Bylaws
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Bylaws are rules or laws adopted by a corporation or other organization (such as a church) to govern its actions.
The bylaws will address, among other things, the following:
- the organization's mission or objective
- membership (e.g. categories, rules for becoming a member and for membership termination)
- composition of the Board of Directors and other officers, and standing and special committees
- time and place of the annual meeting and other interim meetings
- voting rules (e.g. proxy voting, number of votes per owner; for example, a business corporation may allow one vote per share of stock owned, while a religious organization may only allow one vote per person)
- definition of the organization's fiscal year
- rules of order (Robert's or Sturgis)
- how amendments to the bylaws may be considered and passed