cancellation of meetings procedure

[Guest Mary]

!, can a president decide that he does not want to hold a meeting and cancel it without talking to or considering other members?

2. Can a chair of a committee mtg decide he wants to cancel the meeting and cancel it without checking with the other members?

[Guest Edgar]

There is no procedure in RONR for canceling a properly scheduled (i.e. "regular") or called (i.e. "special") meeting.

So the short answer to both questions is "no".

[Steven Britton]

In addition to Edgar's answer, if a call is issued to a meeting, and enough members show up to establish a quorum, any action taken would be valid regardless of whether someone decided to cancelled the meeting.

[Trina]

!, can a president decide that he does not want to hold a meeting and cancel it without talking to or considering other members?

2. Can a chair of a committee mtg decide he wants to cancel the meeting and cancel it without checking with the other members?

Technically, a properly scheduled meeting cannot be cancelled (as pointed out by the previous posters). This is true even if the president (or chair) DID check with the other members first (I'm emphasizing this point, since the lack of prior consultation with other members seems to be your main gripe).

[David A Foulkes]

Technically, a properly scheduled meeting cannot be cancelled (as pointed out by the previous posters).

Well, technically it could be canceled, but only due to some authorizing rule found outside RONR. As Edgar notes, there is no procedure in RONR for canceling a meeting. What's found in the bylaws, however -- well......