Guest Heather Posted July 25, 2012 at 03:54 PM Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 at 03:54 PM Does Robert's Rules of Order supersede a Lutheran Church's Constitution and By-Laws. If our By-Laws state that the congregation must vote on a pastoral candidate from the slate provided by our call committee, are we unable to make a motion to add an additional name to that slate at a Special Voters' Meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted July 25, 2012 at 04:08 PM Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 at 04:08 PM The bylaws are higher ranked then RONR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted July 25, 2012 at 04:13 PM Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 at 04:13 PM In general, your constitution/bylaws would "win" if there was an actual rule conflict. However, RONR does say that, absent any prohibition in the bylaws/constitution, the floor must be opened for further nominations after the nominating committee (presumably that is what your "call committee" is) makes its report, p. 435.So... take a close look at the nominating process as described in your const/byl. and see if there is a prohibition. It may turn out to be a matter of interpretation of your const/bylaws and that chore will be up to your association in a meeting - see p. 588. We don't do bylaws here. Only RONR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted July 25, 2012 at 04:16 PM Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 at 04:16 PM The bylaws are higher ranked then RONR.If you don't have another "a" on your keyboard, perhaps you could put a comma after "ranked." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted July 25, 2012 at 04:24 PM Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 at 04:24 PM If you don't have another "a" on your keyboard, perhaps you could put a comma after "ranked." My computer rations the number of "a"s and commas I can use per day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary c Tesser Posted July 26, 2012 at 03:58 AM Report Share Posted July 26, 2012 at 03:58 AM I've been wondering for some time about them abstemious commas. I thought it was a Virginia thing at first but then it persisted all over the South. I thought about mailing some, but they fell out of leaks in the envelopes. Alas! I thought about mailing Chris leeks instead, but they rot fearsome quick in the summer. Chris, how about fried onions and blueberry Danish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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