By-laws for Chapters

[Guest Kristie Moe]

If an organization has by-laws can an individual chapter write their own?

[Robert B Fish]

In most cases, YES. The national organization would do well to prevent the subrodinate chapters from adopting provisions that are not well aligned with those of the national organization.

-Bob

[Kim Goldsworthy]

If an organization has by-laws can an individual chapter write their own?

Of course. - They'd have to write their own.

How else will the local membership know ____?

(a.) when their own regular CHAPTER meetings are;

(b.) how many CHAPTER officers they got, and what their titles are;

(c.) what the order of business is at their CHAPTER's Annual General Meeting;

(d.) how to call special meetings of their CHAPTER.

(e.) the NAME OF THEIR OWN CHAPTER and their PURPOSE/GOAL/OBJECT of their chapter?

Etc.

Yet, note well the exceptions to the rule:

For example, Toastmasters International imposes identical bylaws on 100% of their affiliate clubs.

If you want to keep affiliation with T.I., you must conform 100% with the 'requisite points' (the technical term in RONR) of the superior association.

[Weldon Merritt]

Yet, note well the exceptions to the rule:

For example, Toastmasters International imposes identical bylaws on 100% of their affiliate clubs.

If you want to keep affiliation with T.I., you must conform 100% with the 'requisite points' (the technical term in RONR) of the superior association.

Yet even in TI, there are some provisions where the individual clubs insert their own unique information (mostly name, city, and frequency of meeting). So even in organization that maintain pretty tight control over their subordinate units, the subordinate units usually have some (albeit often very little) leeway.