Parliamentarian as Chairman

[Guest Robert B. Fish]

You can move "to suspend the rules to have Mr. ______ preside for the remainder of this meeting." A 2/3 vote is required.

-Bob"

[Guest John M.]

If the President and Vice President agree to the arrangement a majority vote would suffice."

[Guest Robert]

Depends on the nature of the assembly.

If it is a convention or mass meeting, then the membership could vote by simple majority to have the parliamentarian (or anyone the choose) to chair the assembly.

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[Guest John M.]

>>If it is a convention<<

Depends on the type of convention.

And since the original post stated that the parliamentarian would be replacing the "constitutionally specified chairman," I think we can safely assume tha"

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

Robert, I looked at p. 436 - 437, and I don't get that at all. How do you figure?"

[Guest John M.]

>>How do you figure?<<

Other than that it should be "convention not of a permanent society" rather than just "convention" his comment appears correct (albeit not really relevant to the poster's question).

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[Guest Don Lockett]

Gentlemen: Thank you. This is a church body and the Council President would be the chairman of a congregational meeting by constitution; however, possible division between the Council and some of the congregation on the meeting issue places somewhat of a"

[Guest John M.]

>>Does the vote require simple majority or 2/3?<<

It depends. If the President and the Vice President both agree to this arrangement, then a majority vote will suffice.

If either (or both) the President or Vice President obje"

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

No, John M, I was thinking of more, um, conventional cases; and, in fact, the case of a non-permanent society slipped my mind altogether."

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

... Mr Lockett, your parliamentarian is actually a professional?"

[Guest Don Lockett]

That is what I was told. The Church Council/Pastor has made the arrangements."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

I think Mr. Tesser was thinking that this was the regular, "full-time", parliamentarian of the society (i.e. THE parliamentarian) and not someone hired for the occasion (i.e. A parliamentarian). He was, therefore, appropriately surprised that yo"

[Guest Don Lockett]

A parliamentarian has been hired from the Arizona State Association of Parliamentarians, Mational Association of Parliamentarians and has recent PRP. We laymen will still be on our toes. Wish I had one of those G-phones and could say "there's an AP"

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

Mmm. Best of luck, then, and kindly convey my congratulations to him or her, and please convey my request that he or she drop 'round here when got time, since this website forum has pitiful few enough regular correspondents from Arizona, and for that mat"