rulesasker

It's odd for the chairperson to make a point of order, since a point of order is a demand for the chair to make a ruling on whether the rules are being violated. The chair is able to enforce the rules without making a point of order, simply by telling someone that their action is out of order. You might want to describe exactly why the chair felt the need to make a point of order. But if a point of order is made, it does need to be in the minutes, along with whether it is sustained or lost (presumably the chair will sustain his own point of order), with the reasons for his ruling.

If the investment committee is a subcommittee of finance, all its members must be members of finance (unless your bylaws say otherwise). Is this just a meeting of the finance committee?

Yes, I believe it’s in the index. Sorry I’m too lazy to look it up right now. I think informal discussion in a small board can include members inquiring how other members stand, or suggesting they state their positions. The chair should clarify no one is bound to disclose that. What’s out of order is a motion that doesn’t adopt or reject something.

RONR provides no help on this question. Usually, a major repair to a structure would indeed be a "capital project." But your society will need to interpret its constitution.

RONR also does not require minutes for committee meetings. But if you have a practice of taking minutes, using RONR might be a good idea so they are consistent with the parent body.

Without authorization for electronic meetings on your bylaws, they are not allowed at all.

If it’s just a comment, it shouldn’t be in the minutes anyway. Has the assembly approved the minutes? If not, move to amend the minutes before they are approved. This would take a simple majority. But the secretary could also just correct the draft minutes before they are are approved.

Someone should have raised a point of order when the bylaw was violated. If the chair ignores that, they should have appealed to the assembly and could have overruled the chair by a majority vote.

RONR says that the chair appoints trustworthy people to serve as "tellers". If the chair thinks you and the other board member are trustworthy, maybe. But it might be difficult for the parliamentarian to adequately serve as a parliamentarian while counting votes. Unless your bylaws say otherwise, you don't even have to have the election if only one person is nominated. You can just say that the single nominee is elected "by acclamation" after giving people a chance to nominate someone else. Unless your bylaws say otherwise, you don't need to "post" anything. If your bylaws say that notice is required for the election, you just need to say that the meeting is for the purpose of the election, and the date and time the meeting starts. That's all RONR, if you're asking about best practices, I would think it is good to tell your society when the election is so that they feel like they have a voice.

None as far as RONR is concerned. Ex-officio just means that he is a member of the committee by virtue of some office.

They need to amend the bylaws using the procedure your bylaws give. So they need to adopt a motion to amend the bylaws to remove the rule against ice cream after dinner. Without doing that, a motion to eat ice cream after dinner is out of order because it conflicts with the bylaws, even if 2/3 want to eat ice cream after dinner. Normally, bylaws are written so that notice would be required before amending them. But your bylaws explicitly say that an amendment is allowed at any general membership meeting.

I wasn't able to follow everything you wrote, but no, they cannot ignore the bylaws. But they can change the bylaws by a 2/3 vote. Did they do that?

There's a lot going on here, but maybe we should start with the fact that the chair has the right to vote whether or not it's a ballot vote. Often the chair will only vote if it affects the result, but he always has the right.

Is the President supposed to relinquish the chair if he is nominated for president until the election is complete?

That will depend on the mistakes and what you want to accomplish.