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are bylaws read that the board of directors vote for the coaches and there is a defination what the board of directors is and clearly stats who is on the board of directors. the president of the group said that was not the correct wording and the intention was to have the youth board decide the out come. the youth board is making the decision and they have no power to do so the president is going to let them make the decision? who makes the decision.

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who makes the decision.

The members of the organization have the last word.

But if there's any doubt that a particular copy of the bylaws might be inaccurate, you'll find the "real" bylaws in the minutes of the meeting(s) where the bylaws were adopted. The minutes are where the bylaws are officially recorded. Anything else is just a copy. And maybe a bad copy.

The president has only one vote.

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are bylaws read that the board of directors vote for the coaches and there is a defination what the board of directors is and clearly stats who is on the board of directors. the president of the group said that was not the correct wording and the intention was to have the youth board decide the out come. the youth board is making the decision and they have no power to do so the president is going to let them make the decision? who makes the decision.

If the bylaws are ambiguous, it is up to the organization to interpret the area of ambiguity. RONR pp. 570-573 provide some principles of interpretation which may be helpful. When there is ambiguity, the intention of those who wrote the bylaws is one of the factors to be considered. However, if the bylaws are NOT ambiguous, the organization is supposed to follow the bylaws (interpretation is not proper if there is no ambiguity -- see p. 570 ll. 16-20). So, if the bylaws say something dopey, don't ignore the bylaws -- rather, amend them to say what is actually intended by the organization.

As Mr. Mountcastle notes, the president almost certainly does not have the power to unilaterally do what he is trying to do.

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