dweitz52 Posted September 17, 2010 at 12:14 PM Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 at 12:14 PM Six years ago our family joined our organization as a family of three. After us other members also joined the same way. The Membership Chair nor anyone on the Board ever said anything evidently no one knew the By Laws stated that a family membership was two people from the same family at the same address. Two years ago at a membership meeting when some members found out that our membership and one other would be dropped to two a membership vote was taken to grandfather our membership, as well as, the other family involved. It was unanimous. Last year our bill came still in our three names but after paying the bill someone on the Board who bore a grudge told the Board that our membership could only be two and with no notification dropped my daughter's name from the membership. He said that the membership could not override the By-Laws. He also said that according to the By Laws the Board gets to decidie membership issues. I always thought that the Board could not override the membership. After arguing that they had sent the bill in our three names and cashed by check they said they would temporarily leave it that way but next year it would to two. Is this allowed or was the unanimous membership vote the deciding factor. What would the proper procedure be to handle this? Our By-Laws go to ROR for things not covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted September 17, 2010 at 12:22 PM Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 at 12:22 PM Basically, the bylaws are supreme. So if they currently say "two persons per family membership" that's it. And it may well be the Board's job to enforce that rule. But the bylaws can be amended, presumably by the membership - check the bylaws for the procedure, to accommodate "large" families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted September 17, 2010 at 03:31 PM Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 at 03:31 PM I'd like to suggest to Danielle that she read the bylaws herself -- shouldn't take long -- to see whether the board member had it right that "according to the By Laws, the Board gets to decide membership issues." (Dr Stackpole's post seems to assume that this is likely.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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