cgwolf Posted June 21, 2016 at 03:25 PM Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 at 03:25 PM RONR (11th Ed.), page 501, lines 11-13 states, "During actual deliberations of the committee, only committee members have the right to be present." Also, starting on page 500, line 22, RONR states, "Committees of organized societies operate under the bylaws, the parliamentary authority, and any special rules of order or standing rules of the society which may be applicable to them. A committee may not adopt its own rules except as authorized in the rules of the society or in instructions given [page 501] to the committee by its parent assembly in a particular case." My question is this. In an organization that has no special rules of order or standing rules established in its bylaws, no provision in the definition of this committee for non-committee members to be in attendance during committee deliberations or allowing a committee to set its own rules, it is allowable to suspend the rules to allow persons who are not members of a committee to be in attendance during committee deliberations and voting? Thank you for your opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted June 21, 2016 at 03:34 PM Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 at 03:34 PM The committee may allow nonmembers to attend by majority vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldon Merritt Posted June 21, 2016 at 03:42 PM Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 at 03:42 PM Agreeing with Mr. Huynh's answer, I will just add that it is not necessary to suspend the rules to allow non-members to attend. The rules say that non-members have no right to attend, but that does not mean that they cannot be allowed to attend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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