Guest stature Posted April 30, 2015 at 06:12 PM Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 at 06:12 PM Hi. We have 'sister entity' organizations. One is a charity. We were reviewing one entity's bylawsand a question came up about the other one, the charity. We have its articles of incorporationand no one can find the bylaws, the state doesn't have a copy. At our annual meetingwe want to present an entirely new bylaws to have something. IN the meantime,do we assume that what is in our articles plus Robert's Rules is our bylaws or onlyproceed under common law parliamentary procedure until we have members agree toadopt Robert's and the new bylaws set? If common law then where might I find info oncommon law of parliamentary procedure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted April 30, 2015 at 06:15 PM Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 at 06:15 PM Hi. We have 'sister entity' organizations. One is a charity. We were reviewing one entity's bylawsand a question came up about the other one, the charity. We have its articles of incorporationand no one can find the bylaws, the state doesn't have a copy. At our annual meetingwe want to present an entirely new bylaws to have something. IN the meantime,do we assume that what is in our articles plus Robert's Rules is our bylaws or onlyproceed under common law parliamentary procedure until we have members agree toadopt Robert's and the new bylaws set? If common law then where might I find info oncommon law of parliamentary procedure?Until this unfortunate error can be corrected, the society is bound by its Articles of Incorporation and by the common parliamentary law. You can find information on the common parliamentary law in a recognized manual on the subject - such as Robert's Rules of Order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stature Posted April 30, 2015 at 06:23 PM Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 at 06:23 PM Thank you for the fast reply - I have the 11th ed of Roberts and I'll be reading up on howto adopt Robert's Rules at the very beginning of our meeting, and then include it in our new recreated bylaws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted April 30, 2015 at 07:03 PM Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 at 07:03 PM Thank you for the fast reply - I have the 11th ed of Roberts and I'll be reading up on howto adopt Robert's Rules at the very beginning of our meeting, and then include it in our new recreated bylaws You might find this link helpful. http://www.robertsrules.com/authority.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stature Posted April 30, 2015 at 07:39 PM Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 at 07:39 PM George that was helpful, I forwarded that info to our board so we can use Roberts Rules at the meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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