"Advisory member" of committee: right to vote?

[Guest Dennis]

I have found discussions similar but not exactly on this topic. If a consitution is silent as to the voting rights of "advisory members" of committees, how is the right to vote established? Does it require a consitutional or by-law action amendment? Is there an implied right or lack thereof for advisory members?

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[Guest Edgar]

If a consitution is silent as to the voting rights of "advisory members" of committees, how is the right to vote established? Does it require a consitutional or by-law action amendment? Is there an implied right or lack thereof for advisory members?

RONR does not speak to different classes of membership so you're pretty much on your own. In RONR-Land, all members are created equal and a member is a member is a member.

So you could argue that an advisory member is a member. But then someone else could argue that he's only an advisory member and the bylaws wouldn't have made that distinction if it didn't have some meaning. When the arguing debating is done, you vote. Then you amend the bylaws to remove the ambiguity.

[David A Foulkes]

If a consitution is silent as to the voting rights of "advisory members" of committees, how is the right to vote established?

Do the constitution and/or bylaws have anything to say on the topic of "advisory members" at all, such as that there are in fact such members?