relinquishing floor speech time (3 minutes) to another

[Guest Karen Boon]

If, at a BOD meeting, there is an Open Forum afterward where each speaker has a 3 minute time limit, can 1 speaker  relinquish their 3 minutes to another speaker so the 2nd speaker then has 6 minutes? What does Robert's Rules say about this? 

[jstackpo]

RONR sez (p. 388) that members in debate cannot relinquish time to other member speakers, but if you mean non-members speaking at a hearing or the like, then that is up to the rules established for the hearing.

[Rob Elsman]

Are remarks in Open Forum subject to the rules concerning debate?

[jstackpo]

No; they are subject to the rules that whoever is administering the open forum establishes.  Page 96.