Quietstorm Posted May 24, 2017 at 11:53 AM Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 at 11:53 AM Our organizations President has given our vice-president the task of heading-up a bylaws committee to submit proposed changes to the Board. Our bylaws state the proposed amendments must be submitted to the Board before it is presented to the general membership of ratification. We (the Board) have not received anything to date, but it was learned that some of the potential changes to be proposed may be in conflict with Policies that two previous Boards adopted and the current Board has upheld. If this is, in fact, the case, and members of the bylaws committee (2 of whom are new Board members , and unfortunately part of the new "clique") attempt to "convince others" to push the proposal(s) through, do the rest of us on the Board have any recourse to prevent this from happening? Policies vs. Proposed bylaws amendments? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted May 24, 2017 at 12:18 PM Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 at 12:18 PM Bylaws take priority over "policies" (AKA "Standing Rules", p. 18) so if old policies come into conflict with newly adopted bylaw provisions, the bylaws take precedence - p. 12ff. - and the policies are nullified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quietstorm Posted May 24, 2017 at 01:51 PM Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 at 01:51 PM Thank you very much for the clarification. Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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