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Hello, I am rather new to this so I have a question. after reading this paragraph do you feel that an appeal motion can be made? The league operating secretary shall notify the executive committee and the council of the protest. A meeting shall be called as soon as possible to discuss the protest. The decision arrived at by the council will be binding on all parties. Representatives of involved teams will not be allowed to vote on the protest.

A nine member board has a rather strange rule regarding appeals from rulings of the chair. This board has no constituent membership and is a public body, but I don't believe that is of any significance for the purpose of this discussion. The board has adopted RONR as its parliamentary authority. The board's special rule regarding the vote required on an appeal from a ruling of the chair reads as follows. (The Board calls its special rules "policies" and "rules of protocol"). Pay particular attention to the last sentence: "The presiding officer of any meeting shall conduct such meeting in accordance with the Rules of Protocol and shall have authority to make rulings on interpretation of these Rules of Protocol and any other matter or question which may arise with regard to conducting the meeting, including recognition of speakers, whether a speaker is out of order, etc." "The decision of the presiding officer shall be final unless appealed by a Board member or committee member to the entire Board or committee as set forth herein below. Any member who disagrees with a decision of the presiding officer may appeal such decision to the total Board or committee. Such appeal may be taken by a statement to that effect and no second is required. The presiding officer shall immediately call for a vote on the question of whether or not the ruling of the presiding officer shall be sustained. Upon a favorable vote of a majority of those Board or committee members present and voting including the presiding officer, the rules of the presiding officer shall be sustained." What is the opinion of others on here as to the effect of a tie vote on an appeal? RONR says it takes a majority vote to reverse a decision of the chair and that a tie vote sustains the chair, but this rule says "upon the favorable vote of a majority of those board or committee members present and voting including the presiding officer, the rules (ruling??) of the presiding officer shall be sustained." Does that mean that on a tie vote the ruling of the chair is reversed?

I recently chaired a meeting and want to make sure I followed the rules. At the conclusion of debate (the special rules of order set an overall time limit on debate), a member stood to be recognized, was recognized, and moved to extend debate by two minutes. The motion was seconded and failed. This same member then stood to be recognized, was recognized, and moved to extend debate by one minute. The motion was seconded and failed. The same member then stood to be recognized, was recognized, and moved to extend debate by 45 seconds. I ruled the motion dilatory, as it seemed clear the meeting did not want to continue debate. The maker of the motion appealed the decision of the chair. I gave the first speech in debate, others spoke (no more than once), and I spoke last. We voted, and the meeting voted to maintain the decision of the chair. Was all of this proper?

If the chair is persuaded during debate on an appeal that his ruling on a point of order was erroneous, may he withdraw the ruling before it becomes precedent, or at least inform the assembly of his change of mind during his second speech at the close of debate? The former alternative would be analogous to a member withdrawing (or seeking permission to withdraw) a motion, although I can find no reference in RONR that would justify the chair withdrawing a ruling. The latter alternative would be similar to a member arguing against his own motion, which no member is allowed to do. What’s the best way for the chair to handle such a change of mind? Should the minutes include the reasons the chair gives during an appeal, or just the reasons he gives while ruling on the point of order itself?

Hi. Does anyone have a reference in Robert's Rules of Order concerning the timely filing of an appeal to election results?