Point of Order

[Guest Marilyn]

At a Board of Director's meeting of a Homeowners Association, can a Point of Order be raised from the floor? The Board adopted regular Board minutes at a Special meeting and a Point of Order was raised from the floor. Some members of the Board are saying that only the Board can raise a Point of Order.

[hmtcastle]

At a Board of Director's meeting of a Homeowners Association, can a Point of Order be raised from the floor? The Board adopted regular Board minutes at a Special meeting and a Point of Order was raised from the floor. Some members of the Board are saying that only the Board can raise a Point of Order.

Only members of the body that is meeting have any parliamentary rights at that meeting. That means only board members at board meetings. Non-members are guests (even if they're members of the association) and do not constitute "the floor".

That said, minutes should not be approved at a special meeting (unless the special meeting was called for that purpose, though that would be highly irregular).

[George Mervosh]

Draft this non-member to run for the Board.....someone on it with a decent knowledge of RONR won't hurt, right?

[Dan Honemann]

That said, minutes should not be approved at a special meeting (unless the special meeting was called for that purpose, though that would be highly irregular).

Unusual, perhaps, but not irregular.