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Richard Freeman wrote: [Fri Jan 25 2008, 09:37:09AM CST] |
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> I agree. Actually - to do otherwise may very well be illegal. I'm not |
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> sure what the penalties are if any. If the bylaws are onerous they can be |
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> changed, again following whatever process is stated in the bylaws, or |
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> otherwise as proscribed by law. |
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> Is there any reason not to do things by the book? What's the point of |
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> having a legal entity if we're not going to follow the law? Unless of |
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> course the law allows the foundation to just ignore its bylaws... |
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You would be correct, of course, if the Foundation had an approved set |
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of bylaws. It doesn't. It has proposed bylaws that I wrote several |
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years ago, based off of the Python Software Foundation bylaws (with |
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the permission of the PSF), which were rejected by the Trustees at the |
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time because the membership and quorum rules conflicted with the |
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existing precedent. Thus, there is no "book" to go by. (Non-profit |
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corporations in NM are not required to have bylaws to incorporate.) |
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In the absence of that book, precedence becomes the guide. For |
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practical purposes, we follow the proposed bylaws anyway, except where |
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there is clear precedence contradicting them. |
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