01-001 Overview
Bylaw Provision The bylaws provide for “operational guidelines” that are approved by the Board of Directors.
Board Instructions The operational guidelines are the means by which the Board of Directors provides standing orders or instructions to various officers, functionaries, and groups.
Guidance for People New to Positions The Association is staffed by volunteers who have varying degrees of familiarity with the operations of the Association. The operational guidelines are a source of direction for the various officers, functionaries and groups who are new to their positions.
Long-Term Instructions The operational guidelines are long-term and on-going rather than one-time instructions. (Motions of the Board of Directors are used to handle one-time instructions.)
Revision The Second Vice President reviews and updates the Operational Guidelines and recommends changes when necessary. Changes become effective upon approval by the Board of Directors
Organization of Manual
The Operational Guidelines Manual is divided into “sections.” Sections are divided into “subjects.”
Each section covers a major area of the guidelines. For example, section 030 deals with the Board of Directors.
Each subject covers a portion of its section. For example, in section 030, the first subject (030-001) covers members of the Board while the eighth subject (030-008) covers the Executive Director.
The material in each subject is further divided into topics.
The numbering system permits reference to individual operational guidelines. For example, if you wanted to refer someone to the guideline covering committee chairs, you would say something like “Turn to Operational Guideline 040-002 for that information.”
Sections
Sections are numbered in tens, for example, 010, 020, and 090.
Subjects
Subjects are numbered in units within each section, for example, 001, 002, and 099.
Topics
Topics are shown as captions in the left margin of pages, for example, STRUCTURE and NUMBERING on this page.
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