NYC & LI ONE CALL/DIG SAFELY, INC.
NYC
& LI ONE CALL/DIG SAFELY, INC.
BYLAWS
ARTICLE I NAME
AND PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION
Section 1.
Name
This
Corporation shall be known as NYC & LI ONE CALL/ DIG SAFELY, INC.
Section 2.
Purpose
(A)(1)
The purpose of the Corporation is to improve safety, reduce to a minimum loss
and inconvenience to the general public, as well as the expense and loss to the
owners of pipelines, power lines, telephone communications lines, cable
television and other conduit provisions and similar or related facilities
located physically beneath the surface of the ground (privately owned land
excluded) as a result of the damage to or disruption of such underground
facilities by individuals who excavate, drill, blast or otherwise open or
disturb the surfaces of the ground for any purpose whatsoever.
(A)(2)
Each member desires to protect subsurface utility facilities from damage,
interruption or interference by anyone who excavates, drills, blasts or
performs other work that might disturb the surface or subsurface of the earth.
(B)
The Corporation will arrange to provide or operate, at the discretion of the Board
of Directors of the Corporation, a One
Call Center
service in order to help protect their respective members facilities or others
subsurface utility facilities. The One
Call Center Operator will provide service by which anyone who intends to
excavate, drill, blast or perform other work which might disturb the surface or
subsurface of the earth (privately owned land excluded) within the City of New
York and Long Island in which such facilities are located, may call a single
telephone number to notify the members affected by the proposed work and seek
such members assistance in locating their respective subsurface utility
facilities.
Section 3. Offices
The principal office of the
Corporation is currently located at 36-35
Bell Boulevard, Bayside, NY 11361.
ARTICLE II
QUALIFICATIONS AND CLASSIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
Section 1.
Qualifications
(A)
All members shall have a recognizable interest in the
furtherance of the purpose and objectives of the Corporation as set forth
herein.
(B) Every
member not exempted shall pay the dues and fees established for their class of
membership in accordance with the Bylaws.
Section 2.
Participating Member.
(A) Corporations,
firms, municipalities, public agencies or individuals which own, lease and /or
operate a public or private underground facility which furnishes services or
materials, including but not limited to electric power, steam, gas, liquid
petroleum products, water, sewage, telephone or telegraphic communications,
cable control systems, cable television and conduit systems, to whom a request
for location of such facilities will be referred and who, in turn, will supply
such location information in the interest of protecting such facilities and the customers or general public
served thereby.
(B) All
Participating Members shall have a proactive interest in the operation of the
Corporation and in the furtherance of the purpose of the Corporation as set
forth in the Bylaws.
(C)
All Participating Members shall adhere and comply with
the Bylaws.
(D) All
Participating Members shall pay the pro-rata monthly cost distribution and the
monthly budgeted public relations/treasury appropriation.
Section 3.
Participating Exempt Member (As defined: General Business Law
761(3)).
(A)
Corporations, firms, municipalities, public agencies or
individuals which own, lease and /or operate a public or private underground
facility which furnishes services or materials, including but not limited to
electric power, steam, gas, liquid petroleum products, water, sewage, telephone
or telegraphic communications, cable control systems, cable television and
conduit systems, to whom a request for location of such facilities will be
referred and who, in turn, will supply such location information in the
interest of protecting such facilities
and the customers or general public served thereby.
(B)
All Participating Exempt Members shall have a proactive
interest in the operation of the Corporation and in the furtherance of the
purpose of the Corporation as set forth in the Bylaws.
(C)
All Participating Exempt Members shall adhere and
comply with the Bylaws.
(D)
All Participating Exempt Members are not required to
pay the pro-rata monthly cost distribution and the monthly budgeted public
relations/treasury appropriation. Additionally, Participating Exempt Members
are not required to pay ticket charges unless said Exempt Member has more than
one ticket receiver site.
Section 4.
Sustaining Member.
(A)
Corporations, firms, municipalities, public agencies,
associations or individuals which neither own nor operate a public or private
underground facility but which, by virtue of their business or professional
activities, share the concern and purpose of the Corporation in establishing
and operating a plan of activities designed to protect such underground
facilities and installations, specifically including the activities described
herein.
(B)
Sustaining Members shall be liable for annual dues as
levied by the Corporation.
(C) All Sustaining Members shall adhere and
comply with the Bylaws.
