Legal & Parliamentary Library
BYLAWS & RULES SUBMISSIONS
Submit questions/comments:
2025 UPDATES
Rules & Bylaws Committee Chair: Adam Bucky
Collections period announcement:
The 2025 collection period will run from April 20 to May 20.
Questions, comments, and submissions can also be sent to info-china@democratsabroad.org or via Google Form. Please email if you experience difficulty completing the form.
Participation in the Rules and Bylaws process is open to all DACN members.
Democrats Abroad China reviews its Bylaws and Rules annually, by June 30th. Please watch DACN spaces and check your email for future announcements related to Democrats Abroad China Elections, Bylaws, and our Annual General Meeting (AGM).
2024 UPDATES
Collections period announcement:
Democrats Abroad China reviews its Bylaws and Rules annually, by June 30th.
This announcement serves as notice the 2024 collection period will begin April 25 and end May 18.
Submissions can be sent to info-china@democratsabroad.org or via https://forms.gle/x3Xxze676LC5M2TLA.
Please see the DACN Legal & Parliamentary Library Wiki page for current Bylaws and updated information on proposed amendments.
Participating in the Bylaws and rules process is open to all DACN members. The Bylaws and Rules Committee thanks you for your time.
Questions and comments should be directed to: info-china@democratsabroad.org.Please watch this and other DACN spaces for future announcements related to Democrats Abroad China Elections, Bylaws, and our Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Announcements were made via email and on the News page of the Democrats Abroad China website.
Democrats Abroad China voted on two amendments during its Annual General Meeting, held on June 29, 2024. Both amendments passed unanimously.
Bylaws as updated in June of 2024:
2023 UPDATES
Call for Committee Participants opened from March 15 to February 15, 2023
Collection period: 2023 Bylaws: Collection Period Announcement
Extension: 2023 Bylaws: Extension Announcement
Report and Town Hall - no submissions were made in 2023, the Bylaws Committee will submit a report to the body by June 18, 2023.
CHARTERS & BYLAWS
Amended on December 7, 2019.
Amended on August 16, 2021.
Amended on September 16, 2021.
Amended on September 27, 2021.
Amended on October 27, 2021.
2022 collection period: March 15 to April 15, 2022
Delegate Selection Plan
ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER & PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES
Various versions of Robert’s Rules of Order are used by approximately 80% of organizations in the United States.
Code of Ethics for Parliamentarians
Jointly Adopted by The National Association of Parliamentarians® and The American Institute of Parliamentarians©
Initially Adopted 2001, Amended July 2015
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION (FEC)
Political party committees represent a political party at a local, state, or national level. Examples of Political Party Committees include the Democratic National Committee.
The FEC's Political party committees campaign guide (August 2013) is helpful to the Treasurer and all Board members who want to understand campaign finance.
GLOSSARIES
Democrats Abroad Glossary of Terms, Initialisms, and Acronyms
A glossary of campaign finance in the U.S. (Sunlight Foundation)