Adoption of Bylaws: Majority or Two-Thirds Vote?

[Guest wcrumlaw@aol.com]

Upon the creation of Bylaws for vote by Board; does passage require majority approval vote or two-thirds approval vote?

[Atul Kapur]

Creation of new bylaws for an organization that is coming into existence? Majority.

Revision or substitution of existing bylaws? The same requirement that the bylaws provide for amendment. If the bylaws are completely silent, then either

- previous notice and a 2/3 vote; or

- the affirmative vote of the majority of entire membership (of the full organization, if this board is not the full organization).

[Richard Brown]

I agree with Dr. Kapur but am also wondering if there are already existing bylaws and if those bylaws grant the board the power to amend them or to approve revised bylaws.  Usually the power to amend bylaws is reserved to the membership, but this organization might be different.

[Gary Novosielski]

On 4/3/2024 at 3:06 PM, Guest wcrumlaw@aol.com said:

Upon the creation of Bylaws for vote by Board; does passage require majority approval vote or two-thirds approval vote?

It sounds like you are talking about the creation of a new organization, which takes only a majority vote.

But if you have not yet adopted any bylaws, you certainly don't have a Board yet.

[Richard Brown]

It looks like Guest WCrumlaw is not going to tell us just what the situation is.