Shmuel Gerber

Never. But the motion that was rescinded can be adopted again at the next session.

And crocodiles.

That's not what the Advanced Discussion forum is for, and I doubt it would make any difference in the quality of the answers. Anyone who can post a response in the General Discussion forum can post one in the Advanced Discussion forum, and vice versa. (Starting a new topic in the Advanced Discussion forum, however, requires registering as a member.)

OK, so then it makes sense for the change in the number of directors to be effective as of the elections at the upcoming annual meeting. This should be specified in the motion to change the number of directors that is actually made at the special meeting, not just in the meeting notice.

We have met the forum, and it is us.

That's probably close enough, but ideally you would want the change in the number of directors to take effect simultaneously with the changeover of the board members; otherwise, there is doubt about who is on the board between the time of the election and the time the election goes into effect. You say that "Newly elected directors take office once the annual meeting is adjourned", but do the bylaws actually say that?

Do the directors take office at the time of the election (as is the default in RONR) or at some later time?

That's if you assume that it's a meeting of the executive committee. I got the impression that this is a meeting of some larger group.

Any member calls the meeting to order and conducts an election for temporary chairman, who then conducts an election for temporary secretary as well as the rest of the meeting (until the chair or vice chair arrives).

I don't read the quoted provision as giving the owners the ability to determine the number of directors for one specific year. My interpretation would be that from time to time, the owners determine the number of directors, and it stays at that number until they change it at a later time.

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On page 590, line 6, it says, "Article IV, Section I of the Sample Bylaws". That section number should be a regular number 1, not a roman numeral.

I was wondering if anyone was going to notice the lack of a second in @Joshua Katz's reply.

Well, if an abstention is in the form of a blank (ballot), it would be considered a blank.

Note that in order to make a motion to adjourn, a member must first obtain the floor.

It's simple: they're doing it wrong.

I don't see where you're getting the idea that the vacancy is in the office of vice president. The bylaws (if you can call them that) seem to explicitly provide some process for filling the office of president to the complete the unexpired term.

Actually, it seems to say a lot more than that. Suppose 20 members show up and then 15 of them leave. Then another 20 members show up. This rule would seem to indicate that a quorum of 40 members has now been obtained, even though there were never more than 25 members in the room at one time.

I think you mean that it's 41 if the number of members is more than 400 but less than or equal to 410. (Technically, "between" is not inclusive.)

I would have expected so as well, but that doesn't change my opinion about what the actual rules are.

No. The book refers in a number of places to reconsidering a postponement (see e.g. p. 112, ll. 28-31). I don't think it is alluding only to the brief interval after the adoption of Postpone and before other business is introduced, especially reading the text of SDC 8 of Postpone to a Certain Time and comparing the adjacent sentences to each other: An affirmative vote on the motion to Postpone can be reconsidered. A negative vote on the motion to Postpone can be reconsidered only until such time as progress in business or debate has been sufficient to make it essentially a new question. Thereafter, the motion can be renewed (see pp. 339–40).

If the assembly votes to reconsider an adopted motion to Postpone Definitely, then the main motion will also be pending during the reconsideration, so that if the motion to Postpone is rejected, the main motion (or whatever adhering motion was immediately pending when Postpone was first moved) will become immediately pending.

Looks like you guys could both use a new copy of the 11th Edition of RONR. 🙂

Hmm, isn't ammunition that stuff they use in guns?

Is that better than mulling it over in your beer? :-)