Guest Barbie Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:15 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:15 PM Where can I find the description/duty of the Goverance/Law in the 10th edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:23 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:23 PM Where can I find the description/duty of the Goverance/Law in the 10th edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised?The whatnow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barbie Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:25 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:25 PM The duty of goverance committee, law committee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:25 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:25 PM Where can I find the description/duty of the Goverance/Law in the 10th edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised?"... the Goverance/Law ..."?That term, whatever it is, is not a term which appears within the 700+ pages of RONR (10th ed. 2000).Q. What is it, and in what context did you run across it?It is a legal term? A parliamentary term? A unique term you found in a set of bylaws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:28 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:28 PM The duty of goverance committee, law committee"Strike two!"Try again?Where are you getting these crazy, far-out phraseologies?Is this from a quiz you are taking for school?Is someone betting you that those weirdo terms are part and parcel of Robert's Rules of Order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:29 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:29 PM The duty of gover[n]ance committee, law committeeThe duty of committees would be found in your bylaws. Governance or Law committees are not covered. They may be the equivalent of what some societies call a "Bylaws Committee" but they may not, so I'd have to guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:31 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:31 PM The duty of goverance committee, law committeeThe duties of any standing committee that is established in your bylaws should be spelled out in the bylaw article establishing it. RONR gives no duties to a governance or law committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barbie Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:31 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:31 PM Bylaws committee's duties? What they can do or cannot do? All the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:37 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:37 PM Bylaws committee's duties? What they can do or cannot do? All the works.As we've said, the duties of standing committees and what they can or cannot do is contained in the bylaws of the organization. If no standing committees are defined there, then none exist.The duties of select committees are defined in the motion which created them, or in a subsequent motion to instruct or charge them.What they can/cannot do runs in a range from "nothing"[*] all the way up to everything the parent body can do, depending on what authorization or powers they are given. By default, a committee has the authority to consider and make recommendations on questions referred to them, and no more.____________* P.S. On second thought, if someone moved "That a committee of five be appointed to do nothing," that would probably not be in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barbie Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:51 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:51 PM Got more explaination: For example, motions or issues referred to Bylaws Committee by the members of Softball Council - was told that Rules & Regulations cannot be discussed within Bylaws Committee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:53 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 04:53 PM Got more explaination: For example, motions or issues referred to Bylaws Committee by the members of Softball Council - was told that Rules & Regulations cannot be discussed within Bylaws Committee.Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barbie Posted November 13, 2010 at 05:05 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 05:05 PM So, in laymen's terms, the Bylaws committee CAN discuss the Rules & Regulations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmtcastle Posted November 13, 2010 at 05:07 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 05:07 PM Got more explaination: For example, motions or issues referred to Bylaws Committee by the members of Softball Council - was told that Rules & Regulations cannot be discussed within Bylaws Committee.You'll find the answers to your questions in your bylaws, not in RONR. Or just ask the person who told you what your committees can and can't do to show you the rule that says so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barbie Posted November 13, 2010 at 05:08 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 05:08 PM Got all the information I needed. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted November 13, 2010 at 05:12 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 05:12 PM As we've said, the duties of standing committees and what they can or cannot do is contained in the bylaws of the organization. If no standing committees are defined there, then none exist.In such a case, standing committees can be created by the assembly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted November 13, 2010 at 06:03 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 06:03 PM In such a case, standing committees can be created by the assembly.In that precise case, yes. If some are named in the bylaws, probably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted November 13, 2010 at 06:17 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 06:17 PM In that precise case, yes. If some are named in the bylaws, probably not.Definitely not, unless their creation is provided for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Goldsworthy Posted November 13, 2010 at 08:00 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 08:00 PM Bylaws committee's duties? What they can do or cannot do? All the works.A committee is powerless.Or rather, there is at least one thing all committees can do: PRODUCE A REPORT.Anything above and beyond a REPORT (an interim report, or a final report) is not authorized by anything within Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR 10th edition, 2000).So, sure, a committee can do LOTS of things:• meet• make motions• vote• discuss• produce a final reportNonetheless, your "bylaws committee" cannot do anything more than what any other committee can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Wynn Posted November 13, 2010 at 08:43 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 08:43 PM So, sure, a committee can do LOTS of things:• meet• make motions• vote• discuss• produce a final report... appoint a subcommittee... instruct subcommittee... discharge subcommittee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted November 13, 2010 at 08:48 PM Report Share Posted November 13, 2010 at 08:48 PM So, sure, a committee can do LOTS of things:• meet• make motions• vote• discuss• produce a final report... appoint a subcommittee... instruct subcommittee... discharge subcommittee...Rise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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