stature Posted October 13, 2018 at 01:48 AM Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 at 01:48 AM Bylaws allow the Board to vote for bylaws amendments to be submitted by mail with a ballot to members between conventions. Facts The Board votes to make amendments and as per bylaws to send it to members. Amendments are grouped and referred to by topic on the ballot without reference to any bylaw numbers, and the topic group consists of topics that can be separately voted on without affect on the other bylaws in the grouping. Question: Can a member assert a demand for separate consideration as per RONR p 274 l.31 to 275 on grouped together proposed bylaw amendments sent by mail? "...one or more of the several resolutions must receive separate consideration and vote at the request of a single member...." ((The demand for separate consideration doesn't need a second and isn't debated , so can that demand apply to a voting by mail on proposed lumped together bylaw amendments - a demand that it be separated?)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Who's Coming to Dinner Posted October 13, 2018 at 02:04 AM Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 at 02:04 AM How are you going to demand anything without a meeting? The rule you cited operates in the context of a meeting, not a mail-in ballot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted October 13, 2018 at 02:30 AM Report Share Posted October 13, 2018 at 02:30 AM 36 minutes ago, stature said: Question: Can a member assert a demand for separate consideration as per RONR p 274 l.31 to 275 on grouped together proposed bylaw amendments sent by mail? Unfortunately, no, unless your own rules provide a means of doing so. Without such a rule , a mail ballot is an up or down vote. If there is something wrong with the proposed amendment, the best way to handle it is to try to persuade the other members to vote it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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