Call for Orders of the day

[Guest Jan Cousins]

At our board meeting the CEO seems to always bring up items that are different from what is on the agenda. Because of this items like his job review have been on there 3 different times but we never get to it. We end up discussing what ever

items he adds to the agenda when we start our meeting until we run out of time. Today I came across "call for orders of the day". If I make that statement when he starts to go out of order how does the 2/3 rule work. Must I have 2/3 vote to stay with the printed agenda or do we have to have 2/3 vote to go out of order.

[JohnR]

Unless your bylaws say that the CEO has sole power to set the agenda, you have no official agenda until it is adopted by majority vote. So, (1) raise a point of order and force the agenda to debate and a vote, and (2) when your despot ignores the adopted agenda, call for the orders of the day. It takes a two-thirds vote to set aside the adopted agenda.

[Guest Jan Cousins]

That good to know. We have never voted on the agenda. The agenda is emailed to us the week before the meeting and then it is handed out to us when arrive. Sometimes the CEO or another director will ask to add on the the agenda after we start the meeting.The Chairman then leads the meeting from the agenda except for what the CEO keeps bringing up forcing changes or going out of order from the agenda.

[George Mervosh]

See FAQ#14 http://www.robertsrules.com/faq.html#14