5.01.   Annual Meeting:
               The membership shall meet annually during the first quarter of the calendar year at a location, on a date and time selected by the Board of Directors for the purpose of electing the Board of Directors and conducting other such business as is brought before the membership.

               5.02.   Special Meetings:
               Special meetings of the membership may be called by the Board of Directors or the President. Notice of a special meeting shall specify the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be given to the membership as soon as practical, but in no event any earlier than fourteen (14) days before the meeting, in the manner provided be Article 5.03 of these Bylaws.

               5.03.   Notice of Meetings:
               (a)   Notice of Annual Meeting or Special Meetings:  Written notice of the annual or a special meeting of members shall be either personally delivered or mailed by first-class United States mail, postage prepaid, at least fourteen (14) but no more than ninety (90) calendar days before the date of the meeting to each member of the Society at the time the notice is sent. The notice given under this Section (a) shall specify the place, date, and hour of the meeting and those matters that the Board of Directors, at the time the notice is given, intends to present for action by the members. No business, other than the business the general nature of which was set forth in the notice of the special meeting, may be transacted at the special meeting. However, any proper matter may be presented at the annual meeting.

               (b)   Manner of Giving Notice:  In the event given by mail or other means of written communication, the notice shall be addressed to the member at the address of such member appearing on the books of the Society or at the address given by the members to the Society for the purpose of notice. Where no such address appears or is given, notice shall be given at the principal office of the Society.

               (c)   Waiver of Notice:  A member's attendance at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of that meeting, unless the member objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of the right to object to the consideration of matters required to be included in the notice of the meeting but not so included, if that objection is expressly made at the meeting.

               5.04.   Quorum:
               (a)    Percentage Required:  Ten percent (10%) of the voting power residing within the nine (9) San Francisco Bay Area Counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma Counties) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the members.

               (b)   Loss of Quorum:  The members present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, even if enough members have withdrawn to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the members required to constitute a quorum.

               5.05.   Adjournment and Notice of Adjourned Meetings:
               Any members' meeting may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of the majority of the members present at the meeting. No meeting may be adjourned for more than forty-five (45) days. When a members' meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place to which the meeting is adjourned are announced at the meeting at which adjournment is taken. If after adjournment, new members join the Society, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each such new member. At the adjourned meeting, the Society may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

               5.06.   Voting of Membership:
               Subject to the restrictions set forth in Article 4.03 of these Bylaws, each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of the members. The affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at the meeting shall be the act of the members.

               5.07.   Conduct of Meetings:
               (a)   The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President shall be Chairman of and shall preside over the meetings of the members.

               (b)   The Secretary shall act as the secretary of all meetings of members; provided that in his or her absence, the Chairman of the meetings of members shall appoint another person to act as secretary of the meetings.

               (c)   The Robert's Rules of Order, as may be amended from time to time, shall govern the meetings of members insofar as such rules are not inconsistent with or in conflict with these Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation of this Society, or the law.

               6.01.   Number and Qualification:
               The Society shall have seven (7) Directors who shall collectively be known as the Board of Directors. A Director must be a member in good standing of the Society for not less than one (1) year prior to his or her election to the Board of Directors. The one (1) year membership requirement may be waived if there is lack of otherwise qualified members willing to stand for election to the Board of Directors. All Directors must be at least 21 years or older.

               6.02.   Terms of Office:
               Each Director shall hold office for one one (1) year, commencing upon his or her election at the annual meeting of the members as described in Article 5.01 of these Bylaws, and continuing until a qualified successor has been elected.

               6.03.   Election of Directors:
               (a)   Nomination:   The Board of Directors shall appoint a committee to select qualified candidates for election to the Board at least 90 days before the date of and election of Directors. This nominating committee shall make its report at least 30 days before the date of the election, or at such other time as the Board of Directors may set, and the Secretary shall forward to each member, with the notice of annual meeting required under Article 5.03 of these Bylaws, a list of all candidates nominated by the committee under Article 6.03(a).

               (b)   Election of Directors:   The seven (7) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected. In the event of a tie vote, a run-off vote shall be held involving the candidates receiving the same number of votes, and the candidate(s) receiving the highest number of run-off votes shall be deemed elected.

