Yielding time

[Guest Chris H]

Nonmembers (people from the public) have no rights at the meeting (RONR p. 629). So it is up to you all to work out any rules for public comment (the Chairman has no power to set rules but merely to enforce them). RONR doesn't even let members yield the"

[Guest J. J.]

>>The Chairman is considered to be hostile towards the public in regards to letting them speak.<<

Based on what you've posted, the Chairman should be considered overly liberal in letting the nonmember speak.

J. J."

[Guest Weldon Merritt]

<<Based on what you've posted, the Chairman should be considered overly liberal in letting the nonmember speak.>>

Since this is a public body, there probably is a requirement to allow public comment during some portion of the meeting."

[Guest Thomas Ralph]

Yielding time is not an option available in RONR."

[Guest Derrel]

Not really, the Chairman constantly cuts the man off from speaking and argues with him, thus wasting his speaking time and he (the Chairman) allows other members of the board to interrupt him as well."

[Guest Derrel]

Where would one find the rules used by the board?

It's odd to me that the government employees can limit a man to 3 minutes every 2 weeks. It seriously undermines the efforts of the public to get issues heard and resolved."

[Guest Chris H]

Look at any governing documents and applicable laws."

[Guest Kim Goldsworthy]

Derrel,

kg: Be thankful for what you got.

>>It's odd to me that the government employees can limit a man to 3 minutes every 2 weeks.<<

kg: Under strict RONR, the "government employees" can limit a man to ZERO mi"

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

You talk to your representative frequently, kg?"

[Guest Derrel]

It's not my plight, I would just like to understand more about the process."

[Guest John M.]

>>It's not my plight, I would just like to understand more about the process.<<

Then you'll need to look the rules governing the board in this matter. The office of your state's Secretary of State should have information on your state"

[Guest Weldon Merritt]

<<You talk to your representative frequently, kg?>>

Perhaps KG does not always phrase things the way some of us would, but I think his main point is valid. Constituents certainly have an opportunity to contact their governing official"

[Guest Dan Honemann]

Well, we don't much care about the validity of main points that are totally irrelevant. :-)"