 2005.