herbie Posted November 25, 2020 at 11:09 PM Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 at 11:09 PM The board of our not for profit organization drafted and approved by-laws for the organization. They were then distributed to members. Must members vote to accept by-laws or is board approval sufficient? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. J. Posted November 25, 2020 at 11:12 PM Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 at 11:12 PM Was there a set of bylaws already in effect? If so, what does it say about amending the bylaws? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted November 30, 2020 at 03:01 AM Report Share Posted November 30, 2020 at 03:01 AM On 11/25/2020 at 6:09 PM, herbie said: The board of our not for profit organization drafted and approved by-laws for the organization. They were then distributed to members. Must members vote to accept by-laws or is board approval sufficient? It's difficult to understand what went on. If the bylaws were not drafted and approved until the board drafted and approved them, how could there have been a board, if there were not yet any bylaws? If the bylaws were already in existence, then they presumably contained rules for how they could be amended, and neither the board nor the membership could amend them without following those rules. If there were no such rules, then the bylaws could be adopted or amended only by the membership, and would require previous notice and a 2/3 vote to amend, or a majority to initially adopt the bylaws of a new organization. In the typical case, only the membership can amend the bylaws, but it depends on what your bylaws say, or rather what they said before then were changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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