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<br />. <br /> <br />BYLAWS <br />of <br />COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR WATER EDUCATION <br /> <br />ARTICLE I <br />NAME <br /> <br />The name of the corporation is COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR WATER EDUCATION, referred to herein <br />as THE CORPORATION, and/or CA WE, and/or COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR WATER EDUCA nON, <br /> <br />ARTICLE 2 <br />PURPOSE AND MISSION <br /> <br />The purpose and mission of the COLORADO ALLIANCE FOR WATER EDUCATION is the <br />development and dissemination of impartial edncational programs for the people of Colorado to provide a <br />wide range of water-related information from various viewpoints with nO advocacy position taken on any <br />issues in order to foster a broader understanding of water challenges among the general population and aid <br />in the informed and timely discussion of water issues. ' <br /> <br />ARTICLE 3 <br />OFFICES <br /> <br />3,1 Principal office. The principal office of the corporation shall be located in the State of <br />Colorado, The corporation may have such other offices as the Board of Trustees may designate or as the <br />business of the corporation may require from time to time. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3,2 Registered office and Agent. The registered office of the corporation required by the <br />Colorado Nonprofit Corporation Act to be maintained in the State of Colorado maybe, but need not be, <br />identical with the principal office in the State of Colorado, The registered agent and the address of the <br />registered office of the corporation may be changed from time to time by the Board of Trustees, <br /> <br />ARTICLE 4 <br />BOARD OF TRUSTEES <br /> <br />4.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its <br />Board of Trustees. <br /> <br />4.2 Number, Tenure and Qualifications, The number of trustees of the corporation shall be <br />detennined by the board, but shall not be fewer than eleven (1 I) nor greater than twenty-five (25), The term <br />of office of trustees is three years and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified, or until <br />their death or until they shall resign or shall have been removed. The successor chosen to fill a vacancy <br />caused by the death, resignation or removal of a trustee shall serve the balance of the term for which the <br />original trustee was elected; to the maximum extent practicable, one-third of the trustees' terms of office <br />shall expire annually. Trustees shall be residents of the State of Colorado, Trustee vacancies shall be filled <br />by a majority vote of the Board. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4,3 Selection Committee, At least 20, but not more than 40 days prior to the annual meeting <br />of the Board of Trustees, the President, with the concunence of the majority of the Executive Committee, <br />may appoint a Selection Committee who shall be known to having an interest in and be supportive of the <br />goals of the organization, none of whom shall be presently a member of the Executive Committee, and who <br />may, but need not be, current members of the Board of Trustees. The Selection Committee shall meet as <br />soon as it is convenient to propose persons to serve on the Board of Trustees, The Selection Committee <br />shall select persons known to have an interest in and who are supportive to the goals of the organization, to <br />continue to maintain a balance of the diverse communities of interest on the Board, who place the mission <br />of the Corporatiou above their own personal views, to see that all viewpoints are represented, and who <br />otherwise satisfy the needs of the organization in the membership on the Board of Trustees, <br />