agenda

[Guest mary]

i am a voulenter at our local library support group. i serve as president. i believe that i should write the agenda for our meetings, the secratry disagrees.

thank you for your opinion

[Joshua Katz]

To the extent it makes sense for your organization to use agendas at all, the president typically prepares a proposed agenda. But nothing is an agenda until it is adopted by the assembly at the meeting. A proposal is just that, a proposal, and anyone else may offer a competing proposal if desired. In other words, this is a task, not a power.

[Gary Novosielski]

You may wish to consider whether you should be using an agenda at all.  Do your bylaws or an adopted Special Rule of Order require it?

The Standard Order of Business comprises the following headings:

     1) Reading and Approval of Minutes
     2) Reports of Officers, Boards, and Standing Committees
     3) Reports of Special (Select or Ad Hoc) Committees
     4) Special Orders
     5) Unfinished Business and General Orders
     6) New Business

In organizations that have adopted RONR as their parliamentary authority, that hold their regular meetings as frequently as quarterly, and have not adopted a special order of business, this series of headings is their prescribed order of business.
[see RONR (12th ed.) 41:5 ff.]
 

[Rob Elsman]

Thank you, Mr. Novosielski, for the relief.

[Gary Novosielski]

On 3/3/2024 at 4:11 PM, Rob Elsman said:

Thank you, Mr. Novosielski, for the relief.

Avec plaisir.