You might consider meeting with the board and discussing putting together bylaws and becoming organized. Explain the reason behind it all - protect you all as individuals as well as the group. You are not saying anything is wrong, it just is best practices to put in place so that in the future everyone is protected. You might want to ask to discuss it at a PTO meeting and see if anyone is interested. It may be that everyone is happy with the way things are and feel no need to change anything.
- bblake
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I wrote bylaws and presented them to the rest of the board and they told me that they do not want to have bylaws. They said that they are participating to have fun and I am trying to put too many rules in place.
- nurseaudra
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Nurseaudra -- Bylaws don't have to be a bunch of detailed rules. They can be quite simple, and that's where you should start. You have officers and a board, so you already have some rules in place. Writing bylaws is simply a matter of putting those in writing so the people who come after you won't have to start from scratch. Your simple bylaws can include what offices constitute the board, when elections are held, and very broad things like that. In addition, you can write the bylaws so that people don't feel pinned down. For example, elections are held each may at a date to be determined by the executive board, rather than elections are held on the second Tuesday in May.
- Craig
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If you're using the school's EIN on your bank accounts, the school has responsibility for your finances and the principal is the boss.
- pngai
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