The By-Laws of the Pensacola Historical Society were recently updated in order to bring the Society better cohesion between the Board of Directors , the Membership body, and Staff. These By-Laws were last revised in the1990's, so they were outdated and not representative of the Society today.

What are By-Laws?

By-laws are basically the constitution of the Society, which defines the major operational procedures and defines how the organization is governed.

Some of the changes include:

• The object of the Society was rewritten to better reflect the Society's contemporary goals
• High level memberships combined into the "Sustaining Member" category
• The organization and governance of the Society was completely rewritten
• Reduced the number of directors from 15 to 12
• Added a Code of Conduct for the Board of Directors

Click here to read the full list of the new By-Laws