To get more specific questions regarding the formation and conduct of the Legion Riders within condition, or perhaps the appropriate use associated with the Riders' emblem, or around your section's constitution and bylaws, contact your department headquarters for guidance.
Q. Does The United states Legion formally recognize The American Legion Riders system?
A. Yes. The National Executive Committee formally adopted The United states Legion bikers (ALR) as a nationwide system with Resolution 35 (October 2007) and Resolution 32 (might 2011).
Q. Will there be a national constitution and bylaws for ALR?
A. No. But a suggested constitution and bylaws template is available online here for anyone contemplating building a nearby chapter or condition system. This template is dependant on and completely complies with Resolutions 35 and 32.
Q. Just how do I begin a chapter inside my post?
A. The process is simple. No charter paperwork is necessary, but a part needs to be sustained by a post or division. There is no nationwide or "at large" chapter. Here measures are recommended:
- Get the endorsement of this sponsoring post. A copy for the minutes of every regular post conference approving the forming of a section is the expert to start organizing a chapter.
- Contact your division headquarters or division ALR liaison to see if another ALR part is close by. If so, inform that chapter of the intention to start out your very own and obtain information about how that chapter is initiated. The people in that chapter will totally possible be prepared to help.
- Set-up a meeting with your new ALR members to discuss how your system is influenced, and develop a part constitution and bylaws when it comes to analysis and approval of the post's leadership.
- At later meetings, elect chapter officials per your approved constitution and report your part to division headquarters.
- Some departments, not all, can have an American Legion cyclists charter to recently organized chapters inside the division. There's no national charter.
Q. Are there numerous restrictions how we could set up a part constitution?
A. As a subordinate business associated with the United states Legion, all riders chapters has to take particular measures to safeguard their particular directly to put on the trademark patch and make use of the words "Legion Riders" as an information of their task. Federal trademark law needs subordinate businesses and entities to adhere to particular guidelines, which include:
- All ALR officials must be verified or called by the hosting United states Legion post. In actual practice the Riders elect unique officials, who're then "installed" (verified) by the post at a proper ceremony. One other way to do this is for the chapter to report the election of officers during a standard post conference. The election is valid following the report is duly acknowledged because of the post.
- The Riders must make a task report and a monetary report in the regular post meetings.
- A post or division officer (typically the finance officer or treasurer) must certanly be designated as signatory on all chapter bank accounts.
- The part constitution and bylaws (or other organizational papers) should be approved because of the number post. Any subsequent changes meant to such documents should also be authorized by the number post.
Keep in mind that these trademark guidelines affect all subordinate programs and activities for the American Legion, not only The United states Legion cyclists.
Q. Can we now have users that do perhaps not own motorbikes or are not spouses of owners?
A. Program assistance from Resolutions 35 and 32 funds your local chapters the expert to allow a current ALR user to stay a complete member of the section if they features involuntarily quit bike ownership due to age, injury, or other medical problem outside of the control over the driver. This will be a determination left to your regional chapter people, which may optionally need all users to be owners constantly.
Q. Can girlfriends, friends, cousins, mothers, dads, etc., join since regular people whether or not they truly are ineligible in bylaws?
A. No. account qualifications needs tend to be demonstrably reported in the program assistance defined by Resolutions 35 and 32: "All members of The United states Legion Riders will be present members of The American Legion, United states Legion Auxiliary or Sons associated with US Legion". Membership requirements is set up to not exclude family and friends, but to adhere to the constitutional needs associated with encouraging post or division, which must adhere strictly to American Legion constitutional requirements in addition to regional, condition and national laws and regulations with regards to veteran, civic and fraternal organizations.
Q. Where do we get US Legion bikers patches?
A. Patches can be obtained through National Emblem Sales. You can easily order by phone at (888)-453-4466, or store on line at
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