paulmcclintock Posted February 25, 2012 at 12:56 AM Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 at 12:56 AM As RONR In Brief puts it, "It is possible either to take nominations for all offices before electing any, or to take nominations for the first office, conduct the election for that office, and then repeat this procedure for each of the offices to be filled by election." (See RONR In Brief 2nd ed, p. 79. See RONR 11th ed, p. 435, ll. 27-34.)Suppose the chair plans on the first approach (nominations for all offices before electing any), but a member wishes to follow the second approach.Is this done by the demand of one member, or by majority vote? Can this interrupt? Is there a time limit?My initial thoughts arethis situation amounts to a form of division of the question by demand of a single member (p. 274),the member can interrupt and request (demand) the division at any time in the process before the election to all the offices has been put to vote (p. 275),nominations for further offices cease until elections are completed separately for any offices for which nominations have been closed, andcustom alone does not trump the above.Feedback welcome. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted February 25, 2012 at 01:22 AM Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 at 01:22 AM As RONR In Brief puts it, "It is possible either to take nominations for all offices before electing any, or to take nominations for the first office, conduct the election for that office, and then repeat this procedure for each of the offices to be filled by election." (See RONR In Brief 2nd ed, p. 79. See RONR 11th ed, p. 435, ll. 27-34.)Suppose the chair plans on the first approach (nominations for all offices before electing any), but a member wishes to follow the second approach.Is this done by the demand of one member, or by majority vote? Can this interrupt? Is there a time limit?My initial thoughts arethis situation amounts to a form of division of the question by demand of a single member (p. 274),the member can interrupt and request (demand) the division at any time in the process before the election to all the offices has been put to vote (p. 275),nominations for further offices cease until elections are completed separately for any offices for which nominations have been closed, andcustom alone does not trump the above.Feedback welcome. Thanks."A custom of the organization" should determine which is used. That would imply that RONR contains no rule that conflicts with such a custom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. J. Posted February 25, 2012 at 03:45 AM Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 at 03:45 AM As RONR In Brief puts it, "It is possible either to take nominations for all offices before electing any, or to take nominations for the first office, conduct the election for that office, and then repeat this procedure for each of the offices to be filled by election." (See RONR In Brief 2nd ed, p. 79. See RONR 11th ed, p. 435, ll. 27-34.)Suppose the chair plans on the first approach (nominations for all offices before electing any), but a member wishes to follow the second approach.Is this done by the demand of one member, or by majority vote? Can this interrupt? Is there a time limit?My initial thoughts arethis situation amounts to a form of division of the question by demand of a single member (p. 274),the member can interrupt and request (demand) the division at any time in the process before the election to all the offices has been put to vote (p. 275),nominations for further offices cease until elections are completed separately for any offices for which nominations have been closed, andcustom alone does not trump the above.Feedback welcome. Thanks.I think it would take a majority vote. These seem to be very related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted February 25, 2012 at 11:59 AM Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 at 11:59 AM As RONR In Brief puts it, "It is possible either to take nominations for all offices before electing any, or to take nominations for the first office, conduct the election for that office, and then repeat this procedure for each of the offices to be filled by election." (See RONR In Brief 2nd ed, p. 79. See RONR 11th ed, p. 435, ll. 27-34.)Suppose the chair plans on the first approach (nominations for all offices before electing any), but a member wishes to follow the second approach.Is this done by the demand of one member, or by majority vote? Can this interrupt? Is there a time limit?My initial thoughts arethis situation amounts to a form of division of the question by demand of a single member (p. 274),the member can interrupt and request (demand) the division at any time in the process before the election to all the offices has been put to vote (p. 275),nominations for further offices cease until elections are completed separately for any offices for which nominations have been closed, andcustom alone does not trump the above.Feedback welcome. Thanks."Where there is no determining rule, a motion to fix the method of voting (or any other detail of nomination or election procedure) is an incidental main motion if made before the election is pending, or an incidental motion if made while the election is pending (30, 31)." ((RONR, 11th ed., p. 438, ll. 26-31). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted February 25, 2012 at 02:23 PM Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 at 02:23 PM "Where there is no determining rule, a motion to fix the method of voting (or any other detail of nomination or election procedure) is an incidental main motion if made before the election is pending, or an incidental motion if made while the election is pending (30, 31)." ((RONR, 11th ed., p. 438, ll. 26-31).This fits well with post #2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted February 25, 2012 at 02:35 PM Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 at 02:35 PM This fits well with post #2. Yes, but post #2 stops short of providing the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted February 25, 2012 at 02:39 PM Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 at 02:39 PM And perhaps post #4 also stops short of providing a complete answer without the additional reference to page 439, lines 5-7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmcclintock Posted February 25, 2012 at 09:08 PM Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 at 09:08 PM Very helpful. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted February 25, 2012 at 09:19 PM Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 at 09:19 PM Yes, but post #2 stops short of providing the answer.And perhaps post #4 also stops short of providing a complete answer without the additional reference to page 439, lines 5-7. In my experience, Paul doesn't need much of a start to complete his own answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted February 25, 2012 at 10:32 PM Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 at 10:32 PM In my experience, Paul doesn't need much of a start to complete his own answer. I certainly agree, but Paul isn't the only person who reads this forum.We want to make sure that our readers understand that a motion to divide the question (which also requires a majority vote for its adoption) is not the answer. In other words, looking at Section 27 is barking up the wrong tree (or some such thing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burke Balch Posted February 26, 2012 at 02:39 AM Report Share Posted February 26, 2012 at 02:39 AM And perhaps post #4 also stops short of providing a complete answer without the additional reference to page 439, lines 5-7. Not to mention page 438, l. 34 to page 439, l. 3: "In the absence of a rule establishing the method of voting, the rule that is established by custom, if any, should be followed, unless the assembly, by adoption of an incidental motion or incidental main motion, agrees to do otherwise." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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