Theme: “Believe in the Guiding Light of your Governing Documents”
Like candles in the window at Christmas help guide Santa to the homes of true believers, our Constitutions & Bylaws, Standing Rules, and Resolutions glow brightly to shine a guiding light onto all of our actions and decisions.
As always, this committee strongly encourages every Unit, District, and Division to review and revise your governing documents. If you have not done this within the last few years they are outdated. Our governing documents are intended to be living documents updated regularly to guide current practices, not dusty old heirlooms only used for special occasions. Just like that closet of Christmas candles at home, it’s up to us to trim the wicks and clean out the old used candles occasionally. Once you have reviewed and revised your documents, please send them to this chairman who will assign them to a committee member for review. We will review them and either request revisions or approve them and file with Department, either way we will respond to you directly and let you know the outcome. We have received several documents that are currently in the review process. We will notify Units/Districts/Divisions when reviews are complete.
This is no longer a daunting task. There is a new template and all you have to do is fill in the blanks. If you are thinking “why update, we may have changes again soon”, they can be revised again.
Unit, District, and Divison Presidents: please have your Constitution and Bylaws chairman encourage this to be done. A short reminder in your local newsletters or at your meetings would be most helpful.
If you are looking for the support, please reach out to the committee: Deb Lewis, Pam Corbin, Pat Sienkiewicz.
Deb Lewis | lewisdebbie@yahoo.com | 217-898-6788
Resources from National
- How to Write a Resolution
- How to Write a Standing Rule
- National Constitution
- Unit Guide Book
- Log into the National Website to Access these Items: Click Here
Department Resources
- Video Instructions for Completing Unit Template
- Written Instructions for Completing Unit Template
- Department C&B April 2025 – Being Updated
- Unit Constitution and Bylaws