Bylaws

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