Guest Leonard Posted February 2, 2011 at 05:27 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 at 05:27 AM Our tax exempt nonprofit organization amended and revised our bylaws to conform to current IRS requirements. The amendments were proposed, circulated, and approved in keeping with the Bylaws. Do we edit the written bylaws thereby creting a new document to conform to the new revisions/amendments, or do we add the revisions/amendments to the end of the current Bylaws document such as in the US Constitution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted February 2, 2011 at 05:53 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 at 05:53 AM Do we edit the written bylaws thereby creting a new document to conform to the new revisions/amendments, or do we add the revisions/amendments to the end of the current Bylaws document such as in the US Constitution?The former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted February 2, 2011 at 06:00 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 at 06:00 AM Our tax exempt nonprofit organization amended and revised our bylaws to conform to current IRS requirements. The amendments were proposed, circulated, and approved in keeping with the Bylaws. Do we edit the written bylaws thereby creting a new document to conform to the new revisions/amendments, or do we add the revisions/amendments to the end of the current Bylaws document such as in the US Constitution?Edit the document.Never keep obsolete text (obsolete rules) in your constitution/bylaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctheatc Posted February 2, 2011 at 06:23 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 at 06:23 AM Otherwise you'll run the risk of having the body of the laws saying one thing, then perhaps a contradictory thing in the supplemental section, and maybe a 3rd contradiction (or more) if there's ever an amendment to the amendment. It could get messy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted February 2, 2011 at 11:38 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 at 11:38 AM Do we edit the written bylaws thereby creting a new document to conform to the new revisions/amendments, or do we add the revisions/amendments to the end of the current Bylaws document such as in the US Constitution?Don't confuse a copy of the bylaws (edited, as suggested, to reflect only the current rules, not those have been rescinded) with the bylaws themselves (which will be found in the minutes of the meetings where they are adopted and amended).As Alfred Korzybski famously said, "the map is not the territory". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leonard Posted February 8, 2011 at 04:27 AM Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 at 04:27 AM Thanks for your informative reponses to my question concerning how our revised bylays should be recorded. The concensus seems to be that the Bylaws Document is the "rule book" but that the actual Bylaws amendments are to be found in the minutes of the meeting where the the proposed amendments were discussed and passed. lb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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