LLW Posted June 22, 2011 at 03:51 PM Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 at 03:51 PM Several years ago our organization amended our By-Laws to specify the month, city and state that we will hold our annual event. That event is held in conjunction with an event held by another organization. The other organization has moved their event to another city within that state on the same corresponding date. We have moved with the other organization in an effort to comply with the intent of the amendment.Our President wants to move the event to another state on another date contending that because we can not comply with all of the conditions the amendment is irrelevant. He wants this to happen right away and amending the By-Laws takes time. Is he correct under RONR? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted June 22, 2011 at 04:11 PM Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 at 04:11 PM You must obey your by-laws. They are by-laws, not by-suggestions. If you want to hold your event in some other month/city/state, you need to amend the bylaws and follow the procedure to do so, no matter how lengthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted June 22, 2011 at 04:20 PM Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 at 04:20 PM Better still, amend the bylaws to remove the clause completely or grant the power to decide to the Board (and put that in the bylaws) if the membership doesn't meet very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted June 23, 2011 at 12:58 AM Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 at 12:58 AM Several years ago our organization amended our By-Laws to specify the month, city and state that we will hold our annual event. That event is held in conjunction with an event held by another organization. The other organization has moved their event to another city within that state on the same corresponding date. We have moved with the other organization in an effort to comply with the intent of the amendment.Our President wants to move the event to another state on another date contending that because we can not comply with all of the conditions the amendment is irrelevant. He wants this to happen right away and amending the By-Laws takes time. Is he correct under RONR? TIAIf this event is a meeting, then it could be adjourned to another time, date, and place when the meeting actually occurs, but it can't be changed ahead of time. If the event is something else, amending the Bylaws is the only option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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