Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle Posted March 13, 2010 at 11:21 PM Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 at 11:21 PM >>What authority, if any does the board have to define who can and who cannot vote on an issue?<< The board has only the authority given it by the bylaws. In other words, an organization starts out with no board and a board starts out" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JDStackpole Posted March 14, 2010 at 12:26 AM Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 at 12:26 AM "Eligible" is one thing; actually becoming a member is quite another. Do the bylaws specify _any_ steps to become a member? Filling out a form? Writing a check? Just saying - to someone, who? - "I'd like to join"?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kevin Posted March 14, 2010 at 12:37 AM Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 at 12:37 AM no....just coming into an organization and we have a big vote that we are trying to preserve the integrity of. Bylaws are at the moment very vague. Nothing is currently in place to define membership, only eligibility" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JDStackpole Posted March 14, 2010 at 12:56 AM Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 at 12:56 AM Sounds most like what RONR calls a mass meeting - p. 526 - in which anybody who shows up _is_ a member and is entitled to vote. Looks like an interesting meeting coming up. Do you even collect dues? (That would have to be authorized in" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kevin Posted March 14, 2010 at 01:44 AM Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 at 01:44 AM no dues....we're dealing with bylaws that were written for an organization in a supporting function. Now it's administering a program. We've updated a few bylaws in the last couple of months, but we've had a big issue come up out of the blue and our byl" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John M. Posted March 14, 2010 at 05:20 AM Report Share Posted March 14, 2010 at 05:20 AM It will be up to your organization to interpret its own Bylaws. See RONR, 10th ed., pgs. 570-573 for some Principles of Interpretation." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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