Guest llcva Posted May 10, 2012 at 04:45 AM Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 at 04:45 AM Should the contact information for the organization be included in the Bylaws? The most recent amendments to the Bylaws included adding contact information in the Article 1, Name section. Is contact info (address, email, web site address) better to be included in Standing Rules?Object - If a 501©(3) organization, can the Object of the organization include more than the required 501©(3) language? Not sure that this forum is the right place to ask the question, but thought it could be a good place to start. Any advice appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted May 10, 2012 at 08:13 AM Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 at 08:13 AM RONR initially discusses what bylaws are and how they work on p. 12 - 14, and Section 56 is called "Content and Composition of Bylaws," so the world's premier Internet parliamentary forum would not be a bad place to start."In general, ... the bylaws ... of a society are the document that contain its own basic rules relating principally to itself as an organization.... The term bylaws, as used in this book, refert to this single ... instrument ... which ... defines the primary characteristics of the organization ... prescribes how the society functions; and ... includes all rules that the society considers so important that they (a) cannot be changed without previous notice to the members and the vote of a specified large majority ... and ( b ) cannot be suspended (with ... exception ...)..."It would seem that the bylaws are not a goood place to put contact information. (To my mind, it would seem inappropriate to have to amend the bylaws when changing post office box numbers -- I hope the reference is not hopelessly archaic.)The description of the article on the society's object doesn't mention 501©3 one way or another, and with some of RONR's Authorship Team being lawyers, it's doubtful that the omission was accidental. But take a look at p. 571 for yourself and see how it suits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted May 10, 2012 at 12:30 PM Report Share Posted May 10, 2012 at 12:30 PM If a 501©(3) organization, can the Object of the organization include more than the required 501©(3) language?More? Sure.But, when it comes to defining the "object" of an organization, less is often more. You don't want to paint yourselves into too small a corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest llcva1 Posted May 11, 2012 at 12:58 AM Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 at 12:58 AM Thanks for your insight! This is helpful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest llcva1 Posted May 11, 2012 at 12:59 AM Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 at 12:59 AM Gary - Not archaic at all - that's exactly what we need to remove from the Bylaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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