B-20
Original by Chapter CC 1968
Updated and rewritten by Chapter K 1990
P.E.O. BY-LAWS BINGO
Wisconsin State Chapter
The number of games to be played depend upon the number of prizes or “white elephants” available. This is enough numbers for approximately six Bingo games. Regular Bingo game cards must be used. Each member present is given a Bingo card and 10 or 12 beans or markers. The person in charge of the By-Laws program calls off the following numbers with the Article and Section information. (You don’t use the numbers which come with a Bingo game; they’re all written out here.”)
Bingo leader should say:
“You can get ‘By-Laws Bingo’ with a row, a column, diagonal, 4 corners, or postage stamp in the upper right hand corner. When this is accomplished, let us know by saying ‘By-Laws Bingo!’ loud and clear.”
“These first numbers I will call have to do with Article I of P.E.O. By-Laws, which concern themselves with ‘Convention of State Chapter.’ The numbers and their sections are:”
B5Section 1.Members
N40Section 2.Time and place of convention
O68Section 3.Entertaining chapters
I24Section 4.Reports by each delegate to her chapter
“This next group of numbers deals with ‘Representation in Convention of International Chapter.’ They are from Article II of P.E.O. By-Laws.”
N45Section 1.Chapter delegates
G57Section 2.Nomination and election of local chapter delegates (to go
to International convention)
N44Section 3.Past presidents of the state chapter
I29Section 4.Vacancy in delegation
G59Section 5.Reports to chapters
“Numbers from Article III are associated with ‘Nomination and Election of Officers.’”
N42Section 1.Who is eligible
G56Section 2.Tenure
I25Section 3.Sequence of office for election only
B14Section 4.Nominating committee – nomination of officers
O61Section 5.Election of officers
N31Section 6.Vacancy
“Article IV numbers are about the ‘Special Duties of State Officers.’”
B7Section 1.President
N39Section 2.First Vice President
I23Section 3.Second Vice President
N33Section 4.Organizer
B12Section 5.Recording Secretary
I16Section 6.Corresponding Secretary
G58Section 7.Treasurer
“The numbers for this section represent Article V, ‘Standing Committees.’”
N36Section 1.Appointment of committees
O63Section 2.Committees’ expenses are paid from state chapter funds
I27Section 3.Each committee has to prepare a report for the spring meeting
of the executive board
O66Section 4.Committee members, duties, budget and finance, convention
grouping, historian, membership and research, nominating
committee, state chairmen for International Chapter projects,
and Wisconsin Cottey Junior College Scholarship
“Article VI is Cottey Junior College Promotion.”
G46Section 1.Expenses for promotion are paid from state chapter funds
B9Section 2.State chairman for Cottey Junior College Promotion
I28Section 3.Area chairmen
“The numbers for Article VII correlate with ‘Wisconsin Cottey Junior College Scholarship Fund.’”
G60Section 1.Establishment of such a fund
I20Section 2.Scholarships
B4Section 3.Grants
I30Section 4.Financial responsibility
B8Section 5.Wisconsin Cottey Junior College Scholarship Committee
“‘Budget and Finance’ are found in Article VIII.”
B1Section 1.Dues of Wisconsin State Chapter ($16.50)
N38Section 2.Convention of State Chapter
O65Section 3.Convention of International Chapter
“Article IX studies ‘Organization and Official Visit.’”
G48Section 1.Organization of new chapters
O73Section 2.Official visits by the organizer to local chapters
“Here we have the ‘Special duties of officers of local chapters,’ in Article X.”
I22Section 1.President
G52Section 2.Recording Secretary
G53Section 3.Corresponding Secretary
B15 Section 4.Treasurer
“In Article XI, ‘Reciprocity Groups’ are studied.”
O75Section 1.The purpose of Reciprocity Groups
B2Section 2.The second vice president of the state chapter is the supervisor of
each reciprocity group formed.
I17Section 3.Each group may adopt By-Laws
B6Section 4.Reciprocity groups must send reports to state chapter
“In Article XXII, ‘P.E.O. Groups’ are addressed.”
O67Section 1.The Establishment of P.E.O. Groups
N35Section 2.Second vice president of state chapter also supervises each
P.E.O. Group.”
N42Section 3.Reports
“‘Parliamentary Authority’ is the subject of a very short Article XIII. It states that the current edition of ‘Robert’s rules of Order Newly Revised’ shall govern all meetings in matters not covered by these By-Laws, or the Constitution, By-Laws and Standing Rules of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.”
“Article XIV, the final article in the State By-Laws, concerns itself with ‘Amendments.’”
B11Section 1.Amendments proposed prior to convention
G53Section 2.Amendments proposed during convention