Guest maria coleman Posted September 27, 2014 at 03:10 PM Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 at 03:10 PM Our class election is happening in December 2014. We have members that have not paid dues this year. Can they still cast their votes for officers and vote in election? They did pay dues last year.This is what our bylaws state:To become and active and voting member each person must pay $5.00 per meeting or $120 per year to receive active members status. This is all it states about voting members. Also some members has just paid $5.00 the whole year, can they vote?Please help! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted September 27, 2014 at 03:21 PM Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 at 03:21 PM Well, RONR p. 406 says " A member of a society who is in arrears in payment of his dues, but who has not been formally dropped from the membership rolls and is not under a disciplinary suspension, retains the full rights of a voting member and is legally entitled to vote except as the bylaws may otherwise provide." Whether your bylaws disenfranchises members in arrears is for you all to determine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted September 27, 2014 at 03:32 PM Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 at 03:32 PM . . . and is legally entitled to vote . . . Legally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted September 27, 2014 at 03:44 PM Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 at 03:44 PM Legally?I was cutting and pasting from the 10th Edition CD so it appears the authorship team removed it from the 11th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted September 27, 2014 at 03:51 PM Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 at 03:51 PM Right to question: Chris interpolated an extra word - line 29. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted September 27, 2014 at 04:02 PM Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 at 04:02 PM It only caught my attention because of all the panicked cries that "We don't do 'legal' here!". So I was hoping I'd find that the word is used in RONR. Maybe elsewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted September 27, 2014 at 04:15 PM Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 at 04:15 PM It only caught my attention because of all the panicked cries that "We don't do 'legal' here!". So I was hoping I'd find that the word is used in RONR. Maybe elsewhere?According to the CD for the 10th Edition RONR did use the term "legally" but doesn't anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted September 27, 2014 at 05:29 PM Report Share Posted September 27, 2014 at 05:29 PM Our class election is happening in December 2014. We have members that have not paid dues this year. Can they still cast their votes for officers and vote in election? They did pay dues last year.This is what our bylaws state:To become and active and voting member each person must pay $5.00 per meeting or $120 per year to receive active members status. This is all it states about voting members. Also some members has just paid $5.00 the whole year, can they vote?Please help! Thanks If this is truly all your bylaws say on the subject, then it would appear that all of these members are able to vote. Many societies adopt a provision in their bylaws which provides for members to be suspended of their rights or dropped from membership if they have failed to pay their dues for a certain period of time, but in the absence of such a provision, members in arrears of their dues retain all the rights of membership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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