Bylaws citing Roberts Rules

[Guest KOZZEA]

If our bylaws cite that roberts rules should be dictat procedure then should it be assumed that it must refer to the most resent Edition?

[Edgar Guest]

Yes.

[Richard Brown]

If our bylaws cite that roberts rules should be dictat procedure then should it be assumed that it must refer to the most resent Edition?

Yes.   Unless your bylaws refer to a specific edition of RONR (or Robert's Rules of Order), the most recent edition controls.

 

Edited to add:  RONR provides as follows on one of the title pages inside the front cover:

 

"This Eleventh Edition supersedes all previous editions and is intended automatically to become the parliamentary authority in organizations whose bylaws prescribe "Robert's Rules of Order," "Robert's Rules of Order Revised," "Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised," or "the current edition of" any of these titles, or the like, without specifying a particular edition. If the bylaws specifically identify one of the ten previous editions of the work as parliamentary authority, the bylaws should be amended to prescribe "the current edition of ‘Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised'" (see p. 588)."

 

[Hieu H. Huynh]

Perhaps your bylaws could be amended to include the following (copied from this link):

 

“The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the Society in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any special rules of order the Society may adopt.”