CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE
INDIANA SPORTING CLAYS ASSOCIATION, INC.
ARTICLE I - IDENTIFICATION

Section 1. Name. The name of the corporation shall be the INDIANA SPORTING CLAYS ASSOCIATION, INC. (Hereinafter referred to the -ISCA-) and is incorporated pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana Nonprofit Corporation Code.

Section 2. Registered Office and Registered Agent. The post office address of the registered office of the corporation is P.O. Box 3437, Evansville, Indiana, 47733-3437, and the name of its Registered Agent in charge of such office is R. Stephen LaPlante.

ARTICLE II - PURPOSE

The purpose of the ISCA shall be as follows: A. The promotion and encouragement of organized sporting clay shooting among residents of the State of Indiana;

B. To educate the public about firearms and increase among ISCA members the knowledge of the safe handling and proper care of firearms, as well as improved shotgun marksmanship; and

C. To forward the development of those characteristics of honesty, good fellowship, self discipline, team play, and self-reliance which are the essentials of good sportsmanship and the foundation of true patriotism.

ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP

Section 1. Club Membership. A. Membership. Any gun club in the State of Indiana, having at least on sporting clays course or one five-stand course, shall be eligible for membership in the ISCA provided they are in good standing with the WSCA. Upon application, payment of the prescribed dues, and subsequent vote by the Board of Directors, any club within the State of Indiana may be a member and shall enjoy all the privileges of the ISCA and shall be entitled to designate a Director who shall become a member of the Board of Directors of the ISCA. A list of Member Clubs shall be maintained by the ISCA. The Directors may appoint individuals from the membership to serve on the Board if there is a need of resources to make the group of Directors functional.

B. Responsibilities. Any member club may apply to have an ISCA sanctioned shoot. Upon the event of a shoot, it shall be the host clubs responsibility to forward all money due the ISCA to the Treasurer within fifteen days following the completion of any ISCA sanctioned shoot. It is the responsibility of the hosting club to report shoot results to the ISCA and to the NSCA. President of the ISCA shall have the authority to impose a fine of not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) to a club member in violation of the Bylaws.

Section 2. Individual Members. Any resident of the State of Indiana who is a member of the NSCA will automatically become a member of the ISCA, provided said resident is not restricted from owning or operating a firearm under any State or federal laws. Any Indiana resident who is an NSCA member that does not want to be a member of the ISCA must withdraw membership in writing. The ISCA member number will be the same as the NSCA member number. Any member in good standing shall have the privilege of discussing or speaking on any subject at any annual meeting of the ISCA and is entitled to one vote on the election of officers at the Annual State Meeting. All members are welcome to any meeting of the Board of Directors. A list of individual members shall be maintained by the ISCA.

Section 3. Professional Shooters. Any professional shooter, both resident of the State of Indiana and non-resident, may compete for those awards specifically designated for professionals. A professional shooter shall be a shooter whose proper concurrent NSCA classification is -Industry,- or whose employment or significant income-producing business endeavor is shooting competitions, or whose shootings costs (guns, ammunition, entry fees, travel costs, etc.) are wholly or substantially defrayed by a sporting goods manufacturer. A professional shooter who is a non-resident of Indiana, while encouraged to participate in State shoots, shall not be a member of the ISCA.
Section 4. Dues and Fees. ISCA Member Clubs shall pay dues annually as established by the Board of Directors but shall not be less than $25.00. Annual dues are payable in advance, and only those clubs which have paid their annual dues shall be considered in good standing. Payment of annual dues shall be made to the Treasurer and are due and payable by December 31 of each calendar year. Failure to pay dues shall cause the ISCA club appointee Director on the Board of Directors to be ineligible to consider, act and vote on business to come before the Board of Directors of the ISCA.

Individual membership dues may be set by the ISCA on an annual basis. The annual dues shall be payable in advance and only those residents who have paid their annual dues shall be considered in good standing. Payment of annual dues shall be made to the Secretary-Treasurer and are due and payable prior to the registration of targets for the target year.

Each registered shooter shall be charged with a State fee of $1.00 per day for registration of targets with the ISCA. The State fees shall be used only to pay the expenses of the ISCA with the balance (if any) utilized for trophies and other prizes at the State shoot. No part of the net earnings of the ISCA shall inure to the benefit of the private members of the ISCA.

ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers. The Officers of the ISCA shall consist of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Officers shall be elected by the membership and shall serve on the Board of Directors as set forth hereinafter.
Section 2. Vacancies. Whenever any vacancies shall occur in any office by death, resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled as follows:

(a) In the case of the elected offices of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and NCSA State Delegate, a majority of the remaining Directors present at the meeting called for the purpose will appoint that person to fulfill the remainder of the term of the office vacated; and

(b) In the case of club-appointed Directors, the affected gun club shall appoint a new Director to fill the remainder of the term of the office vacated; and

(c) In the case of the NCSA-appointed State representative, NCSA shall either appoint a new representative or elect to leave the office vacant if it determines that it is in the NCSA's best interest to do so. Should there be a failure of the NCSA to appoint a State representative, the Board shall continue to function as if fully constituted.
Section 3. President. The President shall preside at all Board of Directors? meetings of the ISCA, and is empowered to execute all contracts and legal instruments, and have general charge and supervision of all the affairs of the ISCA and shall be a member of all committees. If the President is unable to preside, the Vice President shall preside in his place, and if both are unable to preside, the Secretary shall preside over any said meeting.

