Guest Clerk Posted March 24, 2018 at 07:10 PM Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 at 07:10 PM Can individuals who hold membership in an organization, but are not Executive Board Members, attend Executive Board Meeting? The association's by laws are silent on the subject Please cite the section of Roberts Rules on which you base our response. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted March 24, 2018 at 07:35 PM Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 at 07:35 PM In §1, The Deliberative Assembly, RONR says: A member of an assembly, in the parliamentary sense, as mentioned above, is a person entitled to full participation in its proceedings, that is, as explained in [§]3 and [§]4, the right to attend meetings, to make motions, to speak in debate, and to vote. So if the assembly that is meeting is the board, only board members have the right to attend, unless some rule provides otherwise. But the board controls its own meetings, and anyone may be permitted or invited to attend with the permission of (a majority of) the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted March 26, 2018 at 12:52 AM Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 at 12:52 AM I agree with Mr. Novosielski but would add that the membership itself can also adopt a rule permitting general members to attend board meetings. Such a rule should probably provide an exception for meetings held in executive session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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