Jbwidaho Posted February 19, 2014 at 09:15 PM Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 at 09:15 PM Our bylaws state;:"All meetings of the corporation may be conducted under Roberts Rules of Order"Our bylaws give no further definition of "may". Who gets to make that decision and at what point is that decision made?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted February 19, 2014 at 10:04 PM Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 at 10:04 PM Good question! The assembly (not the Board, not the presiding officer) unless the bylaws explicitly give such power to make the "may" decision to either of them. In RONR-land all power resides with the assembly, unless it has, via bylaws usually, turned some (or even all) of its powers over to the Board (or even the presiding officer - who might be called a dictator in that case). But in Corporation-land things may be different if the corporate law, which has precedence over RONR, says something different. Ask a lawyer. Then amend your bylaws to read "shall", not "may" and go look here - click on this link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted February 19, 2014 at 10:05 PM Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 at 10:05 PM Our bylaws state;:"All meetings of the corporation may be conducted under Roberts Rules of Order"Our bylaws give no further definition of "may".Who gets to make that decision and at what point is that decision made?? It's up to your organization to interpret its own bylaws. See RONR, 11th ed., pgs. 588-591 for some Principles of Interpretation. In the long run, amend the bylaws to replace that language with RONR's recommended language for prescribing it as the organization's parliamentary authority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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