On May 14, 2014, at 11:43 PM, Warner <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 07:21:18PM -0400, 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.
> 
> The board has the power to change them.

Yes, which is why I referenced Article 11 of the By-Laws, which documents that 
process. :-)

D

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