Constitutions & Bylaws - Suggested Actions for PACs

Post your constitution and bylaws on your web site, all parents should have access and your PAC Executive should be familiar with your Constitution and Bylaws.

Ensure your administration and/or administrative assistant have a copy.

A Best Practice: Audit your PAC, so appoint an auditor to review your financials. This is a great job for a member (parent) who is an accountant who is not on the PAC Executive.

As a policy, your PAC should review the constitution for potential updates periodically, i.e. every four years. Develop a review process that is very intentional on how the constitution is reviewed and communicated to your community. Set a timeline and work the timeline backwards, note it will be a several month process.

Review other PACs constitutions and bylaws and borrow from them, you don't have to re-create the wheel. These PACs are likely dealing with the same issues you are.

Some links to check out: Coquitlam SD43 DPAC has a generic constitution and bylaws for reference: http://www.dpac43.org/Resources/ConstandByLaws/default.htm

BCCPAC Leadership Manual (most North Shore PACs should have this binder in their resources), it is also available online at http://www.bccpac.bc.ca/

Consider signing up for the NVPAC workshop lead by
John Noonan Wed. March 2
“Conducting effective meetings for PAC and DPAC”.
More information and registration details coming soon.
For details email: info at northvanpac.org