Guest Ed Posted August 11, 2012 at 07:40 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 at 07:40 PM if non members are allowed to be present during a business meeting, is it correct to not allow them to participate in discussion, but remain a bystander? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted August 11, 2012 at 07:48 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 at 07:48 PM Permission for nonmembers to attend does not automatically extend to permission for them to participate, if that's what you're asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted August 11, 2012 at 07:54 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 at 07:54 PM if non members are allowed to be present during a business meeting, is it correct to not allow them to participate in discussion, but remain a bystander?Non-members (of the body that is meeting) can be permitted to participate in discussion if the assembly (the members) want them to. In other words, it's up to the assembly to decide whether non-members can attend and whether they can speak. And they can let some non-members attend and/or speak and not others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted August 11, 2012 at 08:01 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 at 08:01 PM But just to be sure we have covered all bases, the non-members cannot vote ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted August 11, 2012 at 08:36 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 at 08:36 PM ...and to cover home plate as well, they may speak with permission by a majority vote, but they may only speak in debate by suspension of the rules, which requires a 2/3 vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Louise Posted August 11, 2012 at 10:25 PM Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 at 10:25 PM ...and to cover home plate as well, they may speak with permission by a majority vote, but they may only speak in debate by suspension of the rules, which requires a 2/3 vote.So if an organization has two types of members (A and , and Member type B is permitted to vote on everything except Topics X and Y, does that mean that Member B is prohibited from also making motions and debating those particular topics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted August 12, 2012 at 09:16 PM Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 at 09:16 PM Louise, you should know better than to piggyback onto one person's question and ask a different question. C'mon now. Start your own thread, 'kay? And for heebie-jeebie's sake, log in and forget the Guest nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted August 12, 2012 at 09:25 PM Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 at 09:25 PM . . . forget the Guest nonsense.Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted August 12, 2012 at 09:40 PM Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 at 09:40 PM Ouch.No offense, sir. Just sayin' since she's already a member and has 4,980 posts to go, it's a pointless bother to play Guess the Secret Code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted August 13, 2012 at 03:58 AM Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 at 03:58 AM Louise, you should know better than to piggyback onto one person's question and ask a different question. C'mon now. Start your own thread, 'kay? And for heebie-jeebie's sake, log in and forget the Guest nonsense.Ack! I did do that, didn't I? Mea culpa.Okay, I'll go start my very own thread (yet again) right now.(And please note that I did indeed log in. Woo hoo! No typing in the Secret Code 17 times before getting it right!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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