William Penn Life, 1996 (31. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1996-01-01 / 1. szám

January 1996, William Penn Lif?, Page 7 Spécid Section William Penn Association Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Founded February 21, 1886 Spécid Section As amended and adopted at the 33rd General Convention held September 18-19-20, 1995 in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Effective date November 27, 1995 THE BY-LAWS ARTICLE I Section 100 - THE ASSOCIATION 101 - NAME The name of this corporation is the William Penn Associa­tion, a fraternal benefit society, incorporated in Pennsylvania, not for profit, without capital stock. 102 - HISTORY The William Penn Association was founded on February 21, 1886, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, by thirteen Hungarian coal miners. The original name was Verhovay Aid Association. In 1926, the Home Office was moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsyl­vania. Throughout the decades of its fraternal work, the Association offered a helping hand to many Hungarian fraternal societies, both local and national, when these frater­­nals were no longer able to successfully continue their aims and purposes. The helping hand consisted of merging those societies into the William Penn Association, so that those who were insured in those societies would not lose their benefits. Major mergers included the Workingmen’s Sick Benefit Federation (Munkás Betegsegélyzo Szövetség), East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Hungarian Baptist Society (Magyar Baptista Egylet), Cleveland, Ohio. The major merger occurred in 1955 when the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association and the Rákóczi Aid Associa­tion of Bridgeport, Connecticut, merged to form the William Penn Fraternal Association. The Rákóczi was organized in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1888. Thus, the two largest Hungarian fraternals at that time merged to form a stronger Association in order to preserve Hungarian culture in America. In 1972 the name was changed to the present William Penn Association. In 1979, the American Life Insurance Association (Bridge­porti Szövetség) merged into the William Penn Association. * The American Hungarian Catholic Society, Cleveland, Ohio, which was formed by merger between the St. László Society (Bridgeport, Connecticut) and the St. Stephen Society (Cleveland, Ohio) was merged into the William Penn Associa­tion in 1980. In 1983, the Catholic Knights of St. George, which was organized in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1881, as the Knights of St. George of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, Pennsylvania, merged into the William Penn Association. 103 - REGISTERED OFFICE The registered office of the Association shall be domiciled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 104 - NATURE OF BUSINESS AND PURPOSES The business of the Association will be conducted in accordance with the purposes of fraternal benefit societies. The Association shall provide for payment of death, health, accident, disability, annuity, retirement and other benefits for its members and their beneficiaries and shall exercise all other powers granted by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl­vania and the various jurisdictions where it is licensed to do business. The Association may also engage in the following activities: 1. Own and maintain or provide, for an established fee, homes for retired or disabled members. 2. Render service to its members and perform charitable, educational, community, patriotic and religious work. 3. Provide scholarships to its qualifying members, through the William Penn Fraternal Association Scholarship Found­ation, Inc. 4. Promote and support the study of the Hungarian lan­guage, culture and arts to unite American Hungarians to preserve, protect and perpetuate our Hungarian heritage, as established by our Founding Fathers. 105 - SEAL - LANGUAGE 1. The official seal is a circle around two clasped hands, inscribed, "Founded 1886.” Outer circle is inscribed, "WILLIAM PENN ASSOCIATION, Pittsburgh, PA.” 2. The official language is English, and Hungarian may be used when necessary. 106 - GOVERNMENT The Association will have a representative form of govern­ment, operating on the Lodge System with ritualistic form. The Association shall have the power to frame and amend its own By-Laws, and to amend its Charter, as the interests of the Association and its membership may require. 107 - MEMBERSHIP 1. Admission to Membership shall be extended to any person in accordance with the Charter, By-Laws, and the Resolutions of the Board. 2. An Adult Life Benefit Member shall have the right to vote at all meetings of the Branch in which he is a member and to hold office unless such rights are restricted by or in accordance with these By-Laws. 3. Application for Juvenile Life Benefit Membership and insurance may be made on behalf of such potential juvenile member by any adult person. Such adult person need not be a member of the Association. 