Guest MSK_Library District Posted December 19, 2011 at 06:56 PM Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 at 06:56 PM Does Robert's Rules ever allow for the presiding president to tell a member that he/she will not be "allowed" to vote on a particular issue or action? I recently ran into this on a matter related to "approval of minutes" for a retreat that I was not able to attend. The lawyer present said she thought Robert's Rules allowed for the president to "disallow" a member's vote under such circumstance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted December 19, 2011 at 07:02 PM Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 at 07:02 PM Does Robert's Rules ever allow for the presiding president to tell a member that he/she will not be "allowed" to vote on a particular issue or action?The short answer is no. The longer answers will follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g40 Posted December 19, 2011 at 09:21 PM Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 at 09:21 PM Does Robert's Rules ever allow for the presiding president to tell a member that he/she will not be "allowed" to vote on a particular issue or action? I recently ran into this on a matter related to "approval of minutes" for a retreat that I was not able to attend. The lawyer present said she thought Robert's Rules allowed for the president to "disallow" a member's vote under such circumstance.Perhaps that lawyer would be advised to read RONR before stating such an opinion. Perhaps RONR and RONRIB might make a good Christmas/Holiday gife for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Hunt Posted December 19, 2011 at 10:59 PM Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 at 10:59 PM Does Robert's Rules ever allow for the presiding president to tell a member that he/she will not be "allowed" to vote on a particular issue or action? I recently ran into this on a matter related to "approval of minutes" for a retreat that I was not able to attend. The lawyer present said she thought Robert's Rules allowed for the president to "disallow" a member's vote under such circumstance.For the matter of approving minutes specifically, this may be correct if you mean taking a vote altogether. No vote is taken on approval of the minutes; any corrections are offered (in case of an argument, you do take a vote on whether or not to correct the minutes), and once everyone is happy, the minutes are approved without a vote.An individual member can never be denied the right to vote, except in accordance with your bylaws, or due to disciplinary procedures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted December 20, 2011 at 12:45 AM Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 at 12:45 AM Does Robert's Rules ever allow for the presiding president to tell a member that he/she will not be "allowed" to vote on a particular issue or action?No.I recently ran into this on a matter related to "approval of minutes" for a retreat that I was not able to attend. The lawyer present said she thought Robert's Rules allowed for the president to "disallow" a member's vote under such circumstance.The lawyer is mistaken - RONR allows for no such thing. However, you shouldn't be taking a vote on the minutes at all - the chair should simply declare the minutes approved when there are no further corrections. If there is a vote on one of the corrections, however, you have the right to vote regardless of whether you were present at the meeting the minutes are for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 20, 2011 at 04:18 AM Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 at 04:18 AM The lawyer present said she thought Robert's Rules allowed for the president to "disallow" a member's vote under such circumstance.Well, she should continue to think until that is no longer the case. There is no such rule, or even anything that could reasonably be mistaken for such a rule, in RONR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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