On May 14, 2014, at 11:43 PM, Warner <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 07:21:18PM -0400, Derek Balling([email protected]) > wrote: >> >> 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. > > The board has the power to change them.
Yes, which is why I referenced Article 11 of the By-Laws, which documents that process. :-) D _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
