CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
                                 of the 
                 PORTER COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, INC.
                                    
                                PREAMBLE

We, the undersigned, wishing to secure for ourselves the pleasures
and benefits of a club of persons commonly interested in amateur
radio, do hereby constitute ourselves the Porter County Amateur
Radio Club, and do enact this constitution as our governing law. 
It shall be our purpose to facilitate the exchange of information
and the general cooperation between members, to promote radio
knowledge, fraternalism, and individual operating efficiency, and
to conduct club programs and activities as to advance the general
interest and welfare of amateur radio in the general community. 
This club is a not for profit corporation as governed by the laws
of the State of Indiana.       


                          ARTICLE I - MEMBERSHIP

Section 1.  All persons interested in amateur radio shall be
eligible for membership.  Membership shall be by application and
election upon such terms as it's By-Laws provide.

Section 2.  Members may be removed, on motion, by a majority vote
of the total membership.  Any member so removed, forfeits all their
rights to the Porter County Amateur Radio Club.  Any dues that they
paid for the current year, shall be pro-rated and the unused
portion returned to them.


                           ARTICLE II - OFFICERS

Section 1.  The officers of this club shall be a President, Vice
President, Secretary and a Treasurer.  All nominees must hold a
valid Amateur Radio license, and their dues must be paid in full
for the current year.

Section 2.  The Board of Directors shall consist of the four (4)
officers and three (3) elected members, who also must hold a valid
Amateur Radio license, and have their dues paid in full for the
current year.

Section 3.  The officers of this club shall be elected for a term
of one (1) year, by ballot of the members present, provided there
be a quorum present, at the regular meeting of the month of March.

Section 4.  If a vacancy occurs, for whatever reason, in the office
of President, that vacancy will be filled with the Vice President
for the remainder of the term.  The Vice President vacancy will
then be filled under Article II, Section 6.

Section 5.  Officers may be removed, on motion, by a 2/3 majority
vote of the total membership.  With the exception of president, any
office vacated in this manner will be filled in accordance with
Article II, Section 6.

Section 6.  Vacancies occurring between elections must be filled by
special ballot.  Nominations for the vacated office will be
accepted at the next regular meeting. If only one person is
nominated for the office, then no special election need be held. 
Interim appointments shall be the responsibility of the President.


                     ARTICLE III - DUTIES OF OFFICERS

Section 1.  The President shall preside at all meetings of this
club, and the same according to the rules adopted.  He/she shall
enforce due observance of the Constitution and By-Laws, decide all
questions of order, sign all official documents that are adopted by
the club, and none other, and perform all customary duties
pertaining to the office of the President, including the
appointment of committee chairman.

Section 2.  The Vice-President shall assume all the duties of the
President in the absence of the latter.  He/she shall be
responsible to provide a program for the monthly meeting.

Section 3.  The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of
all meetings, keep a roll of members, submit applications for
membership, carry on all correspondence, read communications at
each meeting, keep the constitution and the By-laws of the Porter
County A R C and have the same with him/her at every regular and
special meeting.  He/she shall cause all amendments, changes and
additions to be noted thereon and permit the same to be consulted
by members upon request, and shall at the expiration of his/her
term, turn over everything in his/her possession, belonging to the
PORTER COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, to his/her successor.

Section 4.  The Treasurer shall receive and receipt all monies paid
to the club.  He/she shall keep and maintain an accurate account of
all monies received and expended.  He/she shall pay no bills
without proper authorization, by the club or its officers
constituting a business committee.  An oral financial report shall
be given at each monthly meeting, and at the end of each year,
he/she shall submit an itemized statement of disbursements and
receipts.  He/she shall at the expiration of his/her term, turn
over everything in his/her possession belonging to the Porter
County A R C to his/her successor.

Section 5.  The Board of Directors may meet once a month to discuss
matters of concern to the Porter County A R C.  Any Director has a
right to call a meeting of the board, in the absence of regularly
scheduled meetings.  The results of all board meetings will be
discussed at the next regular meeting with the general membership. 
Any decisions made by the board must be approved by the general
membership at the next regular membership meeting.  The Board has
the power to review and return to the floor, at the next general
meeting, for further discussion, any motions made on the floor,
that it deems detrimental to the well being of the club.    


                     ARTICLE IV - ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Section 1.  Nomination of Officers:  Nomination of candidates for
office shall be held during the January meeting of the general
membership and reopened during the February general meeting for new
entries or withdrawals.  Nominations shall then be closed.

Section 2.  Election of Officers: Election of officers shall be
held during the March general meeting and conducted by an Election
Committee appointed by the President.  Voting shall be done on a
secret ballot, listing the candidates full names and calls, and
given to each member in good standing. Completed ballots shall be
placed in a ballot box and thereafter the votes counted by the
Election Committee.  The results shall be clearly announced and
posted by the same committee.

Section 3.  The Right to Vote:  All members who have their dues
paid in full before March 1, have the right to vote during an
election of officers.  Exceptions to this are unlicensed, minor
children, who are members through the family membership, will not
be eligible to vote.  Enforcement of this section is the duty of
the Election Committee.


                           ARTICLE V - MEETINGS

Section 1.  Regular meetings shall be held each calendar month at
such place the president shall order.  Special meetings may be
called by the president upon written request of any five members of
the club.  Notices shall be sent to all members informing them of
special meeting and the business to be transacted.  Such notices
shall be sent so that in the ordinary postal delivery they will
arrive at least twenty-four(24) hours before the time set for the
meeting.  Only such business as is designated in the notice shall
be transacted at such special meetings.  One fifth of the
membership shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at all meetings.

Section 2.  Robert's rules (or Cushings Manuals) shall govern the
proceedings at all meetings.

Section 3.  The minutes of the meeting may be published in their
entirety in the issue of the club newsletter following the meeting. 
They may be approved and adopted without further reading by a
motion from the floor at the next regular meeting.    


                             ARTICLE VI - DUES

Section 1.  The Porter County Amateur Radio Club, by a majority
vote of those members present at any regular meeting, may levy upon
the general membership such dues or assessments as shall be deemed
necessary for the business of the club within it's objective as set
forth in the preamble, thereof.  Non-payment of such dues or
assessments shall be cause for expulsion from the club.

Section 2.  All membership dues are due January 1 and shall be paid
before March 1 of each year.  Members age 18 and under, or if a
full time student, 21 and under, or 65 and over, or if retired and
55 and over, shall be assessed 50% of the dues charged to regular
members. Family memberships shall be assessed 1.5 times that
charged to regular members.  A family is defined as a man and woman
and any minor children they may have still living with them.  Minor
children who obtain membership through the family plan shall have
no voting rights, unless they are licensed amateurs.

Section 3.  A grace period will be extended to any member, who for
whatever reason, doesn't pay his/her dues before March 1.  Those
people who let their dues elapse, will have until June 1 to pay
their dues without being treated as a new member under Article I,
Section 1.


                         ARTICLE VII - AMENDMENTS

Section 1.  This Constitution may be amended by a two thirds vote
of the total membership.  Proposals for amendments shall be
submitted in writing at a regular meeting and may not be voted on
until the next regular meeting.


                          ARTICLE VIII - BY-LAWS

Section 1.  This constitution authorizes the enactment of a body of
by-laws.  By-laws may be enacted at any regular club meeting.  A
simple majority may enact, amend or repeal any By-law unless
otherwise noted in the By-law.

Section 2.  Any By-law enacted may not repeal or detract from any
provision of the Constitution.


Amended and adopted Jan. 1, 1993