On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Derek Balling <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On May 14, 2014, at 7:08 PM, Evan Pettrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > There's one other that I forgot to add that needs to be mentioned: > > > - *Be Flexible - *I can't tell you how many great ideas I've seen > killed by our rigorous adherence to bylaws that none of us created and > procedure written by somebody none of us has ever met. Bylaws and procedure > can be great and exist for a reason but we need to realize that often times > we're sucking the soul out of projects that have a promising future simply > because the idea wasn't presented correctly, the bylaws don't explicitly > state something is allowable, etc. > > We need to go back to operating like a startup. We're simply not a > large enough organization to be held back by things like this. > > >> >> As a 501(c)(3), you don't have the luxury of acting like a startup. You > have to have "religious adherence to bylaws". If you don't like them, I > direct you to article 11 of the bylaws for how to amend them. > > Actions that are in violation of the bylaws can be legally actionable and > nobody wants that. > Then adopt bylaws that provide more freedom. The conversation we've been having here is a great example of what I mean: We've gotten so caught up on whether or not this thing should be called a "chapter" or if a chapter is explicitly something else, that we've killed a lot of the momentum behind something that has a lot of potential to be something great. Keep moving forward!
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