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including power of the executive council (or whatever designation you choose) or of committees of the executive council. 
(4) How the executive council and officers are chosen. 
(5) What committees are authorized.
(6) How the constitution should be adopted and how it may be amended, and the scope and validity of by-laws.

That would cover a general check list of things to be decided on in advance of drafting the constitution itself. 

By-laws, in addition to the constitution which I have dealt with above, can specify such things as just how members are admitted, dues, how the annual meeting of the National Congress is called and what the procedure of the meeting shall be so that it can be held within reasonable limits, what the duties of officers are and the terms of their offices, what standing committees shall be established and what their powers and duties are, what the executive directorship entails in the way of duties or powers, the responsibility and functions of a Washington office, ect. Properly, the by-laws should be determined upon only after the constitution is drawn. The line between them is this: The constitution establishes matters with respect to which the policy-making groups within the National Congress can make no change without first getting a change in the constitution in the manner set forth therein. That is to say, it is a basic premise upon which the association functions. The by-laws, on the other hand, can specify all matters relating to the working of the association, including membership, dues, "housekeeping" provisions with respect to annual meeting or regional meetings or emergency meetings or the like, which are not forbidden by the constitution.

Sincerely yours, 
WILKSON, BOYDEN, CRAGUN & BAKER
By: John  W. Cragun