Guest Tina Posted September 18, 2012 at 12:22 AM Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 at 12:22 AM Our By-Laws state that if a complaint is lodged by a member about another member, a hearing is to be conducted by our BOG as soon practicable. Dose this mean we absolutely cannot form an investigative committee or have a mediation before the hearing to hopefully resolve the issue ? Can a member request a mediation or is this over ruled by the hearing By-Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted September 18, 2012 at 12:39 AM Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 at 12:39 AM It is up to you all to interpret your own bylaws (see RONR pp. 588-591 for some principles to help with that). However in either case, absent something in the bylaws prohibiting it I don't see why the parties couldn't get together informally with some Board members (or even people not associated with the organization) to try to work things out and make a hearing unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted September 18, 2012 at 01:05 AM Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 at 01:05 AM I agree, but it sounds like that would have to occur before a complaint was lodged, if the paraphrase of the bylaws was accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted September 18, 2012 at 02:09 PM Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 at 02:09 PM Our By-Laws state that if a complaint is lodged by a member about another member, a hearing is to be conducted by our BOG as soon practicable. Dose this mean we absolutely cannot form an investigative committee or have a mediation before the hearing to hopefully resolve the issue ? Can a member request a mediation or is this over ruled by the hearing By-Law.If the bylaws say a hearing must be held, a hearing must be held. However, if that's all that is said about it, the hearing does not, itself, have to resolve the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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