George Mervosh

I wonder if the vote to reopen them will be 4-4? It could be a long meeting.

The entire constitution or bylaws may not be suspended, but it's possible that certain rules in the governing documents can be suspended. RONR (12th ed.), 25:7 Care to provide an example of a rule which you might like to see suspended?

Yeah, because I'm lazy I just put a brief note in my signature.

There are no restrictions in RONR. An assembly may enter into executive session any time it chooses to.

Your rules says "No one on the nomination committee will be eligible to run for any office." In my view, what needs to be decided is if this rule applies to an ex-officio member or not. It doesn't say anything about participation. What if John Doe is a member of this committee but never participates once this year due to unusual circumstances? Is he eligible as a regular member of it even though he did not participate?

Why would participation be a factor in this interpretation?

Mr. Honemann needs to increase his fee for script writing.

Under the rules in RONR, nominations do not require a second. RONR (12th ed.), t18-19, motion 53.

Yes, but no one should move to approve the minutes of the prior meeting. Once the chair is sure there are no (more) corrections being offered he simply declares the minutes approved (or approved as corrected) without a motion to approve them. Members absent from the prior meeting are permitted to participate in the approval process. RONR (12th ed.), 41:10-11.

Typically, at the annual meeting of the members, the Secretary records the minutes in accordance with the society's parliamentary authority. The Board has no authority to approve the minutes of the annual meeting unless the society expressly gives them that authority. If the society is granting them that authority they should, upon granting the authority instruct them to comply with the rules in §48 if they are not doing so. So basically, the membership just needs to exert its authority and instruct the board accordingly.

No. RONR (12th ed.), 61:19. It's best to ask the question in the text box rather than the subject line.

RONR (12th ed.), 10:13-22 should be all you need to read regarding format but a thorough read of §10 in its entirety is not a bad idea.

As far as RONR is concerned I don't see anything improper about adopting a motion of no confidence in someone other than a fellow board member. As the FAQ states, this is just an attempt to express an opinion. Also this motion is amendable. So If a motion is put forth to express no confidence in John Doe, the board can offer and adopt an amendment to strike "no" and insert "complete" and then vote on the motion in its final form. The two unhappy members may be even more unhappy if that happens. You should check with your board's attorney if you have further questions.

See FAQ#7 here - https://robertsrules.com/frequently-asked-questions/#faqs

RONR (12th ed.), 63:28.

I'm not clear why the business stated in the call itself is considered secret. Any further clarification is welcome.

I don't want to derail another thread, but in it, the original poster states: "In my organization's bylaws, our resolutions must be taken up and passed by a committee before it can be taken up for business in our main senate meeting." Let's say the Senate sees that a resolution that they might want to consider and pass was rejected at the committee level. I know we don't have exact wording of the rule, but generally, do you think this type of motion is suspendable?

Nothing carries over. If he wants to vote at the next meeting he can. If he wants to abstain, he can, and no permission is required to either vote or abstain under the rules in RONR.

No rule in RONR required him to abstain from voting in the first place, and no rule in RONR will require him to abstain at the next meeting either. The attorney for the village should be consulted regarding any applicable procedural rules in statute.

The attorney for the municipal body in question needs to be consulted regarding this for an opinion. As far as RONR is concerned, a rule requiring a vote of 2/3 of the entire membership protects absentees, if there are any. A point of order can be raised at any time if a motion was adopted by less than a vote of 2/3 of the entire membership and there were absentees. RONR (12th ed.), 25:10 and 23:6 e)

Mr. Martin has provided citations from the 12th Edition which is the current one. If you are looking at Article numbers you're probably looking at the 4th edition online which is over 100 years old and isn't going to have the detail the 12th edition has.

No.

We do see plenty of threads where the President makes appointments which must be approved by the board or membership. In these cases, only the President may submit a name for approval. The entity approving doesn't just cut to the chase and choose someone whose name has not been submitted to them for approval. Unless I'm missing something here only the board can submit an amount for approval. Yes, it may get tedious if the board's determinations are constantly rejected, but I don't think the membership can take the initial fee determination(s) out of the board's hands. The membership either approves it or they don't. I do agree with Zev that bylaw interpretation may come into play here.

No, it is far too late to change it. See RONR (12th ed.), 45:8-9.

If the motion is still applicable, any board member may move to rescind or amend it at a subsequent session of the board no matter if or how they voted originally. See RONR (12th ed.), §35