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Sorry for the delay--I had only a photocopy of the bylaws and wanted to convert it to text so I could more easily extract the sections I needed. == ARTICLE 7 - AMENDING THE BYLAWS 7.1 Process and Effect 7.1.1 These bylaws may be cancelled, altered or added to by a Special Resolution of the AWC. 7.1.2 The Thirty (30) days’ notice of the Annual General or Special General Meeting of the AWC must include details of the proposed resolution to change the bylaws. 7.1.3 The amended bylaws take effect after approval of the Special Resolution at the Annual General Meeting, or Special General Meeting and acceptance by the Corporate Registry of Alberta. ==

Thank you so much! Several of the present Directors were also on our Board in 2015 when similar but even more egregious acts occurred and some corrective action was taken, but not enough and they seem not to have learned anything from it.

Thanks so much for the detailed reply! I should be able to nip this in the bud...

The vote is online using electionbuddy.com and there was no meeting to move, discuss, and vote on each proposed change separately, nor even a notice that this process was underway. What we've got here is failure to communicate.

The Board of a society I'm a member of has drafted a total replacement set of bylaws without any general membership involvement and now asked for a Y/N vote on whether to rescind the present bylaws and replace with their new set. They had no general meeting or notice of Board meeting(s) to allow members to participate and propose changes or debate and amend their proposed changes. Then they will hold an online special meeting to announce the results--but didn't have time to do that to formulate the new bylaws. We never specified in our bylaws that we will be governed by RONR (11th ed.) for anything not specifically included in our bylaws, but I shall assume we are and don't expect any problem arguing that with the Board. But I'm unable to find specific RONR rules they may have broken that I can refer to in my request to halt this process and require a restart following some normally acceptable process involving the general membership. Can anyone help, please?