George Mervosh

No rule in RONR permits them to do this, and unless your bylaws do you can simply ingore the announcement. Everyone should meet at the appointed date and time and if the president and vice president aren't there, the Secretary or another member should call the meeting to order, If the assembly wishes to set the time for an adjourned meeting (a meeting at a future time before the next regular meeting) they can, by majority vote. If not, they can elect pro-tem officers and conduct the required business assuming a quorum is present.

Blanks are ignored and not counted in the tally regardless of the vote required to adopt a motion or to elect someone to office. Also see FAQ#6 http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#6

He's a college graduate (3 times over) so why are you asking him?

I appreciate this information. My office computer and my laptop don't have CD ROM's.......I'm going to contact them as well.

When I saw Mr. Mt's name I was a bit stunned......not to mention seeing Mr. Foulkes' name as well.

I think the reason is, the number of days notice does not necessarily relate to "the orderly transaction of business in meetings, and to the duties of officers in that connection."

This is going to send him and Fluffy into a tizzy. Expect a 3:30 AM response.

No one here said that. I'm inclined to agree with Mr. Novosielski's comments quoted above because I can't find anything in RONR that would suggest anything different. This may be a bylaws interpretation question.

If you're asking if you can say your peace after the committee puts forth a recommendation, you most certainly can express your opinion if you are a member of the regular assembly, even if it differs from some or all of the others on the committee. You simply can't allude to what happened during the committee proceedings. Stating your own opinion on the matter, however, is fine.

I really doesn't matter what our opinion is, the reply you received earlier is correct. If the bylaws need interpreting, the society will decide the matter and the board will proceed accordingly.

No it's not.

RONR recommends that the President not serve on the nominating committee at all, either as an ex-officio member or as an elected/appointed member.

I'm pretty sure that made it worse.

I'm not sure I can provide much more information than I did earlier, or that it will clear things up, but I'll try. I'll use an inter-line response.

Would it be bluntly incivil to suggest that post #1 should have been clear that you wanted us to interpret your bylaws?

1) No. 2) Rescind? No. Withdraw? Maybe. See http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#18

If the membership wishes to rescind or amend the actions of the board, the voting requirements found in Section 35, beginning on p. 305 in RONR apply. Also, see p. 483, ll. 9-13

The moderator is not correct. Nominations are debatable when it is in order to make them. Hogwash. No matter what it's for you don't vote up or down on an entire list of names, correct.

Well, you still shouldn't be voting on a slate, whether it's to fill a committee or officers, but back to your question....... That was your window for debate. Even though no further nominations were put forth, debate would have been proper on the names presented. See RONR, tinted pages 18-19, motion 49.

Nominations may be debated when it is in order to make them. Under the rules in RONR when a nominating committee presents its report the floor is then opened for further nominations and debate can be held at that time. The election itself is not debatable. What is very improper is to vote up or down on a slate of candidates unless that's exactly what your bylaws call for.

RONR contains no rule regarding this. The book only notes a recording may be useful to the secretary and that the recording may not be used as the minutes themselves, but other than that there is no guidance.

You simply don't incorporate it into the minutes.

Even with zoom technology it might be necessary, rather than an option.

If your bylaws provide that the board members serve "until their successors are elected" your officers would continue until the process you wish to transact is finished, therefore, when the election is actually pending, it would be proper to postpone the election itself to an adjourned meeting to be held sometime before your next regular meeting. A special meeting, if provided for by your bylaws, can be held just before the adjourned meeting, to take up a proposed bylaw change. At the adjourned meeting you can complete the election based upon the outcome of the special meeting. See RONR (11th ed.), p. 185, ll. 7-26 and p. 242ff.

if the committee will be reporting at the next meeting, the reporting member should, once again, move for the adoption of the recommendation. It appears the prior motion is now dead.