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===What needs to be in the non-profit society’s bylaws?=== | ===What needs to be in the non-profit society’s bylaws?=== | ||
At a minimum, these bylaws must contain rules regarding all of the matters listed in [https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/lc/statreg/15018_01#section11 s. 11] of the ''Societies Act.'' Both the Schedule 1 (Model) Bylaws and the old Schedule B Bylaws fulfill the minimum requirements. Per s. 11, the minimum requirements for bylaws are: | At a minimum, these bylaws must contain rules regarding all of the matters listed in [https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/lc/statreg/15018_01#section11 s. 11] of the ''Societies Act.'' Both the Schedule 1 (Model) Bylaws and the old Schedule B Bylaws fulfill the minimum requirements. Per s. 11, the minimum requirements for bylaws are: | ||
*Membership | *Membership: | ||
**how members are admitted | **how members are admitted; | ||
**any rights or obligations of membership | **any rights or obligations of membership; | ||
**whether members can lose good standing and what causes a member to lose good standing | **whether members can lose good standing and what causes a member to lose good standing; | ||
**if there is more than one class of members, a description of each class and the respective rights and obligations | **if there is more than one class of members, a description of each class and the respective rights and obligations. | ||
*Directors | *Directors: | ||
**how directors are elected or appointed | **how directors are elected or appointed; | ||
**the length or expiry of a director’s term (if the bylaws don’t address this, the default term is until the end of the next annual general meeting after the director’s election or appointment) | **the length or expiry of a director’s term (if the bylaws don’t address this, the default term is until the end of the next annual general meeting after the director’s election or appointment). | ||
*General Meetings | *General Meetings: | ||
**quorum for general meetings, which is the minimum number of members required to conduct business (if the bylaws don’t address this, the default is 3 voting members) | **quorum for general meetings, which is the minimum number of members required to conduct business (if the bylaws don’t address this, the default is 3 voting members); | ||
**whether proxy voting is permitted | **whether proxy voting is permitted; | ||
**if electronic voting, voting by mail, or delegate voting is permitted, the rules for how that vote is conducted | **if electronic voting, voting by mail, or delegate voting is permitted, the rules for how that vote is conducted. | ||
*Restrictions, if any, on the | *Restrictions, if any, on the | ||
**activities of the non-profit | **activities of the non-profit; | ||
**powers of the non-profit | **powers of the non-profit. | ||
===What can’t be in the non-profit society’s bylaws?=== | ===What can’t be in the non-profit society’s bylaws?=== | ||
