Seven-day rule

[Guest Seth Taylor]

Hello:

 

I am new to this, and I don't know whether this is even a RR question, but here goes:

 

Am I correct in assuming that waiver of a seven-day notice rule for voting items requires unanimous consent?  I assume that one person can prevent waiver of the rule even if everyone else is willing to waive it. 

 

Thanks.

[Chris Harrison]

That is (to some extent) an RONR question.  There are some here that believe that a notice rule cannot be waived no matter whether there is unanimous consent or not.  Then there are some who argue that the rule can be waived if and only if every single member of the organization are at the meeting and there is no objection (the thought being a notice rule protects the rights of absentees and those who are absent cannot protect their own rights).

[Guest Guest]

Thanks, Chris!

[Hieu H. Huynh]

A rule requiring previous notice for voting items protects absentees, if there are any, and cannot be suspended when any member is absent. However if there are no absentees, I think the rule could be suspended by a two-thirds vote. Where does your seven-day notice rule come from and what are these voting items?

[Josh Martin]

That is (to some extent) an RONR question.  There are some here that believe that a notice rule cannot be waived no matter whether there is unanimous consent or not.  Then there are some who argue that the rule can be waived if and only if every single member of the organization are at the meeting and there is no objection (the thought being a notice rule protects the rights of absentees and those who are absent cannot protect their own rights).

I don't think those are the only views on the subject. Personally, I concur with Mr. Huynh that a rule requiring previous notice of a motion cannot be suspended unless all members are present, but if all members are present, a 2/3 vote would suffice to suspend the rule.