Guest kevin Posted March 18, 2019 at 02:00 PM Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 at 02:00 PM Can the membership, at a regularly scheduled meeting, vote to over ride a bylaw because of the circumstance involved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted March 18, 2019 at 02:02 PM Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 at 02:02 PM Just now, Guest kevin said: Can the membership, at a regularly scheduled meeting, vote to over ride a bylaw because of the circumstance involved? Most rules in the bylaws may not be suspended. Can you tell us exactly what the rule is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kevin Posted March 18, 2019 at 02:46 PM Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 at 02:46 PM Motion on travel reimbursement. Our by-laws say no fewer than two members in a car. We can't send smokers and non-smokers together, we have one member who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and other issues. Sometimes we only send one person. i know it doesn't make sense, but technically that would force us to send an extra body to comply with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted March 18, 2019 at 02:49 PM Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 at 02:49 PM Just now, Guest kevin said: Motion on travel reimbursement. Our by-laws say no fewer than two members in a car. We can't send smokers and non-smokers together, we have one member who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and other issues. Sometimes we only send one person. i know it doesn't make sense, but technically that would force us to send an extra body to comply with this. No, a rule regarding travel reimbursement may not be suspended under the rules in RONR. If the membership takes such an action you will need to raise a point of order (hopefully immediately, but any time will do ) in a regular or properly called meeting with a quorum present. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kevin Posted March 18, 2019 at 03:28 PM Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 at 03:28 PM Thank you for your response. What is your take on sending just one member. Would it be proper to send only one delegate under this by-law, or would we be forced to send two ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shmuel Gerber Posted March 18, 2019 at 03:44 PM Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 at 03:44 PM 13 minutes ago, Guest kevin said: Thank you for your response. What is your take on sending just one member. Would it be proper to send only one delegate under this by-law, or would we be forced to send two ? This is not a question about parliamentary procedure, but about your organization's own specific rule. Only you (collectively) can decide what the rule means and how it applies. Start by reading the actual wording of the complete rule as stated in the bylaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kevin Posted March 18, 2019 at 03:51 PM Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 at 03:51 PM Thank you. I was just wondering that since our wording states that no fewer than two members per car if driving, if I should raise a point of order and call the motion to just send one person out of order per the by-laws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted March 18, 2019 at 04:18 PM Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 at 04:18 PM Perhaps the bylaws could be amended to address the situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted March 18, 2019 at 06:20 PM Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 at 06:20 PM (edited) 2 hours ago, Guest kevin said: Thank you. I was just wondering that since our wording states that no fewer than two members per car if driving, if I should raise a point of order and call the motion to just send one person out of order per the by-laws. It is up to your organization to interpret its own bylaws. If the motion does conflict with the bylaws, it should be ruled out of order. In the long run, it may be prudent to amend the bylaws to remove this rule entirely, provide for specific exceptions, or provide a mechanism to suspend the rule. Edited March 18, 2019 at 06:20 PM by Josh Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted March 18, 2019 at 07:45 PM Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 at 07:45 PM To expand on Mr. Martin's last point, the bylaws could be amended for this provision to include a method on how and when it can be suspended. You can do that if you don't want to strike it out entirely. For example, you could say which body can suspend it (one officer, exec committee, board, membership meeting), what vote it would require, and any specific reasons which would be valid reasons to suspend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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