Parliamentary Procedure Q&A
Q:
I am a member of the student government, but in the previous semester, I was a member of another body known as the Student Advisory Council.
In this council, I had an amendment [to the bylaws] passed through the body.
The process for amendments is it first goes through a quorum of SAC, then the Student Government, then the College association.
It went through the first step, but the other steps are questionable; in any case, this amendment was placed into effect.
The amendment was to have a student executive board.
My government invalidated the board because of the process.
However, can it not exist as a policy or special order, or standing committee, without it being amended to the bylaws?
- B.A., Nov. 13, 1998
A:
No, any board must be authorized in the bylaws.
A board is of such a fundamental nature to the association that the bylaws is the only appropriate document.
(RONR p. 472.)
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