Section 4. Vice President. The Vice President shall have the responsibility for the general promotion of clay shooting. He/she shall aid any new group in the organization of any clay shooting club under the auspices of the ISCA.

Section 5. Secretary. The Secretary shall keep all minutes of the ISCA meetings. He/she shall issue all notices, submit proposed shoot dates to the NCSA, and shall perform such other duties as the President or the Board of Directors may require. The Secretary shall also maintain with the Treasurer the Membership List.

Section 6. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the custodian of all monies, trophies, securities and vouchers of the ISCA and authorized to receive all funds due to the ISCA and too place such funds in any bank or banks as the Treasurer and President shall jointly designate and shall make no disbursements other than those authorized by vote of the ISCA at the Annual State Meeting or by order of the Board of Directors. A detailed report of all the monies received and distributed by the Treasurer shall be made at the Annual State Meeting.

The Treasurer shall furnish a surety bond in the sum of $2,500.00, the expense of which shall be paid by the ISCA. Any checking account in the name which the association and containing its funds shall require two signatures, the Treasurer and the President.

ARTICLE V - BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1. Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately after the annual meeting of the membership, at the place where such meeting of the membership has been held, for the purpose of organization, installment of the officers and consideration of other business that may be brought before the meeting. No notice shall be necessary for the holding of this annual meeting.

If such meeting is not held as above provided, the installment of Officers may be held at any subsequent meeting of the Board specifically called in the manner provided in Section 2 of this Article. Directors may participate in an annual meeting of the Board through the use of any means of communication by which all Directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. Directors participating by this means shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

Section 2. Other Meetings. Other meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon call of the President or two or more members of the Board of Directors at any place within or without the State of Indiana, upon forty-eight hours? notice given to each meeting at which a Director is present, notice of the time, place and purpose thereof shall be deemed waived, and similar notice may likewise be waived by any absent Directors, either by written instrument or telegram. Also signature of the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute a waiver of notice. Directors may participate in a special meeting through use of any means of communication by which all Directors participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A director participating by this means shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting.

Section 3. Quorum. At a meeting of the Board of Directors the presence of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then qualified and acting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

ARTICLE VI - MEETINGS OF MEMBERS

Section 1. Place of Meetings. All meetings of the members of Indiana Sporting Clays Association, Inc. shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Indiana, as shall be designated.

Section 2. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the members for the election of officers and appointment of Directors by member clubs and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at ______________. If for any reason the annual meeting of the membership shall not be held at the time and place herein provided, the same may be held at any time thereafter, or the business to be transacted at such annual meeting may be transaction at any special meeting called for that purpose.
Notice of the annual meeting shall be given in a manner specified by the Indiana Corporation law. The order of business of the annual meetings shall be specified by the Directors at the location for the state shoot.

Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the individual members may be called by the President, or upon written request to the President by any two elected Officers, or by any three member clubs in good standing.

Section 4. Notice of Special Meeting. A written or printed notice of a special meeting, stating the place, day and hour of the special meeting, and the purposes or purposes for which the special meeting is called, shall be given in a manner specified by the Indiana corporation law. Notice of any such meeting shall be sent out by the President or the Secretary of the ISCA to the Director of each member club in good standing at the club's last know post office address at least fifteen days prior to the date fixed for such meeting. In addition, the individual member shall be entitled to notice of a special meeting by ordinary mail.

Section 5. Voting at Meetings. A. Voting rights. Every individual member of ISCA shall have the right at all meetings to vote on such issues as are designated by the Board for majority vote. Each individual member shall have one vote at an annual meeting to vote for the Officers of the ISCA. Member clubs shall have one vote for each club, with a representative on the Board of Directors.

B. Proxy. A member of the Board of Directors may be represented by written proxy in the event that he or she is unable to attend an annual or special meeting. No proxy shall be valid after thirty days from the date of its execution, unless a longer time is expressly provided therein. If a proxy has been duly executed by a Director and the Director then attends a meeting in person and desires to vote, he may do so, thereby revoking the proxy by his attendance and by his or her vote.

C. Voting by Mail. The ISCA President may secure a vote on any resolution pertaining to ISCA business, except amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws, by sending a registered letter ballot on the subject to be voted on, and the vote on such matters shall be counted within ten days after the date such letter ballot has been mailed. At such time, all Board of Directors shall be notified of the results of any such action voted on.

D. Election of Officers. The elected Officers of the ISCA shall be the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. Officers shall serve without compensation. Expense may be reimbursed as approved by the Board of Directors. Election of Officers shall be held at the annual meeting by letter ballot conducted by the Board of Directors annually, commencing November 1 and concluding at the commencement of the annual meeting of each odd-numbered year.

Section 6. Quorum. Unless otherwise provided by the Indiana Corporation law or Articles of Incorporation, at any meeting of the membership, a majority of the members entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy.

