Great work on this, Megan! Some points for consideration:
1. Awards.
a. The term on SMT awards is 3 years, as opposed to the 2 here. As a subfield, I can easily imagine a banner year producing multiple works we’d want to recognize and the 3 year window would allow for that. Of course, it would also increase the workload of the committee but I think it’s worth it.
b. I think the names of the awards should be spelled out.
2. Shouldn’t there be some mechanism for adopting the bylaws? Like “These Bylaws shall be adopted by a two-thirds vote at a regular meeting of the Group at which six members are present.”