Yielding the floor

[Guest Annony]

Can the president be required to yield the floor when business is to be presented by others?

[Guest Annony]

This is assuming the president disagrees with the upcoming business and doesn't want to call it. 

[Richard Brown]

The president should be impartial and should not participate in debate or do anything else to favor one side or position over another. He must maintain the appearance of impartiality. If he wants to take a position or participate in debate, he should yield the chair to the vice-president until the item under consideration has been completely disposed of.

Edited to add: once  a motion has been made and seconded, the president has a duty to state the motion to the assembly and open debate on it.

[Guest Annony]

I guess my question is what if the president refuses to give the floor to the person who wants to bring forth the motion?

[Hieu H. Huynh]

Get someone who will perform the duties of a presiding officer.

[Richard Brown]

2 hours ago, Guest Annony said:

I guess my question is what if the president refuses to give the floor to the person who wants to bring forth the motion?

Have members raise a point of order that a motion has been made and seconded and must be put before the assembly. If the chair refuses to do so, appeal from the ruling of the chair. If the chair remains obstinate, he can be removed from presiding at that meeting by a two-thirds vote. If all else fails, you may have to do as Mr. Huynh suggested and remove him from office and elect a new president who will follow the rules.

Edited to add: if the president refuses to recognize someone who is properly trying to obtain the floor to make a motion, raise a point of order to that effect.

Edited July 2, 2017 at 05:10 PM by Richard Brown
Added last paragraph

[Guest Annony]

I understand how the procedure works after the motion is made, I'm asking what if the president refuses to allow the motion to come up at all? If they do not give anyone else the floor to raise the motion.

[Kim Goldsworthy]

10 minutes ago, Guest Annony said:

I understand how the procedure works after the motion is made,

I'm asking what if the president refuses to allow the motion to come up at all?

If they do not give anyone else the floor to raise the motion.

Your first recourse is Robert's Rules of Order, namely:

1.) POINT OF ORDER

2.) APPEAL

The appeal puts the decision in the hands of the members present, out of the hands of the chair.

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If your chair does not respect #1 and #2, then your second recourse is:

3.) FIND A NEW CHAIR.

This may involve disciplinary procedures: suspension, expulsion, etc.

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Q Where are you in terms of "steps already tried" (and failed)?

[Richard Brown]

57 minutes ago, Guest Annony said:

I understand how the procedure works after the motion is made, I'm asking what if the president refuses to allow the motion to come up at all? If they do not give anyone else the floor to raise the motion.

See the last paragraph of my last post above, which I added immediately after first making the post. It seems you didn't see it. Also, Mr Goldsworthy correctly answered your question.

[Josh Martin]

8 hours ago, Guest Annony said:

I understand how the procedure works after the motion is made, I'm asking what if the president refuses to allow the motion to come up at all? If they do not give anyone else the floor to raise the motion.

See RONR, 11th ed., pgs. 650-653 for the subsection "Remedies for Abuse of Authority by the Chair in a Meeting."