Guest george Posted June 23, 2010 at 03:23 PM Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 at 03:23 PM Is there anything in Roberts Rules of Order regarding un-authorized taping of meetings? Please advise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted June 23, 2010 at 03:29 PM Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 at 03:29 PM The assembly has a right to control its hall when meetings are ongoing (RONR p. 625). I suppose absent some rule saying that taping a meeting is not permitted that a member could record the meeting. However, the members upon learning this is happening could order the recorder shut off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted June 23, 2010 at 03:47 PM Report Share Posted June 23, 2010 at 03:47 PM Is there anything in Roberts Rules of Order regarding un-authorized taping of meetings? Please advise.A society has the right "... to control its hall while meetings are in progress..." See RONR (10th ed.), p. 625, l. 11-13. "The use by the secretary of a tape recorder can be of great benefit in preparing the minutes, but a transcription of it should never be used as the minutes themselves." See RONR(10th ed.), p. 444, l. 5-7.Your use of the term "un-authorized" leads me to believe that someone is taping your minutes against the will of the assembly. RONR makes no authorization or prohibition or mention of the use of a tape recorder by someone other than the secretary. The assembly could order that a tape recorder not be used in the meeting, and a motion to that effect would be a Question of Privilege affecting the assembly as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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