Charter & By-laws - Deutsches Haus

A committee appointed by the Board of Deutsches Haus is proposing revisions to the Charter and By-Laws. So that members can study the changes, versions of both the new proposed and the older versions of the documents are available below. There will be 4 townhall meetings about the documents scheduled in the next 2 months. Members will vote on whether or not to accept the documents at the Member Quarterly meeting on September 28, 2019.

Charter

2019 Proposed Charter (Revisions are highlighted in yellow)
2003 Amendment to Charter
1928 Original Charter

By-Laws

2019 Proposed By-Laws Updated 7/22/19 – typo fixed (Revisions highlighted in yellow)
2014 Existing By-Laws (Also includes a gist of the Charter)

All documents are in pdf format. 2 sets of the documents are available to be viewed at the Deutsches Haus bar. If you wish to have your own copies of the documents, please print them after accessing them via the above list of links.

Mission

Deutsches Haus has grown into an organization with a mission to celebrate and foster the rich culture, musical heritage, language and history of the German people. Our Oktoberfest and Volksfest Festivals features authentic German music, food and beverages for all to enjoy, as well as activities for the kids. These events are an opportunity for our local groups to generate revenue which is used to help sustain us throughout the year and assist in sponsoring future events celebrating our German heritage. But most importantly, these festivals introduce our German heritage to the Gulf Coast population.