Guest john sage Posted February 8, 2011 at 06:21 PM Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 at 06:21 PM Our weekly business meetings consist of reocuurring opening and closing formats. Can a business meeting be RECESSed for a week in order to avoid using these opening and closing rites to shorten the actual business meeting length? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted February 8, 2011 at 06:27 PM Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 at 06:27 PM Our weekly business meetings consist of reocuurring opening and closing formats. Can a business meeting be RECESSed for a week in order to avoid using these opening and closing rites to shorten the actual business meeting length?No, since the members will disperse during the week's interval. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert B Fish Posted February 8, 2011 at 06:28 PM Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 at 06:28 PM "A recess, strictly speaking, is a short intermission or break within a meeting that does not end the meeting or destroy its continuity as a single gathering, and after which proceedings are immediately resumed at the point where they were interrupted. During the recess, members may leave the hall or room in which the meeting is being held, but they are expected to remain nearby." [page 80]Perhaps the motion you are seeking is to set the time to which to adjourn and hold an adjourned meeting sometime later.-Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Elsman Posted February 8, 2011 at 06:35 PM Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 at 06:35 PM "A recess, strictly speaking, is a short intermission or break within a meeting that does not end the meeting or destroy its continuity as a single gathering, and after which proceedings are immediately resumed at the point where they were interrupted. During the recess, members may leave the hall or room in which the meeting is being held, but they are expected to remain nearby." [page 80]Perhaps the motion you are seeking is to set the time to which to adjourn and hold an adjourned meeting sometime later.-BobI think the problem is that the rules that govern the opening and closing exercises require the "rites" to be held at each meeting. Presumably, this means that they are to be repeated at the beginning and end of an adjourned meeting, as well.My own sense of this is that the opening and closing exercises can be dispensed with by suspending the rules for this purpose by a two-thirds vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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