I did a search and found a couple of posts and I think I am on the right track.
So my understanding is that 11.1 as stated below in our bylaws means that we have to have a two thirds vote of the whole membership to enable a bylaw amendment.
If I am correct then at a meeting we would need at least 187 members (out of 250 total) to be there and all vote the same way.
Another way would be to do an email/mail in vote but again we would need a minimum of 187 returned ballots unless we can count non returns as a yes or no, which I think we have to count as an abstain so that would mean they don't factor in to the count correct?
I think I am answering my own question but I hope not. A meeting of a min 187 is never going to happen, the most we have had is about 110, an email/mail in vote will I very much doubt result in 187 replies going the same way.
Now I am stuck, the last revision was passed with this put into place, now I am wondering if we are going to be stuck with the bylaws we have and never be able to change them. I really want to correct the error to read two thirds of the membership present which is what was intended by the writers of the last bylaws but they thought they knew what they were doing apparently and nobody caught it.
Any ideas
ARTICLE 10
PARLIAMENTORY AUTHORITY
The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the Organization in all cases to
which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any special rules of order the
Organization may adopt.
ARTICLE 11
AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS
11.1. Adoption. Except as otherwise provided herein with respect to greater voting requirements, if any,
these Bylaws may be adopted, amended, restated or repealed by a two-thirds majority of the voting membership.
