Guest Lisa Posted October 18, 2018 at 11:04 PM Report Share Posted October 18, 2018 at 11:04 PM The organization I belong voted in a new government structure via by-laws in 2015-2016 as part of this new structure we voted in a policy that replaced our Sustainer Advisor Board ( getting rid of it ) and creating a Sustainer Committee which names who over sees it etc. We recently found a statement in an old policy ( that was written In 2007 that stil names the Sustainer Advisor Board and states the PE is the liaison to that committee. ) this goes against the new government structure as well as the theory of our government structure. It also goes against the new policy that was written in 2015-2016 Some members are saying we have to follow the line in this policy and keep the PE as the liaison others are saying that because we have written the new policy that changed the structure we can just take that line out of the other policy Please advise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted October 19, 2018 at 12:23 AM Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 at 12:23 AM Bylaws are superior to any policy. If the policy conflicts with the Bylaws, the part that conflicts is null and void. If the old policy was not completely replaced by a new one, it would be best to formally amend it to resolve the conflict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted October 19, 2018 at 02:27 AM Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 at 02:27 AM While I agree with Mr. Kapur that bylaws are superior to other policies (except statutes and the organizational constitution, if any), I don't see a conflict here, I see a meaningless appointment of the PE as liason to a non-existent committee. In my opinion, the policy doesn't obligate anything, but if the organization wants the PE to be the liason to the Sustainer Committee, it should amend the policy to that effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted October 19, 2018 at 03:36 AM Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 at 03:36 AM 4 hours ago, Guest Lisa said: We recently found a statement in an old policy ( that was written In 2007 that stil names the Sustainer Advisor Board and states the PE is the liaison to that committee. ) Who or what is a "PE"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lisa Posted October 19, 2018 at 03:55 AM Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 at 03:55 AM President Elect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted October 19, 2018 at 04:26 PM Report Share Posted October 19, 2018 at 04:26 PM 13 hours ago, Joshua Katz said: While I agree with Mr. Kapur that bylaws are superior to other policies (except statutes and the organizational constitution, if any), I don't see a conflict here I don't necessarily see one here, either. I said "If the policy conflicts...", which is something for the organization to determine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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