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  1. Hello all. Our organization recently started following RONR, and we experiencing growing pains. Recently, a motion was brought up that brought long swaths of debate and the motion was amended 6 times, taking about 2 hours to eventually become tabled to the next meeting. It was brought up by a member that maybe the Chapter should approve the "general idea" of a motion, and then defer to a committee to create the exact wording of the motion to be discussed and voted upon at a later date. Is this an effective time saver? How can our group more efficiently maneuver the dozens of amendments and associated discussions that come with a complicated motion? For context, I am chair of a Professional Fraternity at a college campus. The motions and business portion of each Chapter meeting is not everyone's cup of tea. I suspect we have members that check out mentally during this time period, and as such we would like to make this time more efficient to increase engagement. Thank you for your time.
  2. Hello all, first time poster. I am the regent (chairman) of a Professional Fraternity in which RONR governs our meetings. To give you some context, until my term as regent, Robert's Rules were not being followed, even though it is stated in our bylaws that RONR shall govern our meetings. In previous years, I guess the exec board just 'did' all of the changes that they deemed necessary. As such, we are experiencing growing pains as we learn that we all have the capacity to conduct business and foster change in our organization, which both excites me and stresses the hell out of me since I have so many people looking to me for answers. Anyways, my question is in the title; which motions are necessary to be reflected in our bylaws and which motions can we just, well, do? It is stated in our bylaws that any changes to the bylaws requires a 3/4 affirmative vote of the members present. This now presents the issue at hand - if a motion must be put into our bylaws, it reduces the chance that it will pass by 50% (from 51% to 75%). Thus, it seems pertinent to NOT reflect some changes within our bylaws, which seems dangerous as future generations of members may forget what business we conducted. Our bylaws do not 100% reflect everything that we do, so many members argue that we may just pass a motion and then simply do the action, and it will become 'tradition'. My worry with this is that future members will not remember what took place, and the motion may not be adhered to. Should our organization create a separate document for motions that do not seem appropriate to include in our bylaws? Who shall determine what will be appropriate for our bylaws and what will be reflected in this new document? Is this a common issue? Thank you for your time.
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