hoopmama11 Posted September 21, 2010 at 02:38 AM Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 at 02:38 AM Does Robert's Rules of Order address outbursts of applause after certain people speak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted September 21, 2010 at 03:24 AM Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 at 03:24 AM Does Robert's Rules of Order address outbursts of applause after certain people speak?Nope.What did you think was supposed to happen?Context is everything. - Applause might be appropriate. Applause might be inappropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted September 21, 2010 at 12:49 PM Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 at 12:49 PM Does Robert's Rules of Order address outbursts of applause after certain people speak?See p. 382, "Refraining From Disturbing the Assembly". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoopmama11 Posted September 21, 2010 at 01:15 PM Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 at 01:15 PM Nope.What did you think was supposed to happen?Context is everything. - Applause might be appropriate. Applause might be inappropriate.[Well, at the meeting that I was referring to, it felt very divisive. People in support of one speaker would clap when they finished speaking. Then someone speaking for another point of view would finish and their supporters would try to cheer louder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoopmama11 Posted September 21, 2010 at 01:15 PM Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 at 01:15 PM See p. 382, "Refraining From Disturbing the Assembly".Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted September 21, 2010 at 01:35 PM Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 at 01:35 PM Nope.What did you think was supposed to happen?Context is everything. - Applause might be appropriate. Applause might be inappropriate.Well, at the meeting that I was referring to, it felt very divisive. People in support of one speaker would clap when they finished speaking. Then someone speaking for another point of view would finish and their supporters would try to cheer louder!If all this applause raised to a level that disturbed the assembly a Point of Order could have beeb raised that the applause is being disruptive. The Chair would rule and the ruling could be Appealed. Also, the Chair could rule the applause disruptive without a Point of Order being raised first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted September 21, 2010 at 07:08 PM Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 at 07:08 PM If all this applause raised to a level that disturbed the assembly ...But that's the very thing, isn't it?• The ASSEMBLY is the party who is doing the applauding.• The MAJORITY is "disturbing" themselves.And there's no rule to stop the majority from doing the disturbing! (The majority isn't going to discipline themselves, and order themselves from the meeting hall.)I mean, the massive applause isn't coming from 3 people off in a corner, whispering, cell-phoning, rattling papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Harrison Posted September 21, 2010 at 07:48 PM Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 at 07:48 PM But that's the very thing, isn't it?• The ASSEMBLY is the party who is doing the applauding.• The MAJORITY is "disturbing" themselves.And there's no rule to stop the majority from doing the disturbing! (The majority isn't going to discipline themselves, and order themselves from the meeting hall.)I mean, the massive applause isn't coming from 3 people off in a corner, whispering, cell-phoning, rattling papers.I could see where one faction contains a majority of the members present and that they don't want to hear the celebrations of the other faction. They could do that by raising the Point of Order that the assembly is being disturbed (not surprisingly there is no disturbance when the majority is doing the celebrating). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Mervosh Posted September 21, 2010 at 07:51 PM Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 at 07:51 PM Nope.What did you think was supposed to happen?Context is everything. - Applause might be appropriate. Applause might be inappropriate.[Well, at the meeting that I was referring to, it felt very divisive. People in support of one speaker would clap when they finished speaking. Then someone speaking for another point of view would finish and their supporters would try to cheer louder!The presiding officer should have dealt with this right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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