msdpolich Posted October 13, 2011 at 05:12 PM Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 at 05:12 PM Good afternoon,Can a member place a motion against something that the Chair of the group has already decided on? Excuse my lack of explanation; Im having trouble finding words to express the situation.Like if the Chair decided to add an event to our groups yearly events, and someone placed a motion against the event even happening. Is that okay? Was it even okay for the Chair to make that kind of decision in the first place without the input and vote of the group?Excuse my ramblings.Hope that makes sense.Im using the newest edition if anyone wants to site.Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctheatc Posted October 13, 2011 at 08:00 PM Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 at 08:00 PM it depends on what happened. your chair has that authority if the bylaws give it. RONR doesn't. But you probably knew that at least on some level.So what happened? Did the chair bring this up at a meeting, and nobody objected, and procedures were informal (small group perhaps) so that one might say it was approved by unanimous consent? Nobody raised a timely point of order? If the deal was done it may be too late and to introduce a motion that conflicts with it may be out of order.OTOH, if a motion to amend or rescind that action of the chair is introduced, that may be in order, but we'd have to know more details of what happened.Or if the action of the chair constituted a continuing breach, a point of order could still be raised.More details would be helpful, including what you all did (or didn't do) when the chair acted autonomously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msdpolich Posted October 17, 2011 at 02:33 PM Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 at 02:33 PM Good morning, Thank you for your response.Basically the chair (with the support of the executive commitee) decided that we would have an open forum sometime this academic year.After this was brought to the group, a member spoke up against the forum.Should the member simply make a motion not to have the forum?Or since the chair already decided that this was going to happen, theres not choice about it?Theres nothing in our bylaws that state anything about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted October 17, 2011 at 02:43 PM Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 at 02:43 PM Or since the chair already decided that this was going to happen, theres not choice about it?As tc (the atc) suggested, it should still be possible to rescind the action of the chair/executive committee. See Official Interpretation 2006-13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted October 17, 2011 at 10:57 PM Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 at 10:57 PM Good morning, Thank you for your response.Basically the chair (with the support of the executive commitee) decided that we would have an open forum sometime this academic year.After this was brought to the group, a member spoke up against the forum.Should the member simply make a motion not to have the forum?Or since the chair already decided that this was going to happen, theres not choice about it?Theres nothing in our bylaws that state anything about this.If there is nothing in the bylaws giving the Executive Committee exclusive powers to decide such things, then the general assembly can vote to Rescind or Amend Something Previously Adopted by the Executive Committee/Board.See RONR §35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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