Guest Brenda Posted June 13, 2017 at 12:49 PM Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 at 12:49 PM We allow persons from the audience to speak on agenda items but are they allowed to speak on the agenda item once a substitute motion is made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted June 13, 2017 at 12:58 PM Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 at 12:58 PM 8 minutes ago, Guest Brenda said: We allow persons from the audience to speak on agenda items but are they allowed to speak on the agenda item once a substitute motion is made? You will have to tell us. This is your rule which permits nonmembers to speak, not RONR's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Public comment Posted June 13, 2017 at 02:11 PM Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 at 02:11 PM This is not a rule of ours. One of my board members said that she read it in RONR. I can't find it when I look. Thought I may have overlooked it. Our rules do allow the public to speak on an agenda item for a maximum of 3 minutes. My board member said she read that they can speak on original motion but cannot speak on a substitute motion if one is made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted June 13, 2017 at 02:13 PM Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 at 02:13 PM 1 minute ago, Guest Public comment said: This is not a rule of ours. One of my board members said that she read it in RONR. I can't find it when I look. Thought I may have overlooked it. Our rules do allow the public to speak on an agenda item for a maximum of 3 minutes. My board member said she read that they can speak on original motion but cannot speak on a substitute motion if one is made. She read nothing of the sort, at least in RONR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Audience Comment/Sub Mo Posted June 13, 2017 at 02:40 PM Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 at 02:40 PM Great.... You have been a great help. I will let her know that this is not a RONR rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted June 13, 2017 at 03:07 PM Report Share Posted June 13, 2017 at 03:07 PM 52 minutes ago, Guest Public comment said: This is not a rule of ours. One of my board members said that she read it in RONR. I can't find it when I look. Thought I may have overlooked it. Our rules do allow the public to speak on an agenda item for a maximum of 3 minutes. My board member said she read that they can speak on original motion but cannot speak on a substitute motion if one is made. Looks like a rule of yours to me. In any event, as has been noted, it isn't found in RONR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintCad Posted June 16, 2017 at 02:33 AM Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 at 02:33 AM I thought RONR allowed the body to Suspend the Rules to allow non-members to speak. This could be the rule the OP is alluding to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted June 16, 2017 at 10:18 AM Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 at 10:18 AM On 6/13/2017 at 10:11 AM, Guest Public comment said: This is not a rule of ours. One of my board members said that she read it in RONR. I can't find it when I look. Thought I may have overlooked it. Our rules do allow the public to speak on an agenda item for a maximum of 3 minutes. My board member said she read that they can speak on original motion but cannot speak on a substitute motion if one is made. 7 hours ago, SaintCad said: I thought RONR allowed the body to Suspend the Rules to allow non-members to speak. This could be the rule the OP is alluding to. The rule alluded to is one which says that, if the rules allow nonmembers to speak on an agenda item, they cannot speak on any substitute motion made for that agenda item. The observation (in the footnote on p. 263 of RONR, 11th ed.) that rules may be suspended to allow nonmembers to speak in debate doesn't seem to even come close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintCad Posted June 16, 2017 at 03:54 PM Report Share Posted June 16, 2017 at 03:54 PM I agree Dan. I suspect the member read that rule and misinterepreted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ed Posted June 17, 2017 at 05:20 AM Report Share Posted June 17, 2017 at 05:20 AM On 6/13/2017 at 10:40 AM, Guest Audience Comment/Sub Mo said: Great.... You have been a great help. I will let her know that this is not a RONR rule. Or better yet, take your copy of RONR (it sounds based on an earlier post that you have a copy of RONR) and ask her to show you the passage if she still claims what she is saying is true (I have the feeling based on other people who have had similar issues - i.e. people claiming things existed in RONR that do not exist - that some people will still claim things, so it helps to have 'the book' available for a "Then show me" response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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