Walking new business onto set agenda

[Guest JRN]

Are you allowed to walk a topic onto new business if not previously on the existing agenda 

[Dan Honemann]

On 3/25/2023 at 6:57 PM, Guest JRN said:

Are you allowed to walk a topic onto new business if not previously on the existing agenda 

Probably.

[Richard Brown]

What do you mean by “walk a topic onto new business”???

[Rob Elsman]

Almost certainly.

I recommend reading all of RONR (12th ed.) §41 very carefully.

[Gary Novosielski]

On 3/25/2023 at 6:57 PM, Guest JRN said:

Are you allowed to walk a topic onto new business if not previously on the existing agenda 

Very probably, and especially if New Business is a topic on the existing agenda, but even if not.  Once all the items on the agenda have been disposed of, and before the meeting adjourns, you may seek recognition to move an item of new business.

Agenda items are matters that should be considered during a meeting, but that doesn't mean they're the only matters that may be considered--unless, of course, you have some custom rule that supersedes the ones in RONR.

[Rob Elsman]

If this is a public body operating under open meeting laws, it may be that public notice of each item of business is required, in which case, it might not be possible to introduce new business for which public notice has not been properly given.

[Gary Novosielski]

On 3/26/2023 at 10:46 AM, Rob Elsman said:

If this is a public body operating under open meeting laws, it may be that public notice of each item of business is required, in which case, it might not be possible to introduce new business for which public notice has not been properly given.

Yes, of course.