               6.04.   Vacancies of Board of Directors:
               (a)   Vacancies:   A vacancy or vacancies on the Board of Directors shall exist on the occurrence of the death, resignation, or recall by the members of a Director(s). In addition, the Board of Directors may declare vacant the office of a Director (1) if a Director has failed to attend 3 meetings of the Board of Directors; (2) if there is an increase of the authorized number of directors; or (3) upon the failure of the members to elect the number of Directors required to be elected pursuant to Article 6.03 of these Bylaws.

               (b)   Recall of a Director:   Upon the receipt of a petition signed by ten percent (10%) of the voting power residing within the nine (9) San Francisco Bay Area Counties (See Article 5.04), the Board of Directors shall hold a recall election of the Director or Directors named. The Board of Directors shall schedule a meeting of the members for the purpose of conducting the recall election and provide notice of the meeting to the members as provided in Article 5.03 of these Bylaws. The entire Board of Directors, or an individual Director,may be removed from office by majority vote of those members in attendance at the meeting. In the event the entire Board of Directors is removed from office, the Board shall serve until new Directors are elected as provided in Article 6.04(c)(2) of these Bylaws. Those members who signed the petition shall bear the expense of conducting the recall election.

               (c)   Filling Vacancies:
                         (1)   Except for vacancies occurring because of a recall election as provided in Article 6.04(b) of these Bylaws, vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, whether or not less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director. The members may fill any vacancy or vacancies not filled by Directors.
                         (2)   Where a vacancy or vacancies occurs on the Board of Directors because of a recall election as provided by Article 6.04(b) of these Bylaws, the vacancy or vacancies shall be filled at a special meeting of the membership called for that purpose. Those Directors not removed from office, or if the entire Board of Directors is recalled, the recalled Board of Directors shall schedule the meeting of the membership upon 30 days notice to the membership in the manner provided in Article 5.03 of these Bylaws.

               (d)   Reduction of Number of Directors:   No reduction of the authorized number of Directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that Director's term of office expires.

               7.01.    Powers and Responsibilities:
               (a)   General Corporate Powers.  The Society's activities and affairs shall be managed, and all corporate powers shall be exercised, by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

               (b)  Specific Powers and Responsibilities:  In addition to any other powers and responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the power and responsibility to:
                            (1)   Control and manage all equipment, supplies, assets, facilities, or all other property belonging to or entrusted to the Society;
                            (2)   Manage the financial affairs of the Society;
                            (3)   To exercise any other authority determined to be in the best interest of the society and authorized by the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation law;
                            (4)   To publish a monthly newsletter.
                            (5)   Select the Officers of the Society as provided in Article 7.02 of these Bylaws; and
                            (6)   Appoint standing committees to serve at the direction and pleasure of the Board of Directors.

               7.02.    Selection of Officers:
               The Board of Directors, at the first meeting of the Board after the annual meeting of the members as described in Article 5.01 of these Bylaws, shall appoint from their number, by majority vote, the officers of the Society as described in Article VIII of these Bylaws. The officers' term of office shall coincide with the Board of Director's term of office.

               7.03.   Meetings:
               (a)   Meeting.  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as the Board of Directors may fix from time to time. All meetings of the Board of Directors shall be open to members of the Society.

               (b)   Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary, or any two (2) Directors. Special meetings shall be held on four (4) days' notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, or on forty-eight (48) hours' notice delivered personally or by telephone or telegraph. The notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting. Notice of the special meeting need not be given to any Director who, either before or after the meeting, signs a waiver of notice or a written consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the Society's records or made a part of minutes of the meetings. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Director who attends the meeting and does not protest, before or at the commencement of the meeting, the lack of notice to him or her.

                (c)   Quorum.  A majority of the authorized number of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn. Every action taken or decision made by a majority of the Directors present at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business, despite the withdrawal of Directors, if any action taken or decision made is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.

                (d)  Adjournment.  A majority of the Directors present, whether or not a quorum in present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given unless the original meeting is adjourned for more than 24 hours. If the original meeting is adjourned for more than 24 hours, notice must be given to the Directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment.

