Quorum lost with old business pending..

[Guest JDStackpole]

The bylaw amendment, AND the associated amendment to the "main" amendment, come back before the association, not "immediately", but as "Unfinished Business" in the standard order of business. Se RONR p. 24 & 347 for detai"

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

The unfinished business will come up at the next regular meeting under, you guessed it, Unfinished Business."

[Guest Sam]

We have no "unfinished business" section in our agenda however.

Our Agenda:

Roll Call

Executive Reports

Special Orders

Old Business

New Business

Committee Reports

Open Discussion

Anouncements

Adjournm"

[Guest JDStackpole]

"Old Business" in a non-Robert term.

Change it to "Unfinished Business" and you are good to go.

And while you are at it, move "Committee Reports" up to after "Executive Reports".

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[Guest Sam]

Unfortunately I do not establish the agenda, it is established in our bylaws in that order with those exact terms."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

And you might be able to do away with your agenda altogether and simply follow the Standard Order of Business.

See FAQ #14, elsewhere on this site, for more on agendas."

[Guest Sam]

As I replied earlier, our bylaws have that agenda explicitly outlined in that language. We also have a clause which states the order of authority: Constitution first, Bylaws second, RONR third."

[Guest Dan Honemann]

No problem. It will come up under "Old Business"."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

Until the bylaws are amended."

[Guest Dan Honemann]

>>Until the bylaws are amended.<<

This makes no sense at all. :-)"

[Guest Sam]

I understand it can come up under old business, but is there any requirement that it comes up as the first piece of old business, or at all at our next meeting?

We frequently have old business roll over from week to week, but must it come up at "

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

Well, it was just a suggestion that, as the bylaws are not carved in stone, they could be amended to remove this "agenda" and rely on the standard order of business included in their adopted parliamentary authority.

Then we'd all be on "

[Guest Dan Honemann]

It comes up first."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

Before the older, rolled over, old business?"

[Guest Dan Honemann]

Yes."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

Thanks.

I've assigned myself a couple of readings of p.347."

[Guest Sam]

thanks for the info!"

[Guest Brian Goodman]

If the organization's meetings are quarterly, can we properly notice a special meeting for the purpose of continuing the unfinished business discussion?"

[Guest John M.]

>>If the organization's meetings are quarterly, can we properly notice a special meeting for the purpose of continuing the unfinished business discussion?<<

Well, the better thing to do would be to establish an adjourned meeting, whic"