Recessed Meetings

[Guest Tom Doonan]

Can a new meeting convene after a previous meeting was recessed due to lack of quorum?

[Guest Edgar]

A recess is just a short (e.g. ten minute) break during a meeting. If a meeting was adjourned (without being adjourned (i.e. continued) to a future date), then it's over. The next meeting will either be the next regular (e.g. monthly) meeting or a "special" meeting if the bylaws provide for special meetings.

[Chris Harrison]

It would make sense that a recessed meeting is going to be called back to order at some point.

[Guest Edgar]

It would make sense that a recessed meeting is going to be called back to order at some point.

Ah yes, I may have misunderstood the scenario. But of course it won't be a "new" meeting, just a continuation of the same meeting.

[Josh Martin]

Can a new meeting convene after a previous meeting was recessed due to lack of quorum?

No, but the same meeting can be reconvened. I'm curious, however, about whether this was a "recess" in the parliamentary sense. How long of a break are we talking about?

[Guest Kathy]

Can one meeting be suspended or recessed for another entity to conduct it's meeting if delegates are shared?

[Josh Martin]

Can one meeting be suspended or recessed for another entity to conduct it's meeting if delegates are shared?

Yes, the meeting can be recessed for that purpose if the assembly wishes. Meetings are not suspended.

[Guest Edgar]

Yes, the meeting can be recessed for that purpose if the assembly wishes.

Although since a recess is, by definition, brief, and since the recessed meeting never really stops (e.g. the chair might continue to consult with, say, the secretary), it seems unlikely that a entirely separate meeting of an entirely different body could (or should) take place during a recess. Better, I think, to adjourn the meeting until such time as the other meeting is adjourned (or until a specific time; say a half-hour later?).