Guest Louis Rostand Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:08 PM Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:08 PM For an organization with no bylaws, what vote is needed to adopt a set of by-laws - simple majority vote or a two-thirds vote,? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:12 PM Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:12 PM A majority vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:30 PM Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:30 PM Is it unequivocal that "A majority vote" means a simple majority vote, ie, yes votes totlaling only one more in number than the total number of no votes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:33 PM Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:33 PM Is it unequivocal that "A majority vote" means a simple majority vote, ie, yes votes totlaling only one more in number than the total number of no votes?Yep. A majority vote is the affirmative vote of more than half the members present and voting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:44 PM Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:44 PM Does it make sense to approve by only a majority vote a set of by-laws that state that amendments to it can only be made by two-thirds vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:46 PM Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 at 04:46 PM Does it make sense to approve by only a majority vote a set of by-laws that state that amendments to it can only be made by two-thirds vote?Changes always require "something more", under the rules in RONR. RONR, p. 73 c) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted February 3, 2011 at 05:18 PM Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 at 05:18 PM Does it make sense to approve by only a majority vote a set of by-laws that state that amendments to it can only be made by two-thirds vote?Besides, you gotta start somewhere! And if it were a 2/3 vote to adopt, they just might be orphans forever. Best advice is to get a really strong set of bylaws together, eliminating all ambiguity, contradiction and conflict, and that does not unnecessarily duplicate RONR (which if adopted as the parliamentary authority, as it should be, means you start with 700+ pages of bylaws already).Given all that, you'd probably get a true unanimous vote, but a majority is all that's need at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted February 3, 2011 at 07:17 PM Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 at 07:17 PM Does it make sense to approve by only a majority vote a set of by-laws that state that amendments to it can only be made by two-thirds vote?Yes it does, because until the bylaws are adopted by a majority vote, nothing in them is actually in effect yet. Once they go into effect, the method contained in them for their own amendment must be followed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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