Guest emerald01 Posted April 13, 2011 at 02:36 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 02:36 PM Last year, our organization made some revisions to our By-Laws. They were presented to the membership and approved. During the revision process, a key provision defining who is eligible to run for the office of President, which has been a part of our previous By-Laws, was somehow deleted/omitted by the person typing up the revisions.Unfortunately, no one caught the mistake at the time the By-Laws were approved and the omission has just been brought to our attention since we are now getting ready to nominate officers for the coming year.Other than re-revising the By-Laws, is there any way to correct the mistake of omission? If not, is there any reason why we can't revise the By-Laws immediately before the election is held to correct the mistake?Thanks for any counsel, advice and guidance you can provide us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted April 13, 2011 at 03:07 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 03:07 PM Other than re-revising the By-Laws, is there any way to correct the mistake of omission? If not, is there any reason why we can't revise the By-Laws immediately before the election is held to correct the mistake?No and no, as long as you follow the proper procedure for amendment contained within the bylaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted April 13, 2011 at 03:14 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 03:14 PM But, sure, you can fix the bylaws before the election (following the amendment rules, of course) even right before at the same meeting. Warn the nominating committee that you plan to do so so they wont think they can relx their standards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted April 13, 2011 at 03:18 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 03:18 PM Last year, our organization made some revisions to our By-Laws. They were presented to the membership and approved. During the revision process, a key provision defining who is eligible to run for the office of President, which has been a part of our previous By-Laws, was somehow deleted/omitted by the person typing up the revisions.Was this typographical error made in the process of typing up the proposals for the bylaw amendments that the membership voted on? Or was it done in the after-meeting process of typing up "copies" of the bylaws as amended to issue to the membership for their own review?I ask because, if the actual bylaw amendment as proposed (and hopefully in writing) included the eligibility language, and it was presented in that fashion for a vote, and adopted, then that language is still in the bylaws. The fact that some transcriptionist prepared copies of all of that afterwards and left something out would be irrelevent.On the other hand, if the language was missing from the written amendment proposal, and nobody caught it before the voting result was announced...... oh, my. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest emerald01 Posted April 13, 2011 at 07:17 PM Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 at 07:17 PM Thanks Folks...for your sage counsel and advice. You have been MOST helpful!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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