Carolyn Posted October 9, 2017 at 10:22 PM Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 at 10:22 PM I find I have another question! This one is straightforward. Are there any conditions in which an appeal of a decision of the chair can be deemed "dilatory" by the chair and thus not permitted? Or to put it slightly differently, are there any conditions in which a chair can refuse to hear an appeal of his or her decision on the basis that the appeal is "dilatory"? Doesn't an appeal of a decision of the chair that is seconded always have to end in a vote by the body on the chair's ruling? Looking forward to hearing views on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted October 9, 2017 at 10:40 PM Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 at 10:40 PM 17 minutes ago, Carolyn said: I find I have another question! This one is straightforward. Are there any conditions in which an appeal of a decision of the chair can be deemed "dilatory" by the chair and thus not permitted? Or to put it slightly differently, are there any conditions in which a chair can refuse to hear an appeal of his or her decision on the basis that the appeal is "dilatory"? Yes, an appeal of the decision of the chair is dilatory if there cannot possibly be two reasonable opinions on the question. (RONR, 11th ed., pg. 342) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolyn Posted October 9, 2017 at 10:45 PM Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 at 10:45 PM Thank you, Josh. So everything comes back to whether there could be two reasonable opinions on the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted October 9, 2017 at 11:05 PM Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 at 11:05 PM (edited) 22 minutes ago, Carolyn said: Thank you, Josh. So everything comes back to whether there could be two reasonable opinions on the question. Yes, and it's the chair who gets to make that decision. If the assembly believes the chair is wrongfully refusing to allow an appeal, the assembly's recourse is to suspend the rules and remove the chairman from presiding. Doing so requires a two thirds vote and the chairman must relinquish the chair for the handling of the motion. RONR p. 651-652, particularly p. 652. Also see the footnote on page 652. Edited to add: the society might also consider disciplinary action against the president. Edited October 9, 2017 at 11:10 PM by Richard Brown Added last paragraph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolyn Posted October 9, 2017 at 11:10 PM Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 at 11:10 PM Yes, thanks, Richard — I know that now, and have used that measure. I'm just trying to think through something that happened at an earlier meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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