General information about Jikoji is available from

Jikoji's Web Site.

The current business plan can be viewed by clicking on:

Jikoji's Business Plan.

Amended Bylaws

The following link below is to the browser (html) version of the current bylaws.

4th Amended & Restated Bylaws

Governance

Based on the Bylaws, decision-making authority at Jikoji is vested in its Board and Resident Teacher, (currently Michael Newhall), and in the standing and ad hoc committee members they appoint. Jikoji's teaching objectives and functions will be passed on within the lineage of teachers following Jikoji's deceased founder, Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi.

Some matters are reserved to the Board in the Bylaws. such as approving the annual budget and unbudgeted expenditures, holding meetings, and a few others. In addition to the matters reserved to it under the bylaws, the Board continues to have important fiduciary duties under California Law. These include the duty to preserve and protect Jikojiπs assets, to take appropriate action in the event of illegal or improper conduct by officers or agents of Jikoji, and the duty to maintain Jikoji's non-profit status.

Source Materials

Current (2011) Bylaws (.pdf).

Note: To obtain a copy of a document below, copy its web address (copy through the end of the address line that starts with http://... ), and past it into your Browser's Go To or Open Location menu slot, and the Browser will copy it to your desktop. (This works for most modern browsers. If you have problems, email postmaste@jikoji.org)

The prior (3rd Amended) Bylaws, as a Microsoft Word document, can be downloaded from
http://www.jikoji.org/plan/ThirdAmendedBylaws.doc

The prior (2004) Amended Bylaws, as a pdf document, can be downloaded from
http://www.jikoji.org/plan/091204/AmendedBylaws_format.pdf

The original bylaws, from 1982, can also be downloaded from
http://www.jikoji.org/plan/1982Bylaws/1982BYLAWS.doc

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