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NPYM By-Laws
NPYM in Annual Session in 2008 and 2009 decided to alter its structure. This means the yearly meeting should register new by-laws in the states in which it is registered. The Finance &Legal Committee, with legal assistance, presented these documents to the NPYM Steering Committee at their October 2008 meeting. Then it was decided to make them available on the website and invite comments from other Friends in the yearly meeting. Any comments should be directed to the Finance &Legal Committee no later than January 5, 2009. Send comments to the Clerk of the Committee, Charlie Kimball at the following addresses: Charlie Kimball When the Steering Committee considered the proposed new by-laws they minuted the following comments: SC 10/08/21 North Pacific Yearly Meeting by-laws have been examined by our Finance and Legal Committee, in consultation with Dan Clark of Walla Walla Preparative Meeting. The "old" by-laws were drafted in the 1980s and have not been revised since. NPYM has paid incorporation fees in Oregon and Washington and has appointed agents in those states. The committee has worked hard to produce two documents for our consideration as we take necessary steps to revise the by-laws to reflect our changed structure. One document has the text of the "old". The other is the text of the "old" by laws with the proposed changes interspersed. Referrring to Article 1, Section 7, there was some question at Steering Committee about whether or not the Clerk would table an item, because a Friend who is known to have a strong opinion and is absent from the meeting, is really the "good order of Friends". Another question is in regard to Article 8, the article on amendments, and whether or not both the Annual Session and Coordinating Committee would be appropriate venues for amendments. A general question arose on the floor of Steering Committee about whether the proposed by-laws could be simplified and still meet the legal requirements. The thought behind that concern was that the document would be more flexible and need revision less frequently if it contained less detail. Another possible approach would be to produce one document with legal requirements only and another with policy and procedures. For this process, some Friends believe that Finance and Legal Committee should have more members. These documents have be circulated to Steering Committee representatives and will be posted on the website. Responses are requested, in advance of January 5, 2009, to members of Finance and Legal Committee or to Charlie Kimball, its clerk.
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North Pacific Yearly Meeting
