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My church is calling for a general meeting so it can hold a vote in the bylaws it states we need a quarm to hold the meeting but the Council (board) wants to keep the voting open after the meeting is over for the rest of the week, and close the voting at a spicific time with out the group coming back. The Council has not had a member meeting to pass this, it decided this at it Council meeting. Our organization follows roberts rules for it voting can they do this with out the membership agreeing by 50% or 66% before the vote is started or even at all.

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My church is calling for a general meeting so it can hold a vote in the bylaws it states we need a quarm to hold the meeting but the Council (board) wants to keep the voting open after the meeting is over for the rest of the week, and close the voting at a spicific time with out the group coming back. The Council has not had a member meeting to pass this, it decided this at it Council meeting. Our organization follows roberts rules for it voting can they do this with out the membership agreeing by 50% or 66% before the vote is started or even at all.

No vote is sufficient to do what you're describing. While it is possible to hold the polls open for a prolonged period of time, a week seems a little excessive, and a quorum must be present when the tellers' report is read and the result of the vote is announced.

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No vote is sufficient to do what you're describing. While it is possible to hold the polls open for a prolonged period of time, a week seems a little excessive, and a quorum must be present when the tellers' report is read and the result of the vote is announced.

The length of time is not a problem. The problem is that it takes a meeting with a quorum to set the time the polls will be open.

Quorum is not the members voting but the number attending at a point in time (p. 334).

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and a quorum must be present when the tellers' report is read and the result of the vote is announced.

Thank you for the information so far does any one have a page number for the quorum must be presant for the tellers report to be read.

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Thank you for the information so far does any one have a page number for the quorum must be presant for the tellers report to be read.

All business (except a very limited set of procedural motions) requires the presence of a quorum. This includes the report of the tellers' committee and the chair's announcement of the result. (RONR, 10th ed., pg. 334, lines 2-5)

Also can the board (CounCil) for the church call for a vote at the meeting and block discussion before the vote. I would need page numbers for that also.

No. Only the assembly that is meeting may end debate, and it requires a 2/3 vote. (RONR, 10th ed., pg. 192, line 24)

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