Good question. I would like to know this too as a new President this year. We've had some problems in the past with our bylaws and this could come in handy to have in my notes for future reference.

Does that mean then that you could amend the bylaws at a "regular" meeting, meaning a meeting that you would regularly have during the school year? With the vote, if a vote is called for in the bylaws of course. If you call meetings during say, the summer months (for example) when you don't usually have meetings during the summer months and you don't call everyone on the board and invite them, but only invite a select few, is that considered a "regular" meeting? What if the meeting is called to amend the bylaws but made to look like that isn't the reason for the meeting by tossing it in with all the other stuff and only a select few know that the bylaw change is going to be proposed during the meeting? These are the sneaky type of things that have happened with our group in the past, not with the bylaws, but with other things so I could see it happening (not while I'm President though) [img]smile.gif[/img] .

If you change something in the bylaws are you required to type up the new set of bylaws with the amendment and then present them at a meeting and have a vote to approve the amended version at the following meeting?

Another question I have related to meetings is; who do you have call and notify the board members about meetings? Would the President do that or the Secretary? I always thought that was part of the job of the Secretary but our President has always done it. I have no problem doing it when the time comes, just want to make sure the right person is doing it (if there is a right person to do it).

The term "regular meeting" usually means any regularly scheduled meeting of the organization as a whole. "Special meetings" are called to address specific issues, have notification requirements (e.g. "five days notice"), and are limited to the business identified in the call. By specifying "regular meeting", your by-laws state that you cannot call a special meeting for the purpose of amending the by-laws.

Our by laws state majority vote in favor of the change at a general meeting.

What is the general consensus of amending bylaws for your PTO? Our bylaws state "at a regular meeting". We are in dispute over this statement. Does this mean a "general" meeting or a meeting not called specifically for the purpose of amending. Help! :confused: :confused: