My 2 cents. I am confused. By-Laws, Standing Rules and SOPs (Standing Operating Procedures) are synonymous and apply specific requirements for the objective. I would think that a set of By-Laws would be the target for establishing requirements that we must follow. Standing Rules or SOPs should be incorporated into the By-Laws under an appropriate section that would apply to the objective of the rule or SOP. Then you would have only one set of requirements that members could refer to in their need to meet MNGenWeb requirements. Guidelines are a separate issue since they are not requirements, but only suggestions that may enhance the process for various reasons. They should be a separate document and not incorporated into the document of requirements, i.e., By-Laws. As to establishing a By-Laws document, it may be best to establish a committee (already proposed) to draft the document before open discussion occurs. I base this on the many, many discussions that occur on this list. This approach, which has been suggested by several people, should reduce the amount of dissention and possibly speed up the process. After the document has been drafted, each article or section should be discussed one at a time (already proposed) to again reduce the overload on my daily reading. That said, any By-Laws for the state should be designed to enhance the USGenWeb By-Laws and not conflict with them. Granted, the USGenWeb By-Laws could use a good cleaning, but they already establish basic requirements for state and counties. Any By-Laws established for the state should only cover issues that are not covered at the national level, making our document a much shorter list of requirements. Bryant -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Laverne H. Tornow via Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 1:30 AM To: Timothy Stowell; [email protected] Subject: Re: [MNGEN] Marc Pennau Logo, There are 3 things many people are confused about: ByLaws Standing Rules Guidelines