ARTICLE VII - STATE SHOOT AND TOURNAMENT SCHEDULING

Section 1. State Shoot. ISCA will sponsor an annual state sporting clays and five-stand championship tournament to be held in each calendar year on a date selected by the Board of Directors. The date of the State Shoot shall precede the NSCA Zone Championship and the NSCA National Championship.

The State Shoot will be an open shoot; however, only ISCA members having at least 300- registered targets shot at ISCA member clubs will be eligible for State trophies and State championship status. The ISCA members who do not meet the 300-target minimum may participate in the State Shoot, but shall not be eligible for trophies or championship status.

The Board of Directors shall establish written criteria setting forth minimum State Shoot club facility requirements, and any ISCA club meeting such requirements shall be eligible to host the State Shoot.

The host club of the State Shoot will be chosen by majority vote of the Board of Directors from among eligible ISCA clubs in good standing which have submitted written applications prior to the Annual Meeting of the ISCA Board of Directors. However, unless special circumstances prevail as determined by the Board of Directors, no club shall host the State Shoot more than two years out of any three. The Directors shall at the same time choose an alternate club which will host the State Shoot in case the selected club cannot host the State Shoot on the designated date.

The Board of Directors shall choose a State Shoot Committee consisting of the President and three Directors who shall assist the host club in planning and managing the State Shoot. The NSCA State Delegate and NSCA State Representative (if any) shall also be members of the State Shoot Committee. The rights and responsibilities of host club management shall not be abridged or abrogated by the Board of Directors or the State Shoot Committee.

Section 2. Tournament Scheduling. Any member club desiring to register a tournament with the ISCA shall make its application through the Secretary of the ISCA in order that the date of said tournament may be recorded by the Secretary and the records of the ISCA be kept up to date.

If a club chooses a shoot date and then cancels that shoot, notification to the ISCA is required. It is the sole responsibility of the host club to notify shooters that the tournament has been canceled.

ARTICLE VIII - CORPORATE BOOKS

Section 1. Place of keeping in General. Except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Indiana, the Articles of Incorporation of the corporation, these Bylaws, the books and records of the corporation, may be kept at such place or places within or without the State of Indiana, as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine.

Section 2. Membership Register. The original duplicate registration of member clubs and ISCA members containing a complete and accurate list of members, alphabetically arranged, giving the names and addresses of all members ant the number of members and member clubs, shall be kept at the registered office of the corporation in the State of Indiana, or at such other place as the Board of Directors may specify. The membership register may be maintained in the corporate minute book.

ARTICLE IX - CONTRACTS, CHECK, NOTES

Section 1. In General. The persons authorized to sign contracts, checks, drafts, notes, bonds, and orders of payment of money shall be designated by the Board of Directors from time to time as it sees fit.

ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS

The power to make, alter or repeal this Code of Bylaws is vested in the Board of Directors, except as otherwise stated in these Bylaws and the provisions of the Indiana Business Corporation Law may otherwise require.

ARTICLE XI - CORPORATE SEAL

The seal of the corporation shall be circular in shape with the words, Indiana Sporting Clays Association, Inc.- imprinted in the outer circumference of the seal. In the center of the seal shall be the words, -Corporate Seal.- A facsimile of the seal is imprinted on this page below.

The foregoing bylaws were adopted by the Board of Directors and Members at its meeting on the 7th day of August 1994, at Evansville, Indiana.

ARTICLE XII - RULES OF CONDUCT

Each member and club will be furnished a copy of the Official NSCA rules, with the understanding that the member/club will read and understand each rule. All members/clubs are responsible to know these rules and abide by them, for their own benefit and safety as well as that of other shooters. By entering the competition or holding a competition, every person agrees to abide by these rules and to accept all official decisions.

Whereas the NSCA/ISCA is an organization who is dedicated to the development and promotion of the sporting clays, and therefore has a reputation and public image to maintain, the NSCA Executive Council/ISCA Board of Directors reserves the right to review the application of any member or club or any proposed member or club, subject to possible suspension or barred membership. For example, but not limited to, the following:

(a) Any person or club who fails to follow the rules as specified in the NSCA Current Rule Book.

(b) Any person or club who is not legally capable of participating in the sport, for example, but limited to, a person legally prohibited from carrying or possessing a firearm.

(c) Any person who exhibits unsportsmanlike conduct of any kind, including, but not limited to: falsifying scores or classification, cheating, safety violations, verbal or physical abuse of any shooter, scorer, field judge, shoot official or protest committee.

(d) Any person or club who exhibits conduct that is harmful to the NSCA/ISCA, its membership, or the sport as a whole. All decisions made by the NSCA Executive Council/ISCA Board of Directors, after due process, are final.
The foregoing Bylaws were adopted by the Board of Directors and Members at its meeting held on the 25th day of June, 2000, at Fortville, Indiana, to update and amend the original Constitution and Bylaws adopted on the 7th day of August, 1994, at Evansville, Indiana.

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Jim Dunn, President

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Jay Mendenhall, Vice-President

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Rod Morgan, Treasurer