Guest Dave Jorgensen Posted January 13, 2015 at 09:49 PM Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 at 09:49 PM Are there specific rules requiring or at least strongly encouraging civility between Board members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted January 13, 2015 at 10:13 PM Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 at 10:13 PM I think that RONR is like a book on "civility" in deliberative assemblies. If your board members are not using "civility", perhaps Chapter XX on Disciplinary Procedures (p. 643ff.) may be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted January 13, 2015 at 10:16 PM Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 at 10:16 PM Yes, throughout RONR, but especially on page 43 and on pages 391 - 394. This quote from page 43 summarizes it pretty well:"Debate must be confined to the merits of the pending question. Speakers must address their remarks to the chair, maintain a courteous tone, and—especially in reference to any divergence of opinion—should avoid injecting a personal note into debate. To this end, they must never attack or make any allusion to the motives of members. As already noted, speakers should refer to officers only by title and should avoid the mention of other members' names as much as possible." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted January 13, 2015 at 11:30 PM Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 at 11:30 PM Are there specific rules requiring or at least strongly encouraging civility between Board members? What you call "civility", RONR calls "decorum". Check the Index. You'll find the pages cited by Mr. Brown the honorable gentleman from New Orleans . . . and a few more. Edited to avoid the mention of other members' names as much as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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