George Mervosh

He may be viewing it as a separate meeting or session, which is not correct and probably not uncommon.

Okay that's good.

RONR doesn't require it.

Stop adjourning the regular meeting. It's highly problematic. When the board is ready to go into executive session, just adopt a motion to do so. The board can excuse everyone it doesn't want to have in the executive session and then carry on with your business. Once the business is completed, then adjourn the meeting.

Nothing in RONR allows the current officers to refuse a nomination. Nominate someone else and let the members decide.

Unless the bylaws grant the president the authority to accept the resignation, her acceptance is irrelevant. RONR (12th ed.) states in 32:5, that “[a] resignation is submitted in writing, addressed to the secretary or appointing power; alternatively, it may be submitted during a meeting either orally or in writing.” It may be that the board has the authority to accept it (or deny it). See RONR (12th ed.), 47:57

This "motion to consider" sounds very much like a motion to suspend the rules and if that's the case it would require a second. RONR (12th ed.), 25:2 4. How has it been handled in the past?

Nothing in RONR would allow for this. Talk to the board's solicitor.

Yes.

Yes. A motion to Lay on the Table can only be applied to a pending main motion. RONR (12th ed.), 17:3 2)

6:17 4) speaks of an original main motion. A motion to amend the bylaws is not an original main motion, but, as Mr. Merritt has noted it is an incidental main motion. See 10:6 and 26:2 characteristic 2.

Tomm, exactly what kind of motion is being presented? An original main motion, or an incidental main motion (10:2-7)? As Mr. Merritt notes, there may be a better way to deal with this.

See RONR (12th ed.), 51:13.

Correspondence read to the assembly isn't something listed in 48:4-5. but again, the assembly can add it in this case per 48:3 if it feels it is that important to do so. Any main motion arising out the correspondence would absolutely be included.

The parliamentarian is clearly incorrect. Did he read 48:15? That said, I don't think the letter should be included in the minutes. It can certainly be filed with them. The assembly can order that the entire letter go into them however (48:3).

No. A tie vote simply defeats whatever motion was being voted on. Under the rules in RONR no member can be compelled to abstain, so why is the one member not voting?

They seem like a very special, special committee and I agree.

Committees can exclude non -members, no doubt (50:27). I'm not sure the tellers are a committee but they do in fact seem like one.

Do you think the tellers committee can disallow it on their own accord? I'm thinking they can but I may be wrong.

I don't see anything in RONR that would prohibit a board from using only some of the procedures in small boards shown in 49:21. In my view there is nothing wrong with continuing to ask for seconds if that is what the board wishes to do,

This was discussed here as well some time ago. https://robertsrules.forumflash.com/topic/17380-what’s-new-in-the-11th-edition-—-part-3-definition-of-“majority-vote”/ Very interesting.

No rule in RONR requires a board to answer questions posed by the public. You should check with the board's attorney regarding this matter.

Under the rules in RONR, a member may abstain as he cannot be compelled to vote. RONR (12th ed.), 45:3. You should check with the board's attorney regarding any applicable rule in statute regarding this matter.

Yes if there are 4 members present when the vote is taken. "As indicated in 3:3 a quorum in an assembly is the number of members (see definition, 1:4) who must be present in order that business can be validly transacted. The quorum refers to the number of members present, not to the number actually voting on a particular question. " RONR (12th ed.), 40:1

Yes, voting by ballot is a very good idea from the start.