Section 5.
Rights Of Members.
(A) Property Rights
No Member shall have the right or interest in or to the
property or assets of the Corporation; all property or assets of the
Corporation shall be subject to the direction and control of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation in the manner and to the extent provided by the
Not-For-Profit Laws of The State of New York, the Certificate of Incorporation
and the Bylaws. Should the Corporation
be liquidated or dissolved or otherwise discontinue activity, the property and
net assets of the Corporation shall be distributed in proportion to the
Participating Members pro-rata service cost distribution as computed as an
average for the previous three years.
(B) Voting
Rights (Annual and Special Meetings)
(1) Participating
Members of the Corporation shall be entitled to vote at any Annual or Special
Meeting as scheduled by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Each participating member of the Corporation
shall be entitled to cast one vote by an authorized representative duly
accepted by the Secretary of the Corporation.
(2)
Sustaining Members of the Corporation shall be entitled
to vote at any Annual or Special Meeting as scheduled by the Board of Directors
of the Corporation. Three Sustaining
Members vote will be counted as One in the final tally of votes, said
Sustaining Members vote will be a block vote and therefore undividable.
(3)
A member shall designate an authorized representative
to vote for the member and that representative shall be designated, in writing,
to the Secretary of the Corporation prior to casting a vote. The designated representative must have an
association with the member being represented.
(4)
All votes will be cast by those present and duly
authorized to vote. There shall be no
proxy voting.
ARTICLE III ADMISSION, PRO-RATA COST
DISTRIBUTION AND FEES
Section 1.
Application for Membership
Application
for membership shall be made to the Secretary on a form provided by the
Corporation. Such form shall include an
adequate statement of the applicants qualifications for membership and shall
describe precisely the nature of the professional or business activity in which
the applicant is engaged. In addition,
an applicant for participating membership shall furnish specific information
concerning the ownership or business structure of the applicant. Recognizing the financial obligation which
the Corporation assumes in complying with the provisions of the Bylaws, the
filing of an application for membership shall constitute an offer by the
applicant to share with other members of the Corporation in satisfying the
financial obligation by the payment of related pro-rata service cost fees in
conformity with the annual One Call Center operating cost. On acceptance by a vote of the Board of
Directors, the application for membership shall become a mutually binding
obligation between the Corporation and the member, as follows:
(A) Payment by the member and
acceptance by the Corporation of a members annual fees and pro-rata charges
for the year shall obligate the member to pay the balance of said annual fees
and pro-rata charges for the year and obligate the Corporation to continue to
honor said membership for that year when charges are current.
(B) Termination of membership
in the Corporation may be effective only as of the end of a calendar year. The party desiring to terminate the
membership shall give to the party notice to that effect, said notice shall be
in writing and shall be received by the Corporation or Member at their address
of record (See ByLaws Article I, Section 3 and Member Application) on or before
the 31st day of December.
Termination will be effective the 1st day of January, the
next calendar year after receipt of said termination Notice. Such notice may be delivered to the party to
which it is addressed in person or by United States certified mail
addressed to such party at its mailing address as shown on the current
Corporate records. Failure to provide
and deliver notice of termination of membership in the manner herein above
prescribed shall obligate parties, Corporation and member to honor and maintain
the membership of such member for the next succeeding calendar year. This paragraph is not withstanding any
acceleration of termination procedure had herein, as said acceleration of
termination procedure shall prevail.
(C) Each member shall pay a
pro-rata cost distribution in the amount that is currently budgeted for their
Classification of membership. The
pro-rata cost distribution payment shall be due on or before the 30th
day following the invoice date. The
amount charged to the members shall be computed based on outbound tickets
generated by the initial call to the One
Call Center. Members will pay annual dues which will be
due on January 1, in each year of membership, prior to which the Secretary
shall notify each member of the amount due for the ensuing year. The amount of the dues for each class of
membership shall be fixed annually and prior to this date by action of the
Corporation.
(D) A
member, who fails to pay the applicable pro-rata fees and/or annual dues
prescribed for its membership within ninety days of the due date, may be
suspended or removed from membership in the Corporation upon thirty days
written notice.
(E) All
monies obtained from any source, by or through any person or persons, acting
for or on behalf of the Corporation or under its direction and authority, shall
be considered Corporate funds and shall be delivered to the Treasurer, who
shall give his/her official receipt therefore and who shall report at the close
of each meeting the amounts so received and from what source.
ARTICLE IV MEETING OF MEMBERS
Section 1.
Meetings
(A) The annual meeting of the members of the
Corporation shall be held in April in each year hereafter at such time and
place as may be designated by the Secretary of the Corporation and specified in
the notice of such meeting.
(B) A special meeting of the members shall be
held at such time and place as may be designated by the Secretary of the
Corporation and specified in the notice of such meeting.
(C) Notice of any annual or special meeting
shall be deemed sufficient if deposited in the United States Post Office, not
less than ten nor more than sixty days prior to such meeting, addressed to the
members at their respective addresses appearing on the records of the
Corporation, but notice of any and all meetings may be waived by members, in
writing, orally or by attendance at the meeting.
(D) The Board of Directors shall hold regular
and special meetings, at such times and places, and in accordance with such
notices as from time to time may be determined by the Board of Directors, and
in addition hereto, the President of the Corporation, at the request of three
members may call a meeting of the Board of Directors upon three business days
notice delivered either by mail, personally, telephone, fax and electronic
mail. Any Director may waive any notice
required to be given to him/her by law or under the Bylaws, and by attendance
at any meeting he/she shall be deemed to have waived notice thereof.
(E) The meetings shall be conducted when more
than sixty percent of the presiding Board of Directors of the Corporation are
called present and shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any
business of the Corporation. If less
than a quorum of the Board of Directors is present at any meeting, the meeting
shall be adjourned to such time and place, as those present shall determine.
Section 2.
Quorum
At any annual or special meeting of
the members, the presence of sixty percent of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any and all
business, which may properly be conducted at such meeting.
Section 3.
Roberts Rules
The rules contained in Roberts
Rules of Order, Newly Revised, as that text may be amended, shall govern the
Corporation in all cases to which they are applicable.
Section 4.
Order of Business
The
following shall form a part of the order of business and procedures at annual
meetings of the Corporation and at meetings of the Board of Directors:
(A) Call
to Order (Pres.)
(B) Roll Call of directors
(Sec)
(C) Reading of Minutes of
previous meeting
(D) Report of Membership
Committee and reading of applications
(E) Presidents Report
(F) Treasurers Report
(G) Reading of bills and
communications
(H) Report of Auditors and
Trustees
(I) Report of Committees
(J) Unfinished Business
(K) New
Business (When elections are in order, this is the first item under New
Business.)
(L) Good of the Corporation
(M) Closing
ARTICLE V
DIRECTORS
Section 1.
Number & Qualifications
(A) The
Board of Directors of the Corporation shall comprise of an odd number of
Directors not less than nine nor more than thirty-five, each of whom shall be
an individual member or an authorized representative of a member of the
Corporation. The exact number of
directors shall be fixed and determined from time to time by a vote of the
membership. The Board of Directors shall
be divided into the following classifications:
1.
Participating Members;
2. Participating
Exempt Members; and
3. Sustaining Members.
Participating
Exempt Members may comprise up to and include thirty percent of the Board of
Directors. Sustaining members may
comprise up to and include ten percent of the Board of Directors. Any fractional number as a result of a
percentage calculation shall be round down to the nearest whole number not less
than one, as both Sustaining Members and Participating Exempt Members shall be
entitled to at least one seat on the Board.
(B) A
Board of Director shall be elected for a three-year term. Exception:
Upon expansion of the Board of Directors, the Directors that will occupy
the Expansion Board of Directors seats shall be elected for an initial term of
two, three and four years, respectively.
The current Board of Directors at their sole discretion will determine
the initial term for any of the Expansion Board of Directors seats. After the initial term, anyone elected to
fill said expansion Board of Director seat shall be elected for a three-year
term.
(C) At the annual
meeting of the members, a vote shall be held to elect approximately one third
(1/3) of the Board of Directors seats unless there is an expansion to the
Board of Directors.
(D) Elections shall
be effected by a majority vote of the members present at the annual meeting.
(E) At least sixty days prior to the election
meeting, the President shall appoint a Nominating Committee of four
Participating Members and one Sustaining Member or representative in good
standing. Such Nominating Committee
shall make nominations of candidates to succeed those members of the Board of
Directors whose terms of office will expire.
