ARTICLE V: COMMITTEES

5.1 General. Any officer Advisory committees to perform such tasks and to serve for such periods as may be designated by the Board or as established herein are hereby authorized. Each committee shall be composed and shall operate in accordance with the terms hereof or resolution of the Board of Directors designating the committee or with rules adopted by the Board of Directors. An advisory committee shall not be authorized to exercise any authority of the Board under the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, these Bylaws or the Nonprofit Code.
5.2 Appointment. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board, may designate one or more of its members to constitute an executive committee or any other committee. Each committee shall have one or more members, who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The designation of such a committee and the delegation to it of authority shall not operate to relieve the Board of Directors, or any member of it, of any responsibility imposed by law.
5.3 Standing Committees. The Board may establish Standing Committees to the Board. These Standing Committees will operate to investigate and advise the Board of affairs determined important to the Community by the Board and the Members. The standing, permanent committees for the Corporation shall be as follows:

1. Membership/Welcome
2. Architectural Controls (covenants enforcement)
3. Activities and Events (consisting of, but not limited to Easter Egg hunt, annual yard sale, Halloween celebration, scholarship)
4. Communication (consisting of, but not limited to e-mail, website operations and updates, newsletter, phone and postal communications with Members)
5. Nominating (officer/board elections)
6. Grounds & Maintenance (upkeep of common grounds, Neighbor Day)
7. Safety & Security (consisting of, but not limited to Security patrol, liaison with appropriate police and fire officials, security, and safety updates)
8. Financial (consisting of, but not limited to fundraising, marketing, financial oversight)

5.4 Executive Committee. The Board shall. and hereby does, establish an Executive Committee to the Corporation. The Executive Committee will operate to investigate and advise the Board of all issues pertaining to the Community. The Executive Committee shall consist of all members of the Board of Directors, the chairperson of each Standing Committee, and a Phase Director from each phase of development in the Community. The Phase Director shall be chosen by the Members in a particular phase of development in the Community to serve in said capacity as Phase Director. If in the event no Phase Director is so chosen, a resident volunteer may serve in that capacity. The chairperson of the Executive Committee shall be the President of the Corporation. The Executive Committee shall meet at least annually, which meeting shall be called and noticed in the same manner as for any committee.
5.5 Limits on Authority of Committees. No committee, including the executive committee, may do any of the following:

1. Fill vacancies on the board of directors or on any of its committees;
2. Amend articles of incorporation;
3. Adopt, amend, or repeal bylaws;

5.6 Meetings and Notice. Regular meetings of a committee may be held without notice at such times and places as the committee may fix from time to time by resolution. Special meetings of a committee may be called by any member of it upon not fewer than two days' notice stating the place, date, and hour of the meeting. Notice of special meetings shall be given in the same manner as is notice of special director meetings as provided herein. Any member of a committee may waive notice of any meeting, and no notice of any meeting need be given to any member of it who attends in person. The notice of a meeting of a committee need not state the business proposed to be transacted at the meeting.
5.7 Quorum. A majority of the members of committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of that committee, and action of the committee must be authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.
5.8 Resignation and Removal. Any member of a committee may be removed at any time, with-cause, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board of Directors. Any member of a committee may resign from the committee at any time by giving written notice to the President or Secretary of the Corporation, and unless otherwise specified in the notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
5.9 Vacancies. Any vacancy in a committee may be filled by a resolution adopted by a majority of the full Board of Directors.
5.10 Procedure. A committee shall elect a chairperson to act as the presiding officer of said committee from its members and may fix its own rules of procedure which shall not be inconsistent with these bylaws. A committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors for the Board's information at the meeting thereof held next after the proceedings shall have occurred.
 5.11 Compensation. The committee members shall receive no compensation and all committee member positions are on a voluntary basis.