Benjamin Geiger

Must the number of members be counted to establish quorum any time someone requests?

By Benjamin Geiger, August 22, 2022 at 02:46 AM in General Discussion

What do we do when information is missing from draft minutes, and nobody remembers?

By Benjamin Geiger, May 16, 2022 at 10:54 PM in General Discussion

How to account for missing votes in an electronic voting system?

By Benjamin Geiger, May 24, 2021 at 12:04 AM in General Discussion

Is there a parliamentary remedy when the chair refuses to acknowledge motions, including points of order?

By Benjamin Geiger, March 14, 2021 at 07:07 AM in General Discussion

When giving prior notice of a motion, at what point is our obligation complete?

By Benjamin Geiger, April 14, 2020 at 12:34 AM in General Discussion

What is the proper procedure to relinquish the chair?

By Benjamin Geiger, October 14, 2019 at 03:29 PM in General Discussion

Several questions on censure.

By Benjamin Geiger, May 20, 2019 at 08:51 PM in General Discussion

• censure

How do I word a resolution to censure? What can we do without a trial?

By Benjamin Geiger, May 1, 2019 at 03:02 PM in General Discussion

Can a special rule of order allow "queuing" speakers? If so, how would I word it?

By Benjamin Geiger, December 3, 2018 at 09:08 AM in General Discussion

Is a 'de facto parliamentarian' subject to the same requirements as an appointed member parliamentarian?

By Benjamin Geiger, September 28, 2018 at 11:52 PM in General Discussion

Is it true that subcommittees cannot exceed their parent committees' authority?

By Benjamin Geiger, September 10, 2018 at 06:46 PM in General Discussion

Logistical question: How do we distinguish members from nonmembers during a vote?

By Benjamin Geiger, July 7, 2018 at 01:23 AM in General Discussion

• logistics

Our board referred a matter to a special committee. Can the same matter be proposed as an amendment before the committee reports?

By Benjamin Geiger, April 16, 2018 at 02:14 AM in General Discussion

Does anything in RONR support an "executive session" of a subset of the assembly?

By Benjamin Geiger, March 25, 2018 at 06:26 PM in General Discussion

• executive session
• officers

Does the forum have the option to auto-lock inactive threads?

By Benjamin Geiger, March 19, 2018 at 07:25 AM in Questions or Comments about the Message Board

What is the difference between a committee and a board? Is our Steering Committee actually a board?

By Benjamin Geiger, March 16, 2018 at 06:29 PM in General Discussion

• committee
• board

Does email count as "written" for the purpose of notice of motions?

By Benjamin Geiger, March 7, 2018 at 11:46 PM in General Discussion

Allowing votes in committee for those not specified in bylaws?

By Benjamin Geiger, March 6, 2018 at 07:57 PM in General Discussion

• committee
• vote
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  • vote
  • bylaws

Officers other than the president as ex officio members of every committee: Do they count toward quorum?

By Benjamin Geiger, January 29, 2018 at 02:04 AM in General Discussion

• ex officio
• committee
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  • committee
  • quorum

Must punishable offenses be specified in the bylaws?

By Benjamin Geiger, January 26, 2018 at 07:48 PM in General Discussion

• bylaws
• discipline

Renumbering paragraphs in bylaws and changing cross references.

By Benjamin Geiger, January 25, 2018 at 02:16 AM in General Discussion

• bylaws
• numbering
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  • numbering
  • cross references

Recording names of seconders in minutes? 1 2

By Benjamin Geiger, January 9, 2018 at 09:50 PM in General Discussion

• second
• minutes

Does the term "the most recent edition of Robert's Rules of Order" specify RONR? 1 2

By Benjamin Geiger, January 3, 2018 at 01:28 AM in General Discussion

Three grammar questions: "appeal from", "previous question", and "pree-SEED-n's".

By Benjamin Geiger, November 9, 2017 at 06:16 AM in General Discussion

• grammar