bylaws

[Guest bass34445]

I am wondering if there is anything about committees, there are no requirements to be on a committe in our bylaws but the bylaw committee chair wants to keep people off that he does not like?

[Kim Goldsworthy]

... the bylaw committee chair wants to keep people off that he does not like.

That's too bad for the chairman of the committee.

A committee chairman does not get to pick and choose who gets to sit on a committee, short of a rule or a motion saying otherwise.

[hmtcastle]

I am wondering if there is anything about committees

Good news! There is. See Section 50, "Committees" (pp.471-485).

[Guest tim]

That's too bad for the chairman of the committee.

A committee chairman does not get to pick and choose who gets to sit on a committee, short of a rule or a motion saying otherwise.

I knew that i just needed to be reassured, this person has been on the bylaw committee for ten years it is just now he doesnt want him on there because they have different ideas about some of the bylaws, to change a bylaw do you have to notify the membership? there is nothing in our bylaws that says you do or dont have to. Right now the chair just reads the bylaw as it is now and then reads the proposed change with no comments or disscussin allowed at that meeting then at the next membership meeting he reads it again and then entertains comments and disscussin and then a vote?

[Larry Cisar]

Bylaw changes need to be noticed and voted on at Membership Meetings!

[Guest bass34445]

Bylaw changes need to be noticed and voted on at Membership Meetings!

Does the membership have to be notified of any bylaw changes prior to the voting?

[David A Foulkes]

Does the membership have to be notified of any bylaw changes prior to the voting?

The bylaws should always prescribe the procedure for their amendment, and such provision should always require at least that advance notice be given in a specified manner, and that the amendment be approved by a two thirds vote. If the bylaws contain no provision for their amendment, they can be amended at any business meeting by a two-thirds vote, provided that previous notice (see p 116) has been given; or, without notice, they can be amended at any regular meeting by vote of the majority of the entire membership. (RONR 10th Ed, p. 562 ll. 9-18)

So, do your bylaws have anything to say about it?

[Gary Novosielski]

Does the membership have to be notified of any bylaw changes prior to the voting?

Yes. In this context, that's what the word "noticed" means--that advance notice is provided to the membership that this matter will be discussed and acted upon at the meeting.

[Guest bass34445]

The bylaws should always prescribe the procedure for their amendment, and such provision should always require at least that advance notice be given in a specified manner, and that the amendment be approved by a two thirds vote. If the bylaws contain no provision for their amendment, they can be amended at any business meeting by a two-thirds vote, provided that previous notice (see p 116) has been given; or, without notice, they can be amended at any regular meeting by vote of the majority of the entire membership. (RONR 10th Ed, p. 562 ll. 9-18)

So, do your bylaws have anything to say about it?

nothing our bylaws do not say anything about the membership having to be notified,