4. Initiation in a Branch shall not be required of a Juvenile Life Benefit Member nor shall he have a voice or vote in the affairs of the Association. Once a Juvenile Life Benefit Member has attained the age of sixteen (16) years, said member shall become an Adult Life Benefit Member. Unless otherwise provided by law, the person who applies for membership and insurance on behalf of a juvenile shall not, by reason thereof or by reason of any benefit providing waiver of premium in the event of disability or death of the applicant, become either a Life Benefit Member of this Association or a member of any Branch of this Association. 5. A Life Benefit Member may be assigned to a Branch of his own choosing or to a Branch in or near said member’s residential area. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Life Benefit Member cannot transfer to another Branch within one (1) year of a Delegate District Election Meeting. The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to a Life Benefit Member who has moved his residence within said one (1) year period, and by reason of such move desires to transfer to a Branch located in or near said member’s new residential area. All transfers shall require the approval by the National Vice President-Secretary of the member’s written request for such transfer. 6. No member, regardless of the number of Certificates/ Policies he holds, whether Life Membership, Annuity or Accident and Health, may belong to more than one (1) Branch at any time. 7. A non-member may participate as a guest in all social and fraternal activities sponsored by the Association or by a Branch of the Association under rules established by the Board, but shall not be permitted to attend any Branch meeting. ARTICLE II Section 200 - THE GENERAL CONVENTION 201 - GOVERNING BODY 1. The General Convention shall be the supreme governing body of the Association and shall consist of Delegates elected as provided in Section 205 of these By-Laws, together with the ex-officio Delegates as provided herein. The ex-officio Dele­gates shall consist of the National President, National Vice President-Secretary, National Vice President-Treasurer, Vice Presidents, Directors, Auditing Committee members and National Advisory Committee members. All elected Delegates and ex-officio Delegates shall be entitled to one vote each. All elected Delegates and ex-officio Delegates are subject to the qualification requirements of 205.1 hereof. 2. a. The elected Delegates shall constitute not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the total number of Delegates certified to attend the General Convention. b. At any Regular or Special Session of the General Convention, a quorum shall consist of a majority of all Delegates certified to attend. 202 - REGULAR SESSIONS Regular Sessions of the General Convention shall be held every fourth year in the United States, during the month of September at a place designated by the Board. 203 - CONVENTION OFFICERS The Chairman of the Board shall be the Convention Chairman and the Board Vice-Chairmen shall be the Conven­tion Vice-Chairmen. The Secretary of the Board shall be the Convention Secretary. 204 - COMMITTEES 1. CONVENTION COMMITTEES Prior to each Regular Session of the General Convention, the Chairman of the Board shall propose to the Board from the list of certified Delegates a Nominating Committee, a Creden­tials Committee, a Resolutions Committee, a Tellers Commit­tee and such other committees as may be deemed necessary for transacting the business of the General Convention. The Board shall confirm, substitute, add, or delete nominees. The Chair­man of the Board shall be a member of all committees. 2. NOMINATING COMMITTEE a. Prior to each Regular Session of the General Conven­tion, the Nominating Committee shall nominate candidates for Directors and alternate Directors, Auditing Committee Mem­bers and alternate Auditing Committee Members. b. In order to assure the preservation of a representative form of government, as provided in the fraternal laws, nominations may also be made from the floor of the General Convention. 205 - DELEGATES, ALTERNATE DELEGATES AND ELECTION 1. QUALIFICATIONS - Any candidate for Delegate or alternate Delegate to the General Convention must be an Adult Life Benefit Member of the duly established Delegate District to which his Branch is assigned as qualified as follows: a. Attained age eighteen (18) and has been an Adult Life Benefit Member of the Association for at least one full calendar year prior to his election as a Delegate or alternate Delegate, and be a citizen of the United States of America. b. In the case of life family plans, only the certn.cate/ policy holder who is the basic insured member shall have the right to attend and vote at Delegate District meetings, Branch meetings or to hold office. c. Must not have business or personal interests which would constitute a conflict of interest in relation to the business operations of the Association. d. Must not be an employee of the Association or any of its subsidiaries, or an officer appointed by the Board; provided, however, that nothing in this Subparagraph (d) shall prevent the National President, the National Vice President-Secretary, '

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