Tips for Reviewing Your Constitution Pt.3

Patrick Davies • July 3, 2024

A Number of Small Steps for Your Organisation –
One Giant For Leap For Constitutional Kind

And we’re back. What better way to assist you in your Constitution Cartography than to let you in on what we did, and how we worked to make the process as transparent and understandable as possible for our Membership.


Rather than recreate it here, Dan has created a cool constitution webpage on our site to show you the steps: the whys, the wheres, and the hair-pulling involved in our 8-month journey. Our Executive Committee created a Subcommittee to take care of the details.


Our Executive Committee is from across the Motu, and most are General Managers of their organizations, so keep in mind getting your governance peeps all together for a kōrero can take longer than you think. Especially when a really good discussion and revision is happening.


Hopefully, that makes things a little clearer. Remember that HERE are some great articles on the changes you’ll need to make sure are included from our good friends at Parry Field Lawyers – a very special thanks to them and to Steven Moe for permission to link up.


They have great recordings of aspects of the Incorporated Society Act requirements (and wonderful resources on the Charities Amendment Act too!).

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