NSDAR Bylaws Amended at June 2015 Continental Congress Deletions are struck throughand insertions are in bold-faced type
NSDAR Article III. Membership. Section 2 (b)
An applicant desiring to become a Member at Large shall be endorsed by two members in good standing and to whom the applicant is personally known. Upon approval of the State Regent of the state of one of the endorsers, the applicant shall be given tho official application papers for membership in the National Society.—Within one year, unless granted extension by the State Regent, she shall present to said State Regent all required documents prepared in accordance with instructions established and distributed by the National Society, and accompanied by the prescribed fees and dues.
An applicant desiring to become a Member-at-Large shall request to begin her application process through the state regent of the state in which she wishes to join. The state regent shall assign a DAR member to work with the prospective member and upon completion, the application shall be endorsed by two active members of the state society /organization to whom the applicant is personally known. Within one year, unless granted an extension by the state regent, she shall present to said state regent the completed application and all required documents prepared in accordance with instructions established by the National Society, and accompanied by the prescribed fees and dues. The state regent shall sign the application in lieu of chapter officers.
Rationale: The amendment retains the basic requirements and makes possible electronic submission in the future.
NSDAR Article III.Membership. Section 3
An applicant from the Children of the American revolution desiring to become a member at any time after her eighteenth birthday, and before her twenty second birthday, shall present, together with the application papers and annual dues of the National Society of tho Daughters of the American Revolution, a certificate of good standing issued by the Senior National Treasurer of the Children of the American Revolution that shall be accepted in lieu of the required application fee.—The certificate shall be void unless presented within one year from issuance.
An applicant from the Children of the American Revolution desiring to become a member at any time after her eighteenth birthday, and before her twenty-second birthday, shall provide her application and annual dues of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and a certificate of good standing issued by the Senior National Treasurer of the Children of the American Revolution that shall be accepted in lieu of the required application fee. The certificate shall be void unless presented within one year from issuance.
Rationale: The amendment retains the basic requirements and makes possible electronic submission in the future.
NSDAR Article IV. Fees and Dues. Section 2 (c)
Dues for a member admitted or reinstated at the Octobor National Board of Management meetingon or after July 5 shall be credited for the upcoming dues year, which begins -December 1.
Rationale: NSDAR now admits members monthly; members who currently are admitted in July would have previously been admitted in October.
NSDAR Bylaws Article VII. Duties of Officers. Section 9 (b)
The Registrar General shall have custody of the original copy of all approved
applications for membership.
NSDAR Bylaws Article VII. Duties of Officers. Section 9 (d)
The Registrar General shall return to the chapter or the Member at Large application papers of any applicant that cannot be verified within the time limit fixed in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Fees and Dues, Section 21(b), with aotatomont pointing out deficiencies.
The Registrar General shall return to the chapter or the Member-at-Large application of any applicant that cannot be verified within the time limit fixed in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Fees and Dues, Section 21(b), with a statement pointing out deficiencies.
NSDAR Article VII. Duties of Officers Section 9 (c)
The Registrar General shall notify applicants of their admission to the Society and post an electronic copy of the approved application papers oneMembership, or in the case of a Member at Large, return a copy to the memberprovide an electronic copy of the approved application to the chapter or member, if joining at-large.
Rationale: Amendment retains the same basic requirements and makes possible electronic submission in the future.
NSDAR Article XVI. Records. Section 1
All records, including but not limited to application papers,applications, minutes, treasurer's records, and official correspondence, generated by any person or group of people acting in an official capacity for the DAR, are and shall remain the property of the DAR body generating the records.
Rationale: Amendment retains the same basic requirements and makes possible electronic submission in the future.
NSDAR Article XXI. Amendments. Section 1
These Bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds vote at any Continental Congress, except that no general revisions and no amendments pertaining to the number, term or eligibility of National Officers may be proposed in a year of the election of Executive Officers; provided that a copy of the proposed amendment has been sent by the National Society to
all chapters of the National Society and posted to the NSDAR Members' Website at
least sixty, and not more than ninety days, before National Board of Management, or by a chapter, or by a committee authorized by the Continental Congress. In case the amendment is proposed by a chapter, it shall be endorsed by at least nine other chapters, the ten chapters being located in at least five different states.
Rationale: Posting proposed bylaws changes to the NSDAR Members' Website will allow members to freely review the proposed changes at any time at no cost to the National Society.