Module 8: Risk Management and Standards Board
One of the first things a new chapter should focus on is establishing chapter bylaws. Chapter bylaws are rules and regulations to establish membership expectations, guidelines, and chapter policies.
Your Chapter Success Director should provide you with a bylaw template and example for you to format your specific bylaws.
Chapter bylaws should include:
Membership expectations & rules
Points system / attendance requirements
New member voting procedures
Executive board voting procedures
Duties and expectations of elected and appointed positions
Process of how to remove an elected executive board member (vote of no confidence)
Membership removal & disciplinary process
Dues
How to amend bylaws
As indicated above, chapter bylaws can be amended. This includes additions, removals, or overall changes of your chapter bylaws to appropriately reflect your chapter policy. It is important to establish a process to make amendments so that the bylaws can evolve as your chapter does.
If not already done, please request a bylaw template and establish a plan to create your own chapter bylaws. Your Chapter Success Director can assist you through this process.
Please reach out to your PGN Nationals connection for a current PGN bylaws template.