Such nominations shall be prominently posted in the offices of the
Corporation for a period of fourteen days prior to the election meeting, and
notice thereof shall be sent to each member in good standing at least fourteen
days prior to said meeting.
(F) Any member in good standing may make
nominations of candidates for the Board of Directors by written notice to the
Secretary at least fifteen days prior to the election meeting, and such
nominations must be prominently posted in the offices of the Corporation and a
notice thereof sent by the Secretary to each member of the Corporation at least
ten days prior to such meeting.
(G) The election of the Board of Directors
shall take place on the day at the place of the election meeting, voting to be
ballot for each member of the Board of Directors to be elected and votes shall
be cast for each member of the Board of Directors to be elected in the manner
prescribed herein. The election shall be
conducted by three inspectors of election who shall be appointed by the
President prior to the date of the meeting.
Only candidates who have expressed an interest and whose names have been
posted in the offices of the Corporation according to the Bylaws shall be voted
upon. The inspectors of election shall
immediately canvass the votes cast and shall certify the results of such canvas
to the presiding officer at the election meeting in writing. The presiding officer shall thereupon declare
elected those candidates for the Board of Directors receiving the majority
number of votes cast. Ballots shall be
printed.
Section 2.
Vacancies
Any member of the Board of Directors
may resign by delivering a written resignation to the Secretary of the
Corporation or may be removed for cause at any time by three-quarters vote of
the membership. Any member of Board of
Directors who fails to attend, or have designated an authorized representative
attend two consecutive Board of Directors meetings without being excused by the
Board of Directors, may be presumed to have resigned.
A majority vote of the Board of Directors is
required to declare the position vacant.
In the case of a vacancy on the Board of Directors through death,
disability, failure of the membership to nominate a candidate for a Board of
Director seat, resignation, removal or other cause, the remaining Directors
shall elect a successor from the same classification as the previous occupant
of the seat, who shall take office immediately and hold same until the next annual
meeting of the membership, at which time a successor to fill the remainder of
the unexpired term shall be elected by the membership.
Section 3.
Duties
The duties of the Board of Directors
shall include, but are not limited to:
(A) Approval
or disapproval of membership applications.
(B) Approval or disapproval of
motion to terminate membership.
(C) Filling vacancies on the
Board of Directors.
(D) Election of officers.
(E) Approval
of an annual budget.
(F) Initiation
of programs and activities to further promote the Corporations Purpose.
(G) Approve expenditures of
funds.
(H) Take action to maintain
the on-going operation of the One
Call Center.
(I) Review the operations of
the One Call Center.
(J) Establish a structure for the payment of
monthly service fees and dues.
(K) Maintain and safeguard
assets and records of the Corporation.
The Board of Directors shall have
the control and general management of the affairs of the Corporation. Such directors shall in all cases act as a
Board, regularly convened, by a majority, and they may adopt such rules and
regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the
Corporation, as they may deem appropriate and consistent with the Bylaws.
ARTICLE VI
OFFICERS
Section 1.
Officers Designated
The officers of the Corporation
shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.
The officers of
the Corporation shall be individual representatives of the members of the Board
of Directors. Their responsibilities
shall consist of the following:
(A)
President
The
President of this Corporation shall:
(1)
Be the chief executive officer and head of the
Corporation, and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have
the general and active management of its business and affairs and shall be an
ex-officio member of all committees;
(2)
Preside at all meetings of the members unless
otherwise ordered by the Board;
(3)
Make annual reports showing the condition of the
affairs of the Corporation, making such recommendations as he/she deems proper,
and submit same to the Corporation at its annual meeting;
(4)
Appoint all committees subject to approval of
the Board of Directors.
(B) Vice-President
The Vice-President of
the Corporation shall:
(1)
Act as assistant to the President;
(2)
Be an ex-officio member of all committees and
shall supervise the actions of the committees;
(3)
In the event of absence of the President of the
Corporation preside over any meeting and assume the responsibilities of the
President.
(C) Secretary
The Secretary of the
Corporation:
(1)
Keep a fair and accurate record of all meetings
of the Corporation and shall give notice of all official meetings as provided
herein;
(2)
Maintain files on all minutes and other
documents relating to the meetings of the Corporation.
(D) Treasurer
The Treasurer of the
Corporation shall:
(1)
Keep accurate accounts of all receipts and
disbursements and shall render an annual report in writing at the same meeting
as to the financial condition of the Corporation and shall prepare such other
reports and shall perform such other duties in connection with the
administration of the financial affairs of the Corporation as the Board of
Directors may direct.
Section 2. Authorization of Officers
(A) All such officers shall
have such other authority and duties as may be prescribed by action of the
Board of Directors from time to time.
One person may hold no more than two offices simultaneously. All
officers shall be bonded at the expense of the Corporation.
(B) Officers shall be
authorized, up to a limit of $250, to incur, and authorize payment of an
expense as it may occur through the conducting of the Business of the
Corporation. Any expenditure above the
said limit will require the advance approval of the Board of Directors. Such expenditure shall be included in the
Treasurers annual report as prescribed in the Bylaws.
(C) No money in excess of
$250.00 shall be transferred from the Treasury, except such monies as the
Corporation is called upon to regularly pay for its current expenses and as
provided by the Bylaws, or for purposes approved by the Board of Directors,
unless by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at a general
meeting, at which notice in writing of a resolution of intention to pay or
transfer such money and the purposes and amounts to be paid or transferred shall
have been given and regularly read.
Section 3. Election and Tenure
(A) The officers shall be elected at any
meeting of the Board of Directors and, when so elected, shall take office
immediately and hold the same at the will of the Board of Directors. Vacancies can be filled at any meeting of the
Board for the unexpired term of the officer.
(B) Officers shall deliver to their
successors in the office forthwith, upon beginning of terms of said successors,
all books, funds, property, etc., belonging to the Corporation. Deposed or suspended officers shall deliver
books, property, etc., on demand to the Board of Directors or President,
whichever shall make demand, and in case of more than one demand preference
shall be given in the order named. Funds
of the Corporation shall, however, only be delivered by such a deposed or
suspended officer to The Board of Directors.
(C) The Board of Directors at its discretion
may create and/or abolish from time to time the offices of Assistant Secretary
and Assistant Treasurer. Appointments to
fill each of such offices when created shall be made by the Board of Directors.
(D) Officers shall be elected for a term of
three (3) years starting/ending at the annual meeting or at any other special
meeting of the Board of Directors. Each
Officer shall hold office, subject to the provisions of Article VI of the
Bylaws, until the expiration of the term for which he/she is elected or
appointed. Officers may be re-elected to
further consecutive three (3) year terms without limit.
ARTICLE VII OPERATIONS
Section 1. One
Call Center
The
Corporation shall be authorized to operate a One Call Center to cover the
Corporations service area. The service
area shall be the counties of the City of New York and Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The Board of Directors may change the service
area at any time and give notice of said change to the members.
The Corporation may operate the One
Call Center with its staff at a location chosen by the Board of Directions or
enter into a contract with any person, corporation or other business entity to
operate the One Call Center under the direction of the Board of Directors.
The One Call Center will enable any
person, corporation, business entity or government agency that intends to
excavate, drill, blast or perform other work that might disturb the surface or
subsurface of the earth in the Service Area, upon contacting the One Call
Center, to obtain information about the owner, exact location and description
of underground facilities at any point in the service area.
The One Call
Center shall perform the following services:
(A) Provide such supervision, labor,
transportation, materials, equipment, supplies and services as it may deem
necessary, to operate and maintain a facility known as the One Call Center to
render the services defined within its contract or by the Board of Directors
and, generally, to effectuate the purpose of the Corporation.
(B) Utilize a telephone number or numbers
(hereinafter referred to as Designated Telephone Number), to which calls may
be placed by those persons, corporations, business entities or government
agencies intending to excavate, drill, blast, demolish or otherwise disturb the
surface of the ground. The appropriate
designated telephone number for the Corporation shall be listed by each
Participating Member under its name in each telephone directory in the service
area in which its name appears. However,
when accepting calls to the designated telephone number, only the One Call
Center operation will be identified.
(C) Preserve, for the period of time required
by law and for such additional period of time as may be requested by any
Participating Member, the messages dispatched to the One Call Center. Any such message shall be made available by
the One Call Center to any Participating Member requesting same.
(D) Provide at the One Call Center or other
appropriate location, office space, furniture, storage, telephone answering as
may be requiring for corporate operations.
