time limit on meeting

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

The board can only make such a decision at a board meeting. They can make it at one board meeting for the next board meeting (or all board meetings), but they can also change it at the next board meeting. If the decision isn't reached by unanimous consent"

[Guest Kim Goldsworthy]

ksmith,

>>Can an organization's board set a pre-determined time limit on the length of the meeting?<<

kg: Who is meeting? - The board? The general membership?

• A board CANNOT set the adjournment hour for a GENERAL "

[Guest ksmith]

The meeting is for the general membership.

The meeting length was "pre-determined" by the president (perhaps with input on the side from the other officers). Although they suggested another reason for keeping the meeting to 45 minute"

[Guest George Mervosh]

Well as stated, he has no say so. Let him point out a rule which says he can determine anything of the sort."

[Guest H.Wm.Mountcastle]

See FAQ #14, elsewhere on this site."

[Guest Rob Elsman]

Yes. A motion to adjourn at a future time is a main motion. It requires a second, is debatable and amendable, and requires a majority vote for adoption. See RONR (10th ed.), tinted pages 6 and 7, motion no. 3."