Critic my Bylaw please

[Ken2074]

Let me know what you think of this and if anything needs to be changed please.

Section N. Death of an Active Member

a. In the event of a death of an active member, both on and off duty, the President is authorized at his or her discretion to assist the surviving family with funeral expenses not to exceed $10,000.00 without a vote of the membership. These expenses shall only include funeral expenses and/or a contribution to a family relief fund.

b. In the event of a death of a member of the Blank Department, both on and off duty, the President is authorized at his or her discretion to assist the surviving family with funeral expenses not to exceed $5,000.00 without a vote of the membership. These expenses shall only include funeral expenses and/or a family relief fund.

c. In the event of the death of the President, the executive board will appoint a board member that is authorized to disburse funds in the absence of the President.

d. No part of this section mandates any payments and the President must take into account the finances of the Association prior to making such expenditures.

[Hieu H. Huynh]

Interpretation of bylaws is beyond the scope of this forum.

[Kim Goldsworthy]

Reading one article out of context will raise may red flags.

(Those red flags may well go away if the reader has access to 100% of the other articles.)

So, your best bet is to hire a parliamentarian.

Contact the Nat. Assoc. of Parliamentarians and the Am. Inst. of Parliamentarians for their referral service. They maintain lists of credentialed parliamentarians grouped by state.

[Dan Honemann]

46 minutes ago, Kim Goldsworthy said:

Reading one article out of context will raise may red flags.

(Those red flags may well go away if the reader has access to 100% of the other articles.)

So, your best bet is to hire a parliamentarian.

Contact the Nat. Assoc. of Parliamentarians and the Am. Inst. of Parliamentarians for their referral service. They maintain lists of credentialed parliamentarians grouped by state.

Some of 'em even know how to read. 

[g40]

In addition to the Parliamentary aspects of this issue, there are issues of whether this organization (we do not know) is (or should be) even in the "business" of providing such assistance.