authority of non profit President

[Guest J.D. Daniels]

 Can the membership of a non profit organization over rule a President's decision to table a motion on the floor with a call of  two thirds (2/3) of the voting membership present at a duly advertised meeting?

[jstackpo]

Since the president has no authority to table a motion on his own (assuming you have no special rules granting that authority), any member can simply raise a point of order that the president is behaving improperly.

[Hieu H. Huynh]

Also, it is likely that "table" is being misused (see FAQ #12 and #13).

[Richard Brown]

 Almost all rulings of the chair may be overruled by a majority vote on an appeal from the ruling of the chair. The only exception is when the appeal is clearly frivolous or dilatory and there can be no other reasonable interpretation.

Edited January 10, 2019 at 02:26 PM by Richard Brown
Added last sentence

[Josh Martin]

6 hours ago, Guest J.D. Daniels said:

 Can the membership of a non profit organization over rule a President's decision to table a motion on the floor with a call of  two thirds (2/3) of the voting membership present at a duly advertised meeting?

The President has no authority to make a decision of this nature. Adopting a motion to lay on the table requires a majority vote for adoption. (The two motions that Lay on the Table is often confused with - Postpone to a Certain Time and Postpone Indefinitely - also require a majority vote and are debatable.) If the chair claims that he has “tabled” a motion on his own authority, a member can and should raise a Point of Order that the chair lacks the authority to do so and, if necessary, Appeal from the chair’s ruling on that point. A majority vote is sufficient to overturn the chair’s ruling.

Edited January 10, 2019 at 06:07 PM by Josh Martin