Revised chapter bylaws due to HQ by Apr. 14

It's that time of year again ... bylaw revisions for Alpha Chi Omega! All chapters have until April 14 this year to get your revised chapter bylaws to Salina, your Regional Manager. She just emailed the model bylaws to each Chapter President - remember to start from those, and then customize for your chapter's specific rules and processes. If you start instead from your chapter's bylaws from last year, you'll miss all the new Alpha Chi national policy changes and the bylaws will not be approved. If you're a housed chapter, also remember to revise your house rules as part of this process; your House Corp. Board may have suggestions on house rules they need changed/added/deleted, so touch base with them first. Also, keep in mind spring breaks and other holidays, to make sure you have enough time to do the entire process below and get them in by the deadline!

Here's how it's done:
1. CRSB makes a list of suggested bylaw revisions. Anyone in the chapter who wants to propose a revision can come into a CRSB meeting and propose it, but CRSB decides what ends up proposed to the chapter for vote.
2. Suggested revisions are submitted to the chapter for review by March 15. It helps to go over the proposed revisions in chapter meeting so members can ask questions, and you're sure most of them know what the changes mean.
3. The chapter must have at least one week to review the suggested revisions before it votes on them.
4. The chapter votes on the entire bylaw document (not one change at a time), and must approve the bylaws by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the members present at a regular meeting of the chapter at which a quorum is present. You're basically saying, "here's what our new bylaws document will look like if you vote to approve them."
5. After the bylaws are approved by the chapter, a copy is sent to Headquarters no later than April 14.
6. The bylaws will be registered and filed for the 2009-10 academic year.