We did this just recently but only for one PTO, not 4. We printed out a copy of the current bylaws, gave one to each member of the bylaws committee. They were required to read through and mark up the copy before the next meeting. Any change ok at this point. The committee got together and talked about the bylaws section by section, reviewing each person's ideas. (might need more than one meeting). Then each person took one section and typed it up with the proposed changes in order to distribute the workload. One person put the setions together and the whole updated doc was redistributed to each committee member for one last review (by email). Then the Exec Board officers got a chance to read and comment before a final vote.

Consider that the report of the Bylaw Commitee (the whole set of revised bylaws) should be voted on as a whole, not piece mealed section by section. If your members want to debate individual line items in your new bylaws, send it back to committee for further discussion.

Roberts Rules of Order stipulates that a major Bylaw rewrite must be approved by 2/3 of the members in attendance and voting (not just a simple majority). Good luck getting all 4 PTOs to agree!

what i would do is try to form a bylaw committee. if i'm understanding it right, and please correct me if i'm wrong, i would get committee members from all four schools to work on this. have them (committee) meet and work all the kinks out. that's if all four schools are going to follow the same bylaws.
i definatety would not do this all in one meeting, especially if they need alot of work.

In our school district there are 4 schools each with their own PTO and we all work from the same bylaws. I just became president of our coordintating council that oversees all 4 school PTO's. Our bylaws need to be rewrtten badly.
How should I approach this? At each meeting(we meet montly) should we attack a certain area or should we work on it all at once?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Cindy