(E) If any
person, corporation or business entity operates the One Call Center for the
Corporation, it shall indemnify, protect and hold harmless the Corporation, its
Directors, Officers and Members from all losses, liabilities, claims, demands,
payments, actions, legal proceedings, recoveries, judgments, costs, expenses,
attorney fees, orders and decrees of every nature and description brought or
recovered against or incurred by the Corporation by reason of any act or
failure to act by the One Call Center, its owner, officers, directors, employees,
agents, partners or subcontractors, in carrying out any of the provisions of
the contract between the Corporation and the operator of the One Call Center,
relating to inquiries received at the One Call Center and specifically and all
other duties and responsibilities imposed upon the One Call Center by contract.
(F) If
the One Call Center is operated by the Corporation the Corporation will obtain
insurance coverage for such liabilities as stated in the ByLaws, Article VII
Section I Paragraph (E).
Section 2.
(A) Each
Participating Member shall maintain, at one of its business offices to be
selected by it, appropriate telephone, transmission and/or data processing
equipment to receive messages dispatched by the One Call Center.
(B) If a
Participating Member is served by more than one billing network, each such
network may have a maximum of two stations to receive messages by telephone,
transmission and/or data processing equipment, in order to determine One Call
Centers responsibility for paying private line costs. Participating Members having more than two
receiving stations in any one network shall pay a flat fee or charge per month
as fixed and determined from time to time by action of the Board of Directors
of the Corporation.
Section 3.
Each Participating Member shall take
such action, as it may deem necessary to protect the public and its underground
facilities and to insure continuation of its utility service to the public.
Section 4.
(A) Each
Participating Member shall pay to the Corporation its predetermined pro-rata
share of all costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Corporation
relative to One Call Center Operations.
(B) At the
time of rendering the billings described in paragraph 3 below, the Corporation
or its authorized agent shall provide each Participating Member with a
breakdown, showing in reasonable detail, the basis and composition of the fees
and charges billed.
(C) The
share of costs and expenses by the Participating Members shall be established
by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
The Board of Directors also shall establish a fee for Sustaining
Members.
(D) The
schedule of charges and fees for Members shall be reviewed at least once a year
by the Board of Directors and may be modified by the Board of Directors.
(E) Participating
Members shall be responsible, individually, for all costs and expenses incurred
in the receipt of calls from the One Call Center and in establishment,
operation and maintenance of telecommunication lines and equipment on the
members respective premises, or where otherwise designated by member,
including, without limitation, the costs of providing, leasing, renting or
utilizing telephone, transmission and/or other data processing equipment. Each Participating Member shall be
responsible for its cost of carrying on any activities associated with
advertising the designated telephone number, including the listing thereof.
ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1.
It is the intention of this
provision that, by virtue of the indemnity herein set forth, each member will
retain and absorb, without contribution by any other participating party, the
risk of damage to its plant or to third parties by reason of the involvement of
its plant caused by negligent action or inaction of the Corporation.
Section 2.
The Corporation shall not be liable
or responsible in any way to any member for any loss, cost, damage or expense
incurred by any member as a result of any act, whether solely negligent or
otherwise, by the Corporation, its officers, directors, agents, partners,
contractors or subcontractors in carrying out any of its functions.
Section 3.
Members will indemnify and hold the
Corporations Officers and Directors harmless from and against all losses,
liabilities, claims, demands, payments, actions, legal proceedings, recoveries,
judgments, costs, expenses, attorney fees, orders and decrees of every nature
and description brought or recovered against the Corporation, its officers,
directors, employees, agents, partners or subcontractors, in carrying out any
of its functions, including any relating to the notification of Participating
Members of inquiries received at the One Call Center and specifically,
including the rendering of the communications service and all other duties and
responsibilities imposed upon the One Call Center in conjunction herewith.
Section 4.
Any member whose facilities are
involved in damage to others, including third parties, shall indemnify and save
harmless, the Corporation and every other member from any derivative liability
or loss for which such other member might otherwise be liable solely by reason
of participation in the Corporation, provided that this clause shall not be
construed to absolve from liability a member which shall, by its negligent
action or inaction, cause damage to another member by such action or inaction.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
The Bylaws may be amended, repealed
or superseded, either in whole or in part, by the affirmative action of a
majority of the members present at any meeting of the members at which a quorum
of members is present and acting, provided that the proposed amendment with any
repealed or superseded language is available to the members, upon request
thereof or by posting same on the Corporations website, prior to such meeting.