JALT Standing Rules
Standing Rules should contain only such rules as may be adopted without previous notice by a majority vote at any Executive Board meeting. The vote on their adoption, or their amendment, before or after adoption, may be reconsidered. At any meeting, they may be suspended by a majority vote, or they may be amended or rescinded by a two-thirds vote. If notice of the proposed action was given at a previous meeting or in the call for this meeting, they may be amended or rescinded by a majority vote. As a majority may suspend any of them for that meeting, these rules do not interfere with the freedom of any meeting and therefore require no notice in order to adopt them. Generally, they are not adopted by the organization of a society, but from time to time, as they are needed. Sometimes the bylaws of a society are called standing rules, but it is better to follow the usual classification of rules as given in this section.
The most recent version of the JALT Standing Rules can be found in the PDF. Older versions can be obtained from the Director of Records.
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| Download – Standing Rules March 20 | 2026-03-20 09:20 |
JALT Policies
The lowest rules are usually called policies. These are set by an officer or group of officers and communicated to members in reports, through the TLT, in minutes of meetings, or verbally. These policies concern โhow we usually do thingsโ in JALT. Since JALTโs beginnings in 1977, many policies have been made, many have been changed, and many have been discarded. This handbook results from an attempt to find the sources of those policies for which there is written documentation.
Many other policies exist. Among these are those policies set for publications by the Publications Board, those set for Sponsors by the Business Manager, those set for day-to-day operation of the JALT Central Office set by the Vice President or Office Manager, and those set by individual chapters and SIGs for their own operation. Many, if not most, of these other policies have never been written down. These will be documented, evaluated, and included in this manual. The most updated policies are in the PDF and the older version is available upon request to the Director of Records.
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| Download – JALT-Policies-2026 | 2026-03-19 03:29 |