Quorum - Order of Business
In order to conduct business, the quorum is the number of members...
Present and voting
RONR 3:3
After the Secretary has read the minutes, the chair says:
Are there any corrections to the minutes?
RONR 41:10
Standing Committees of a society are created by....
a specific provision in the bylaws.
RONR 50:8
The nominating is usually described in the article on....
Article IV: Officers
RONR 56:62
Standing Committee reports are called for in order...
As they are listed in the bylaws.
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What is the quorum in a convention when the bylaws are silent?
The quorum is a majority of the delegates who have been registered at the convention as in attendance.
RONR 3:4
Under what circumstance can the requirement for a quorum be waived?
None
RONR 40:9
The VP was presiding in the absence of the president. A motion was adopted that the president appoints a committee of three. How is the committee named?
When the bylaws provide that the president shall appoint all committees, this power does not transfer to the chair or if someone else presides.
RONR 50:13
The hour at which meetings are to be held, should be stated in...
Standing Rules
RONR 56:33
In a committee meeting, the motion to reconsider...
Made by any member who did not vote.
RONR 37:35 (2)
A quorum must be stated....
In the bylaws
RONR 40:2
The continued presence of a quorum in a meeting is presumed until....
The absence is noticed by a member who raises a point of order
RONR 40:12
A vacancy in a committee is filled by...
The appointing power.
RONR 50:11
A section in the bylaws authorizing special meetings, should specify....
should state by whom such meetings can be called, quorum and the number of days' notice required.
RONR 56:36
When the Vice President presides in the absence of the president, how is he/she addressed?
Mister/Madam President
RONR 3:10
What business may be transacted in the absence of a quorum?
Fix the time for an adjouned meeting and then adjourn.
RONR 40:9
The minutes were not available at the previous board meeting. At the next board meeting, there are now two sets of minutes. Which set of minutes are read first?
The minutes are taken in order of date, the ealier minutes read first.
RONR 41:9
Who should call the meeting of the committee?
The committee chair.
RONR 50:21
When the bylaws provide that the president shall be an ex officio a member of all committees, this should be provided in the section on....
Committees
RONR 56:47
When the Vice-President presides and the president is also on the platform, how is the Vice-President addressed?
Mister/Madam Speaker
RONR 3:10
What is the motion to obtain quorum, (when there is no quorum)?
RONR 40:8
During a board meeting, a committee report is read and the committee has a motion. When does is that motion heard?
The motion is taken up immediately.
RONR 41:14
If a committee chair fails to call a committee meeting....
a meeting of the committee members may be called by any two of its members, unless the the assembly's rules or instructions prescribe...
RONR 50:21
If no article on committees is included in the bylaws, committees are established...
By the society
RONR 56:48
A second implies that the seconder...
Agrees that the motion should come before the meeting.
RONR 4:9