Guest Marti K Posted May 4, 2020 at 12:24 AM Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 at 12:24 AM Our organization holds an Annual Meeting of the Society. All business during the year is dealt with by monthly meetings of the Board. Does this mean that the Annual Meeting agenda does not include Unfinished Business? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted May 4, 2020 at 03:49 PM Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 at 03:49 PM 15 hours ago, Guest Marti K said: Our organization holds an Annual Meeting of the Society. All business during the year is dealt with by monthly meetings of the Board. Does this mean that the Annual Meeting agenda does not include Unfinished Business? Thank you It is advisable to include such a provision. See RONR (11th ed.), pp. 374-375 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted May 4, 2020 at 04:39 PM Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 at 04:39 PM 46 minutes ago, George Mervosh said: It is advisable to include such a provision. See RONR (11th ed.), pp. 374-375 But if the assembly only meets once a year, there wouldn't be any unfinished business (unless the annual meeting takes place over multiple days). Since the assembly meets less often than quarterly, business which is pending at the time of adjournment or which is set as an order of the day but not reached prior to adjournment falls to the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Honemann Posted May 4, 2020 at 05:43 PM Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 at 05:43 PM But George has it right. Never argue with a member of the 2FP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marti K Posted May 4, 2020 at 08:05 PM Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 at 08:05 PM 4 hours ago, George Mervosh said: It is advisable to include such a provision. See RONR (11th ed.), pp. 374-375 Unfortunately, I am only current to the 10th edition. My online search was fruitless to find the referred pages. Plus I asked a question in the negative. To reframe my query, is it allowed to include Unfinished Business on the agenda for Annual Meeting of the Society? This also prompts me to make sure our bylaws are updated to 11th Edition. Would this require a vote or is it considered a small change of "grammatical" issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted May 4, 2020 at 08:10 PM Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 at 08:10 PM 1 minute ago, Guest Marti K said: Unfortunately, I am only current to the 10th edition. My online search was fruitless to find the referred pages. Plus I asked a question in the negative. To reframe my query, is it allowed to include Unfinished Business on the agenda for Annual Meeting of the Society? It's allowed and advisable. In the 10th Edition, see p. 361, lines 24ff 2 minutes ago, Guest Marti K said: This also prompts me to make sure our bylaws are updated to 11th Edition. Would this require a vote or is it considered a small change of "grammatical" issue? It requires a full bylaw change according to whatever amendment procedure your bylaws contain, but you should consider not adopting a specific edition, especially since the 12th edition will likely be out later this year. See this https://robertsrules.com/authority.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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