                (e)  Conduct of Meeting.  The President or, in his or her absence, the Vice-President shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors. The Secretary of the Society or, in the Secretary's absence, any person appointed by the presiding officer shall act as Secretary of the Board. Members of the Board may participate in a meeting through use of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, so long as all members participating in such meeting can hear one another. Such participation shall constitute personal presence at the meeting.
 
                (f)  Action Without Meeting.  Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors individually or collectively consent in writing to such action.  Such written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as the unanimous vote of such Directors.

               8.01.   Number and Titles:
               The officers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, and these officers shall also be members of the Board of Directors.

               8.02.   Duties:
               (a)   President.  The President shall preside at meetings of the members and the Board of Directors.

               (b)  Vice-President.  The Vice-President shall assume the duties of the President's absence, and perform such other duties as the President or Board of Directors may request.

               (c)  Secretary.  The Secretary shall record, maintain, and publish the minutes of all meetings of the members and the Board of Directors.

               (d)  Treasurer.  The Treasurer is the chief financial officer of the Society. The Treasurer shall collect annual dues and maintain all the financial records of the Society. In addition, the Treasurer shall prepare an annual report to be sent to the members and Directors of the Board within 120 days after the end of the Society's fiscal year. That report shall contain the following information, in appropriate detail, for the fiscal year.
                          (1)   The assets and liabilities of the Society as of the end of the fiscal year;
                          (2)   The principal changes in assets and liabilities;
                          (3)   The revenue of receipts of the Society; and
                          (4)   The expenses of disbursements of the Society.

The Treasurer shall make available the books, and records of the Society for inspection or audit upon request of any member of the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall not be requested to post bond. No audit or inspection of the Society's books and records shall be made unless the Treasurer is present.

               8.03.   Powers:
               Once approved by the Board of Directors, any two (2) officers of the Society shall execute any and all documents binding the Society to obligations, debts, liens, encumbrances, and liabilities in excess of $3,000. Checks, money orders, and similar negotiable instruments for Board of Directors approved expenditures in excess of $3,000 shall be signed by the Treasurer and one other officer of the Society. Once approved by the Board of Directors, any one (1) officer of the Society shall execute any and all documents binding the Society to obligations, debts, liens encumbrances, and liabilities of $3,000 or less. Checks, money orders, and similar negotiable instruments for the Board of Directors approved expenditures less than $3,000 shall be signed by the Treasurer.

               8.04.   Vacancy:
               In the event of vacancy in an officer position, the Board of Directors shall, by majority vote, appoint a replacement to fill the vacancy. Should the Board of Directors number less than seven (7), such appointment shall be made after the Board of Directors reaches its full complement.

               9.01.   Standing Committees:
               After the election of the Board of Directors a provided in Article 6.03 of these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall appoint the following Standing Committees which shall serve at the direction and pleasure of the Board:

               (a)   Annual Meeting Committee.  The Annual Meeting Committee shall plan and organize, subject to approval of the Board of Directors, the annual meeting of the members described in Article 5.01 of these Bylaws;

               (b)   National Convention Committee.  When the Society is designated as a host of the National Garden Railway Convention, the National Convention Committee shall plan and organize, subject to approval of the Board of Directors, the convention;

               (c)   Newsletter Committee.  The Newsletter Committee shall publish the Society's official bimonthly newsletter Trestle & Trestle; and

               (d)   BAGRS Shortline Committee.  The BAGRS Shortline Committee, subject to approval of the Board of Directors, shall oversee the activities of the Society's modular railroad.

               11.01.  Amendments by Board of Directors Prohibited:
               The Board of Directors may not adopt, amend, or repeal these Bylaws.

               11.02.   Amendments by Members:
               The members may adopt, amend, or repeal these Bylaws by at least a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present at any annual meeting as described in Article 5.01 of these Bylaws, or at any special meeting of the members as described in Article 5.02 of these Bylaws. The notice of an annual meeting or a special meeting at which the members are to consider adopting, amending, or repealing these Bylaws shall be sent in the manner provided in Article 5.03 of these Bylaws and shall contain a description of the Bylaw or Bylaws to be adopted, amended, or repealed.