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non-member participation at board meetings


Guest alan oakes

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RONR p. 629 says:

Any nonmembers allowed in the hall during a meeting, as guests of the organization, have no rights with reference to the proceedings (p. 625).

By nonmembers I mean anyone who is not a Board member.

However, the Board is free to allow nonmember participation as they desire (subject to any superior rules or laws).

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No rule in RONR entitles a non-member to attend board meetings or speak. The board can invite a non-member to attend, give a presentation, or make a report by majority vote, but a two-thirds vote to suspend the rules is necessary for a non-member to speak in debate on a pending question. See RONR (10th ed.), pp. 93, 255, 625.

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An example of when th Board may allow an owner to attend and speak at a Board meeting would be when the Board and the owner have a disagreement over an issue and the Board believes that it would be beneficial to have an "official" discussion. Another, likely more common example, would be when a Committee Chairman is presenting a Report on behalf of a Committee.

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Another, likely more common example, would be when a Committee Chairman is presenting a Report on behalf of a Committee.

No motion would be required for that if the reports of committees are included in the board's order of business, which is usually the case. (RONR, 10th ed., pg. 495, lines 20-30)

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