Limits on Postponement in Special Meeting

[Guest George Mervosh]

The motion to postpone has to specify when the main motion will be postponed to.

It can be postponed to the next regular meeting, assuming it will be held withing a quarterly time interval."

[Guest George Mervosh]

If the intent is to kill the motion, postpone indefinitely can be used."

[Guest Don Lockett]

There is no next regularly scheduled meeting because this will be a Special Meeting of the entire congregation called by petition. I was thinking that this would be like the example on line 18 of an annual convention. Does this help explain my question? "

[Guest George Mervosh]

It will not be in order to postpone to a certain time if there is no meeting scheduled within a quarterly time interval. "

[Guest John M.]

>>There is no next regularly scheduled meeting<<

The fact that the current meeting is a special meeting does not mean there will not be a regular meeting in the future.

When is the next regular meeting?

If it's not w"

[Guest John M.]

>>It will not be in order to postpone to a certain time<<

...beyond the end of the current session."

[Guest George Mervosh]

John, there is only one item on the meeting agenda, the poster tells us. So postponing it til later in the meeting is not in order because there is no later in the meeting."

[Guest Don Lockett]

Thank you John M.

The church council has regular meetings; however, this Special Meeting was called by virtue of a petition being presented and accepted by the council for a full body meeting of voting members. There is no regular meeting of the ful"

[Guest J. J.]

When is the next regular meeting?

J. J."

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

Don Lockett, if this is not a pie-in-the-sky question, what are we really trying to accomplish by postponing a motion?"

[Guest Don Lockett]

Gary, I am not in favor of postponing the main motion and have received much help from this web site to understand if it would be in order to move for postponement according to Robert's Rules. The difficult part of this not pie-in-sky issue has been fitt"

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

>>there are no regular congregational meetings<<

Then when are the members of the council elected?"

[Guest Don Lockett]

OK. Thanks to your question about election of council members, my fog is lifting. Yes, there is an annual congregational in April of each year as specified in the constitution for the election of council members and I would think any other business coul"