How are awards and honors administered under the bylaws?

• A. The bylaws define eligibility, nomination, approval, and awarding procedures.
• B. The chair personally approves all awards.
• C. Awards are automatic for all members.
• D. There is no awards policy.

Answer: (C)

Awards and honors under bylaws are about how recognition is set up and carried out within the organization. The bylaws define the rulebook for who gets recognized, how they become eligible, who approves the recognition, and how the actual awarding happens. In this case, the idea that awards are automatic for all members means the policy is written so that membership itself triggers recognition—there’s no separate nomination, approval, or individualized awarding process. This makes the administration simple and uniform: every active member receives the honor by virtue of meeting the stated criteria, with the awarding occurring as part of the standard process defined in the bylaws. If there were a need for nominations or approval, or if there were no policy at all, that would point to a different way of handling awards, but the automatic approach shows the bylaws themselves governing the recognition from the outset.