Article 6 section 38; does this apply to holding a meeting open for a month so we can obtain 2/3 signatures

[Guest richard lind]

Article 6-section 38 does this apply to holding a meeting open to continue for a month to botain signatures necessary for 2/3  of membership required to amend bylaws

[Chris Harrison]

Since there is no Article 6 Section 38 in RONR I am assuming you are referring to some customized rule of the organization so we won't be of much help here.

[Edgar Guest]

Since there is no Article 6 Section 38 in RONR . . .

 

Well, there's an Article 6 Section 38 in RO.

[Richard Brown]

 

Well, there's an Article 6 Section 38 in RO.

Yes, I suspect he is looking at the 1915 4th edition of Robert's Rules of Order, which is the only version that is online....and is 100 years and 7 editions out of date.

[Hieu H. Huynh]

Article 6-section 38 does this apply to holding a meeting open to continue for a month to [obtain] signatures necessary for 2/3 of membership required to amend bylaws

 

Your organization should follow the procedures provided in your bylaws for amending them. 

 

What do you mean by "holding a meeting open to continue for a month to obtain signatures necessary for 2/3 of membership required to amend bylaws"? Could you provide more details?

[Gary Novosielski]

Article 6-section 38 does this apply to holding a meeting open to continue for a month to [obtain] signatures necessary for 2/3  of membership required to amend bylaws

 

I doubt you're going to get a quorum of people together in the same room for a whole month.

 

If you're talking about voting at a polling place, and keeping voting open for a month, it's going to depend on your bylaws, how the voting is to take place, and other factors.  More information from you will yield better answers.