BYLAWS

Membership

Article I

Membership in this organization shall be open to all organized soccer and futsal teams interested in participating in the sports of soccer and futsal. Provided however that a team who is a member of participant in another Florida State Soccer Association (FSSA), United States Soccer Federation (USSF), Florida State Futsal Association (FSFA), or United States Futsal Federation (USFF) affiliated soccer league shall be ineligible for membership in this organization. The Board of Directors is empowered to grant exceptions to the above membership requirements in accordance with FSSA, FSFA, and USFF guidelines as it may from time to time deem necessary.

Individual persons who are components of a member team shall be considered members of this corporation for as long as they remain a component of a member team;

the categories of members shall be Team Organizer/Official and Player;
An individual member may fill both member categories;

Team membership is limited to individuals over the age of eighteen (18); except where youth players are permitted to play in accordance with FYSA, FSFA, ad FSSA regulations, as described in the GRSL Rules and Regulations;
Individual members of a team may not be registered on two FSFA or USFF affiliated futsal teams, even if in different Conferences of the GRSL;

Application shall be required for a team to obtain membership in this corporation. A team and its component members shall be admitted to membership upon the execution of the waiver prescribed by the Board and the payment of any dues and execution of the waiver prescribed by the Board and the payment of any dues and fees which the Board may require. Teams must provide an active referee certified through the governing body of the laws of the game of their respective Conference. No team or its component members shall be permitted to enjoy the benefits of membership in this organization until such time as the above requirements have been satisfied.
If a complaint against any individual member or member team shall be signed by three other individual members or member teams and filed with the respective and appropriate Conference Vice President, the latter shall bring the matter to the notice of the Board of Directors within five (5) days. The Board of Directors shall then request an explanation from the accused individual member or member team, and if the latter fails to explain or is unable to justify his/her/their conduct, the Board of Directors is empowered to pass a resolution suspending or expelling such individual member or member team from the organization, such resolution not to take effect until affirmed by a majority vote of the Board of Directors specially summoned to consider the resolution.

A majority of the Board of Directors shall have power to suspend or expel any individual member or member teams for willful infractions of the league rules or any bylaw of the Corporation, or for acts or conducts that they may deem disorderly, or injurious or hostile to the interest or the objects of the Corporation.

Prior to the expulsion or suspension of an individual member or member team he/she/they shall be entitled to a notice and hearing before the Board.

The Board of Directors may determine from time to time the amount of initiation fee, if any, and dues payable to the Corporation by its member teams.
Dues and outstanding fees shall be payable at the close of business four (4) days prior to the first official game in each soccer season organized and managed by the Corporation. Member teams in default of payment of dues and fees shall not be permitted to play.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

ARTICLE II

The officers of the Corporation shall be as follows:

President;
Vice President for the Co-recreational Soccer Conference;
Vice President for the Premier Open Soccer Conference;
Vice President for the Premier Women's Soccer Conference;
Vice President for the Co-recreational Futsal Conference;
Vice President for the Premier Open Futsal Conference;
Vice President for the Premier Women's Futsal Conference;
Treasurer;
Referee Liaison.

The President (or Vice President, or Treasurer installed as acting President) shall:

preside at all membership meetings;
by virtue of his/her position is Chairman of the Board of Directors;
chair the Information and Scheduling Committee;
chair the Executive Committee;
appoint all committees, temporary or permanent;
see all books, reports, and certificates as required by law are properly kept or filed;
be one of the officers who may sign the checks or drafts of the Corporation;
have such powers as may be reasonably construed as belonging to the chief executive officer of any organization;
present to the membership at any meetings any communication addressed to him as President and representative of the Corporation.

The Vice Presidents shall:

in the event of absence or inability of the President to exercise his/her office, become the acting President of the organization with all the rights, privileges and powers as if he/she had been duly elected President;

The order of ascendancy shall be, in order, the Vice President for the Co-Recreational Soccer Conference, the Vice President for the Premier Open Soccer Conference, the Vice President for the Premier Women's Soccer Conference, Vice President for the Co-recreational Futsal Conference, the Vice President for the Premier Open Futsal Conference, the Vice President for the Premier Women's Futsal Conference, and the Treasurer.

be the manager of the Conference of GRSL to which they were elected, and shall conduct all meetings, games scheduling, infraction discipline and other management tasks pertaining to the business of that Conference.

