Tonyeo Posted May 11, 2015 at 06:45 PM Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 at 06:45 PM The board sent out a revision in accordance with the present bylaws 30 days before a vote, at the subsequent meeting a member put forward an amendment but the President refused it as there had to be 30 days notice to amend the bylaws. I thought that if it was a revision (completely rewritten) then amendments could be made from the floor. After the President refused another member called for a vote. While still in discussion another member made a motion to postpone till the fall meeting, the President again refused saying that there was already a motion to vote. The vote then took place. Was this vote illigal?Was the President overstepping his authority? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted May 11, 2015 at 06:52 PM Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 at 06:52 PM It appears that your president was wrong on virtually all counts, but if no appeals were taken from his awful rulings I'm afraid you're out of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyeo Posted May 11, 2015 at 11:17 PM Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 at 11:17 PM Interesting, so how do you deal with someone under those circumstances who either wanted to just drive it through or is ignorant of the rules?The problem is probably 99% of the membership do not know or care about how a meeting should be run. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Guest Posted May 11, 2015 at 11:20 PM Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 at 11:20 PM The problem is probably 99% of the membership do not know or care about how a meeting should be run. If that's the case, I wouldn't attend meetings. And maybe leave the organization. Life's too short. By the way, most people don't join organizations to attend meetings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted May 11, 2015 at 11:50 PM Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 at 11:50 PM Interesting, so how do you deal with someone under those circumstances who either wanted to just drive it through or is ignorant of the rules? See RONR, 11th ed., pgs. 247-260 for information on a Point of Order and Appeal, and pgs. 650-653 for information on "Remedies for Abuse of Authority by the Chair in the Meeting." The problem is probably 99% of the membership do not know or care about how a meeting should be run. That will certainly complicate things, since you're going to need a majority on your side to accomplish much (and 2/3 is even better). You can educate the people who don't know how a meeting should be run. We can't help you make people care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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