Guest NDG Posted September 9, 2016 at 03:20 PM Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 at 03:20 PM Our board agenda is distributed one to two days before each meeting. Can an item be introduced, debated, and voted upon without being on the agenda? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted September 9, 2016 at 03:22 PM Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 at 03:22 PM Yes. Individual motions do not need to be listed. Also see http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted September 9, 2016 at 04:45 PM Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 at 04:45 PM 1 hour ago, Guest NDG said: Our board agenda is distributed one to two days before each meeting. Can an item be introduced, debated, and voted upon without being on the agenda? Yes. The party who drafted an agenda has no power to exclude the business coming from the membership. -- The drafter is an individual, and has no such monopoly on business of an entire organization. The written agenda has not been adopted (or processed in any way). -- It is just a list, which hopes to be accepted as legitimate. And might not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted September 9, 2016 at 06:15 PM Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 at 06:15 PM Even if an agenda has been formally adopted, bringing up new business in the section of the aganda for new business, if there is such a section on the agenda, is permissible unless the society has adopted a special rule of order specifically prohibiting business from being introduced unless listed on the agenda. Such a rule is in the nature of a rule of order and could be suspended by a two thirds vote. Not many organizations have such a rule, but they do exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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