The Treasurer shall:

keep the records of the organization in appropriate books;
chair the Finance and Sponsorship Committee;
file any certificate required by any statute, federal or state;
be official custodian of the records and seal of this Corporation;
be one of the officers required to sign the checks and drafts of the Corporation.
exercise all duties incident to the office of the Treasurer, including the care and custody of all monies belonging to the Corporation;
render at stated periods, as the Board shall determine, an account of the finances and budgeting and such reports shall become a part of the minutes of the respective meeting at each season.

The Referee Liaison shall:

represent the GRSL in all negotiations, disputes, claims and redresses with any and all soccer officiating bodies or associations;
schedule and organize clinics for referee qualification;
ensure that GRSL is in compliance with all FIFA, USSF, and USFF laws of the game of soccer and futsal and FSFA and FSSA rules of competition;
be appointed to his/her position by the Executive Committee of GRSL for a term not longer than that of an elected officer.

No officer shall for reason of his/her office be entitled to receive any salary or compensation, but nothing herein shall be construed to prevent an officer or director from receiving any compensation from the corporation for duties other than as a director or officer.
The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors, except for the Referee Liaison. Each officer shall hold office until his/her successor shall have been duly elected or appointed, and shall have qualified.
Any officer appointed or elected by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board whenever in its judgment, the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby.
A vacancy in any office, because of death, resignation, or otherwise, may be appointed by the Executive Committee for the remaining portion of the term.
Any individual person may be elected to only one office, but may hold more than one office if required by the corporation.
The number of directors shall be equivalent to the number of elected and appointed officers and member teams then participating in all Conferences operated and managed by the Corporation; provided however, that at no time shall there be less than three (3) directors. Each team then participating in a corporation Conference shall then be entitled to elect one director to the Board. Said directors shall be elected or chosen by whatever manner each team shall see fit to employ.

Club organizations with more than one soccer team in any or all Conferences operated and managed by this Corporation will be entitled to one vote per team.

Should a vacancy on the Board of Directors occur, that team which is not represented by virtue of said vacancy shall be entitled to appoint a replacement.

MEETINGS

ARTICLE III

The meetings of the Board of Directors shall be subject to call by the President or any officer, in order of ascendancy, in the event the President is absent or incapacitated; provided however that there shall be a regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors on or about September 1st every year for purposes of electing and appointing the officers provided for, and any other officers the Corporation sees as necessary for the conduct of its affairs.
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such places as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.
Each member of the Board of Director shall have one (1) vote except for officers that are also team representatives.
The Board of Directors may make such rules and regulations covering its meetings as it may in its discretion determine necessary.
The regular meetings of the Corporation shall be held at such times and places as may be from time to time designated by the Board of Directors.
Special meetings of this organization may be called by the President, when he/she deems it for the best interest of the Corporation. Notices of such meetings shall be by the most feasible means available as determined by the President. Such notice shall state the reasons why such meeting has been called, the business to be transacted at such meeting and by whom called. At the request of four (4) member of the Board of Directors, the President shall call a special meeting, but such request must be made in writing at least five (5) days before the requested, scheduled date. No other business but that specified in the notice may be transacted at such special meeting without the unanimous consent of all present at such meetings.
Any member team failing to have a representative at any properly called meeting shall be subject to a fine as determined by the rules and polices of the GRSL.
All mandatory meetings will be scheduled at least two weeks in advance, an all team representatives will be notified in a timely manner. An agenda of the meetings shall be published five (5) days prior to each mandatory meeting, and will include all proposed constitutional, bylaw and rules and regulations changes.

SALARIES AND EMPLOYEES

ARTICLE IV

The President of the Corporation is empowered to establish any committees which he/she from time to time may feel are necessary to the efficient operation of the Corporation.
There shall be an Executive Committee. This committee is responsible for the review and implementation of all suggestions, resolutions or approved-by-vote standards from the committees and the membership generally. It will have the power to reject or veto any suggestions, resolutions or approved-by-vote standards based on its judgment. Also it will be responsible for the appointment of all replacement or non-elected officers. The Committee shall be composed of all elected and appointed officers and shall be chaired by the President. The duties of this committee shall include:

making policy for League administration in accordance with the Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules and Regulations;
periodic review of the special League rules;
suggestion of amendments to said rules;
protection of players.

