Allison Moreland

Thank you. Yes, I think I will decide. Sadly, we went for a year with no Parliamentarian and the other committee was in a situation where no one else was eligible to be chair.

Thank you. I figured this topic had to be covered, but I couldn't find it.

I have been searching RONR for some guidance on this, but maybe I'm using the wrong search terms. Does RONR have any guidance on this situation:

• Our Parliamentarian is elected for 2-year terms and is a non-voting member of our Senate.
• Our Standing Committee chairs are elected for 1-year terms and serve as a voting member of the Senate.
• Our Parliamentarian (me) has been elected to a standing chair position. Should I step down from the Parliamentarian role?

Weeks ago, I hard raised it as a concern to the Senate Chair and Vice-Chair, as well as the Chair of the committee that manages bylaws revisions. At that time, we researched the bylaws and I started researching RONR (I have it on Kindle) and we determined there was no conflict.

A voting member has raised this as a concern, but we don't have anything in our bylaws that precludes the Parliamentarian from serving in 2 roles. Can anyone point me to guidance in RONR on this topic? Personally, I don't have any issue with it, but I want to do what's right for our college.

Thank you for having this site and for your consideration.

Thank you. I think we could have a motion to amend the bylaws to state that the elections must be complete by [some date in the future] with the proviso that this change expires on 6/1 with the start of the new governance year with a simple majority.