(a)

1. (1) A Keep Arkansas Beautiful affiliate should strive for an organizational structure that will involve a wide range of community members.
2. (2) Representatives from government, business, and local citizenry have proven to be the best composition for successful, sustaining programs.

3. (3) An affiliate may be formed to represent a:

   1. (A) County;
   2. (B) Municipality; or
   3. (C) Community within either of these governmental units.
4. (4) Designation as a county affiliate does not confer affiliate status to every community within its jurisdiction.
5. (5) Local affiliate membership is individually applied for and granted in the name of the municipality.
6. (6) In densely populated areas there may exist the need for more than one (1) affiliate group.

(b)

1. (1) Affiliates may be organized as:

   1. (A) A commission;
   2. (B) A committee; or
   3. (C) An independent nonprofit organization.

2. (2)

   1. (A) An affiliate that is not organized as a governmental agency or subgroup should have bylaws in place to govern the organization and operation of the affiliate.
   2. (B) We offer a sample set of bylaws for this purpose.

(c)

1. (1) The determining factor governing the organizational structure and likely effectiveness of an affiliate is to decide on how large an area it can realistically serve.
2. (2) The size of a community, the available resources, and the presence of other surrounding affiliates should be considered.
3. (3) Every community has its own unique set of needs, and the organization’s structure should be based on the ability to meet them.

(d)

1. (1) It is more important that people are able to come together to personally address issues that relate to those physical and visual aspects of a community that individuals can personally and directly impact through their actions rather than attempt to incorporate too large an area or widely dispersed population.
2. (2) The general guideline is to have a group of people small enough to be bound by the common desire to personally address local environmental concerns, yet broad-based enough to adequately attract specific-interest groups to contribute to accomplishing diverse mission goals.