Guest Sherry Goodill Posted November 29, 2012 at 03:20 AM Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 at 03:20 AM May a non-voting member of the board make a motion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Britton Posted November 29, 2012 at 03:58 AM Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 at 03:58 AM Generally, yes, members of the board with voting rights that are restricted may make motions, but members of the organization who are not actually members of the board may not; without seeing your bylaws I can't give you a definitive answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David A Foulkes Posted November 29, 2012 at 12:12 PM Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 at 12:12 PM May a non-voting member of the board make a motion?How is it this member does not have the right to vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted November 29, 2012 at 11:19 PM Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 at 11:19 PM Generally, yes, members of the board with voting rights that are restricted may make motions...Do you have a RONR citation for that, or are you making assumptions about what is "generally" found in Bylaws? May a non-voting member of the board make a motion?It depends on how your Bylaws define the rights of the non-voting member. See RONR, 11th ed., pgs. 588-591 for some Principles of Interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Britton Posted November 29, 2012 at 11:53 PM Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 at 11:53 PM Do you have a RONR citation for that, or are you making assumptions about what is "generally" found in Bylaws? Well, now that you asked, my assumption was, if the only explicit expressed limitation relates to voting rights, then p. 590 #5) and #6) would generally apply. But, I've never seen the organization's bylaws so I won't offer her an interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Hunt Posted December 1, 2012 at 07:27 AM Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 at 07:27 AM I used to think it would be sensible to prevent non-voting members from making motions, to avoid wasting time on measures not supported by any voting member. Then I realized that it would be rather pointless to confer rights---such as attendance and speaking rights, which are the rights I think are usually meant to be ascribed to "non-voting members" when the term isn't (misleadingly) used to mean "someone who ought to be present"---to someone without, at the very least, conferring upon them the right to raise a Point of Order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted December 1, 2012 at 08:01 PM Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 at 08:01 PM May a non-voting member of the board make a motion?RONR doesn't have "non-voting" members. Voting is a fundamental right of membership.So, since you must have some special rule at work, it would depend on just how the rights of this member became restricted, and what the exact language of the rule is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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