How Do Your Standing Rules Measure Up?

 

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Before you begin to see how your rules measure up, do you need to look at Lambda State's Standing Rules or Bylaws?

 

When was the last time your chapter reviewed and updated your standing rules?

 

Your Lambda State Rules Committee urges you to review your standing rules each year, revise when necessary and submit one dated, revised copy to the chapter visitor and the Lambda State Rules chair each biennium.

 

If you are unsure of when your chapter’s rules were last revised and submitted to Lambda State, please contact the Rules Chair for Lambda State. She will check the files and let you know the status of your chapter. 

 

 

How can you go about this task and at the same time keep it simple and not have to reinvent the wheel?

 

If your standing rules are more than a few pages in length, some revision is definitely needed.  To assist you, please see the model for standing rules which can be found on the forms page (Standing Rules model).  Please do not simply fill in the blanks, but we do urge you to use the model as a GUIDE in reviewing, revising and rewriting your chapter’s present standing rules.

 

If you know that your chapter’s rules need revision, the Lambda State Rules Committee urges you to start NOW.

 

How much do you know about our Lambda State Standing Rules?  Take our quiz and find out:
 

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last update July 31, 2011