annual meeting

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

Possible? Yes (anything's possible).

Correct? Probably not.

"The Floor" is just another name for the members who are meeting. It's their meeting."

[Guest Kim Goldsworthy]

lyn,

>>Is it correct or possible to hold an annual meeting and NOT allow questions or input from the floor?<<

kg: It depends on the questions.

Are the questions:

(a.) on spontaneous topics?

(b.) germane (relevant)"

[Guest Rev-Ed]

While it may not be pure in the eyes of RONR, but many organizations I know of will allow for some kind of general discussion under the heading of "New" or "Other" Business at an annual meeting. Although this tends to be a standing ru"

[Guest Trina]

> Is it correct or possible to hold an annual meeting and NOT allow questions or input from the floor? <

If you are coming from the point of view that you would like such restrictions to be possible, and are asking how to implement them... "

[Guest Rob Elsman]

But, see RONR (10th ed.), p. 33, ll. 10-27. I heartily agree with the general observation in ll. 23-27 that the observance of the rule there helps keep the meeting "...rapidly moving and interesting.""