Executive session

[Guest Dan Honemann]

>>Where is executive session covered in RROO?<<

RONR, 10th ed., pages 92-93.

>>(my edition of RROO does not cover executive session)<<

Then get the right one. The current edition is Robert's Rules of Orde"

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

>>Since the BOD did not call executive session and the president did, is everything still to be kept confidential?<<

Yes. The other board members, by their silence, agreed. The decision was made "without objection" (or, &quo"

[Guest A Porter]

Can a Board of Directors call an executive session of just officers not the other board members? Our board does it frequently without ever stating what the session will cover.

Thank you."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

All members of the body that is meeting (e.g. the board) must be notified of all meetings.

But any group of people (e.g. just officers) is free to get together to discuss whatever they like. It's just not a MEETING in the parliamentary sense of t"

[Guest Kim Goldsworthy]

A Porter,

(It would have been better if you asked your question in a new thread, instead of piggybacking on someone else's thread.)

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>>Can a [X] call an executive session of just officers not the other board members? <<"

[Guest Aubrey]

The BOD was notified at the start of our board meeting that we were going into executive session by the president. Since we didn't know what executive session was, we objected. The president had a printed explanation that stated 72 hours notice had to b"

[Guest Thomas Ralph]

It seems to me that the meeting did not go into executive session. It is otherwise valid."

[Guest John M.]

>>The president had a printed explanation that stated 72 hours notice had to be given and it had to be on the agenda.<<

Neither of those things is required by RONR. Under RONR, it only takes a majority vote or unanimous consent. No no"

[Guest Scot N. Cornell]

Can the President call for an Executive Session which is officers only and any decisions/amendments voted on considered binding?"

[Guest Kim Goldsworthy]

Scot,

>>Can the President call for an Executive Session which is officers only and any decisions/amendments voted on considered binding? <<

kg: No.

Not "officers only".

Must be "members only."

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[Guest Aubrey]

KG - the majority of our board decided to spend $8000 on a hot tub. Susie Q, went to an atty and found their motion contradicted the bylaws. At the next board meeting the president called executive session. 8 of the 9 board members were present and abou"

[Guest Thomas Ralph]

Your situation appears to be beyond what can be handled in this online forum. I would suggest obtaining the services of a professional parliamentarian in your area who can sit down with you and go through all the facts and matters."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

>>Was this correct usage of executive session?<<

An assembly (e.g. a board) can meet in executive session whenever it wants, for whatever reason it wants, or for no reason at all. Indeed, RONR notes that many boards meet EXCLUSIVELY i"

[Guest Trina]

> 8 of the 9 board members were present and about 25 members-they were there to hear the discussion of the board... <

It sounds like there is considerable interest among the general membership about this issue. As Mr. Mountcastle pointed ou"

[Guest John M.]

>>Was this correct usage of executive session?<<

It wasn't correct as the President acted on his own, however, it is too late to raise a Point of Order now.

>>Is it still kept "secret" confidential?<<

[Guest Aubrey]

Hi Mr. Mountcastle,

I am interested in your reply as I thought 'executive session" per what our pres said was "strictly top secret" - what happens here-stays here. however, you replied that if a board member was not present he may reque"

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

You can get everyone a shower stall for a lot less that $8k. And the history of humanity shows that going without a bath for a year never killed anyone, and until advertisers of soaps and deodorants (need I mention "body washes" or other drivel"

[Guest Gary c]

I return, my lowbrow cineaste' inclinations thwarted once again by the airily disdainful caprices of an arbitrary, dice-throwing universe, offering me nought but Bette Davis movies on Turner, comin out my ears already.

So:

Aubrey (3/10/"

[Guest Aubrey]

Gary, Thanks for your reply. We figured out the prez was giving us a bunch of baloney when she said she took it off the internet from a sight called "Parliamentary Procedure". She even gave us the website - but darnit - we couldn't replicate "

[Guest Thomas Ralph]

I think a lot of your problems would be resolved by suspending the rules to elect a new chair."

[Guest Trina]

> I think a lot of your problems would be resolved by suspending the rules to elect a new chair. <

Except that the majority will doesn't seem to be there, either on the board or among the general membership.

Maybe an educational ca"

[Guest Aubrey]

Good idea - but how do you go about doing it? How do you suspend the rules? Who calls the meeting to suspend the rules? The minority in this situation gathered and decided there were not enough votes to oust the boardmembers that will not uphold the bylaw"

[Guest Trina]

> The minority in this situation gathered and decided there were not enough votes to oust the boardmembers that will not uphold the bylaws <

There's the problem. The motion to suspend the rules takes a two-thirds vote to prevail. If the maj"

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

But Aubrey might get some inspiration, and food for thought, from Rod D's spectacular script, at

www.parlipro.org/pdf/suspendrules.pdf ."

[Guest Aubrey]

Thanks for the reference to the site. It is an inspiring script and does give me an insight as to how our problem may be solved - when we get a few more members on our side Thanks again for the great information. "