2021Bylaws

Bylaws (Iowa)

§ 208.6 1971 Proceedings, p. 97. Nobles who believe the Imperial Potentateʼs exercise of his dis- cretionary powers to have been arbitrary and capricious may file a grievance for consider- ation by the Grievances and Appeals Committee under §208.6. 1972 Proceedings, p. 153. An appeal from a decision of the Imperial Potentate made pursuant to §206.5(a)(13) is made to The Imperial Council and should be referred to the Grievances and Appeals Committee in accordance with §208.6. § 208.9 1994 Proceedings, p.158. An Imperial Potentate has no authority to overrule a stay of suspension granted by the Grievances and Appeals Committee pursuant to §208.9(a)(6). 1994 Proceedings, p.158. An Imperial Potentate has no authority to overrule the deci- sion of the Grievances and Appeals Committee, pursuant to §208.9(b)(1), on an appeal of a denial to grant a waiver for initiation. 1996 Proceedings p. 141. A “Stay” of judgment and punishment from the Committee on Grievances and Appeals, or its Chairman, is not to be automatically granted. It shall be granted or denied on a case by case basis after proper application and consideration by the Committee. § 209.1 1966 Proceedings, p. 211. Shrine Club not eligible for membership in Shrine Association. § 212.2 2009 Proceedings, p. 261 The Imperial Council adopted revisions to the ritual of the Order. § 213.1 1967 Proceedings, p. 83. The use of straw fezzes is prohibited. § 213.2 1972 Proceedings, p. 154. None but The Imperial Council itself should have exclusive rights to Shrine emblems described in §213.2 and registration by an association of units of a trademark which includes such emblems is forbidden, § 320.1 2002 Proceedings, p. 140. By virtue of the adoption of the proposal on the Call for the 2002 annual session of The Imperial Council, the proper name of each temple was changed from “ Temple” to “ Shriners.” § 322.5 1967 Proceedings, p. 83. Construction of a building within the urban area of the seat of the temple, but beyond its corporate limits, to an unincorporated area, does not work a change in the location of the temple. 1970 Proceedings, p. 93. Removal of a temple from one incorporated municipality to another, even within the same urban area, may be effected only after compliance with this section. 1975 Proceedings, p. 19. The removal of a temple from one address to another within the corporate limits of the city named in its charter is not a change of location within the mean- ing of §322.5. 1976 Proceedings, p. 176. Approval by The Imperial Council for the change of location of a temple may be given only by The Imperial Council itself at an annual session in accord with §322.5(f). 2007 Proceedings, p. 165. The notice of the exact time and place of the meeting to act on a proposal to change the location of the temple must be mailed to each member. If the mailing occurs less than 20 days before or more than 30 days before the meeting, any action taken at the meeting to change the location of the temple is a nullity. 2008 Proceedings, p. 180. A temple may change its location, as well as the location of its office, only in compliance with §322.5 of these bylaws. § 323.2 1967 Proceedings, p. 84. A petition for membership should not be signed by those who recommend the petitioner until the petition has been completed and signed by the petitioner.

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