Guest Sean Posted September 20, 2012 at 12:34 AM Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 at 12:34 AM Do nominations an elections have to be have to posted or announced prior to holding them if thay are the same month each year and it says that in the By-Laws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted September 20, 2012 at 12:50 AM Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 at 12:50 AM No. But it still a good idea to publicize them to assure a decent turnout for the election meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted September 20, 2012 at 12:57 AM Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 at 12:57 AM thanks I ask because we were in the middle of nominations when a member asked was a notice posted or an announcement made we said no its in the bylaws but we aloud him to nake a motion to delay for 1 month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted September 20, 2012 at 01:07 AM Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 at 01:07 AM Does a board have the authority to terminate an employee of organization or only the Exective director? By-laws do not state.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted September 20, 2012 at 01:20 AM Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 at 01:20 AM RONR doesn't "state" either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted September 22, 2012 at 11:51 AM Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 at 11:51 AM Do nominations an elections have to be have to posted or announced prior to holding them if thay are the same month each year and it says that in the By-Lawsthanks I ask because we were in the middle of nominations when a member asked was a notice posted or an announcement made we said no its in the bylaws but we aloud him to nake a motion to delay for 1 monthAn adopted motion that is in conflict with the bylaws is null and void (RONR 11th ed. p. 251 ( a )). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted September 22, 2012 at 11:52 AM Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 at 11:52 AM Does a board have the authority to terminate an employee of organization or only the Exective director? By-laws do not state..Please post your new (and unrelated) question as a new topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sMargaret Posted September 22, 2012 at 02:51 PM Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 at 02:51 PM An adopted motion that is in conflict with the bylaws is null and void (RONR 11th ed. p. 251 ( a )).However, short of time travel, nothing much that can be done about that now except for holding elections at the next meeting.I would suggest re-reading your bylaws, to see if there is a mention of a notification period, or a period in which you look for nominees. If not, consider adding that to your bylaws - your assembly, by allowing this member to make a motion to delay the election, and then passing the motion, does seem to agree that notification would be a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nancy N. Posted September 22, 2012 at 05:55 PM Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 at 05:55 PM Sean said: they are the same month each year and it says that in the By-LawsView PostGuest, on 19 September 2012 - 07:57 PM, said:thanks I ask because we were in the middle of nominations when a member asked was a notice posted or an announcement made we said no its in the bylaws but we aloud him to nake a motion to delay for 1 monthAn adopted motion that is in conflict with the bylaws is null and void (RONR 11th ed. p. 251 ( a )).But Trina, how is this different from postponing the election, which I think is legit?1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted September 22, 2012 at 06:06 PM Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 at 06:06 PM Do nominations and elections have to be have to posted or announced prior to holding them if thay are the same month each year and it says that in the By-LawsIf all it says in the bylaws is, for example, "September", how will the members know when, in September, and where the elections will be held? Date, time, and place must also be known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted September 22, 2012 at 11:00 PM Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 at 11:00 PM If all it says in the bylaws is, for example, "September", how will the members know when, in September, and where the elections will be held? Date, time, and place must also be known.Well, they might know perfectly well when all of the regular monthly meetings are, and only need notice that elections are held at the September one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted September 23, 2012 at 01:26 PM Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 at 01:26 PM Sean said:they are the same month each year and it says that in the By-LawsView PostGuest, on 19 September 2012 - 07:57 PM, said:thanks I ask because we were in the middle of nominations when a member asked was a notice posted or an announcement made we said no its in the bylaws but we aloud him to nake a motion to delay for 1 monthBut Trina, how is this different from postponing the election, which I think is legit?1.I guess I read it as the member specifically making a motion to delay nominations for one month (since they were in the middle of nominations when this happened). Whether the election was supposed to take place at the same meeting was not clear to me. However, sMargaret is right that the action of delaying (nominations, at least) has now been taken, and there is no way to go back and undo the action. I notice that Guest_Sean never said that the member's motion was adopted; only that the member was allowed to make the motion. From context, I assume the motion to delay was adopted...Also, I don't think a motion to postpone an election, whose date is specified in the bylaws, is proper, is it? Of course, the assembly could adjourn the meeting to a future date, with the election still pending; but that's not, strictly speaking, the same as simply moving to postpone the election to a future date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted September 23, 2012 at 01:54 PM Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 at 01:54 PM Also, I don't think a motion to postpone an election, whose date is specified in the bylaws, is proper, is it? Of course, the assembly could adjourn the meeting to a future date, with the election still pending; but that's not, strictly speaking, the same as simply moving to postpone the election to a future date.Take a look at page 185. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trina Posted September 23, 2012 at 02:48 PM Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 at 02:48 PM Take a look at page 185.Yes, that does clarify the proper course of action, if it is desired to postpone an election whose time is set in the bylaws. The salient feature of a motion to postpone (in this case) is that 'the subsidiary motion to Postpone can be applied only to a question that is actually pending' (RONR 11th ed. p. 184 ll. 18-20), along with the opening sentence of the p. 185 citation:'A matter that the bylaws require to be attended to at a specified session, such as the election of officers, cannot, in advance and through a main motion, be postponed to another session.'In the situation described by the original poster, I guess there is a question of whether the election was actually pending when they were 'in the middle of nominations.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted September 24, 2012 at 08:19 PM Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 at 08:19 PM In the situation described by the original poster, I guess there is a question of whether the election was actually pending when they were 'in the middle of nominations.'We don't have all of the facts from the original poster, but if they were in the middle of nominations which were to be immediately followed by the election itself, in my view, the answer would be yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ben Posted September 25, 2012 at 09:49 PM Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 at 09:49 PM A person that work's doring a meeting and can't be there, Does that person have the wright to get points for that meeting? (Get credit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted September 25, 2012 at 10:26 PM Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 at 10:26 PM A person that work's doring a meeting and can't be there, Does that person have the wright to get points for that meeting? (Get credit)Please ask your question in a New Topic. Your question has nothing to do with the question of this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edgar Posted September 25, 2012 at 10:48 PM Report Share Posted September 25, 2012 at 10:48 PM A person that work's doring a meeting and can't be there, Does that person have the wright to get points for that meeting? (Get credit)Credit for attending a meeting he didn't attend? Really?(Sorry, Mr. Foulkes, I couldn't resist.)gQNTAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted September 26, 2012 at 01:09 AM Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 at 01:09 AM Credit for attending a meeting he didn't attend? Really?(Sorry, Mr. Foulkes, I couldn't resist.)gQNTARAppology acepted. I hope you had to kis alot o frogs, tough, yo ennablir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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