Bylaws

From JR

Jigsaw needs bylaws. Noisebridge's bylaws suggest many topics our bylaws should cover. Bylaws should cover the following issues:

• Purpose
• Definition of a member
  • How does one become a member?
  • What does this mean for them (duties and privileges)
  • Suspension or termination of membership
• Board
  • onboarding
  • duties
  • off boarding
• the form and frequency of meetings
• the cooperative nature of our organization... And it's at this point that I Googled "cooperative bylaws and found some generic bylaw examples for cooperatives:
  • http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/info/bylaw.html
  • http://www.uky.edu/Ag/AgEcon/pubs/ext_ca/aec60.pdf
  • http://www.cooperativegrocer.coop/articles/index.php?id=39
• Use of space
  • cleanliness
  • orphaned projects
    • long term
    • short term
  • desk space
  • sleep
  • alcohol
• keys
  • getting a key
  • loaning a key
  • returning a key
  • you lose your key if...
• voting process
  • quorum
  • what is a majority?
  • blocking - you cannot block unless you have a better option you're willing to impliment

[edit] See also

Expedited Board Approval - what to do if we don't have a bylaw to guide us