kimd55

When the members tried to ask questions or have discussion, the President told the members there would be no discussion and we didn’t like what was being proposed to vote it down. Also can you point me to the area in Roberts Rules in discussion when voting on amendments and grouping several amendments together?

Let me explain this a little better. We have a committee that goes in and makes recommendations to our local Policies and Procedures. They sent out communications several times for members to come and discuss and give input on the amendments. Last Thursday the committee sent the proposed amendments with their formal recommendations. Instead of listing the amendments individually as they were sent to us, they lumped some of the amendments in blocks to vote on indicating they formal recommendations from the committee not allowing a second for each amendment. They read the amendments in the blocks that were grouped together very fast not allowing the members to have discussion, just vote. I have never seen anything like this and tried to find it Roberts Rules. My question is can amendments that govern how your local organization is run, be grouped in blocks rather than individual amendments that were originally presented? Also, can they say there can be no discussion?

We are voting on our local policies and Procedures. Can we take amendments we are voting on and put them in blocks without allowing discussion at the time of voting on the amendments?