Changes

The PS1 Bylaws were changed in December of 2018 (member suffrage) and updated in October of 2019 (Board restructure). Throughout the year of 2020 the Board and other volunteers suggested changes when issues with the current Bylaws came up. We aim to improve the health of our community by aligning the Bylaws more closely with how work gets done and decisions are actually made in the organization's self-governance. We want to rebalance power appropriately where needed by giving more power to the Board in some circumstances and more power to the members in others. We discussed the changes and wrote up Bylaws that will allow the organization to run more effectively.

The PS1 Bylaws were changed in December of 2018 (member suffrage) and updated in October of 2019 (Board restructure). Throughout the year of 2020 the Board and other volunteers suggested changes when issues with the current Bylaws came up. We aim to improve the health of our community by aligning the Bylaws more closely with how work gets done and decisions are actually made in the organization's self-governance. We want to rebalance power appropriately where needed by giving more power to the Board in some circumstances and more power to the members in others. We discussed the changes and wrote up Bylaws that will allow the organization to run more effectively.

We now seek to replace [[https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/images/Bylaws_10.29.2019_PumpingStationOne.pdf Our Bylaws - old and busted]] with these proposed Bylaws (11.19.20).  

We now seek to replace [[https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/images/Bylaws_10.29.2019_PumpingStationOne.pdf Our Bylaws - old and busted]] with these proposed Bylaws.  

In August of 2020 the Board reviewed the December 2018 bylaws with Tanya Pietrkowski, Director of Development at CARPLS legal aid. She gave us suggestions regarding some DRC-Board power issues we encountered with the current Bylaws. (The October 2019 version was not on the wiki yet due to a clerical error.) Based on a review of the substantive changes we propose here, we have no reason to believe that our proposed changes interfere with or violate any applicable laws. Therefore the Board has decided that we will not submit our suggested Bylaws for another legal review.

In August of 2020 the Board reviewed the December 2018 bylaws with Tanya Pietrkowski, Director of Development at CARPLS legal aid. She gave us suggestions regarding some DRC-Board power issues we encountered with the current Bylaws. (The October 2019 version was not on the wiki yet due to a clerical error.) Based on a review of the substantive changes we propose here, we have no reason to believe that our proposed changes interfere with or violate any applicable laws. Therefore the Board has decided that we will not submit our suggested Bylaws for another legal review.