There shall be an Appeals and Discipline Committee. This committee shall consist of five (7) members: the Vice President for the Conference in which the appealed incident took place, and four (6) at-large members coming from the membership of the Board of Directors. Quorum shall consist of any number greater than or equal to a simple majority. This committee shall be called together by any Conference Vice President as deemed necessary.

handle any appeals of rules issues which may be presented to it;
handle any appeals of sendings-off from games which may be presented to it;

all appeals must be submitted in writing, with a copy furnished to each member of the Appeals and Discipline Committee, at least 24 hours before convening;
it is the burden of the appealing team officials to assemble the at-large members of the Appeals and Discipline Committee, and organize the hearing at the Committee's convenience;

the convening Vice President will have final approval of the Committee's composition.

calls and appeals motions from individual players shall not be entertained. All appeals must originate within and be presented by the leadership of the appealing player's team.

review of players who repeatedly violate the rules of the League and suggest to the Board of Directors appropriate discipline;
determine the eligibility of players participating the league;

There shall be a Finance and Sponsorship Committee. This committee is responsible for shopping, pricing, and purchasing all necessary League services and equipment. Also responsible for budgeting of League monies and publication of financial reports to coincide with the end of each season. Also responsible for seeking and securing sponsorship for individual teams and for the GRSL as a whole. It shall be chaired by the Treasurer.
There shall be a Field Procurement, Maintenance and Equipment Committee. This committee is responsible for locating and securing convenient soccer venues for the use of the League. Also responsible for arranging the proper maintenance on such facilities and properly equipping them at game times.
There shall be a Scheduling and Information Committee. This committee is responsible for creating and publishing the game schedule for each season as per the requirement of the GRSL. Also responsible for rescheduling of games that require rescheduling as per the Rules and Policies of the GRSL. They will also be responsible for publishing the calendars of events at least one year in advance. Also responsible for all manner of pertinent information gathering and distribution to both the GRSL membership and the local community. This will include research and publishing of tournament dates, State Cup information, National Cup information, local TV soccer schedules, etc. It shall be chaired by the President.
There shall be a Recruitment and Registration Committee. this committee is responsible for recruiting new teams and individual players into the GRSL, and for guiding them through the registration process.
There shall be a History, Statistics and Awards Committee. This committee is responsible for collecting historical and statistical data for the League. The committee is also responsible for award ceremonies and League functions.
Vacancies in the membership of any committee shall be filled by appointments made in the same manner as provided in the case of the original appointment.
Each committee may adopt rules for its own government consistent with these bylaws and the rules adopted by the Board of Directors.
Committees whose chair is not specified in these Bylaws may be chaired by any member-in-good-standing of the GRSL.

RECORDS AND REPORTS

ARTICLE VI

Current operations records shall be kept with the Secretary/Registrar. Archived records shall be kept with the President. The records are produced and maintained by the officers or the Committees as outlined in their description of duties. The records will be consolidated by the President at the end of each season.
All books are open to the public and will be made available to anyone with appropriate notice.
Checks, drafts and notes are executed by the President and/or the Treasurer. Contracts are executed by the Executive Committee. The Corporation, as a matter of policy, shall not incur debt.
An annual report shall be published on the fifteenth (15) of September.

AMENDMENTS

ARTICLE VII

Subject to the limitations of the Article of Incorporation, these Bylaws, and the Florida Corporations Non-for-profit Law, concerning corporate action that must be authorized or approved by the members of the Corporation, the Bylaws of this Corporation may be amended, repealed, or added to, or new bylaws may be adopted, by resolution of the Board of Directors at the General Membership meeting. All changes must pass with 2/3 affirmative vote with a quorum present. The changes of the Bylaws will be effective as determined by the Board of Directors.

RATIFICATION

ARTICLE VIII

Ratification and signature of ________ members of the _________ shall be sufficient for the establishment of these Bylaws. IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have here unto subscribed our names this ______ day of ___________, 19____.