EMERGENCY MEETINGS OF GENERAL BODY

[Guest Ron S]

When and who is authorized to call and Emergency meeting? Not covered in By-laws only "Special" meetings.

URGENT

[Edgar Guest]

Emergency meetings are special meetings called to consider questions that can't wait until the next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

All special meetings aren't emergency meetings but all emergency meetings are special meetings.

[Guest RonS]

So an emergency meeting is the same thing? I am confused!.

 

[Edgar Guest]

So an emergency meeting is the same thing? 

 

Yes. There's no such thing in RONR as an "emergency meeting". There are regular meetings (e.g. the third Tuesday of each month) and the bylaws of many organizations also provide for special meetings in case something comes up that can't wait until the next regular meeting (or if the organization wants to call a meeting to deal with a specific (i.e. "special") question).

 

So, if there's an emergency, you'll need to follow your rules for calling a special meeting.

 

However if it's a real emergency (e.g. the clubhouse is on fire), members could act individually with the expectation that their individual decisions will later be "ratified" as an official act of the assembly. 

[jstackpo]

But, responding to part of the original question, the bylaws should specify who or what body, or collection of whos, is authorized to call a special ("emergency") meeting. If the bylaws don't, even though Special Meetings are "authorized", I guess you are sort of up the creek.