Guest kathy Posted December 1, 2012 at 09:48 AM Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 at 09:48 AM A member of our club made new copies of our by-laws. In doing so she made a typing error, which changes the meaning of the original paragraph. How is this corrected? The president says we need to vote on changing it back. The members say just fix the page there was no new amendment. Who is correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted December 1, 2012 at 11:51 AM Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 at 11:51 AM A member of our club made new copies of our by-laws. In doing so she made a typing error, which changes the meaning of the original paragraph. How is this corrected? The president says we need to vote on changing it back. The members say just fix the page there was no new amendment. Who is correct?The members are correct. Isn't it rather obvious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted December 1, 2012 at 02:27 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 at 02:27 PM A member of our club made new copies of our by-laws.Don't confuse copies of the bylaws with the bylaws themselves."The map is not the territory." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rthib Posted December 1, 2012 at 03:43 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 at 03:43 PM Simplified process:Member makes a motion that bylaws need to be reprinted with correct language.Chair says that motion is out of order, that a new vote needs to be taken.Member says they disagree with the chair.Put to a vote.Member then vote to decide if the chair correct or not.Chair's give opinions, members make decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted December 1, 2012 at 04:06 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 at 04:06 PM Simplified process: . . .Simpler process: Discard the bad copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted December 1, 2012 at 05:17 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 at 05:17 PM A member of our club made new copies of our by-laws. In doing so she made a typing error, which changes the meaning of the original paragraph. How is this corrected? The president says we need to vote on changing it back. The members say just fix the page there was no new amendment. Who is correct?Your bylaws no doubt (I hope) include an article on amendment, describing the necessary process to make any permanent changes. Now, unless this article says that when a member types up new copies, any changes inadvertently inserted are to be considered amendments, then the bylaws remain as they were.If, for instance, this member accidentally typed the address wrong, do you think you'd have to move? It was a typo, nothing more. Retype and reprint, get some White-Out ®, whatever.And tell your President to get a copy of RONR and read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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