Guest Reba Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:28 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:28 PM Can a member call for a vote on the change to bylaws that he/she wants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:31 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:31 PM Can a member call for a vote on the change to bylaws that he/she wants?Any member can make a motion to amend the bylaws. Check your bylaws (usually near the end) for the proper procedure (e.g. previous notice). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:32 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:32 PM What do you mean by "call for a vote"?• like, outside of a meeting?• like, for a body of which he is not a member?• like, the motion Previous Question, which, upon adoption, halts all debate and all amendment and prompts the chair to conduct a vote?What phase are you at, in the amendment process?• Giving notice?• Making the motion?• Debate?If the bylaws are to be amended, then FOLLOW THE METHOD OF AMENDMENT of your bylaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whenever emulsion Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:37 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:37 PM Sorry, a member has announced to the membership that she is making a motion that certain bylaws be changed and has stated each the way she wants them to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest direct recent Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:41 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:41 PM Any member can make a motion to amend the bylaws. Check your bylaws (usually near the end) for the proper procedure (e.g. previous notice). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reba Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:43 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 at 09:43 PM We don't have the procedure for changing in our bylaws, just that anything not addressed directly, would be done following Roberts Rules of Order so I better read what is said in the book.thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted June 4, 2010 at 10:05 PM Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 at 10:05 PM We don't have the procedure for changing in our bylaws, just that anything not addressed directly, would be done following Roberts Rules of Order so I better read what is said in the book.If your bylaws are silent, you'll need a two-thirds vote with previous notice or the vote of a majority of the entire membership. See p.562.And one of the first things you'll want to add to your bylaws is a section on Amendments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted June 5, 2010 at 04:14 AM Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 at 04:14 AM A member has announced to the membership that she is making a motion that certain bylaws be changed and has stated each the way she wants them to be.Ah-ha! From your description, it sounds like this member is GIVING NOTICE.Nothing wrong with that.To give notice orally inside a meeting is one way of giving notice. The other way to give notice is to put it in writing and attach the notice to the (mailed) call-to-meeting.See "previous notice" in RONR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted June 5, 2010 at 11:36 AM Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 at 11:36 AM Can a member call for a vote on the change to bylaws that he/she wants?We don't have the procedure for changing in our bylaws, just that anything not addressed directly, would be done following Roberts Rules of Order...If your bylaws say nothing, then RONR does indeed give any member the right to propose an amendment to the bylaws:'When the bylaws do not place a limitation on those who can give notice of a bylaws amendment, any member is entitled to do so.' (RONR p. 577 ll. 34-36). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. J. Posted June 5, 2010 at 03:21 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 at 03:21 PM Sorry, a member has announced to the membership that she is making a motion that certain bylaws be changed and has stated each the way she wants them to be.That sounds like giving previous notice, which is generally required for amending the bylaws (pp. 295-6).Unless your bylaws say differently, it sounds proper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted June 5, 2010 at 03:46 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 at 03:46 PM That sounds like giving previous notice, which is generally required for amending the bylaws (pp. 295-6).It depends on what the meaning of "is" is."a member has announced to the membership that she is making a motion"Does this mean the member is making the motion or that the member will be making the motion (i.e. at the next meeting)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. J. Posted June 5, 2010 at 04:27 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 at 04:27 PM It depends on what the meaning of "is" is.No it doesn't.Does this mean the member is making the motion or that the member will be making the motion (i.e. at the next meeting)?Telling someone what changes are wanted is not making a motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted June 5, 2010 at 04:41 PM Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 at 04:41 PM Telling someone what changes are wanted is not making a motion."a member has announced to the membership that she is making a motion"Member: "I am making a motion. I move that the bylaws be amended by . . . "That's not the same thing as, Member: "I will be making a motion at the next meeting to amend the bylaws by . . . "So, it does depend on what the meaning of "is" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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