Guest Francene Breese Posted March 6, 2015 at 05:02 PM Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 at 05:02 PM Homeowners assiciation, co-owners vote as one. If one spouse is presiding, can the other spouse make motions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted March 6, 2015 at 05:15 PM Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 at 05:15 PM Since you have a customized definition of membership (more than one person sharing a vote) it will be up to you all to work out the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted March 9, 2015 at 06:45 PM Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 at 06:45 PM Homeowners assiciation, co-owners vote as one. If one spouse is presiding, can the other spouse make motions? I don't see why not, since voting and making motions are two different things. But it does not sound like a situation covered in RONR, which does not discuss any "co-voter" category of membership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transpower Posted March 10, 2015 at 01:39 PM Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 at 01:39 PM So it's one vote per household. If the designated member of the household is present (in this case, presiding), the other member would simply be a guest. Guests cannot make motions or speak in debate, unless the rules are suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted March 10, 2015 at 01:54 PM Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 at 01:54 PM So it's one vote per household. If the designated member of the household is present (in this case, presiding), the other member would simply be a guest. Guests cannot make motions or speak in debate, unless the rules are suspended.That would definitely make things simpler for the purposes of determining a quorum. However, (depending on how their bylaws define membership) it might be reasonable to argue everyone in the household is a member with all the rights thereof (except for voting) with only one of them having voting rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted March 10, 2015 at 02:11 PM Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 at 02:11 PM So it's one vote per household. If the designated member of the household is present (in this case, presiding), the other member would simply be a guest. . . .I disagree. We have seen nothing which indicates that only one co-owner (or household member) has a right to attend meetings, participate in meetings, or vote in meetings. We don't know if one household member is allowed to cast the vote for the household. We don't know if a household can split its vote. We simply don't know enough to say that if one member of a household is present, the other member is simply a guest. And we don't know enough to say that if one household member is presiding, the other household member is automatically a guest. Maybe they want the non-presiding household member to be the one debating, making motions and voting. After all, the chair should not be doing any of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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