Revoking an executive decision

[Guest Grey]

What is the "executive"? Is this a specific person, or a group? And what powers and authorities do your bylaws grant to the executive?

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[Guest eleanore]

An elected group of members of a yacht club. They have the authority to suspend or expel a member for just cause in the bylaws, which they have done several weeks ago and published the decision. Can they now change their mind and rescind that decision?"

[Guest Grey]

The fact that the issue is addressed in your bylaws makes it a non-Robert's Rules issue. As far as I know, yes they can rescind their decision. If a group within an organization is given power to take an action, then by implication they also have power "

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

If the executive (board? committee?) had the authority to expel the member, then he's out. He can't be un-expelled.

He can apply for membership and be admitted but it's too late to not expel him. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube and "

[Guest eleanore]

Thank you for your clarification.

The executive expelled the member having found the individual's conduct prejudicial to the interest of the Club.

I agree with your assessment of setting a bad precedent if the executive rescinds that d"

[Guest Gary c Tesser]

If what Grey said does accurately describe conditions in eleanore's organization, according to its own bylaws and/or other rules, then that's it. Otherwise, this is not what Robert's Rules says.

If Robert's Rules is the parliamentary authority o"

[Guest Thomas Ralph]

The motion cannot be rescinded, but the member can be readmitted to membership in the usual way."

[Guest Bruce Lages]

"As for the general membership voting to override the executive decision, the club bylaws state: "No rule or regulation made by the Club at a General Meeting invalidates a prior act of the Excecutive that would have been valid if that rule had n"

[Guest Bruce Lages]

Just to clarify that a little further, I should have said that it is a new rule instituted by the membership that cannot be applied retroactively against a previous executive decision."

[Guest John M.]

>>As far as I know, yes they can rescind their decision.<<

Expulsion can't be rescinded if the member has been informed of the expulsion.

It would be a new, separate motion to readmit the member, following whatever guidelines"