Roman.76 Posted April 22, 2019 at 04:13 AM Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 at 04:13 AM I'm wanting to adopt two rules (below) for a student council I am a member of. Would you suggest these be adopted as standing rules or special rules of orders? No matter how much I read up on it I still get the two confused and what would apply as a standing rule and a special rule of order. Thank you! ARTICLE ??. ORDER OF BUSINESS Section 1.1 - Order of Business. The order of business for meetings shall be as follows: Call to Order Roll Call Invocation Introduction of Visitors Officers and HCHSA Members Open Forum 1. Adoption of Agenda 2. Approval of Minutes 3. Reports of Officers 4. Reports of Standing Committees 5. Reports of Special Committees 6. Special Orders 7. Unfinished Business and General Orders 8. New Business 9. Announcements Adjournment ARTICLE ??. EXPENDITURES Section 1.1 - Approval. All expenditures of Student Council funds shall be approved by a two-thirds vote. This approval may either be in advance of the expenditure or as a reimbursement. The Student Council shall not be obligated to reimburse any person for expenditures made without prior approval. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. J. Posted April 22, 2019 at 04:34 AM Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 at 04:34 AM The first one is very clearly a rule in the nature of a rule of order as it deals with the transaction of business within a meeting (p. 15, ll. 9-11). An order of business is specifically mentioned as something that is a rule in the nature of a rule of order (p. 16, ll. 7-9). Likewise, the setting of a vote threshold deals with the transaction of business within a meeting. That is a rule in the nature of a rule of order as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted April 22, 2019 at 04:37 AM Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 at 04:37 AM 23 minutes ago, Roman.76 said: No matter how much I read up on it I still get the two confused and what would apply as a standing rule and a special rule of order. Thank you! Imagine you joined a bowling league. Rules about bowling would be standing rules. Rules about meetings (at which no bowling happens, but where you make decisions about bowling, about funds for bowling, etc.) would be special rules of order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Lages Posted April 22, 2019 at 01:38 PM Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 at 01:38 PM You posted these proposals with as-yet-to-be-determined Article numbers - are you sure these will not be bylaw amendments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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