Guest Lori Posted September 29, 2014 at 11:07 PM Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 at 11:07 PM My board has called a motion that is counter to the constitution. Can they do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted September 29, 2014 at 11:13 PM Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 at 11:13 PM Maybe. If you provide more details we may be able to give a more in depth answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lori Posted September 29, 2014 at 11:25 PM Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 at 11:25 PM The constitution states that the negotiating team should be made up of 1 member from each building to be on the negotiating team. A member that has been on the team for 30 years was moved to a different building so now that building will have 2 members and the other building will have none. Members of the board say that they can just vote to do this even though it goes against the constitution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted September 29, 2014 at 11:52 PM Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 at 11:52 PM My board has called a motion that is counter to the constitution. Can they do this? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted September 30, 2014 at 12:13 AM Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 at 12:13 AM The constitution states that the negotiating team should be made up of 1 member from each building to be on the negotiating team. A member that has been on the team for 30 years was moved to a different building so now that building will have 2 members and the other building will have none. Members of the board say that they can just vote to do this even though it goes against the constitution. Nope. See this link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted September 30, 2014 at 02:10 AM Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 at 02:10 AM The constitution states thatthe negotiating team should be made up of 1 member from each building to be on the negotiating team. A rule which recommends only is not a rule which compels. If your rule says "X should be Y", that could be interpreted to mean that that formation is the ideal, and not necessarily the only formation. (Analogy: Mother says, "You should eat a variety of vegetables." That is the ideal. -- But not the only way to achive variety of vegetable protein and vegetable vitamins.) But 10 people could read that rule of yours and come away with 10 interpretations.So, whatever the organization interprets, THAT is the interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted October 1, 2014 at 12:33 AM Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 at 12:33 AM A rule which recommends only is not a rule which compels. If your rule says "X should be Y", that could be interpreted to mean that that formation is the ideal, and not necessarily the only formation. (Analogy: Mother says, "You should eat a variety of vegetables." That is the ideal. -- But not the only way to achive variety of vegetable protein and vegetable vitamins.) But 10 people could read that rule of yours and come away with 10 interpretations.So, whatever the organization interprets, THAT is the interpretation. We should also consider the possibility that what the OP posted is just a paraphrase of the rule in question. The actual rule hopefully does not say "should." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lori Posted October 1, 2014 at 07:50 PM Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 at 07:50 PM Yes, I was paraphrasing the rule iny own words for clarity's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lori Posted October 1, 2014 at 07:51 PM Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 at 07:51 PM ...in my own... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted October 1, 2014 at 07:58 PM Report Share Posted October 1, 2014 at 07:58 PM Yes, I was paraphrasing the rule in my own words for clarity's sake. Next time . . . don't do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted October 2, 2014 at 03:46 AM Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 at 03:46 AM Yes, I was paraphrasing the rule in my own words for clarity's sake. So, what does the rule actually say about the composition of the negotiating team? This might be a case of having to interpret your constitution or bylaws, which is something we cannot do for you. Your organization has to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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