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J H Smith

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We have a Board of Directors who have appointed themselves as the Bylaw Committee. They are now in the process of amending or possibly revising interpreted as (many amendment changes including changing order of aricles or moving content between articles).

None of the Board of Directors have read the RONR and the changes upon glance are not being proposed to benefit the membership, but to strenghten the Boards control over the membership.

If the Bylaw Committee (the Board of Directors); in this case, site RONR as one of the changes to the current bylaws and than do not follow RONR when articles are proposed for revision and then proceed to recommend them to the membership; what recourse would the membership have if they know less about RONR than the limited knowledege of the Board as described.

Please do not just state change the Board at the next election as a solution, go into more depth please.

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We have a Board of Directors who have appointed themselves as the Bylaw Committee.

Do the Bylaws grant the board the authority to do that?

If the Bylaw Committee (the Board of Directors); in this case, site RONR as one of the changes to the current bylaws and than do not follow RONR when articles are proposed for revision and then proceed to recommend them to the membership; what recourse would the membership have if they know less about RONR than the limited knowledege of the Board as described.

Well, it might help if you provide a little more information about what exactly you mean by "do not follow RONR," but the general solution is to raise a Point of Order and, if necessary, an Appeal. The members could also Amend the recommendations within the scope of the notice. Both of these strategies require a decent knowledge of RONR, however, so you might need to educate your fellow members first. Review Sections 12, 23, 24, and 57 in RONR and/or Chapters 5 and 11 in RONR In Brief for more info on these topics so you can educate your fellow members on them.

Alternately, you could just convince the members to vote against the changes. That doesn't require any parliamentary knowledge.

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If the Bylaw Committee (the Board of Directors); in this case, site RONR as one of the changes to the current bylaws and than do not follow RONR when articles are proposed for revision and then proceed to recommend them to the membership; what recourse would the membership have if they know less about RONR than the limited knowledege of the Board as described.

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but while the bylaws revision is being considered, the existing parliamentary authority would (unfortunately, in this case) be in effect rather than the new one proposed in the revision.

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We have a Board of Directors who have appointed themselves as the Bylaw Committee.

This violates no rule in Robert's Rules of Order.

They are now in the process of amending or possibly revising interpreted as (many amendment changes including changing order of articles or moving content between articles).

So?

• A bylaws committee will draft language, in their draft proposal.

• A bylaws committee will move text around, in their draft proposal.

The bylaws committee is not amending the bylaws, but only preparing a document which will (they hope) will be adopted. -- And upon adoption, the change will take effect. Not before.

None of the Board of Directors have read the RONR and the changes upon glance are not being proposed to benefit the membership, but to strengthen the Boards control over the membership.

OK.

A draft proposal can say anything.

If the Bylaw Committee (the Board of Directors in this case), cite RONR as one of the changes to the current bylaws and than do not follow RONR when articles are proposed for revision and then proceed to recommend them to the membership;

what recourse would the membership have if they know less about RONR than the limited knowledge of the Board as described.

The "recourse" is to defeat the proposal.

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