On May 14, 2014, at 7:08 PM, Evan Pettrey <[email protected]> wrote:
> There's one other that I forgot to add that needs to be mentioned: > > Be Flexible - I can't tell you how many great ideas I've seen killed by our > rigorous adherence to bylaws that none of us created and procedure written by > somebody none of us has ever met. Bylaws and procedure can be great and exist > for a reason but we need to realize that often times we're sucking the soul > out of projects that have a promising future simply because the idea wasn't > presented correctly, the bylaws don't explicitly state something is > allowable, etc. > > We need to go back to operating like a startup. We're simply not a large > enough organization to be held back by things like this. As a 501(c)(3), you don't have the luxury of acting like a startup. You have to have "religious adherence to bylaws". If you don't like them, I direct you to article 11 of the bylaws for how to amend them. Actions that are in violation of the bylaws can be legally actionable and nobody wants that.
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