Lois Carter Posted March 7, 2019 at 06:08 PM Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 at 06:08 PM If a Board Member is listed on a Committee as "Board Liaison" and is non-voting by law, does that Board member count as one of the committee members if that committee has a limited number of members? In other words, must a Board Liaison on a committee be counted as a committee member so that if a committee's membership is limited to 10 members, does the Board Liaison "member" count as one of the 10 committee members? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted March 7, 2019 at 06:15 PM Report Share Posted March 7, 2019 at 06:15 PM 7 minutes ago, Lois Carter said: If a Board Member is listed on a Committee as "Board Liaison" and is non-voting by law, does that Board member count as one of the committee members if that committee has a limited number of members? In other words, must a Board Liaison on a committee be counted as a committee member so that if a committee's membership is limited to 10 members, does the Board Liaison "member" count as one of the 10 committee members? It is ultimately up to the organization to interpret its own rules, but so far as RONR is concerned, a person without the right to vote is not a true member. “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.” (RONR, 11th ed., pg. 3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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