Notice of Meeting Requirements

[Guest Lisa]

Is a meeting official if not all Board Members were invited?

[Richard Brown]

5 minutes ago, Guest Lisa said:

Is a meeting official if not all Board Members were invited?

No, unless it was a regularly scheduled board meeting for which notices are not sent out.  But, if it was a special (or called) meeting, then ALL members are entitled to be given the appropriate notice.   The same would be true regardless of whether the meeting is a general membership meeting or a board meeting.  Without the appropriate notice, any action taken at the meeting would be void and of no effect. 

Edited to add:  I am assuming that your rules (bylaws) require notice of special meetings and that special meetings are permitted by your bylaws.  Special meetings are not permitted at all unless authorized in the bylaws.  If your bylaws are silent as to the notice requirement, and if RONR is your parliamentary authority, then notice must be sent to all members "a reasonable number of days in advance".  RONR, pages 91-92. 

Edited December 31, 2017 at 12:00 AM by Richard Brown

[jstackpo]

No, or rather the meeting may well be "official", but anything adopted at the meeting is subject to being nullified by a point of order later in the meeting, or at any subsequent one.  This is because the basic right of a member is to attend meetings in order, obviously, to vote, and those who were not notified have been deprived of that right.