Debating an Appeal in Small Boards

[Tomm]

Are debates on Appeals in small boards unlimited as per 49:21 or are they still confined to only once by the Members and twice by the Chair? 

[Weldon Merritt]

On 9/6/2022 at 8:21 AM, Tomm said:

Are debates on Appeals in small boards unlimited as per 49:21 or are they still confined to only once by the Members and twice by the Chair? 

"There is no limit to the number of times a member can speak to a debatable question. Appeals, however, are debatable under the regular rules—that is, each member (except the chair) can speak only once in debate on them, while the chair may speak twice." RONR (12th ed.) 49:21(3) (footnote omitted).

[Shmuel Gerber]

On 9/6/2022 at 10:21 AM, Tomm said:

Are debates on Appeals in small boards unlimited as per 49:21 or are they still confined to only once by the Members and twice by the Chair? 

 

On 9/6/2022 at 10:32 AM, Weldon Merritt said:

"There is no limit to the number of times a member can speak to a debatable question. Appeals, however, are debatable under the regular rules—that is, each member (except the chair) can speak only once in debate on them, while the chair may speak twice." RONR (12th ed.) 49:21(3) (footnote omitted).

 

In other words, debates on appeals in small boards are still confined to only once by the members and twice by the chair, as per 49:21.

[Rob Elsman]

If you think about it, you can see why 49:21 applies the way it does in small boards.  It is not in the best interests of the assembly to spend large amounts of time on merely procedural faults.  The danger is that other, more important business will be left short of time for needed deliberation.  An over-emphasis on procedure also makes a meeting tedious and less interesting.