Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, § 55
If and to the extent authorized by its articles of organization or by its by-laws, a corporation may provide for an executive committee or other committees to be elected from and by its board of directors, and the directors may delegate to any such committee or committees some or all of their powers, except, however, the power
(b) to amend by-laws;
[There is no clause (c) or (d).]