voting on bylaws and policy & procedures revisions

[Guest Carolyn Davis]

Our organization has recently - through an appointed Bylaws Committee - revised/amended our bylaws - and placed some of the old bylaws into a Policy and Procedure portion per recommendation from state officers.   According to our Bylaws - they must first be approved by the Executive Committee, then the Board of Directors.  If they pass approval, then they will be presented to the membership for discussion and a vote in 30 days.  The question is do we have to vote on each section separately - the revised Bylaws and then the Policy and Procedures - or can they be voted on as a single document.

 

[Edgar Guest]

The question is do we have to vote on each section separately - the revised Bylaws and then the Policy and Procedures - or can they be voted on as a single document.

 

But they're not a single document, right?

 

In any event, if a motion is made to strike "X" from the bylaws and place it in "Policies and Procedures", it would seem you'd be killing two birds with one stone. So to speak.

 

Edited to add: Needless to say, you'll have to follow your rules for both amending your bylaws and amending your "Policies and Procedures" (though, presumably, if you do the former you'll have done the latter).