Guest Howe Posted June 8, 2016 at 07:58 PM Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 at 07:58 PM Quick question: If there is a custom of handing out an award at each monthly meeting to a member of the club by nomination and vote, and if that is shown on the monthly agenda as a line item for the meeting, but the handing out of the award is not mentioned anywhere in the club bylaws - does the leadership have to provide a club vote to stop handing out the award every month? A club member says that since it has been handed out every month for the last few years, it is now a tradition, and has to be voted on my the club membership to not hand it out. Thanks for your response... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted June 8, 2016 at 08:05 PM Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 at 08:05 PM The club should follow the custom or vote to change it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted June 8, 2016 at 08:32 PM Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 at 08:32 PM I agree with Mr. Huynh. It seems to me that this practice has become a custom and is not prohibited by any written rule. This statement on page 19 of RONR regarding custom should be helpful: "In some organizations, a particular practice may sometimes come to be followed as a matter of established custom so that it is treated practically as if it were prescribed by a rule. If there is no contrary provision in the parliamentary authority or written rules of the organization, the established custom should be adhered to unless the assembly, by a majority vote, agrees in a particular instance to do otherwise. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howe Posted June 8, 2016 at 09:08 PM Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 at 09:08 PM Thank-you very much for your responses. We will move forward as noted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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