Rules pertaining to who can attend an election meeting of a non profit organization (union)

[Guest Rebecca]

Does a union election meeting have to be a closed meeting to members only?

[Joshua Katz]

Nothing in RONR says that election meetings need to be closed to non-members. Under RONR, it is up to the body meeting to decide who may attend, either by rule or one meeting at a time. Without such a decision, the default is that only members have a right to attend. But as a union, there are likely statutes that apply, as well as the union's own governing rules.

[Gary Novosielski]

On 3/24/2023 at 9:12 PM, Guest Rebecca said:

Does a union election meeting have to be a closed meeting to members only?

There's no rule in RONR that it must be closed, but I can't think why it wouldn't be.