Bylaws: amendments by the Assembly to amendments approved by the Board

[Guest Philip]

When the Bylaws require that the Board approve all amendments and then submit them for Assembly approval, may the Assembly amend the amendments approved by the Board? Or must such amendments to the amendments be first agreed to by the Board?

[Hieu H. Huynh]

I think it depends on how much of a change there is.

[Joshua Katz]

It would seem to me that the rules that apply here would be the same as the rules that apply for scope of notice.  For example, if the original proposal were to raise dues by $50, it would be in order to amend it to $40, but not to $60.

[Richard Brown]

13 hours ago, Godelfan said:

It would seem to me that the rules that apply here would be the same as the rules that apply for scope of notice.  For example, if the original proposal were to raise dues by $50, it would be in order to amend it to $40, but not to $60.

I agree based on our not knowing exactly what the bylaws say. This is ultimately a matter of interpreting the bylaws. The bylaws could be worded in such a way that no amendment of any type can be approved by the membership without having first been approved by the board. The devil is in the details.

It would take some pretty strong language, however, to convince me that amendments within the scope of notice would not be permissible at the membership meeting.