Single Item meeting

[Guest Chris H]

It can be postponed to the next session as long as it is within the next quarter."

[Guest Jim Cords]

Are there any exceptions to the Quarter rule? ie.. many people are gone for the summer months..."

[Guest Chris H]

No."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

But the same question can be considered at any subsequent meeting. In other words, if you don't dispose of it before the summer break, deal with it in the fall."

[Guest Jim Cords]

Would it be more appropriate to table it? It is clear to all that the question will not go away. But the Council is of the opinion that it is premature to vote due to a former action's incompletion."

[Guest Jim Cords]

Please note that the question at hand requires (by constitution) its own meeting. That is, a meeting with this question as its sole item."

[Guest Rob Elsman]

A motion to Lay on the Table the item of business for the consideration of which the special meeting was called is dilatory and out of order. RONR (10th ed.), p. 208, ll. 1-3."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

>>Would it be more appropriate to table it?<<

No, but it could be referred to committee."

[Guest Jim Cords]

Could the petition which required the meeting be ruled out of order because the action of a previous meeting has not yet been completed?"

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

It depends.

If the bylaws say that Person X must call a special meeting if Conditions 1, 2, and 3 are met, then that's what he must do.

Whether that meeting is a waste of time is another question. The chair can rule that a particular MOT"

[Guest John M.]

>>But the Council is of the opinion that it is premature to vote due to a former action's incompletion.<<

I would suggest to either refer the motion to a committee (and instruct the committee to report at the next meeting) or to postp"

[Guest John M.]

Hm... I missed the part about it requiring its own meeting. I suppose if you want to go the committee route you'd want to set up an adjourned meeting and order the committee to report back at that meeting."

[Guest Jim Cords]

Doesn't postponing it indefinitely fall under the previous post:

Subject: re: re: re: re: re: re: Single Item meeting Author: Rob Elsman Date/Time: 3/15/2010 2:28:00 PM

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A motion to Lay on the Table the item of business for the considera"

[Guest John M.]

>>Doesn't postponing it indefinitely fall under the previous post:<<

No. The motion to Postpone Indefinitely and to Lay on the Table are completely different motions.

The motion to Lay on the Table is used to "set aside&"

[Guest Jim Cords]

Is a motion to postpone indefinitely different than a motion to table, if the question is the only one for which the meeting was called?"

[Guest Rob Elsman]

A motion to Postpone Indefinitely finally disposes of the main motion by indirectly rejecting it. "

[Guest Jim Cords]

It seems inappropriate to Postpone Indefinitely when the intent is to take up the question 8 months later rather then "kill it"?"

[Guest Rob Elsman]

No, a main motion that is killed in one session can be renewed in any later session, the same as if it had never been made before. Of course, any requirement for previous notice must be met again, too."

[Guest Don Lockett]

The single item meeting herein discussed is not a regularly scheduled meeting. It is a special meeting called by a valid petition to vote on one question. Refer to pages 89 and 90 of Newly Revised Robert's Rules for Special Meeting. There it is stated t"

[Guest John M.]

>>Is it then allowed to move to postpone the voting on the question for which the meeting was called?<<

Sure, but the quarterly time interval rule still applies.

If you need to wait longer than that you can refer the motion t"