Mike Evans

3 minutes ago, George Mervosh said:

The citation is from the section on procedures in board meetings.  You can kick her out of a meeting if warranted following the procedures noted on pp. 645-49 but that's it.  Any further discipline would have to come from the membership of the community.

Thank you!  Can't wait to get my copy next week.  We've had one board meeting so far and it was less than pleasant.  I'm new to it, but hoping to help turn things in a more positive direction.

3 minutes ago, George Mervosh said:

The membership however can impose discipline following the proper procedures to do so.

 

These are board meetings.  General membership meetings only occur annually (it's an HOA).  So after ejection, further discipline can then hypothetically be taken?  By membership, would that be the rest of the board members, or the membership of the community?

2 minutes ago, Richard Brown said:

 

I agree with the citation provided by Dr. Kapur, but point out that his citation (as are almost all of our citations) is to the current 11th edition of RONR.  I point that out because your questions asks for references to "articles" which you can cite.  By that, I don't know if you mean articles in other publications or article numbers in older editions of Robert's Rules of Order.  I have a hunch you might be referring to the 100 year old 4th edition, which is the only edition available online.  It does contain article numbers.  However, the current 11th edition does not have "article" numbers, but rather chapters and sections and is usually cited by page numbers..  I suggest you obtain a copy of either the current edition of RONR or wait a few days and purchase a copy of the new 12th edition which has a release date of September 1. 

Thank you for the clarification.  I meant "articles" in the general sense of "relevant passages", so yes, the more current reference was indeed helpful.  I have already pre-ordered my copy of the 12th edition

55 minutes ago, Atul Kapur said:

Section 61, pages 645 - 648 deal with breaches of order by members in a meeting.

Thank you, that is exactly the resource I needed. Thanks for fielding a newbie question

I saw in the wikipedia article and other online sources that a board member who is unruly, who refuses to come to order, who casts accusations and makes threats, can be censured and even removed from the meeting by a vote of the assembly.  That said, I am new to this, and don't necessarily trust wikipedia to be relevant.  

We have such a board member.  Our bylaws provide rules for permanent removal, but on all other matters reference Robert's Rules.  Is it appropriate to remove her from the meeting and suspend her for a period of time, and if so, which articles can I reference?

Thanks!