Introduction to the By-laws of the ARNB

The by-laws of the ARNB are recorded in the minute books (the "Actas") of the Asociación Recreativa Nacional de Bridge.

There are two versions of the by-laws on this web site: an edited transcription of the original Spanish and a translation into English. Neither may be taken as authorative. Although every effort has been made to be accurate, only the original, in the Actas, may be relied upon.

The by-laws were totally revised and recorded on August 31st, 1999.

Note that minute books are hand written (script) and minutes are recorded with no formatting (not even paragraph breaks). The versions here have been formatted, and grammatical and spelling corrections made, to improve readability. Titles for the articles have been added and do not form part of the original.

By-laws of the ARNB

These are the minutes of the Extraordinary General Meeting held in San José at 11 AM on the 31st of August 1999, which totally changed the by-laws of the Association. Henceforth they read in the following manner:

  1. Name
  2. Offices
  3. Aims
  4. Accomplishing the Aims
  5. Resources
  6. Members
  7. Affiliation
  8. Loss of Membership
  9. Rights
  10. Obligations
  11. Divisions
  12. Meetings
  13. Ordinary General Meeting
  14. Extraordinary General Meeting
  15. Composition of the Board of Directors
  16. Meetings of the Board of Directors
  17. Powers of the Board of Directors
  18. Oversight
  19. Powers of Members of the Board of Directors
  20. Reforms of the Bylaws
  21. Disolution of the Association