Southwest Softball Association of the Deaf
2008 Proposals
Constitution & By-laws Softball By-laws
All-Tournament Ballot System Hall of Fame Policies
BOLD – Amendment & Revised Underlined – Delete
Proposal # 1 – Delete
Article Two – Officers and Management; By-laws, page 2
2.4 DUTIES OF SECRETARY–TREASURER
2.4.5 Shall turn over all accounts, books, papers, vouchers and all records pertaining to the office to an auditing Committee appointed by SWSAD Commissioner, preferably during the SWSAD softball tournament.
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Proposal # 2 – Amendment new sub-section
Article Two – Officers and Management; By-laws, page 2
2.4 DUTIES OF SECRETARY–TREASURER
2.4.5 Shall have the power to appoint three (3) persons from locality to audit the SWSAD financial account.
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Proposal # 3 – Delete
Article Two – Officers and Management; By-laws, page 2
2.4 DUTIES OF SECRETARY–TREASURER
2.4.7 Shall have an authorization to issue all checks for full page advertisements in the
program book for the NSAD National Tournament to meet the deadline dates
with a notice to the SWSAD Executive Committee.
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Proposal # 4 – Delete
Article Two – Officers and Management; By-laws, page 2
2.4 DUTIES OF SECRETARY–TREASURER
2.4.8 Shall submit SWSAD tournament result and information to NSAD Secretary-Treasurer within seventy-two (72) hours at the end of the SWSAD regional tournament.
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Proposal # 5 – Delete
Article Two – Officers and Management; By-laws, page 3
2.7 DUTIES OF THE SWSAD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
2.7.1 In addition to the duties and powers described elsewhere, the SWSAD Executive
Committee shall empower to:
1) Admit membership to any club of the deaf, hard of hearing, and independent
to be eligible under these By-laws.
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Proposal # 6 – Delete
Article Three – Committees; By-laws, page 3
3.1 AUDITING COMMITTEE
The SWSAD Commissioner shall appoint an Auditing Committee of three (3), who shall audit and examine the accounts of the SWSAD Secretary-Treasurer and make a report at the SWSAD softball meeting.
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Proposal # 7 – Delete
Article Four – Financial Policy; By-laws, page 3
4.1 SWSAD MEMBER DUES
4.1.1 Shall be open to either club or independent teams of the deaf who has the team and shall required to be membership of the SWSAD may join upon payment to the SWSAD Secretary-Treasurer the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00) as initial dues.
4.1.2 The renewals shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) per year with the deadline of April 1st, failure to remit renewal dues shall result in a twenty dollars ($20.00) fine payable to SWSAD.
4.1.3 The club or independent team of the deaf, who has paid the dues, has the privilege to attend the general business meeting, voice-voting and bidding-hosting the SWSAD Softball Tournament.
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Proposal # 8 – Revise
Article Four – Officers and Management; By-laws, page 4
4.3 TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION FEES
4.3.1 The SWSAD shall remit to the registration fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) registration fee for each spectator excluded and player attending any events.
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Proposal # 9 – Delete
Article Four – Financial Policy; By-laws, page 4
4.3 TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION FEES
4.3.6 The representatives shall remit early bird combination ticket at the SWSAD softball meeting and tournament.
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Proposal # 10 – Revise
Article Four – Financial Policy; By-laws, page 4
4.3 TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION FEES
4.3.8 The SWSAD Secretary-Treasurer shall set aside at the breakdown of fifteen dollars ($15.00) as follows: SWSAD $6.00 $5.00, Men Champion Team $5.00 and Women Champion Team $4.00 $5.00 from registration fee collected on tickets sold at the SWSAD softball tournament for the SWSAD softball fund purposes.
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Proposal # 11 – Delete
Article Four – Financial Policy; By-laws, page 4
4.5 SWSAD TEAM CHAMPION FINANCE TO NATIONAL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF (NSAD) TOURNAMENT
4.5.1 The SWSAD team champion entering the NSAD national softball tournament
shall receive financial assistance from SWSAD of five dollars ($5.00) for men and four dollars ($4.00) for women from each registration fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) collected at the SWSAD softball tournament. (See By-laws 4.3)
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Proposal # 12 – Revise
Article Four – Officers and Management; By-laws, page 5
4.5 SWSAD TEAM CHAMPION FINANCE TO NATIONAL SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF (NSAD) TOURNAMENT
4.5.5 SWSAD shall finance mail the check to NSAD for men and women softball team champion minimum at least two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00 200.00) each for their expenses to NSAD tournament early bird team entry fee before NSAD deadline date.
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Proposal # 13 – Revise
Article Two – Host Eligibility; Softball Rules-Regulations, page 2
2.1 ELIGIBILITY OF HOST
2.1.1 The host of the annual softball tournament to hold that year shall be open to both club or independent teams and/or non-team of the deaf and a bona-fide member of the Southwest Softball Association of the Deaf and shall have paid all the team entry fee dues to the SWSAD. (See SB 5.1)
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Proposal # 14 – Delete
Article Two – Host Eligibility; Softball Rules-Regulations, page 2
2.1 ELIGIBILITY OF HOST
2.1.2 A host that has a team in the SWSAD tournament, providing that a member who has been a member of SWSAD for more than two (2) years, may qualify for bidding and shall require paying two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a host fee non-refundable to the SWSAD Secretary-Treasurer.
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Proposal # 15 – Delete
Article Two – Host Eligibility; Softball Rules-Regulations, page 2
2.1 ELIGIBILITY OF HOST
2.1.3 A host that has no team in the SWSAD tournament, providing that a member who has been a member of SWSAD for more than two (2) years, may qualify for bidding and shall require paying four hundred dollars ($400.00) for a host fee non-refundable to the SWSAD Secretary-Treasurer.
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Proposal # 16 – Delete
Article Five – Registration of Teams and Players; Softball Rules-Regulations, page 5
5.2 MANAGER AND PLAYER REGISTRATION FEES
5.2.2 The SWSAD Secretary-Treasurer shall set aside at the breakdown of fifteen dollars ($15.00) as follows: SWSAD $4.00, Host Ballroom $5.00, Men Champion Team $4.00 and Women Champion Team $2.00 from registration fee collected on tickets sold at SWSAD softball tournament for the SWSAD softball fund purposes.
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