Poll Results - A Members Matter Poll - Question 5

 We are almost done sharing the results of the recent poll. The last question before a blog post on your overall comments to the poll.  This question gets to the heart of the matter - does the board want to hear from the members?

Please feel free to weigh in again and let us know your additional thoughts in the Comment Section below.

Question 5: When passing motions, the RCSC board should act how?

A Review of the Proposed Revision to the RCSC Bylaws

One Opinion on Round One of the Ad-Hoc Committee's Bylaw Revisions

Updated 9/28/2022 - RCSC Posted RCSC Bylaws with Strike-Outs from the current version. You can find them here.

 

 

I really do hate to criticize the Ad Hoc committee because I’m sure they put a lot of time and effort into their considerations. However, it’s kind of clear, at least to me, that some were lacking in their knowledge regarding the parliamentary authority that the bylaws are mandated to comply with.

 

First of all, two guiding principles when writing or revising the bylaws are these:

Quest for a Productive Membership Meeting Begins with the Ability to Vote

Many of you were at last year's Annual Membership Meeting. Yup, the one where we weren't allowed to vote at our own meeting!

I sent the following letter to every member of the RCSC Board hoping someone will pick-up the ball and add this as an agenda item at the next meeting of the Board.

A Voice in the Wilderness

 I guess it's just me that cares about Robert's Rules of Order, and I think that opinion will be validated by the lack of comments/replies this thread will receive!

When I read the article in the Independent today (7.18) regarding "Pickleball at Lakeview" it just drove me crazy...again!

Germane
Definitions from Oxford Languages

adjective

relevant to a subject under consideration

Regarding the article in the March 21st Independent, “RCSC meeting format changed.”

Please note this blog entry has been updated on 3-23-2022 since being published on 3-21-2022.  Please see the final section under Update.

Unraveling a disaster

Where does one start to unravel the disaster of that Reconsidered motion? First of all, Director McAdam was correct that the motion to Reconsider was out of order because it was required to be reconsidered at the meeting in which it was presented (see RONR 37:10). Second, the monthly meetings are just that. Each one is a meeting and each one is considered a session because the entire order of

Recap of RCSC Board Meeting 03.14.2022

 Caution: Confusion Zone Ahead

The short, one motion Amended Agenda posted for this board meeting was most welcome!

Maybe it would be adjourned before lunchtime. ( WRONG.) 

This recap is my unbiased effort to understand how our

Two Standards of Robert's Rules Makes for Confusion

Running RCSC Meeting Using Robert's Rules of Order

One of the problems is that the Board is using two sets of standards on how to run their meetings. The first and well-established standard that most people understand is that the chair doesn't vote unless it would affect the results of the vote. More on that later.

Established standards for large assemblies also means

This is what happened at the RCSC BOD Meeting on January 27th, 2022

 

RCSC Board of Directors Meeting – Thursday, January 27, 2022

I just watched the recent board meeting video, and noticed a few things:

1. It was interesting that there was never a vote to approve the agenda! Approval isn't even listed on the agenda.
2. I was happy to hear that they didn't "approve" the Treasurer's Report and only filed it for audit. (Note: the only Treasurers Report that the board should actually "approve" is the annual one compiled and submitted by the accountants who performed the annual audit see RONR 48:24)