IMPORTANT
SoBA Staffing Members
Staffing Issues: Lin Hilts 843-705-5698
Gallery Issues: Gayle Miller 309-883-1019
Credit Card Issues: Janie Parker 843-304-3898
Class Questions: Sandra Wenig 843-247-2868
President
Gayle Miller
Mobile 309.883.1019
gayle.miller1024@gmail.com
Vice President
Nancy Vineburgh
Mobile 617.910.7231
Home 843.757.0760
n.vineburgh@hargray.com
Treasurer
George Weber
Home 843.706.2207
Mobile 773.456.8949
webergeo@gmail.com
Recording Secretary
Mary Ann Putzier
Home 843.705.5443
ma.putzier@gmail.com
Corresponding Secretary
Sandy Rhodes
Mobile 803.943.8749
sandyurhodes@gmail.com
Staffing Manager
Lin Hilts
Mobile 843.705.5698
Home 508.864.8431
l_hilts@yahoo.com
Board Member
Marian E. Sanders
Mobile 404. 229.6215
mesjhs@yahoo.com
Board Member
Stephen Moscowitz
Mobile 843.540-3960
Home 843.757.4351
stephenmoscowitz@gmail.com
Board Member
Larry Hughes
Home 843.836.3134
Mobile 843.384.1658
ljhughes2@gmail.com
Education/CCA
Sandra Wenig
Mobile 843.247-2868
Home 843.342.9642
slwenig@gmail.com
Display Manager
Jeanne McKenna
Home 843.707.1314
Mobile 843.540.0122
kennijeanne@gmail.com
Membership
Chappy Bailey
Home 843-706-9467
Mobile 774.313.9467
achapbailey@gmail.com
Public Relations
Heather Bragg
Mobile 843.415.3490
heather@braggmedia.com
Revised/Amended April 26, 2013
BY LAWS
SOCIETY OF BLUFFTON ARTISTS
ARTICLE I
NAME
Section I - Name
The name of this organization is The Society of Bluffton Artists (SOBA). It is a non-profit organization
incorporated in the State of South Carolina.
ARTICLE II
PURPOSE
Section I - Purpose
The purpose of the Society of Bluffton Artists is to promote a public interest in, and an appreciation of, visual
arts in the community as well as to assist artists, at all levels of development, to enhance their artistic abilities
in the visual arts.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section I
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General Powers
The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors.
Section II - Composition of the Board of Directors
The Board of Directors shall consist of the following: The Executive Board: President, Vice President,
Recording Secretary, and Treasurer. The Committee Chairpersons shall consist of: Corresponding Secretary,
Membership, Gallery Chairperson, Gallery Display Manager, and Center for Creative Arts Manager, Publicity
Manager, Volunteer Manager, and Public Relations Chairperson. Any two or more offices may be held by the
same person, except the Office of the President. The Executive Board and/or the Board of Directors may also
include additional members-at-large. The Board of Directors may also include additional members-at-large, at
the discretion of the Board. The Board shall be elected for one year.
Section III - Regular Meetings
A regular meeting of the Board shall be held each month at the discretion of the Executive Board.
Section IV - Special Meetings
When votes are called for from the President by email, all responding votes and comments are to be emailed
to ALL Board Members. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by, or at the request of, the
President or any two members of the Board. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the
Board may fix any place for holding any special meeting of the Board called by them.
Section V - Vacancies
Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, and any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in
the number of directors, shall be filled by the Executive Board. A Director appointed to fill a vacancy shall be
appointed for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office.
Section VI - Compensation
Directors, as such, shall not receive any salaries for their services.
Section VII - Informal Action by Directors
Any action required by law to be taken at a meeting of Directors, or any action which may be taken at a
meeting of Directors, may be taken without a meeting if there is consent of the Directors.
Section VIII - Election Process
The President will appoint a Nominating Committee. It will be the duty of the Nominating Committee to prepare
a recommended Slate of Directors needed for the' following year. The publication of the corporation will notify
the membership-at-large of the right to nominate candidates for the Board of Directors. This is to be done by
the submission of the candidate's name to the Nominating Committee. The proposed candidate must be willing
to serve. Voting will take place at the annual meeting to be held in the month of May/ June. The newly elected
Directors will assume their duties following this annual meeting. In the event of a split vote the entire SOBA
membership will vote through email and the majority rules.
Section IX-Removal
Any officer/board member elected or appointed may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever, in its
judgment, the best interests of the Society would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without
prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the officer/board member so removed.
Section X - Vacancies
A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by
the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section I - President
The President shall be the principal executive officer of the Corporation and shall in general supervise and
control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the
members and of the Board. He or she may sign, with the Treasurer or any other proper officer of the
Corporation authorized by the Executive Board, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments
which the Executive Board has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution
thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Executive Board or by these bylaws or by statute to some other
officer or agent of the Corporation; and in general he or she shall perform all duties incident to the Office of the
President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time-to-time. The
President has the authority to sign checks in the absence of the Treasurer. The President is responsible for
presenting a general verbal report at the open meeting of the membership.
Section II -Vice President
The Vice President shall act as Program Chairman. In the absence of the President or in the event of his or her
inability or refusal to act, the President shall appoint a Vice President to perform the duties of the President,
and when so acting, shall have the powers of, and be subject to, all the restrictions upon the President. Any
Vice President shall perform such other duties as from time-to-time may be assigned to him/her by the
President or by the Board of Directors.