Guest RKG Posted October 12, 2017 at 09:32 PM Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 at 09:32 PM Any advice out there for changing a postponement to a time certain. Need to take up the action sooner than postponed to. I am not seeing an avenue to do that in Robert's Rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted October 12, 2017 at 09:44 PM Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 at 09:44 PM (edited) Yes. A motion can be made to suspend the rules and take up the postponed item immediately. Such a motion requires a two thirds vote for adoption (or it can be adopted by unanimous consent). See the bottom of page 184. Here is the applicable language: " If it is desired to reach an item immediately but it falls at a later point in the regular order of business, the assembly, by a two-thirds vote or by unanimous consent (pp. 54–56), can adopt either a motion to "suspend the rules and take up" the desired question, or a motion "to pass" one or more items [page 185] or classes of subjects in the order of business. After a question taken up out of its proper order by either of these methods has been disposed of, the regular order of business is resumed at the point where it was left off (see motion to Suspend the Rules, 25)." Edited October 12, 2017 at 09:46 PM by Richard Brown Added text from page 184-185 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Coronite Posted October 13, 2017 at 12:04 AM Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 at 12:04 AM Does "in the regular order of business" quoted above (early in the quote) apply within a meeting or session only, or can it be applied to another meeting or session? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted October 13, 2017 at 12:45 AM Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 at 12:45 AM 3 hours ago, Guest RKG said: Any advice out there for changing a postponement to a time certain. Need to take up the action sooner than postponed to. I am not seeing an avenue to do that in Robert's Rules. The assembly could also reconsider the postponement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted October 13, 2017 at 01:03 AM Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 at 01:03 AM 3 hours ago, Guest RKG said: Any advice out there for changing a postponement to a time certain. Need to take up the action sooner than postponed to. I am not seeing an avenue to do that in Robert's Rules. I'm assuming that the original postponement was to the next regular meeting, sometime in the future, but it turns our that the issue should be dealt with sooner that that. Seems to me to be proper to call a special meeting (to be held before the next regular meeting) with it made crystal clear in the special meeting notice that the purpose of the meeting will be to suspend the rules and take up the issue at that meeting. It will require a 2/3 vote to suspend and take up... If the association's bylaws do not authorize calling special meetings, it seems to me that you are stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted October 13, 2017 at 01:22 AM Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 at 01:22 AM All it takes is a member on the prevailing side and a majority vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstackpo Posted October 13, 2017 at 01:43 AM Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 at 01:43 AM That would be true if the postponement was to reconsidered at the meeting where it was originally adopted. But if that meeting has ended before it is realized that the postponement was to "too far" in the future, then he special meeting seems to be the only way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted October 13, 2017 at 01:53 AM Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 at 01:53 AM So there are different possibilities depending on the details of the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RKG Posted October 13, 2017 at 02:14 PM Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 at 02:14 PM I should have been clearer. These are all great insights. To clarify, yes the issue was postponed to a subsequent meeting date, not later in the same meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted October 13, 2017 at 02:16 PM Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 at 02:16 PM 2 minutes ago, Guest RKG said: I should have been clearer. These are all great insights. To clarify, yes the issue was postponed to a subsequent meeting date, not later in the same meeting. So it wasn't postponed until your next meeting, but one further out than that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RKG Posted October 13, 2017 at 02:40 PM Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 at 02:40 PM Correct and we may wish to address at a meeting already scheduled between now and the date it was postponed to. We are subject to open meetings so I guess the plan would be to put a motion to suspend the rules and the action item that needs to be addressed all on the agenda for consideration at the next meeting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted October 13, 2017 at 02:44 PM Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 at 02:44 PM 1 minute ago, Guest RKG said: Correct and we may wish to address at a meeting already scheduled between now and the date it was postponed to. We are subject to open meetings so I guess the plan would be to put a motion to suspend the rules and the action item that needs to be addressed all on the agenda for consideration at the next meeting. It was postponed to a time too far and in my opinion can be taken up at the next meeting (assuming it is within a quarterly time interval of when it was postponed) without any motion to suspend the rules, but you must also follow whatever notice requirements you have. See http://www.robertsrules.com/interp_list.html#2006_8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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