CHEF BY-LAWS1

CHEF BY-LAWS (Articles I- IV)

Article I

Name and Membership

I. The name of the organization shall be Christian Home Educators Fellowship of Faulkner County (hereafter referred to as CHEF) a not for profit organization.

II. CHEF shall be composed of home schooling families who desire to affiliate. Membership shall be restricted to those families that have signed the CHEF Code of Conduct, and have paid the current year's dues. Dues are waived for the elected Officers and the newsletter editor.

III. Each member family shall be allowed one vote per adult in CHEF business matters and election of CHEF officials. Hereafter member or members shall refer to all members of the families meeting the requirement of paragraph II.

IV. Membership dues shall be determined each year by the Board of Advisors and approved by general membership in a regular business meeting.

V. Visitors are welcome at any of the CHEF functions; however, voting privileges shall not be granted. Any visitor who will not conform to the CHEF Code of Conduct may be excluded from the activity by an Officer of CHEF, a member of the Board of Advisors, or their designate.

VI. The mailing list of CHEF shall be confidential. No other organization shall be given access to current or past membership rosters or mailing lists without the approval of the Board of Advisors. Information about individual members shall not be released outside of CHEF.

Article II

Definition and Purpose

I. Definition

CHEF is a Christian organization serving home schooling families in the Faulkner County area providing particular support to families affiliated with CHEF - of which are like-minded Christian home educating families dedicated to observing the Biblical commands of Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Proverbs 22:6, and Ephesians 6:4. CHEF is not a church, nor is this organization meant to replace the ministry of the local church to the home educating family. CHEF shall not mandate or monitor the specific home school activities of the member families including curriculum, performance, or testing.

II. Statement of Purpose

CHEF is organized for the purpose of serving local home schooling families in and near Faulkner County in, but not limited to, the following ways:

A. To provide mutual support and encouragement by home educators for home educators. This support includes sharing of knowledge between home educators by means of formal and in formal discussions consisting of teaching, training, seminars, lending library, etc.

B. To enable home schooling families to participate in activities that would be more difficult to do on their own, such as field trips cooperative learning experiences, plays.

C. To promote the advantages of home education to the general public through our presence, letters, support, and activities.

D. To advance the cause of Jesus Christ by encouraging parents to raise up a godly generation through spiritual and academic training in the home.

E. To provide information regarding the political climate of home education in Arkansas and in our nation.

Article III

Election of Officers and Board Of Advisors

I. Officers and members of the Board of Advisors shall be nominated and elected by the general membership subject to the qualifications stated in these By-Laws.

II. Nominations shall be taken at a regularly scheduled CHEF meeting, a CHEF business meeting or a special called CHEF meeting. Nominations may be taken from the floor or by mail from the general membership. The date that nominations will close for a particular election shall be published in the CHEF newsletter.

III. All nominees shall be contacted by the presiding officers or their designate to verify that they meet the qualifications for the office and that they are willing to serve should they be elected.

IV. The complete slate of qualified nominees and the date of the election shall be published to all CHEF members after the nominations are closed. Election of officers shall occur no sooner than one week after notification to the membership of the slate of nominees and the date of the election. The general membership shall elect officers and board m