Guest wahooneb Posted May 30, 2011 at 08:21 PM Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 at 08:21 PM When making decisions in an organization with more that 16 voting board members what is the order of precedence for deternining the course of action?Policues BylawsRobert's Rules of Order 10th Edition NRIs it proper for the Board of Directors to determine the order of preference in a policy as long as it does not conflict with a Bylaw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted May 30, 2011 at 08:41 PM Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 at 08:41 PM When making decisions in an organization with more that 16 voting board members what is the order of precedence for deternining the course of action?Policues BylawsRobert's Rules of Order 10th Edition NRIs it proper for the Board of Directors to determine the order of preference in a policy as long as it does not conflict with a Bylaw?The order of precedence is that the Bylaws are highest, Policies are lower, and RONR is last.In case of any conflicts, the higher ranking document applies.The only way the Board of Directors could adopt an order of preference in a policy, as long as it did not conflict with the bylaws, is for the bylaws to come first, policy to come second, and RONR to come last. And that's how it already is. In fact, it's the only way that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wahooneb Posted May 30, 2011 at 08:48 PM Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 at 08:48 PM That was what I thought but wanted to get your input.Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted May 31, 2011 at 02:52 AM Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 at 02:52 AM When making decisions in an organization with more that 16 voting board members what is the order of precedence for deternining the course of action?Policues BylawsRobert's Rules of Order 10th Edition NRIs it proper for the Board of Directors to determine the order of preference in a policy as long as it does not conflict with a Bylaw?Bylaws outrank Rules of Order which outrank Standing Rules.Robert's Rules of Order is a compilation of Rules of Order, and "Policies" is a common term for Standing Rules.When Robert's Rules is adopted as a society's parliamentary authority, the rules contained in it are binding on the society in all cases where they are not inconsistent with the bylaws or any special rules of order adopted by the society. See RONR(10th ed.), p. 16, l. 8-14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted May 31, 2011 at 11:25 AM Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 at 11:25 AM "Policies" is a common term for Standing Rules.Well, some societies use the term that way, others use it to mean both Special Rules of Order and Standing Rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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