Non-board member participation

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

Guests can be admitted or excluded, and allowed or prevented from speaking, as the board wishes.

Non-members have no parliamentary rights at meetings."

[Guest Kim Goldsworthy]

Sarge,

>>Is there a way to allow it?<<

kg: Yes. Move to suspend the rules to allow a guest/visitor to speak to the assembly.

>>Is there a way to prevent this?<<

kg: Yes. Vote down any motion to suspen"

[Guest Sarge]

Does this require a two-thirds, majority, or unanimous vote?"

[Guest Trina]

Attendance (or non-attendance) of the guest is by majority vote.

Allowing a guest to participate by entering into debate requires suspending the rules (2/3 vote required). The general form of this motion is 'I move that the rules be suspended in "

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

Though since, in small boards, "informal discussion of a subject is permitted while no motion is pending", I wonder if a non-member could be permitted to participate in such discussion without suspending the rules."

[Guest J. J.]

I would think so, though the rules might be tacitly suspended.

J. J."