Guest Ron Posted January 31, 2015 at 03:24 PM Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 at 03:24 PM In our by laws it states that the board can change by laws during the year and put them into effect until the annual meeting where they will be voted on by the general membership. Our by laws also state that it is not completey spelled out in our by laws we following roberts rules. My question is what our robers rules for voting and posting of by laws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted January 31, 2015 at 03:37 PM Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 at 03:37 PM In our by laws it states that the board can change by laws during the year and put them into effect until the annual meeting where they will be voted on by the general membership. Then that's the rule you must follow, regardless of what it says in RONR. It's not a great rule (the general membership could reject the new bylaws that may have been in effect for many months) . . . but it's your rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted January 31, 2015 at 03:55 PM Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 at 03:55 PM I was wondering about the rules for posting to the general membership Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted January 31, 2015 at 04:02 PM Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 at 04:02 PM I was wondering about the rules for posting to the general membership RONR says nothing about "posting" bylaws. If your bylaws had nothing to say about how they are amended, the RONR default rule is that, if previous notice is given, they can be amended with a two-thirds vote of the (general) membership (present and voting). Without notice you'd need the affirmative vote of a majority of the (entire) membership. The board would play no role. But your rules supersede ("overrule") what RONR says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted January 31, 2015 at 04:08 PM Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 at 04:08 PM I was wondering about the rules for posting to the general membershipThe by law is only in effect until it is voted on by the members at our anuall meeting. but no notice was given if that they were going to vote on them does roberts rules list a time frame of when it would have to be posted to the general membership like 30 days we do not have a bylaw that says when it would have to be posted to have a vote so I wanted to know what robers says Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted January 31, 2015 at 08:08 PM Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 at 08:08 PM The by law is only in effect until it is voted on by the members at our anuall meeting. but no notice was given if that they were going to vote on them does roberts rules list a time frame of when it would have to be posted to the general membership like 30 days we do not have a bylaw that says when it would have to be posted to have a vote so I wanted to know what robers saysIf your bylaws were entirely silent on their amendment (which they are not), the rule would be that notice may be provided orally at the previous meeting (if the next meeting is within a quarterly interval) or by including the notice in the call of the meeting.Your bylaws are not silent, however, so RONR has no rules on this subject for your organization. Your organization should have included such rules in its bylaws. Since it did not, it seems to me that (unfortunately), no notice is required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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